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Michael Jason Allen

Michael Jason Allen

Acting

Biography

Michael Jason Allen landed his first professional acting gig as a day player in the Columbia Pictures movie "What Planet Are You From" starring John Goodman, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, and Ben Kingsley (1999). Going on to star in national television commercials for Cox Comm., Yosh Fragrances, HGTV and the California Board of Tourism among others, he's continued in films, television commercials and various television shows on FOX and the W Network. In 2008, he began writing, directing, producing, and starring in his own feature films. His feature films "References" (2008), "The Coldest Kiss" (2014), "Stealing Sunrise" (2015), "An Idle Mind Is the Devil's Playground" (2016), "Stealing Sunrise 2: Malibu Trail" (2017), "Hello, Are You There?" (2018), & "EMULATOR" (2019) have received positive reviews from renowned indie and major film critics as well as prominent media outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Arizona Republic, and featured news stories on FOX & CBS tv affiliates. Since his debut film, he has subsequently gone on to write, direct, produce and star in 8 award winning or nominated independent feature films while performing the cinematography in 5 of them. He is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist for his electro-rock band "Official Version" and has performed live around the U.S. sharing the bill with popular music artists of the '80s & '90s. He also has a 1980's era alter ego named Adrian Star in which he has released several pop albums with many music videos.

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In 1973, Jonah the Earth Prophet is a cult commune leader who communicates the will of the Earth to his followers via voices from the vortex in which their living compound is built on. Members of the "family" hope for an afterlife of positive karma and eternal energy after serving their contracted time to the vortex, or rather to Jonah. Frustrations arise as members of the family struggle to fight their human urges, an ironic symptom of their obsession to be one with human nature itself, albeit a misconstrued version of it. Unsettling rituals, brutal tests of faith, and meetings of music and dance are forms of sacrifice to the vortex by the family - and so are the actual lives of those who wish to join the family but are not destined to belong. Utilizing inspiration from Jonestown, The Manson Family, Heaven's Gate, The Branch Davidians and others, The Vortex Voices puts you right there in the time and horror of it all.

The Vortex Voices

2022Movie