Beauty and the Butcher - Winner Best Short Film Wirral International Film Festival 2008
Written and Directed by Johnny Parker
Beautiful Beautician loves Hunky Butcher but can she overcome her shyness, her loathing of meat, competition from the cocky Estate Agent and a mountain of cruel obstacles to get to the man she adores?
The piece began life as a short story. A patchwork of real-life anecdotes and experiences, stitched together into a tale of modern love. Julie is a Beautician: gorgeous on the outside, meticulous and fussy about her appearance but shy, nervous and lacking inner confidence. She desperately fancies the High Street Butcher but cant pluck-up the courage to ask him out. The local Estate Agent has no such trouble and confidently stalks the object of Julies desires. It doesnt help that she hates the sight of meat and cant bring herself to go into the shop. But she has a plan an idea that will overcome all her self imposed obstacles or so she thinks!
Beauty and the Butcher is Johnny Parkers debut as a writer and director. He was ably supported by Belinda Greensmith on Camera and Make-Up. Belinda has worked on productions with $1million budgets and was able to put her considerable experience, and supply of fake blood, to full use in the film.
Amy Watkins, as Julie, is also making her debut in short films, having started her career in Theatre and Dance including a range of Shakespeare Productions with the MOPS Theatre Company. Amy took to the part straight away with an instinctive awareness of the comic and tragic feelings of the character.
Sam Hudson, as the Butcher, is a very experienced actor, who has starred in Brookside, Born and Bred, and Holby City. His wife Natasha Symms was the Pregnant Woman. The lump is now a bouncing baby boy! Natasha is not only a new mum but also an accomplished actress having starred in Hollyoaks, Crossroads and Casualty.
Hayley Taylor-Jones, as the Estate Agent, like all the above, lives on the Wirral and has been in award winning drama, A Mind of Her Own and is another up and coming local actress.
Rowe David McLelland, as The Doctor, has been in Corrie and Emmerdale and kept us in stitches the whole time.
Music courtesy of The Great Northwestern Hoboes, a fabulous up and coming Liverpool Band.
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Thanks also to the wonderful shopkeepers of Bebington; Roy and Les Whieldon, who patiently allowed us to take over their Butchers Shop for the morning, while still serving customers. Also Dot Jones of Pinks Cards and Gifts who allowed us to film in the shop. Beauty and the Butcher - Award |
Equal Opportunity is a hilarious HBO/U.S. Comedy Arts Festival (Aspen) Official Selection, NBC Comedy Shortcuts Award Winner. Produced by Camille Mana Written by Sameer Asad Gardezi Directed by Howard Duy Vu
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In this docu-comedy classic, Ieden Wall takes to the streets as "the robin hood of peoples' dreams."
He has only three hours to find a prostitute and get her to the hospital
to see her Dad. To accomplish his mission, he has to dive head-first,
into the volatile Toronto underground.
As usual, innocent pedestrians get swept into his web of machinations.
The results are utter hilarity and a gripping human story.
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email: paulsingh36@gmail.com - Paul singh performed at gurus of comedy in Washington DC. Paul singh has performed at all the major venues in USA and Canada. He gets his material from his real life experiences. He Migrated to US in 1977 and since then he has been living life on the edge. He started standup in 2003 after winning humorous speech contest three times at the division level at the TMI. Paul does comedy in 2 languages. Actually he is known to be the best trash talker in punjabi, hindi and Urdu. Try and provoke him sometimes, if you see him.
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