Two lost but likable souls meet at a funeral home in Minnepolis and set out on a road trip to scatter ashes in Lake Superior.  This quirky comic drama touches on themes perseverance and renewal.  It stars Heidi Jo Langseth and Jeff Gilson with music by new wave rocker Jessy Greene.
Great Lakes  -  comedy drama, 91 min., color, 2002    
                                           A spirited and accomplished low budget indie feature, Great Lakes won the Minnesota 
                                              Independent Film Fund Award and premiered at the Telluride IndieFest in 2002. It has
                                          screened in Minneapolis at the Oak Street Cinema and won Best Director, Best Screenplay,
                                                                                   and Best Lead Actress at Minneapolis's 2003 Smmash Film Festival.
Production Credits
Writer/Director James Byrne
Producer Sara Klee
Development Producer David Buck
Assistant Directors Ryan Christensen and Jeremy Marshall
Music by Jessy Greene
Production Crew: Carrie Vlach, Noah Bucher, Brian Dehler,
Emily Branham, and Tom Trimble
Post Production: Andrew Carranza
Sound Design: Bethany Lacktorin

Starring                                                                         
Heidi Jo Langseth, Jeff Gilson, Nancy Marvy, Marshall Hambro,  
Terry O'Sullivan, Robert O. Berdahl, and April Adamson                                                                                                             
Featuring
Erick Steen, Louis Porter, Kurt Schweickhardt, Gedney Tuttle,
Ingrid Hoyt, Tom Musgrave, Carolyn Jenkins, Margie Weaver,
and David Orman
James Byrne and Heidi Jo Langseth accept
     awards at Smmash Film Festival.
Sara Klee, Jeremy Marshall, James Byrne, and Ryan Christensen celebrate the          Minneapolis premiere of "Great Lakes"          
at the Oak Street Cinema.