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Directed by Brian Dannelly and Brian Dannelly

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Struck By Lightning
Struck By Lightning

High school senior Carson Phillips (Chris Colfer, “Glee”) was destined for bigger things than his close-minded small town could ever offer. He was on a path to greatness, but destiny had a different plan when he was suddenly killed by a bolt of lightning in his school parking lot.

 

Demonstrating that life is what happens while you’re busy planning your future, Carson recounts the last few weeks of his life via witty, insightful flashbacks, including a blackmail scheme targeting the popular kids in school that he concocts with his best friend (Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect) and a home life that includes a mother (Allison Janney, Juno, “The West Wing”) who’s more interested in the bottle than her son’s future and an estranged father (Dermot Mulroney, My Best Friend's Wedding) who suddenly appears with a pregnant fiancée (Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”).

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High school senior Carson Phillips (Chris Colfer, “Glee”) was destined for bigger things than his close-minded small town could ever offer. He was on a path to greatness, but destiny had a different plan when he was suddenly killed by a bolt of lightning in his school parking lot.

 

Demonstrating that life is what happens while you’re busy planning your future, Carson recounts the last few weeks of his life via witty, insightful flashbacks, including a blackmail scheme targeting the popular kids in school that he concocts with his best friend (Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect) and a home life that includes a mother (Allison Janney, Juno, “The West Wing”) who’s more interested in the bottle than her son’s future and an estranged father (Dermot Mulroney, My Best Friend's Wedding) who suddenly appears with a pregnant fiancée (Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”).

Film Information
Year: 2012
Length: 84 minutes
Language: English
Country: USA
Cast & Credits
Co-Producer: Monica Aguirre Diez Barroso, Steve Longi, Mark Moran
Production Designer: Linda Burton
Director of Photography: Bobby Bukowski
Producer: David Permut, Roberto Aguire, Mia Chang
Editor: Tia Nolan
Screenwriter: Chris Colfer
Primary Cast: Chris Colfer, Allison Janney, Dermot Mulroney, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, Rebel Wilson
Director: Brian Dannelly
Executive Producer: Jason Berman, Chris Colfer, Glenn Rigberg, Lawrence Kopeikin
About the Director(s)
Brian Dannelly co-wrote and directed Saved! in 2004 (it later premiered as a musical at the Playwrights Horizons in New York). Dannelly was the creative producer for the first season of Weeds, also directing several episodes. His TV work includes episodes of Pushing Daisies and United States of Tara.

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Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

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“Chris Colfer outdoes Tina Fey with his script... it feels exactly like the fantasy I would have liked to see late at night when I was twelve or thirteen, wondering why I didn’t fit in.” – Indiewire

“Offers up plenty of smart and quirky moments...driven by terrific performances by Alison Janney, Christina Hendricks and Dermot Mulroney.” – Screen Daily

Press

Chris Colfer: By the Book (The New York Times)

Chris Colfer on How 'Lightning' Struck Twice (Entertainment Tonight)