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Right now, terrorists are plotting to release a toxic substance into Avery House... The Avery ExComm has been compromised... And nothing is going according to plan! Get ready for the longest day of your life with the members of Caltech's Avery House in their explosive 2006 Rotation video, a parody of the popular television series 24.

About the film

24: Avery House is a parody of the television series 24, which originally ran from 2001 to 2010. The film follows the television series' format of presenting the investigation of a terrorist plot over the course of a single day in real time, with the film presented as one episode in the middle of a putative season. In 24: Avery House, a terrorist cell is attempting to release hydrofluoric acid into the Avery air condititoning system. They are pursued by Counter Terrorist Unit–Avery House, which is about to intercept a meeting of the terrorists with the hope of stopping the plot right there. Meanwhile, as the Avery ExComm discusses evacuation plans, one of the Chancellor's top advisors is suddenly killed and questions abound as to the culprit.

The film was shown to incoming freshmen during Rotation, Caltech's week of selecting new students into the various Houses, in 2006. Its goal was to catch the freshmen's attention in being well-executed and engaging. In this film we tried to depart from the traditional "funny-silly" tone that Rotation videos often take, favoring a tone that is serious and engaging on the surface but has the subtle humor that larger-than-life situations are taking place in the familiar world of Caltech and Avery House.

DVD Information

The DVD was released in January 2010 and is now available. The DVD contains the following special features: bloopers, trailers, audio commentary from Director John P. Sadowski, audio commentary from Co-Writer Daniel Thai, subtitles in English, French, Chinese, and Klingon, alternate audio in French and Klingon, cast photo gallery, storyboards gallery, and two bonus Avery Revolutionary Army films: "The Bourne Assassination" and "Harry Potter and the Magnetic Monopole". See the DVD page for more information.

You can also see the film (albeit in reduced quality) on YouTube, or view the trailers.

The Cast

Directed by John P. Sadowski
Story and Screenplay by John P. Sadowski and Daniel Thai

News

2/1/10: Cinematic DVD trailer added.

1/24/10: Ordering information added. The DVD is now available!

11/24/09: DVD Info page added. The DVD release date of January 2010 has been announced and the DVD teaser trailer is now available!

1/25/07: Bloopers complete; they will be shown on Sunday 1/28 at 2pm in the Avery Library.

8/8/06: Final scenes flimed. We are finished with principal photography!

8/5/06: Mountians scenes flimed.

7/30/06: Shootout scenes flimed.

7/27/06: We won the House vote to become the official Rotation video! Thanks for your support everyone!

7/19/06: CTU Agent's Apartment scene filmed. Postproduction status table added.

7/18/06: Informant's Apartment and Tunnels scenes, and portions of Physical Plant filmed this weekend.

7/10/06: Trailers posted!

7/9/06: Chancellor's Office scenes filmed.

7/8/06: Script version 2.1 uploaded. CTU Headquarters scenes filmed.

7/6/06: Production Status page added. Filming for the CTU Headquarters, Holliston Avenue, and Chancellor's Office scenes have been scheduled.

6/30/06: The cast list has been finalized and the script is available.