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Merkin Penal
Merkin Penal
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Merkin Penal

2014
24m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

2014

Runtime

24m

Storyline

"It's like HBO's "OZ" ...but even funnier."

Gary is falsely accused of beating his insane ex-girlfriend Charlotte, and he is sentenced to 30 days in Merkin Penal, a privately run prison. Once behind bars he runs into his old friend Smitty, who's in the 2nd year of his 9 month stay, due to a run in with the TSA. Smitty is "insane Charlotte's" older brother. Smitty and Gary met while Gary and Charlotte were an item. They are forever bonded together by their shared celebration of hatred for Charlotte. After a First Class, welcoming tour of the prison via Smitty, and a run-in with Emmett O'Donald, from upper Prison Management, Gary realizes his original sentence of 30 days was all Bulls@!t. He may never get out.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
24m
Jan 31, 2014
Director
Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse
Production
Screamin' Chicken
Screamin' Chicken
Official Website

Top Cast

21 Cast Members

Mitch Rouse

Mitch Rouse

Gary

Renee Albert

Renee Albert

Guard Rail

Mark Beltzman

Mark Beltzman

Sweeps

Ken Hudson Campbell

Ken Hudson Campbell

Mayor

Larry Joe Campbell

Larry Joe Campbell

Lars

Mike Coleman

Mike Coleman

Chase

Robin Collins

Bennie Hana

Kevin Dorff

Kevin Dorff

Sable

Brian Doyle-Murray

Brian Doyle-Murray

Buddha

Sitara Falcon

Sitara Falcon

The Falcon

Jay Leggett

Jay Leggett

Gus

Joel Murray

Joel Murray

Calloway

David Pasquesi

David Pasquesi

Smitty

Rebecca Elizabeth Stevens

Guard Down

Christopher Allen Nelson

Christopher Allen Nelson

Hetfield

Peter MacKenzie

Peter MacKenzie

Emmett O'Donald

Peter Jason

Peter Jason

Sargent Sacrifice

Bruce Jarchow

Bruce Jarchow

Warden Taints

T.J. Jagodowski

T.J. Jagodowski

TJ

Peter A. Hulne

Peter A. Hulne

Bodega

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