"Everyone has an expiration date" 09 May 2005 Comedy 93 mins
A branch library becomes the battlefield for a fierce war of wills in this dark comedy by writer-director Tamar Halpern. A head librarian quietly loathes the new book shelver, a feisty woman fresh out of rehab. But what begins as simmering passive aggression soon spirals into all-out war.
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Richard Ankrom as Ray the Mumbler
Robert Beckwith as Inspirational Tape Voice (Voice)
Teneale Bender as Susan the Receptionist
Elisa Bocanegra as Betty Bonhauser
Betsy Brandt as Nikki Reynolds
Christo Brock as Dickson the Computer Guy
Tatum De Roeck as Amanda the Reporter
Holgie Forrester as Nikki's Mom
Jordan Halpern Schwartz as Library Punk #1
William Jones as Uncle Tommy
Jack Kennedy as Charlie the Photographer
Bonnie J. Kirk as Sergeant Knofelmacher
Michael McTaggert as Library Punk #2
Joe Smith as Ronald
Gray Sara Merrill as Portnoy's Complaint Girl
Ryan Spahn as Jarrett
Steve Elkins Director of Photography
Tamar Halpern Writer
Elizabeth Leifer Co-Producer
Robin Muir Co-Producer
Tamar Halpern Director
Susan K. Hoover Editor
Kaveh Rastegar Music
United States 09 May 2005
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