Anchorage film poster, title, trailer

Anchorage is a 2021 feature film directed by Scott Monahan and written by Dakota Loesch. YENCE Studio provided the art direction and design.

Jacob (Scott Monahan) and John (Dakota Loesch) are two low-level Florida drug hustlers with a busted Crown Victoria and a dream. Their plan is to drive a trunk full of opioids stuffed inside Teddy Bears to Anchorage, Alaska, to cash in big in the Land of Gold. A split-second act of violence in the high desert of California derails their trip and sets the brothers on a crash course with tragedy. Anchorage is a journey to the heart of a family, the heart of addiction, and the heart of the American Dream… or whatever is left of it.

Powered by stunning performances, wild locations, and haunting cinematography, Anchorage is a jarring and drug-addled exploration of brotherhood, aspiration, and the degradation of a generation. Unsettling but existentially captivating, this authentically raw road movie thoughtfully traverses the dark and often unseen world of drug addiction, harvesting beauty from the struggle of trying to achieve an inglorious dream.

In his directorial debut, actor Scott Monahan stars alongside Dakota Loesch, who penned the script. Anchorage was shot chronologically in only five days with a cast and crew of ten people for $20,000 cash. The film would go on to win eleven awards and ten nominations, including the German Independence Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Actor Award at the 2021 Oldenburg International Film Festival.

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