A boy in a YMCA tee and trucker cap rides a BMX down a sunlit suburban street beside a silver Chevy van.
Texas · Summer • 90s · a kids film.

Deliberate Studios

Orange Creamsicle War

a 90s-themed action movie for kids.

No internet, no problem.

Four boys chase after an elusive ice cream truck and find themselves in enemy territory, a bizarro version of their own neighborhood. And make peace and new friends over a king-size box of orange creamsicles.

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The neighborhood play-war.

Four boys chase an ice cream truck they can’t find. They team up to track it and run into four preppy boys they first think are friends because they look just like them.

It’s a few blocks over. Different school. Not friendly. Then it’s on: a play-war, played completely seriously. Regular kids on Murrays and Huffys versus preppy kids on GTs. Water balloons, Super Soakers, wiffle bats, tennis rackets, a shovel of dirt — until it’s about to go face-to-face.

Henry calls a truce. They all agree immediately. A mom comes home, doesn’t notice the war, and hands out a king-size box of orange creamsicles. Then they play home run derby together.

They were more alike than different. They make peace, become friends, live happily ever after.

It’s a 9-minute short on purpose: a scene with a beginning, a middle, an end, a climax, and a resolution, like any movie. Late-summer afternoon glow. A longer-than-normal day. Nothing but fun ahead. Every moment’s worth.

In the spirit of Dennis the Menace, The Little Rascals, and Home Alone.

Close-up of a Murray BMX in motion, gold handlebars, teal polka-dot trunks.
A black BMX lying on its side in the middle of a sunlit suburban street.
A girl on a suburban sidewalk holding a foam football, looking at a boy in a cap.
A boy in a YMCA tee and trucker cap on a BMX, looking off camera with a serious expression.
A black BMX with a gold rim lies on the asphalt while a kid in blue runs down the block.
A boy in a YMCA tee and cap rides a BMX toward the camera past a silver Chevy van.
Close-up of a boy in a blue cap and tee looking off camera in warm summer light.
A Murray BMX rolls past a blonde girl on a lawn with pink roses.
A blonde girl in a teal tee looks across a sunny suburban street.
A boy in a YMCA 1992 tee and blue cap sits on a BMX looking off camera.
Gold BMX rim and Adidas sneakers beside a basketball and orange bucket in a garage.
A boy wipes a GT bike pedal with a cloth in warm amber light.
Close-up of a Super Nintendo controller with purple buttons.
A kid holds a worn Delta Force VHS tape in front of their face.
Hands play an original Game Boy in a wood-paneled living room.
A boy holds a Super Mario Land 2 Game Boy cartridge up to his face.
Legs step down in warm orange light past wooden slats.
Close-up of a boy in warm amber rim light, looking off camera.
Hands hold a crumpled wrapper with a miniature 8-ball inside.

Before the internet showed up.

Before internet streaming and iPhones, kids had to go outside and find their friends in the real world. Instead of iPhones they had Game Boys that weren’t even backlit. TVs were CRT squares and videogames were 8-bit. There was technology, but they weren’t ruled by it. The future hadn’t arrived yet and the future looked cool.

Clothes are real vintage, Made in USA, early 90s. The bikes are real Made in USA 4130 chromoly BMX from the early 90s, acquired over many months. Story time is the tail end of summer, sometime between 1991 and 1994.

A kid holds a worn Delta Force VHS tape in a wood-paneled den, a CRT television behind them.

The lineup

Who’s in it.

Eight boys, ages 9–13. Henry, Wyatt, Jack, and Luis. Ethan, Mike, James, and Caleb. Three teenage punks. One dad, one mom, a paperboy, and the ice cream truck driver.

Storyboard looks. All eight.

Not a trailer of Orange Creamsicle War

Summer ’93 A 2:08 look-book.

A 2:08 look at the world. It will never be its own film. Made so you can see the light, the bikes, the dens — the quality of this summer. It never shows the OCW title. Tonally, it is also a window into Escape Summer.

Summer ’93 · 2:08 · a look-book, not Orange Creamsicle War

Nine minutes, then the making of.

The movie is 9 minutes. Because it streams on Indeehub, it needs a bit more runtime: after the credits it cuts into a behind-the-scenes featurette so the whole thing is about 25 minutes. Pilot energy. It breaks the fourth wall.

Untrained kid actors. Shoestring. Neighbors. Local press if it shows. Props, wardrobe, the chaos of a fast kids shoot. Interviews with the kids about wanting a less-tech, more-outside childhood. Honest about what it takes to make a movie, and the beauty of real filmmaking as AI changes the art.

AI on this film is VFX only — to show a vanished pre-internet world. Not replacing performances. Not stealing images.

Written and directed by Anton Seim. He grew up in Bedford, Texas. He lives in Los Angeles now. Produced by Deliberate Studios.

Where it lives

It streams on Indeehub.

When it’s done, the finished film streams on Indeehub. Not YouTube. Not Vimeo. Not the festival circuit. Public, copyright protected, a real streamer. People can watch it and send it to friends and family.

Cast and crew create an IndeeHub account and are assigned a backend percentage so everyone who works on the film can own a piece — something that hasn’t really existed for indie filmmaking. The cast, crew and producers all get to own a piece of the movie they helped to create.

IndeeHub .studio
A boy in a trucker cap and blue YMCA tee grips BMX handlebars, looking off camera.

Get Cast

Eight boys, 9–13. Three teenage punks. A dad, a mom, a paperboy, the ice cream truck driver. Rehearsal Monday, October 12. Filming October 13–14. If this neighborhood feels like home, send a note. Watch Summer ’93 first. That’s the look.

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Name, age, city, and why they fit.

Close-up of a GT 4130 chromoly BMX fork and spokes.

Production

Rehearsal Monday, October 12. Filming October 13–14. A 90s house. A Chevy van. An ice cream truck. A block we can shoot on. Gear, time, a check. If you have something the production can actually use, say what it is.

Production

Tell us what you can offer.

A boy bikes down the center of a 1990s suburban street toward the end of the block.

The real stuff

Props and wardrobe.

Vintage, Made in USA, early 90s. Things you can hold.

Larami Super Soaker 50, neon yellow and green, cut out.
Chrome GT Mach One BMX with electric-blue parts and tanwall tires.
Black and gold Raleigh Rampar Pro 400 BMX.
White, black, and light-blue Reebok Shaq Attaq Pump sneakers.
Bundle of TNT Roman Candle fireworks, five balls.
A purple plum with a bite taken out of it.
Three boys yell at the camera while stretching a giant blue slingshot with a red playground ball.
Green, red, and yellow smoke bombs billowing colored smoke on a black background.
A blonde boy flings dirt from a metal bucket at a red-haired boy who flinches, black studio backdrop.
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