Entry Level: 85 minutes. Unrated. Some adult language.

Festival Favorite ENTRY LEVEL now available on DVD. The Special Edition DVD from PorchLight Entertainment includes Entry Level along with the bonus short film Full Disclosure, winner of over a dozen "Best Short Film" awards.  $24.95 Order your copy now! In honor of the Entry Level DVD release, we'll pay the shipping on all sales through this web site in January 2009. That's right, no shipping or handling. $0.00! Usual shipping: $3.50 US; $5.50 Intl. WA State orders pay 8.28% sales tax.

SYNOPSIS After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over...at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. He soon meets others who share his plight--LIZ, who spent her youth traveling in the Peace Corp and now finds that experience digging wells in Bangladesh isn't exactly what corporate America is clamoring for; BOB a manufacturing engineer who lost his pension when the company went bust and now finds that 64 is too old to get hired as an administrative assistant and too young for a Wal-Mart greeter; and CHARLIE, whose job as a corporate hiring manager is so miserable that he only hires interviewees he hates because working at his company should be a form of punishment. Spurred along by the total lack of encouragement by his job counselor SAM, the self-serving "wisdom" of his homeless buddy NICK, and the most bizarre series of job interviews imaginable, Clay and his fellow job-seekers strive for dignity, success, or at least a job taking customer service calls from prison inmates for minimum wage. A hilarious, insightful look at job interviews, finding the courage to start all over, and life at the ENTRY LEVEL.

SCREENINGS VisionFest Film Festival September 22nd, 2007 9PM
Tribeca Cinemas, New York, NY. Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival August 12th, 2007
Columbus Theater, Providence, RI Stony Brook Film Festival July 21st, 2007
Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook, NY. U.S. PREMIERE International Emerging Talent Film Festival May 13-15th, 2007
Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo, Monaco. WORLD PREMIERE

CAST/CREW D.B. Sweeney as "Clay McGuire"
D.B.'s films include Gardens of Stone, Memphis Belle, Fire in the Sky, The Cutting Edge, No Man's Land, Spawn, The Darwin Awards, Yellow, Roommates, and Eight Men Out (as Shoeless Joe Jackson). On Television he played Dish Boggett in the landmark Lonesome Dove miniseries. Other credits include Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Strange Luck, C-16: FBI, Harsh Realm, Life as We Know It, and the Emmy Award-winning Miss Rose White.
Missi Pyle as "Liz Bartlett"
Missi's film credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Big Fish, Bringing Down the House, Soul Plane, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Pyle gained attention for her hilarious portrayal of the alien "Laliari" in Galaxy Quest with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Tony Shalhoub, and she recently starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in Just My Luck. Kurtwood Smith as "Nick"
Kurtwood has been featured in such successful films as the Academy-Award winners Dead Poets Society and Girl, Interrupted, as well as Deep Impact, Citizen Ruth,  A Time to Kill, Broken Arrow, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, To Die For, Boxing Helena, Fortress, The Crush, True Believer, and in the memorable role of "Clarence Boddicker" in Robocop among others. He spent eight seasons playing the hugely popular Red Foreman on That 70's Show. Taylor Negron as "Charlie"
An accomplished standup comedian, actor and writer, Negron has starred in his own HBO special and appeared on The Tonight Show. Taylor Negron has been seen in over 40 films including roles as the guy who delivers pizza to Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Rodney Dangerfield's son-in-law in Easy Money, and in Disney's Angels In The Outfield, Stuart Little, Young Doctors in Love, Better Off Dead, Call Me Claus for TNT, starring opposite Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Victor Garber and Nothing but Trouble with Demi Moore and directed by Dan Ackroyd. He played a stand-up Comic alongside Tom Hanks and Sally Field in Punchline. Almost everyday some yells out "Area Rug." Negron asks the general public not to tell his parents that he is in The Aristocrats. Cedric Yarbrough as "Sam Beirstagen"
Cedric's film credits include 20th Century Fox's Reno 911!: Miami, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Meet the Fockers, and the upcoming Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson. He is also well known for his ongoing television series Reno 911! and The Boondocks. Lisa Ann Walter as "Kathie Ford"
Lisa Ann is currently front and center as one of the three judges on ABC's new reality-competition show The Next Best Thing. She was most recently seen as the title role of Dee Dee Rutherford in the acclaimed movie The Trouble with Dee Dee and can also be seen in War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, and in Shall We Dance opposite Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Lisa's other film credits include Bruce Almighty, with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston, as well as Disney's The Parent Trap. Prior to that, she played Whoopi Goldberg's tarty sidekick in the comedy Eddie. She also has two feature films set to be released shortly: Room 6, and Graduation. Look for Lisa in Paramount Pictures' Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson. Steve Ryan as "Bob"
Steve is well known for his role as Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchison on the Emmy-winning Aaron Sorkin series The West Wing. Steve's film credits include I'm Not Rappaport, Quiz Show, and D.A.R.Y.L.. Daniel Southworth as "Vince Stallen"
Daniel has appeared in films such as The Scorpion King, Hidalgo, and Terrence Malick's The New World. He is often recognized by younger audiences for his role of Eric in the hit children seriesPower Rangers: Time Force. Writer-director Douglas Horn
With sharp, evocative dialogue and striking visual flair, Douglas Horn's work has gained a fervent following among film audiences. His distinctive, award-winning short films Trailer: The Movie!, Back Up, Please, and Full Disclosure have earned recognition at numerous film festivals and beyond. Entry Level is produced by Reuben Lim, Mark E. Lee, Ben Buffandeau, and Douglas Horn with Co-Executive Producer Jennifer Crusius. Director of Photography...............Aasulv Wolf Austad, FNF Editor................................Paco Farias Music by..............................Brandon Roberts Production Designer...................Scott Enge Music Supervisors.....................Amine Ramer and Alexina Matisse Casting by............................Joe Lorenzo

NEWS VisionFest selects ENTRY LEVEL for New York City festival. (August 20, 2007)
The VisionFest Film Festival is featuring ENTRY LEVEL in its 2007 festival, September 19-23 in New York City. VisionFest's mission is to promote U.S. independent filmmaking, and all selections must be made in the U.S. by domestic filmmakers, companies, and financing. ENTRY LEVEL will screen at the Tribeca Cinemas as the festival's Saturday night screening (Sept. 22nd, 9PM). Writer-director Douglas Horn returns to the festival with his first feature film following his short film FULL DISCLOSURE which was a VisionFest 2006 official selection. For more information visit the VisionFest website. The film's Stetson, Lee, Horn, Pyle, and Farias with SBFF director Alan Inkles .
ENTRY LEVEL Makes U.S. Premiere at Stony Brook Film Festival (July 23, 2007)
ENTRY LEVEL made its U.S. Premiere to a sold-out house of 1,019 July 21st at the Stony Brook Film Festival. The SBFF is held at the Staller Center for the Arts and is known for having the largest audiences on the festival circuit.
On hand at the festival were writer-director Douglas Horn, star Missi Pyle, producer Mark Lee, editor Paco Farias, and Co-Executive Producer Jennifer C. Stetson. ENTRY LEVEL stars Pyle, D.B. Sweeney, Kurtwood Smith, Cedric Yarbrough, Taylor Negron, Lisa Ann Walter, and Steve Ryan. The film is produced by Reuben Lim, Ben Buffandeau, Lee, and Horn. ENTRY LEVEL U.S. Premiere at Stony Brook Film Festival (July 1, 2007)
The Stony Brook Film Festival has made ENTRY LEVEL an official selection for it's 12th annual festival, July 19-28th. This marks writer-director Douglas Horn's third selection at the prestigeous venue. Horn's short film, FULL DISCLOSURE won the audience award for Best Short Film in 2006. The Stony Brook Film Festival is held at the Staller Center for the Arts in Stony Brook, NY and consistently sells out its 1000-seat theater. ENTRY LEVEL screens Saturday, July 21st at 7:00PM. For more information visit the Stony Brook Film Festival website. ENTRY LEVEL to World Premiere at IETFF (May 1, 2007)
THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGING TALENT FILM FESTIVAL (IETFF) has selected the US comedy ENTRY LEVEL as one of eleven competition features for its 2007 festival May 13-15 in Monte-Carlo. ENTRY LEVEL is the first feature film by Seattle writer-director Douglas Horn, whose short films have won numerous festival awards, including seven Best Short Film awards in 2006-07 for FULL DISCLOSURE. ENTRY LEVEL is produced by Reuben Lim, Mark E. Lee, Ben Buffandeau, and Douglas Horn. ENTRY LEVEL stars D.B. Sweeney (THE CUTTING EDGE), Missi Pyle (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY), Kurtwood Smith (THAT 70s SHOW), Cedric Yarbrough (RENO 911!: MIAMI), and Taylor Negron (THE ARISTOCRATS) in a comedy that follows a former chef starting over at the bottom in Corporate America at age forty by interviewing for entry-level jobs. The 85-minute feature provides a humorous and surprisingly uplifting look at unemployment, job interviews, and mid-life crisis. The IETFF will be held in Monaco's Grimaldi Forum, with the mission of discovering and encouraging emerging talent from around the world. The first annual festival will include 11 features and 11 short films. ENTRY LEVEL is one of only two features from the United States. It will screen May 13th at 2:30 PM and May 15th at 10:00 AM. IETFF juror Jennifer Tilly with Missi Pyle and Christina Moore.
IETFF supporters include Effie Brown, Bruce Cohen, George and Andria Litto, Billy Zane, and inaugural jury members Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Cohen, and Alan Poul. Confirmed participants in the 2007 event include Warner Independent Pictures, Paramount Classics, The William Morris Agency, The Sundance Institute, Rotterdam Film Festival, and the Australian Film Commission. ENTRY LEVEL is a Cart Horse Films production with Mark E. Lee Productions, in association with Small Pond Pictures. The writer-director, producers, and select cast members are scheduled to attend the festival.

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