Newport Beach Film Festival 2009

When you're dead, you're gone. You exist only in the minds of those whom you've left behind. Tom is dead. Elliot has been left behind. Tom was the front man of their successful band Finn. He died on his 27th birthday. Born six days apart, Tom and Elliot have spent their whole lives side by side. As their story is revealed, it is clear that it takes more than just a number to determine one's fate. Elliot, in a desperate attempt to escape from all he knows, hires a grocery store clerk to drive him from Los Angeles to New York where Tom's funeral is to be held. Elliot's fragmented memories of Tom are beautifully juxtaposed against the anamorphic landscape as the unlikely pair travels across America together.