The Other Way

The Other Way is a short film by Joe Hawley, which was his senior thesis as a film major. It was originally hosted on the band's official website, and is currently hosted on a fan's Vimeo page.

## Plot

Joe himself plays the protagonist, Hank. Hank arrives at a pizzeria, where he meets up with his ex-girlfriend Chelsea. She asks him where he was, Hank tells her that he was pulled over for a speeding ticket, she then tells him that her grandfather passed away earlier that day, there is for some reason a box on the table, Hank asks what's in it, where she pulls out a baby, not just a baby, HIS baby, Fabian, who was born the previous day. She then tells him that they are going to the pool. Once they arrive, Hank notices a bunch of dads and their awful children, an overwhelmed Hank jumps into the swimming pool hoping that he will drown, but instead manages to send time moving backwards. (From this point, all of the footage is played backwards, and the dialogue is subtitled.)

When Hank emerges from the pool, he goes back to where Fabian and Chelsea were, but Chelsea is nowhere to be found. He goes back to the pizzeria and asks two other people what is happening, they explain to him that time is going backwards. He then calls Chelsea, and she explains to him that she is hiding from him in order to prevent Fabian from being unborn. She is shown to be at her grandfather's bedside at the hospital, watching him come back to life.

Hank goes to one of Chelsea's friend's house, he asks where Chelsea is, but they won't answer him because they know what he did and shut the door on him. Hank travels with Fabian in hand, to the hospital throughout the night, hoping to arrive before Fabian's time of birth but falls asleep, when he wakes up he realizes he's at the hospital, he then rushes into the hospital. He speaks with Chelsea's grandfather, who tells him that the only circumstances one can count on are life and death and that the events in between are unimportant, hinting at the nature of the backwards universe, Hank then leaves him and hangs out outside and puts Fabian on a crib. Hank then sees Chelsea being pulled down the hallway in a stretcher, and when a doctor asks where the baby is, Hank points to Fabian and the doctor yoinks the baby, he then enters the room where Chelsea calls him a bastard and we see Hank watching Fabian being put back in the womb.

In the ending scene, Hank is happily driving and singing "Ruler of Everything" but then gets pulled over, where the cop who originally gave him a speeding ticket lets him off with a warning. As the film ends, Hank hears Chelsea's grandfather's voice in his head, reminding him of his own inevitable "unbirth" that he will eventually have to face.

## Credits:

Written, Directed, and Edited by: Joe Hawley

Directer of Photography, Camera Operator, and Assistant Editor: Sean Stewert

Sound Recordist, Sound Engineer, Foley, 3-D Animation: Bora Karaca

Producer: Latesia Collies

Associate Producers: Joe Hawley & Sean Stewart

Music: Andrew Horowitz

Assistant Director: David Koll

Executive Producer: Jennifer Hardacker

Script Supervisor, Production Assistant: Joanne Lazarus

Associate Producer: Shrihari Sathe

Propmaster, Production Assistant: Kioto Patterson

Production Assistant: Selcen Onsan

CAST (in order of appearance):

Jim Kote as Police Officer

Joe Hawley as Hank

Rob Cantor as Calculator Nerd

Shamil Kotecha as Rubik's Nerd

Elizabeth Hoyt as Chelsea

Paul Mansoor as Cannonballer

Corey Anotonishen as Teenage Dude

Kioto Patterson as Jacuzzi Dad

Ken Wood as Nachos Dad

Bora Karaca as Pizza Clerk

Phillip Kerr as Grandfather

Lauren Safran as Katie

Rebecca Schultz as Jess

Jirwon Lee as Heather

Jeff Richardson as Male Nurse

Latesia Collies as Female Nurse

Hank Greenspan as Doctor

EXTRAS:

Destiny Hall

Denisha Hall

Dynasty Walden

Gus Aguilar Sr.

Gus Aguilar Jr.

Gabriella Aguilar

Yessica Aguilar

"Baby, Baby (feat. Burb Whitey)" by MC MC

"Ruler of Everything" by Tally Hall

SPECIAL THANKS:

Pamela Andreatta

Jim Burnstein

Lauren Cantor

Rob Cantor

Nik Frank-Lehrer

Bryn Haffey

Jennifer Hardacker

Reda Khalafella

Andrew Laurich

Carolyn Lehr

Andy Lichtstein

Amy Patt

Benjamin Rosenblatt

Steve Rudolph

Shirihari Sathe

Mike Williamson

Alan Young

Ann Arbor Fairfield Marriott

Bell's Pizza

Keego Harbor Police Department

Mott's Children Hospital

Made possible in part by: The Alice Webber Glover Scholarship

administered by the program in film and video studies at The University of Michigan

## Connections to Tally Hall

* Rob Cantor plays the "Calculator Nerd".
* Bora Karaca plays the "Pizza Clerk".
* Andrew Horowitz is credited with the music for the film.
* The song Ruler of Everything is featured backwards in the ending scene, with Hank singing along to the bridge.