High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Marc Pease Experience is a 2009 comedy film directed by Todd Louiso and written by Louiso and Jacob Koskoff. Shot primarily in and around Wilmington and New Hanover County, North Carolina in early 2007, the film is centered around Marc Pease, a man living in the past, when he was the star of his high school`s musicals. The film stars Jason Schwartzman as Pease, Ben Stiller as Pease`s former mentor, and Anna Kendrick as his love interest.