Plot

Inventor creates drug that allows people to live in their wildest dreams. Now, the drug is no more, and everyone who was on it is under house arrest. Garp learns to connect with himself, and in that, to take action.

The Sci-Fi Romantic Independent film WITHOUT WARD takes place in the future where a one-world government; Contractualism, controls everything. A notable inventor, Ward (Martin Landau), creates a drug which allows people to literally live in their wildest dreams. Over the next 20 years, 50% of the world's population ends up on the drug, while the Union of United Esquires, lawyers with guns that act as the worlds police force by fulfilling and enforcing contracts, take care of them. Now, the drug is no more, and everyone who was on it is under house arrest. The film follows one dysfunctional family's quest for connection two years after they awake from the drug as they struggle with the new world order and being confined to their homes. For years they live their wildest dreams, and now they can't even leave their houses. The oldest son, Garp (Michael Gladis), longs to make his most basic dream come true and see a girl across the street, Scout (Alexis Dziena), naked in a window. What starts as such a simple mission turns into a deep, quirky and emotional journey, proving how important real-life connection is. Garp learns to connect with himself, and in that, to take action. At its core Without Ward is about one man who saves the world by standing naked in a window.—Cory Cotaldo

The Sci-Fi Romantic Independent film WITHOUT WARD explores what happens when an entire society relinquishes their everyday rights, to literally live in their dreams. Realizing that technology and software have made it impossible for people to connect, a notable inventor Ward (Martin Landau), creates a drug which allows people to connect by living in their dreams. Over the course of 20 years, half the world ends up on the drug, and a one-world government called Contractualism, forms.

In Contractualism everyone must follow their contract. If your contract doesn't specifically say you can do something, you can't. The only way to break the law is to breech the contract. The penalty for breach of contract is death. 50% of the world's population ends up on the drug, while 25% of the world becomes the Union of United Esquires; lawyers with guns that control everything. The other 25% must continue living their regular lives as is.

For 20 years people all over the world live in their wildest dreams doing whatever their mind can conjure up, until Ward dies and the drug is longer available, since contractually, Ward was the only person that could make it. With the drug gone, but the contracts still in place, The Druggies (the 50% of the population that had taken the drug) are under house arrest because their contracts don't specifically say they can go outside. Faced with death for breaching their contracts, everyone obeys, except for one family's oldest son, Garp (Michael Gladis), who had no desire to comply with his contract. Driven by his longing to satisfy his sexual needs while trying to fulfill his dream, Garp attempts to a girl across the street, Scout (Alexis Dziena) naked through her window. What starts as simple mission, turns into a deep, quirky, and emotional journey for connection. Just like Ward had wanted. At its core, WITHOUT WARD is about one man who saves the entire world, by standing naked in his window.