The Karaoke King
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Directed by | Dan Mackler, JJ Ruscella |
Produced by | Bill Hill, JJ Ruscella John J. Higgins, Dominick J. Salfi |
Written by | Donte Bonner, Jason Diller, Jaime Jessup |
Starring | Ken Weiler, Anil Kumar, Annie Miesels |
Release date(s) | March 2007 |
Language | English |
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The Karaoke King is a comedy film released in March 2007. It revolves around a fictional bar named Lil's in Central Florida, known as the birthplace of karaoke in the United States. For as long as anyone can remember, one man named Eddie Bowman has won the weekly Wednesday night karaoke competition. The film follows one fateful night where Eddie battles between his long-time girlfriend, Nikki, and his long-time nemesis, Rupert Goldfine to determine who is going to be the next reigning Karaoke King.
- Tagline: Visit America's first karaoke bar, where even the losers are winners.
[edit] Partial Cast
- Ken Wilder as Eddie Bowman
- Anil Kumar as Rupert D. Goldfine
- Lisa K. Bryant as Nikki Derringer
- David Knoell as Devon Smallwood
- Darlin Barry as Lil Derringer
- Annie Meisels as Jenny Mae Mayweather
- Aaron Kirkpatrick as Billy Mayweather
- Brian Vernon as Harold DuPont
- John Archer Lundgren as The Colonel
- Hank Stone as Cooter
- John Wayne Schaffer as Monty
- Keston John as KJ Diggs
- Donté Bonner as KJ Spins
- Ron Zarr as Miss Fuji
- Sam Singhause as Carl Derringer/Young Miss Fuji
- Linda Landry as Young Lil
- Tad Ingram as Jared/Health Inspector
- Jenny Ashman as Madeline
- Giancarlo Damiami as Manny
- Ayla Harrison as Patrick
- J.J. Ruscella as Herman
- Chris Niess as Nelson
- Fieli Deurs as Taka
[edit] Trivia
- The film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar.
- The film's main stars, Ken Weiler, Anil Kumar, Annie Miesels, and director JJ Ruscella all attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
- Many of the film's cast and crew included faculty and students from University of Central Florida.