Award Winning End of Life Film in Oceanside

It’s been quite a while since we’ve connected, but there are exciting things on the horizon, starting with this poignant and captivating film about one man’s journey through brain cancer as he explores end of life options.

Come watch Jack Has a Plan and stay for what will certainly be an engaging and elucidating discussion after the film.

JACK HAS A PLAN Is Coming to Oceanside
The inspiring and comedic award-winning documentary about life, death and defying the odds is showing at the 2023 Oceanside International Film Festival. The film about musician Jack Tuller and his extraordinary end-of-life tale plays at The Brooks Theater, established in 1936.

The 73-minute movie is followed by an in-person Q&A with director Bradley Berman, cast members, and San Diego’s Dr. Donald Moore, an end–of-life physician who is part of a national movement to reimagine and reengineer death and dying.

“If dying is an art, Jack Tuller is Picasso.”
Meier Movies

“As joyous, thrilling and funny as any film about death could be.”
San Francisco Examiner

Screening and Q&A with Director Bradley Berman, Jennifer Carińo, and Dr. Donnie
Thursday, February Sunday 23 at 8:30 pm
The Brooks Theater
217 North Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
Buy a Ticket (A single ticket for the entire day of films)
Watch the Trailer

About the Film:
Jack Tuller’s career as a budding San Francisco musician was forever altered in 1994, when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given six months to live. JACK HAS A PLAN tells the story of the following 25 years, as Jack dodges one bullet after the next. How is it even possible for somebody to be terminal for two-and-a-half decades?

But Jack somehow turns his predicament into a Left Coast creative documentary-performance project complete with experimental movies, diaries, and frequent spontaneous dance moves. As Jack’s condition worsens, he engineers the precise steps for a graceful exit from life’s stage. But not if his family and friends have anything to say about it.

JACK HAS A PLAN, produced over six years, was inspired by Jack’s keen desire to document and share his oddly funny and heartwarming end-of-life story. Jack wanted to remove the taboos associated with discussions about death and dying—and to create the most honest and uplifting case study about how to approach our final days with honesty, openness, and gratitude.

Awards:
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature - Mystic Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature - Dances With Films Festival (Los Angeles)
Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary - DOCUTAH Documentary Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary - Calgary Independent Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature - Lake County Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature - Lake County Film Festival
David Kleiler Cinephile Award - Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Honorable Mention - Ojai Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Finalist - Twin Cities Film Festival