Over two years ago we decided to make the first Rumpus produced movie out of my novel Happy Baby. Today, Happy Baby is finally available for rent or purchase on Vimeo!
It was Dave Eggers’s fault. He had edited the book (originally released by McSweeney’s) and when I told him I wanted to make another movie he said Happy Baby would write itself.
It didn’t. So, The Rumpus launched a kickstarter (two actually; another one was launched for post-production costs). And we raised more than $100,000. We set about to make an ambitious movie, with dozens of locations and a large cast spanning a period of thirty years.
It wasn’t always easy. In fact, it was never easy. But we think the result is very beautiful. We’re proud to present Happy Baby, starring Bill Heck, Monica Raymond, Eric Nelson, Angelic Zambrana, Alex Karpovsky, and James Urbaniak.
Check out the trailer below, and head here to purchase or rent the full film:
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Feature photograph © Paul Sarkis.