The Unknown Hero (2005)

"The Unknown Hero" is the second video produced by Minty Pineapple Entertainments (then Aloha Joe Studios). It was uploaded to YouTube on November 1, 2005.

Synopsis
Fred Finkelstein gets superpowers that were intended for someone else and has to learn how to handle them.

Plot
Aliens come to Earth to find a warrior pure of heart to imbue with superpowers. They choose a street preacher as their target. They fire the powers at the preacher from their spaceship, but the preacher has been accidentally knocked aside by Fred Finkelstein who winds up getting the superpowers instead. Since the powers were not intended for Fred, he cannot control them. Nor can he remove them. He decides to become a hero anyway, with various (mostly painful) results.

Trivia

 * Filmed for a Wizard Magazine contest. Joe Heath couldn't get the footage onto his computer and tried to resort to editing on a VCR. That failed, but Brad Heath put some hardware into Joe's computer that allowed Joe to upload the footage. The film was finished way after the deadline for the contest, so he did not win.
 * Filmed in Flat Rock, Alabama.
 * Was remade as The Unknown Hero (2007).

Cast

 * Brad Heath as Fred Finkelstein/Unknown Hero/Drug Dealer/Narrator.
 * Joe Heath (as "Aloha Joe" Heath) as The Preacher/The Alien/The Punk Rocker/The Newscaster.
 * Hope Heath as Heckler.
 * Georgette Heath as Dog.

Crew

 * Directed by Joe Heath (as "Aloha Joe" Heath).
 * Written by Brad Heath.
 * Makeup by Hope Heath.
 * Editing by Joe Heath & Brad Heath.