Not on purpose, though.

Shot in May and June of 2004, and on the festival circuit in 2005 and 2006, Take Out by Seth Laudau is finally available to watch on TUBI. It features Chase Masterson as Nicole Blu.

Why did it take so long?

It might have been the lawsuit alluded to on Wikipedia by a film with the same name released in 2004. (By the way, there are over two dozen films listed on IMDb with the same name. The moral? Choose a unique name for your next movie!)

Or it might be that our appetite for media is so voracious that almost anything can now be a commodity if it can be digitized and streamed.

Seth writes on No Film School:

“Normally, a movie doesn’t take 17 years to be released, and cast and crew can celebrate what they’ve created within a short time after production wraps. Our movie was a micro, micro-budget film where everyone knew everyone (or else they wouldn’t be there) and it was a particularly close, family environment. To have so many family members pass on is heartbreaking. This story, though, is a tip of the hat to and sincere celebration of those no longer with us, colleagues and mentors who have sadly crossed over. RIP to those gracious and talented people who were with our project in guidance, mentorship, and performance capacities. I hope they know, somehow, that we made it… finally.”

My take: Mazel tov! Locked away for 17 years, this film has become a time capsule. Now everyone involved with the production can finally watch it and have a good laugh.