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Based on both the Super NES game and the UbseyMovies series, Earthbound chronicles the exciting adventures of Ness and his friends as they try to save the world from an alien invasion.
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Follow the bumbling Inspector Clouseau
on an globe-trotting investigation to stop a terrorist ring in this
two-hour feature inspired by the classic Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers
films.
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Three
college students are sent back in time to prevent a power-mad tentacle
from taking over the world in this feature film based on the classic
LucasArts adventure game.
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Four
friends must save their neighbor from a sinister group of kidnappers
who are planning to use his enormous brain to destroy the entire solar
system.
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The Latest Movie
Indiana Jones and the Tablet of Unspeakable Power
Indiana
Jones must enter the Temple of the Lost Apples to recover the Tablet of
Unspeakable Power before the Nazis get their hands on it.
This video was created to show to our dad on the Christmas we got him
an iPad (hence the theme of apples and tablets). We showed the
video
to him, then had our sister Elisabeth run into the living room to deliver the package once the video was over.
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Upcoming Projects
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Earthbound Episode 5: Cake
The fifth episode of our Earthbound series is (hopefully) coming January 11, 2011!
Check out the epic trailer and our set of production diaries from last summer.
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2010
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Phil Vs. Wild 3: Christmas Shopper Survival
Phil Ovens, survival expert, embarks on his most dangerous
assignment yet... Christmas shopping!
Date: December 20, 2010
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"The Ridgways" Slideshow 2010
Every Christmas, we make a slideshow of family pictures to
send to our relatives. This year's will be of marginal interest
to our fans, since some of the photos are from Earthbound shoots or locations we've filmed at before, and probably half of the pictures have "How About a Donut?" T-shirts in them.
"We Belong Together" by Randy Newman | "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" by Dr. John | "Lazy Bones" by Leon Redbone
Date: November 25, 2010
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University of Tulsa Wesley Foundation Commercials
Over the fall semester of 2010, we and some other students
from the University of Tulsa were asked to make some commercials for
the on-campus Wesley Foundation to promote events and small
groups. Here are the most notable endeavors:
Jungle Pong | C.S. Lewis Reading Group | Captivating
Don't Throw Away the Plastic Plates! | Thanksgiving Potluck | Dear Santa
Date: Fall 2010
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Other Brother Death
A guy's neighbor dies, whose brother wants vengeance. This homage piece ends
with a fight and a dinosaur roar.
Date: August 17, 2010 |
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Harry Potter and the Forgotten Assignment
On the last day of vacation, Harry Potter realizes he forgot to do an
assignment over the summer.
His attempts to correct this problem
quickly escalate out of control.
Part One | Part Two
Date: August 15, 2010
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The Music Man Jr. Backstage Silliness
The fourth entry into the amazing backstage silliness saga
does indeed exist. However, in order for it to exist, we had to
agree not to upload it to the Internet - so unfortunately, this one
won't be available for public viewing. Sorry about that.
Date: July 1, 2010
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Robert and Brenen 4: Final Kombat
After the unpleasant swirly incident at the end of Robert and Brenen III, Andrew the Twilight guy forms an alliance with longtime swirly victim Gagan. Together, they form a sinister
organization that has but one goal - to enact ultimate and final revenge on Robert and Brenen!
Date: March 27, 2010 |
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Groundhog Day 2010
Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?! Who knows!
Date: February 2, 2010
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Phil Vs. Wild 2
No one knows how to survive better than Phil Ovens, but in this video, he must resort to even
more desperate techniques just to stay alive.
Date: January 16, 2010
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2009
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Six Shots
Six Shots is
more or less cancelled (despite all the work we poured into it in the
summer of 2009), the primary reason being a lack of interest in
finishing the project. We're probably
going to release the footage that we had finished at some point, but
here are the two production diaries we made:
Production Diaries: #1 #2
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The Christmas That Came From Outer Space
A man inexplicably starts to hear theremin music everywhere he
goes in this campy sci-fi thriller full of holiday cheer. (We filmed
this in two hours, so don't expect too much.)
Date: December 23, 2009
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Phil
Ovens, survival expert, has returned to the unforgiving wild, but finds
himself unexpectedly at a birthday party. (This is the birthday party
video from Phil's 15th birthday)
Date: December 19, 2009
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Anton's Earthbound Birthday Party 2009
It's time for Anton's birthday party, and this year, it was Earthbound-themed!
Check out the epic relay races to find items in trash cans and deliver
Mach Pizzas, and then watch the guests attempt to defend
themselves from water balloons and a pinata enemy with just a baseball
bat! This video got a ridiculous amount of attention, even getting posted on Destructoid, which is big time for us.
Date: September 12, 2009
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Robert and Brenen III: Betrayal by Water
After the controversial swirly-time incident at the end of Annie Jr. Backstage Silliness,
Brenen vows to reclaim his old job as the swirly-giver. Armed
with only a tomato, he sets out to face off against his longtime rival,
Robert, in a showdown that you have to see to believe. Also, the always-mysterious fan of Twilight makes a reappearance.
Date: August 14, 2009
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Anton Wars: The Movie Trailer
While it won't make a speck of sense to anyone else, we made this fake
trailer for a fake movie based on some of our older games that aren't
on the website. Maybe someday in the distant future, the world
will be ready for Anton Wars...
Date: July 24, 2009
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Brenen Burns a Benjamin
In the interests of pyromania, Brenen attempts to burn a (fake) $100 bill, only to be frustrated into
tearing it up and resorting to a return to mortal kombat with Robert. Maybe.
Date: July 24, 2009
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FAIL! Volume 3
Mankind enters the moronosphere to the tune of the Elebits.
Date: July 14, 2009
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Ridgway Films.com-mercial
Stooping to new lows in shameless
advertisement, we filmed this ode to recycled footage and paid
programming platitudes so that you might be persuaded to visit this
website. And look - it worked!
Date: July 6, 2009
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Annie Jr. Backstage Silliness
The third chapter in the ACT I "Backstage Silliness" saga!
See hilarious cast interviews, an energy drink-infused montage, a
double-whammy swirly-time overdose, and so much Twilight your head
might explode. All of this and more backstage at the summer 2009
productionof Ward Jr., erm, that is, Annie Jr.
Date: June 23, 2009
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Earthbound Episode 3: Zoom Boing!!!
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
Trailer #1 | Trailer #2 | How About a Donut? | Buy the DVD
Or watch it with Spanish subtitles (translation by donjuan1655):
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
Ness and Paula have been
trapped somewhere underground by the zombies, and their only hope is a
boy from the northern country of Winters named Jeff.
Date: June 1, 2009
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FAIL! Volume 2
The continued saga of man's noblest of pursuits.
Date: April 21, 2009
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Phil Vs. Wild
In the unforgiving wilderness, only one man has the will to survive - Phil!
Date: April 19, 2009
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Robert and Brenen: Immortal Kombat!!!
Everyone's favorite two guys who randomly fight are back - only this time, as zombies! We filmed this
immediately after the zombie chase scene in Earthbound Episode 3 - hence all the zombie makeup.
Also, WATCH TWILIGHT!
Date: March 22, 2009
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The Phil Files, Part 3
The conspiracy continues with a mysterious man in a parking garage! No one saw that one coming!
Date: March 2, 2009
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FAIL! Volume 1
A collection of intellectual endeavors with unforeseeable consequences.
Date: February 2009
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Abraham Lincoln: His Wit and Wisdom
Four score and seven minutes ago, Abraham Lincoln told really bad jokes.
Date: February 12, 2009
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The Phil Files, Part 2
Agent Phil continues his investigation of paranormal encounters, and takes his questions to the people.
Date: February 7, 2009
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2008
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The Christmas Schooner: Backstage Silliness
The second episode in the "Backstage Silliness" saga, this time with Phil at the helm of the camera.
Witness the incessant pestering of Bill Kalfas, the mysterious conversation involving "WH," and the
return of trying to give Gagan a swirly.
Date: December 20, 2008
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Life Lessons
Life certainly can hold many lessons, and Greg is here to make sure we learn them all! Watch this
hilarious musical directed by Anton Ridgway, featuring the timeless song by UbseyMovies.
Date: December 2008
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A For-Real Homestar Party
Yes, we had a Homestar Runner birthday party, complete with "Kick the Cheat."
Date: December 10, 2008
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The Amazing Phil
The amazing Phil and his almost-just-as-amazing card trick!
Date: December 6, 2008
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"The Ridgways" Simpsons Intro Parody
We made this parody of the intro for The Simpsons for a family slideshow. Apparently, it was good
enough for Fox to officially pull it off of YouTube, if that's any
testament to its quality. Our family is bigger and slightly
different than that of the Simpsons, but hopefully Comic Book Guy-esque
purists can still enjoy it.
Date: December 4, 2008
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Earthbound Episode 2: Blue-Blue
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Trailer | Buy the DVD
Or watch it with Spanish subtitles (translation by donjuan1655):
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
Ness continues on his quest in the city of Twoson, where he receives a
mysterious distress call from a girl named Paula. On the way, his
journey to save her will cause him to cross paths with a slobbish
inventor, an eccentric hippie, and a demented cult in the heart of the
forest.
Date: November 22, 2008
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The Late Show Birthday Party
Anton had a David Letterman birthday party in 2008, complete with bad jokes, tossing cards out the
window, "Will It Float?", and a game involving Diet Coke and Mentos.
Date: November 2, 2008
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The Phil Files
Mystery! Intrigue! Suspense! And all because we found a pack of cigarettes in the front yard one morning!
Date: October 2008
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Solid Snake Attends a Birthday Party
Solid Snake must embark on his most dangerous mission yet:
attending a children's birthday party and locating a bomb planted in
one of the presents!
Date: September 29, 2008
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Ubseybound
A boy named Ness finds a mysterious box on his front doorstep, but when he opens it, strange
things
begin to happen to him. Beware, however - this film is only
for the Ubsiest of UbseyMovies fans. This was our second entry
for the UbseyMovies 2008 Fan Art & Video contest (the first
being an abbreviated version of Earthbound Episode 1). It ended up winning the video side of the contest.
Date: September 2, 2008
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Benji's Bike
Benji, a new student at the University of Tulsa, decides to get a new bike. But does he even know
the first thing about riding it? This was a short film made for the Plastic Freshmen project in
orientation week at the University of Tulsa. We were given a paper Lego head, a camera,
and one hour to shoot, and this was the result!
Date: August 23, 2008
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Earthbound Episode 1: Old Hamburger
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Buy the DVD
Or watch it with Spanish subtitles (translation by donjuan1655):
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
The first episode in our rendition of the 1995 cult classic RPG, Earthbound.
In this episode, Ness goes to investigate a mysterious noise from
outside, but events follow that eventually send him on a quest to save
the world from an impending alien invasion. Our original
intention was to create an homage to UbseyMovies's Earthbound Saga video
series by recreating scenes from their version - however, we soon got
carried away and decided to branch out and tell the rest of the story...
Date: August 15, 2008
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Shadow of the Pink Panther
Watch it on YouTube | Get the DVD
Shadow of the Pink Panther
is our best and longest feature film to date! Following the
spirit of the classic Blake Edwards / Peter Sellers films, this movie
sees the inept Inspector Clouseau stumbling into a new case - when
Clouseau inadvertently saves the French President from a terrorist
attack, he is assigned to the job of stopping the terrorist ring
responsible. But will he be able to overcome repeated attacks
from his own overdedicated manservant, a barrage of deadly weapons
helmed by his own lunatic boss, and his own two left feet? We
started filming this movie in June of 2007, and didn't finish it until
July of 2008. If you have two hours to spare, this movie is
definitely worth a watch!
Date: July 31, 2008
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Honk! Jr.: Backstage Silliness
It's crazy time backstage at the ACT I theater building! See an impromptu conga line, a bunch of kids
jumping in front of a camera, and the historic "Brenen trying to give Gagan a swirly" scene.
Date: July 1, 2008
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Phil's Jamba Juice Meltdown
An important public service announcement about the dangers of Jamba Juice.
Date: June 6, 2008
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Ball Wars
This was a short movie Phil made one Sunday afternoon to experiment with sound effects.
Date: February 18, 2008
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And Now It's Mark Twain
It's Mark Twain, here to tell you bad jokes! This was inspired by Johnny Dark's standup
act from the Late Show, usually called "Johnny Twain Tonight." After uploading this video, we
received information from reliable sources that Johnny Dark watched it and found it amusing.
Date: February 2008
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2007
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Late Night with David Letterman
David Letterman fever had hit our house in 2007, so our Christmas break
movie project ended up being a no-budget parody of sketches and gags
from David Letterman's show, as it was back in the '80s (with things
like an interview with Mr. T and the old-sounding theme song) and as it
is nowadays (with "Will It Float?" and Biff Henderson sketches).
We made it really fast and didn't put an incredible amount of work into
it, so yeah, it's not that great, but hopefully you can get some
enjoyment out of it if you watch it.
Date: December 23, 2007
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Ted the Sleeping Bag Bothers Drivers
Tyler Melton, star of Case of the Snatched Cerebrum,
finds himself as his alter ego Ted the Sleeping Bag, with no other goal
than to stand by the side of the road and irritate drivers. Dude.
Date: December 8, 2007
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Case of the Snatched Cerebrum
This was the giant follow-up project to Day of the Tentacle. The plot goes as follows: next-to-next-door
neighbor kid Tyler Melton gets kidnapped by a sinister organization
that wants to harness his massive brain for a machine that could spell
the end of the solar system as we know it. It's also loosely a
sequel to Case of the Missing Nintendo Games,
another movie we made long ago (see below), so there are some
references back to that movie in it. We started working on it in
February 2006 with a grand scope of a story in mind, but due to
conflicting schedules with the actors and me getting tired of the
project halfway through, we cut the story down as much as possible and
finished it on April 1, 2007 (no joke!). While it's not as
great as the stuff we've made since then, it's still a timeless tale of
terror, trauma, and Tyler!
Date: April 1, 2007
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2006
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Buried Treasure
Inspired by The Present (a short film made for Peter Jackson on the set of King Kong)
we created our own "mystery package trading hands" movie over the
course of one day on Christmas break of 2006. When we premiered
the movie at home, we had our little sister Elisabeth run into the
living room at the end of the movie carrying the treasure chest, which
contained a Christmas present.
Date: December 2006
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2005
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Day of the Tentacle
Watch it on YouTube | Buy the DVD
Day of the Tentacle is basically a rote movie adaptation of
the LucasArts point-n-click computer
game by the same name, in which three
college students must travel back in time to prevent a
tentacle from mutating
and taking over the world. However,
most
of the story results from the trio being sent to the wrong time periods
and
just trying to get back home. We filmed and edited this thing in
2005, but came back to re-edit the movie and tighten up the
special effects and post-production work in 2007 to make it more
watchable. In December 2008, the movie was
shown at the official book release party for Rogue Leaders, a history of
LucasArts. Unfortunately, we were unable
to attend, but Tim Schafer, co-creator of the original game, was there and wrote us a very kind note about the movie afterwards.
Date: July 2005
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Older Stuff
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Case of the Missing Nintendo Games
After stumbling through The
Digimon Movie, our second movie project was entitled Case of the Missing Nintendo Games, in which the five of us (Elliott, Anton, Phil,
Christopher, and Keaton) went on a supposedly hilarious quest to recover our stolen Nintendo games, which, as it
would turn out, were being used by German scientists to create a bomb to blow up the world. This one
really isn't much better than The
Digimon Movie, but it's included on this list so that there's no
confusion on plot information that's referenced in the sequel, Case of the Snatched Cerebrum,
which is much more watchable.
Date: May 2003
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The Digimon Movie
In 2002, we embarked
with friends Christopher and Keaton Zahorsky on our first "movie project." Armed with nothing more than costumes from
our closets, a camera that worked only half the time, and more enthusiasm than
endurance to finish the project, we filmed a good 15 minutes of footage
re-enacting scenes from the TV show Digimon before giving up and editing
what we had shot together with scenes from the show. Suffice
it to say, the end result was so lame that it will probably never see
the light of the Internet, but it's included here for posterity's sake
as our first movie.
Date: August 2002
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Double Dare in the Backyard
Obstacle Course | Physical Challenge
In 2001, Elliott had a Double Dare-themed birthday party. Here are two fun videos of said birthday party. Enjoy.
Date: June 2001
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