The Watermelon (2008)

A film about how really weird stuff can happen.

Newly divorced, Achilles Pumpkinseed lives alone in the house left to him by his deceased mother. Depressed and adrift, he spends his days smoking pot and watching television, usually alone but sometimes with his equally rootless friend Patroclus. One day an unexpected visitor named Homer shows up at Achilles' doorstep, bearing an unusual gift: an old dilapidated camping trailer painted like a child's image of a watermelon. Achilles' life will never be the same. Until it is. Sort of.

Date of release
2008-09-28
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Brad Mays

Casting

Interesting facts

Brad Mays is an independent filmmaker and stage director, living and working in Los Angeles.

Background and education

Mays grew up in the Edinburg section of West Windsor Township, New Jersey, attending the local public schools before going to Princeton High School. During the early 1970s, Mays became involved in the performing arts during a professional internship at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.

After completing theatre arts studies at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, Mays was formally hired by the Baltimore Theatre Project. In 1982, he moved to New York City, where he began working off-Broadway and ultimately produced and directed his first independent feature film, Stage Fright.

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