“I want you to write an account of your memories,” says a counselor to twenty-two-year-old Otis at the beginning of the trailer. Here, Otis is tasked with the very thingdid to create the film’s screenplay. While the film is fictionalized, the story is also semi-autobiographical, capturing the pain of LaBeouf’s complicated relationship with his father . The trailer pivots back in time to when twelve-year-old Otis is rising to stardom.
The film is currently in theatres and is coming soon to Amazon Prime.A teenage elf named Ian Lightfoot finds a tape cassette from his deceased father. His dad’s voice describes a long-ago world filled with magic as the clip shows flying unicorns, mermaids, and spell-casting wizards. “But it wasn’t easy to master,” warns his father, “so people found a simpler way to get buy,” hinting at modern-day distractions like our smartphones.