$TRIPODSeriously. Sits on the floor of his room, couch and a guitar on the wall behind…
An unemployed musician's apartment couch battle with a tripod hurls him into a hallucinatory Vietnam War where household objects become lethal weapons and his dull life turns into a madcap action epic.
An unemployed musician's apartment couch battle with a tripod hurls him into a hallucinatory Vietnam War where household objects become lethal weapons and his dull life turns into a madcap action epic.
Synopsis
Jake Harlan, a directionless slacker and failed guitarist, spends his days in a cluttered LA apartment waging petty wars against furniture. One afternoon, tripod in hand, he charges his threadbare couch in a fit of boredom that suddenly transports him to 1969 Vietnam, where the same couch is now a Viet Cong bunker and his guitar case a rocket launcher. Reality fractures as Jake's real-world friends and ex appear as soldiers, officers, and villagers. Each escalating skirmish blends slapstick domestic chaos with brutal war satire, forcing Jake to confront whether he's lost his mind or finally found purpose in the delusion. As the line between apartment and jungle blurs, Jake must choose between retreating to safety or charging deeper into the fantasy that might just save him.
The story
Jake films another aimless living-room rant until a tripod-versus-couch skirmish triggers his first Vietnam hallucination; he wakes covered in couch stuffing that looks like jungle mud.
Jake's friends and ex infiltrate the vision as platoon members; escalating battles with everyday objects expose his buried rage and failures while the apartment slowly transforms around him.
Jake orchestrates a final all-out assault on the couch-bunker, merges both worlds, and emerges with a shaky new grip on reality and the beginnings of an actual music career.
The cast
Unemployed 28-year-old musician who treats his apartment like a battlefield and his boredom like a personal affront.
dream cast: Andrew Garfield
Jake's sharp-tongued ex-girlfriend who appears in the hallucination as a no-nonsense lieutenant trying to keep him alive.
dream cast: Zoe Kravitz
Jake's weed-dealing roommate who becomes a bumbling grunt in Vietnam and keeps trying to break the fourth wall.
dream cast: Pete Davidson
A grizzled drill instructor who is simultaneously Jake's angry neighbor and the voice of every toxic expectation Jake has internalized.
dream cast: Idris Elba
A sentient, malevolent piece of furniture that shifts forms between ratty sofa and impenetrable enemy stronghold.
dream cast: Practical effects puppet voiced by Willem Dafoe
The real-world psychiatrist who appears in both realities, gently guiding Jake toward integration rather than escape.
dream cast: Sandra Oh
Dream crew
in the style of Edgar Wright — kinetic humor and visual flair
in the style of Charlie Kaufman — master of reality-bending absurdity
in the style of Danny Elfman — quirky chaotic energy
Cold open
INT. JAKE'S APARTMENT - DAY A cramped studio. Guitar on the wall. Couch sagging like it's been through hell. JAKE HARLAN, 28, messy hair, boxers and a stained tee, films himself on his phone. JAKE (into phone) Day 4,172 of not having my shit together. Today we declare war. He grabs a metal tripod like a rifle, plants himself in a battle stance, and charges the couch. He smashes cushions. Feathers explode. He dives, rolls, comes up swinging. JAKE (CONT'D) Die, you memory-foam bastard! Suddenly the walls flicker. The couch grows vines. Jungle sounds bleed in. Jake freezes, eyes wide, as the tripod morphs into an M16. JAKE (CONT'D) ...Seriously?
Why now
In a doomscrolling, post-pandemic world where millions feel trapped in repetitive domestic loops, this film captures the universal fantasy of turning mundane frustration into explosive meaning, delivering cathartic laughs while speaking directly to Gen Z and millennial anxieties about purpose and mental escape.
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