The Series

CUPIC Series

The Contact: (1990) (Starring) Mark Rusbarsky and Maria Anne Cress. The movie that started it all. The Contact is about a couple who lived in the fictional town of McAllister, just north of San Francisco. Accountant Tony Miller, and science teacher Mindy DiCaprio, were involved in an extraordinary event during that summer. It was the early days of CGI from Tight Budget FX, and the effects are primitive at best. But, that's a part of their charm and it proves that the effects have come a long way. Originally written in short story form in 1985 under the title, "A Message From The Archer." Aired on the premiere episode of Fiction Theater in the summer of 1990.

McALLISTER AFFAIR (1992-present): This ongoing series of both visual and literary stories dates back well before the cable television pilot. (Pilot episode) ( Starring) Barbara Tyner, Lorna Chavers, and Mike Reyes. An astronomer, Janet Raphael, was on special assignment as the acting head of the Saggamore Heights observatory, in the mountains just north of the town of McAllister, California. Knowing her skepticism on the subject of unexplained phenomenon, she was asked by colleague, Cynthia Young, to investigate an incident that occurred in town several nights earlier. What the investigation uncovered changed Janet Raphael's life forever. Janet has joined Cynthia in investigating unexplained phenomenon. The series continues today as short films and literary stories based on the organization, CUPIC. Click here to see the real media clip...

A LONG WALK HOME (1999): (Starring) Mike Sliwa, Karen Sliwa, and Doug Morris. A Day in the life of Johanna Leoni, as she investigates another case for CUPIC. There's only one problem, his name is Doug.

HIGH STRANGENESS (1999): (Starring) Karen Sliwa, Doug Morris and Will Murray. Johanna Leoni is on the case again, this time it's with her nephew Will. These stories are based entirely on the McAllister Affair series.

NIGHT WATCH (2000): (Starring) Karen Sliwa, and introducing Joshua Willingham. Johanna Leoni has plans to watch the Leonid Meteor shower, but her colleague, Tyler Douglas has other events to watch in the sky. Third in a series of CUPIC-AZ short stories.

PROBING INQUIRY (2001): (Starring) Joshua Willingham and Doug Morris. While Johanna is away on a well needed vacation, Tyler is put in charge of a case. Need we say more.

SQUAWKER: TAKES FLIGHT (2003) Another episode in the ongoing CUPIC saga.... What is a Squawker anyway? A half man, bird-like creature that stands about six feet tall, whose job as it seems is to scare the local folks in small Oregon towns... Think of it as El Chupacabra or Mothman, without the goat sucking or dark under tones of either. Squawker is the name given to the creature by those very locals because of the sounds that it reportedly made. What does this have to do with Johanna and Tyler? Upscale locals in Scottsdale, Arizona have reported seeing the bird-man... For more information, click here... See the broadband clip, CLICK HERE!

THE ASSIGNMENT (2003) (Starring) Michael Peters and Kacey Richards. Another chapter in the ongoing CUPIC series. Mikhail Bartov has to convince a friend that CUPIC is not a group of whackos and UFO nuts. He gets a little help from an unexpected visitor during a meteor shower. This project is actually a remake of Rod Washington's 1989 super 8mm student film.

THE EMISSARY (2004) (Starring) April Shepherd, Mark Ray and Jay Percell. Johanna investigates another case for CUPIC. Herald Noel is a man with an interesting hobby, who meets a famous celebrity who is not who he seems to be. The seventh in the CUPIC-AZ series.

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