Project Trailer
LOVE and TAXE$
Feature 1 hr 25 minutes
Synopsis:
Love and Taxe$ is the new indie romantic comedy that’s quickly gaining buzz for its originality, humor, and daring one-take format.
Filmed in one take, the film has been wowing audiences not just with its technical ambition but with its richly drawn characters, razor-sharp wit, and throwback 1970s charm. Described by Rob Reiner as “totally unique,” Love and Taxe$ unfolds in a single location and captures a decades-long flirtation between Donald, an ambitious CPA, and Belinda, a free-spirited waitress.
Set in the early 1970s, amidst shifting societal norms and the rise of the sexual revolution, the film explores the intertwined professional and personal lives of Donald and Belinda. Despite their annual dance around mutual attraction during tax season, navigating marriages, affairs, business ventures, and personal desires, their story delves into themes of trust, betrayal, societal expectations, and personal aspirations. This narrative is a blend of bittersweet storytelling infused with irony and wit.
The movie is a celebration of storytelling, collaboration, and good old-fashioned movie magic. Written by The Brady Bunch’s Lloyd J. Schwartz and directed by Ken Feinberg and Craig D. Tollis, the film stars Jake Reiner (grandson of Carl Reiner) in his breakout lead role and Alexis Abrams (3 time Best Actress Award wins and counting). Opening music by Laurence Juber, former guitarist for Paul McCartney & Wings, and soundtrack by Kat Parsons.
“It reminded me of early Woody Allen movies, you know, the really funny ones,” quipped long time stand up comedian, Jerry Farber about the energetic and heartfelt Love and Taxe$ .
"Love and Taxe$ is totally unique. It's so difficult to find a new way to make a romantic comedy, but Ken Feinberg has done it." - Rob Reiner
“This success story serves as a shot of encouragement for any independent filmmaker.” -Carol P.
“I’ve seen thousands of indie films. You’ve got to go see this one. One of the best indie films I’ve ever seen” - Jeremiah B.
"I felt like I was in a Neil Simon show" - Shellie S.
“A brilliant, fun, quick moving comedy! I am still smiling.” - Gordon S.
“Who knew a single location comedy, shot primarily in 1 room, could be so captivating and entertaining! LOL. And to know it was shot in just 1 take was the cherry on top! What a vision…..and quite impressive execution!” Sharna B.
“This is absolutely hilarious and brilliantly written and produced!! It's amazing how well you get to know the life stories of all the characters!!”
-Leona M.
"It makes me recognize how important it is to see movies in a theater and laugh with other people." - Alex M.
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Director - Ken Feinberg, Craig D. Tollis
Ken was an actor for many years working on Star Trek Enterprise , Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed and others. He was also a theater director and actor. For over 15 years, Ken has been training, young Actors such as Storm Reid (Emmy and SAG Awards), Madison Thompson (Ozark) and Lexi Minetree (Elle Woods in the “Legally Blonde” series. Lexi wrote the forward to Ken’s new book, “Acting, Beyond the Script” coming out later this year. This is Ken’s second feature film as director.
Craig currently edits on a series for Universal. The British Born, Australian raised Editor has one Telly’s and Emmy‘s for his editing. this is the first time Craig has directed. Craig has worked for Disney , Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. as well as TV specials, features and series on major network comedy and drama series Including ABC, CBS, Sundance TV, Tyler Perry Studios, TBS, F/X, BET.
Director Statement
One of the classic cinematic challenges is to be able to, essentially, shoot as long of a scene as possible - all in one take. It's a challenge for the actors to memorize all of the dialogue and be able to perform it. It's a challenge for camera, lighting, sound and the way that the whole set was created. The 1970s wardrobe was nostalgic and beautiful. There were a lot of creative challenges that were interesting and fun.