Light Up the Night

Dec 23, 2016

0h 16m

★ 5.5

Overview

Light Up the Night is an analog science-fiction short film set in an Orwellian, futuristic 1980s. The story tells the tensions flaring between rebellious citizens and robotic law enforcement. We are introduced to two dissidents as they take aim at the city's looming, panoptic control tower, while local band The Protomen take the stage amidst the action, inciting unrest as they narrate the struggle.

Genres

Science Fiction

Action

Music

Production Companies

The Telescreen Company

Sound Machine Records

Light Up the Night Trailers

Cast

Joe

James Ransone

Emily

Laine Rettmer

Dr. Albert Wily

Joel Nagle

Sid

Elan Even

Young Thomas

Adam M. Griffith

Cody

Luke Guldan

Rose

Ava Eisenson

Diego

Diego Aguirre

Reva

Aya Sapovalova

Kilroy

Kilroy Youngblood

Sniper

Jeff Brown

Dr. Thomas Light

Steve Olson

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