
Self-Tape
2025-10-25 · 15 min · Not rated
A struggling actor running a makeshift self-tape studio in his San Fernando Valley apartment grows increasingly disillusioned as a wide range of actors flow in and out, and lazy contemporaries continue to get opportunities that elude him.
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- Directors
- Josh Baker
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- Released
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- USD 6,000
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Nick SamsonEliot
Jonathan Dylan KingBobby
Sean Michael ConwayNovice Actor
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