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THE PARTY BUS

By Jonathan NEWTON

LADY OF THE LIGHT PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

What happens on the bus, stays on the bus!

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- AUSTRALIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 115 mn
- Director(s)
- Jonathan NEWTON
- Writer(s)
- Jonathan NEWTON
- Cast
- Jonathan NEWTON, Brigitte JARVIS, Ally SANFORD, Damon HUNTER, Peter FLAHERTY, Richard MEALEY
- Producer(s)
- Lucinda BRUCE (LADY OF THE LIGHT PRODUCTIONS), Jonathan NEWTON (iShoot Images)
- Synopsis
- Zac, a slightly uncomfortable and timid guy, leads a normal life until the day his world is shaken by the end of his relationship. Suddenly everything that made him feel happy, safe and confident is gone. In a struggle to ‘find himself’ and gain confidence he takes his friends suggestion and goes to work on a party bus, however he lands right in the middle of the drug scene. While finding his confidence he gets in the way of the main drug dealer, Logan, who seeks revenge on him. Will Zac overcome the drug dealer and save himself, or will he fall victim to the world of drugs?
  Zac was never an overly outgoing guy, just ask his best friend Chris who is always happy to remind Zac that he needs to develop more confidence. As a result Zac doesn’t enjoy the experience working on the Party Bus. He walks away determined not to come back, however as the company is so under-staffed he suddenly finds himself giving it another go.
  There has never been a major drug problem at Bus Buddies before, something that owner Monica is quite proud of. However since Zac came on the scene it has all reared its ugly head and bad things seem to be following him around. Zac protests his innocence however the trouble is that Monica doesn’t believe that Logan is the one responsible, as he’s the companies number #1 host and everybody loves him. Zac goes out of his way to make sure that Logan is not dealing to his groups on the bus and finds himself in a few very confronting situations at times as a result. Through all of this Zac’s confidence has started to grow. He is finding happiness within himself and his charisma has started to rub-off on the ladies too; especially Colette. Colette is an very independent woman and she is instantly attracted to Zac when she meets him. The two of them seem to hit things off quite well however just after Zac has enjoyed an amazing night with her he learns that is ex-girlfrend is engaged to be married. Zac spirals down into depression and his nights on the bus become worse and worse. Meanwhile, the drug situation with Logan is getting just as bad and night after night Zac has groups that he can’t control, ending in fighting or people passing out in the clubs. Through all this Monica is keeping a sharp eye on Zac, as she still believes he is behind the problems in some way.
  It isn’t until Zac is beaten by Logan and his thugs, drugged and rushed to hospital that Monica is willing to entertain the idea that Zac is innocent after all. All she needs to believe him though is for them to catch Logan red handed; but how? Logan will never admit to selling drugs and he certainly won’t give them or sell them directly to Zac or Monica. Therefore Zac turns to Chris and Colette for help, and hatches a master-plan to foil Logan and finally bring him down.
  Based on true experiences, The Party Bus is a movie full of life; from the loss of love, dreams and the struggle of finding oneself - to the world of night club culture, sex and drugs.