Archie's Final Project

Archie's Final Project (also known by its original title My Suicide) is a 2009 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Lee Miller and written by Miller, Eric J. Adams, and Gabriel Sunday, who also served as second unit director, additional camera operator, and music editor along with starring in, co-editing, and co-producing the film. It won the best feature film prize for the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival's youth film section Generation 14plus.[1] Music producers Jimmy Iovine and Polly Anthony and actor Harold Ramis served as executive producers, It received a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 23, 2011, and was released to home media on December 6, 2011.

Archie's Final Project
Promotional film poster, showing the original title My Suicide
Directed byDavid Lee Miller
Produced by
Screenplay by
Story by
  • David Lee Miller
  • Jordan Miller
Starring
Music byTim Kasher
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Gabriel Sunday
  • Jordan J. Miller
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Big Air Studios
  • Rocket Releasing
Release date
  • February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07) (BIFF)
  • September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

Archie is a compulsive and deliberately unsociable 17-year-old. For the final project of his cinematography class, he announces to commit suicide in front of the camera, causing a widespread sensation and, above all, admiration from his peers. Doing so, Archie attracts the attention of his comrades, as well as that of a psychiatrist with a more twisted mind than his own, and, more than anything, the attention of Sierra, the prettiest girl in the school.

Cast

Co-editor Jordan J. Miller appears as "Jordan Jah! The Titty Twistah", and co-writer and director David Lee Miller portrays a garbage scrounger. Co-writer Eric J. Adams and executive producer Karen Dean Tritts are credited as background players.

I Am an Archie

I Am an Archie is a social media marketing campaign aiming to promote teen suicide awareness. After attending an early screening of Archie's Final Project, a Miami teenager created a video in which he identified as an Archie. Since then, thousands of teens have identified themselves as Archies.[2]

When asked why the campaign resonated so well with teens, Gabriel Sunday said "I think the reason this whole IAmAnArchie campaign started is because kids in the festival circuit would be like, “Oh, that’s me. Archie is me.” There are so many ways you can connect with that character and kids always connect with him, no matter what place or what country they’re in. They feel that sh** that he’s going through, and they’re living it. So they started giving that feedback and saying "I’m an Archie because I’m depressed and I hate my family, or I’m creative and I love making art but people don’t understand it." I’ve been connected to the issue of suicide for six or seven years, and I know that what kids need to hear more than anything is that they’re not alone. That ended up being our message with IAmAnArchie: “Yeah, I’m scared, I’m depressed, I’m obsessed, I’m whatever, but I’m also an Archie because there’s a million Archies and they’re all going through crazy s***.”[2]

Actor/director Adrian Grenier also has identified himself as being an Archie.[3]

Awards

References
  1. Roxborough, Scott (February 13, 2009). "My Suicide a standout in Berlin's Generation". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. "Gabriel Sunday: 'Archie's Final Project' Star Talks Teen Suicide". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  3. "Adrian Grenier #IAmAnArchie". YouTube.com. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  4. "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2009 | Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
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  10. Wall, Carmen (2009-09-18). "Film festival goes retro | Metro". Metronews.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  11. "Raindance 17th Film Festival 2009". Raindance.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  12. "Festival international de Cinéma Jeunesse de Rimouski". Festivalcinemarimouski.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
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