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Use Your Brain

October 28th 2007 | 26 min | Comedy


Synopsis:
Use Your Brain stars Gene Diringer as Sherman Cosington, the teacher who will not give up on his students, mostly because he doesn't have a clue what he's doing. His job is on the line and he wants to make a good impression by appearing "cool" and giving extra attention to a female student.

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Movie Information

Cast

  • Dennis Diringer
  • Gene Diringer
  • Sal Bevivino
  • Justin Howe
  • Justin Felici
  • Tessa Arnone

Crew

  • Justin Sabo
  • Gene Diringer

Original Release Date

May 30th 2007

Background

Use Your Brain was shot in 4 days in March 2007. Originally, the movie was shot as an entry into the Bucks Fever Film Festival. It did not win in the category of Emerging Narrative.

Criticisms

The most common critism about Use Your Brain was that it was (obviously) filmed in the basement of a residence, not in a school. Some felt that a basement did not provide a dynamic shooting environment.

Deleted & Extended Scenes

Use Your Brain had an extensive amount of footage, nearly 3.5 hours. Many scenes did not make the cut. Additional footage will be posted November 2007.