Colma: The Musical

Colma: The Musical (2006)

Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel live in Colma, just south of San Francisco. After graduating from high school, the trio are having too much fun doing nothing or crashing college parties, but newfound revelations and romances force them to assess what to hold onto.

Date of release
2006-03-21
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
Richard Wong

Casting

Interesting facts

Colma: The Musical is a 2006 American musical independent film directed by Richard Wong and written by H.P. Mendoza. The film, which is Wong's feature directorial debut, is a coming of age story based on the lives and the relationships between three teenagers living in Colma. Colma: The Musical features 13 songs all written and produced by H.P. Mendoza.

Production

After writing a concept album called Colma: The Musical as a birthday present for a childhood friend, H.P. Mendoza reunited with film school classmate Richard Wong, who had just finished working on the television show Arrested Development and was looking for a script to direct. When Wong listened to a track from Mendoza's album, he prodded him to adapt it into a script.

The film was shot on location on digital video in 18 days. Much of the film was shot in San Francisco's Mission District and Daly City, but filmmakers were able to shoot in Colma when scenes with fog were needed. Wong self-funded the budget of $15,000. Musical scenes were done using one long take. The music for the film was recorded in Wong's garage.

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