Earl's Your Uncle (2004)

Director:

Thomas L. Phillips

Writer:

Jared Tweedie (writer)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Family's family you know

Plot:

Pressured by his one armed uncle into faking his own death to collect on a small life insurance policy, Geary runs afoul of a local crime lord.

Plot Keywords:

Film Noir | Tromadance | Character Name In Title

Cast

Andy Allen	...	Geary
Larrs Jackson	...	Earl
Howard Krupnick	...	Moshe
David Reynolds	...	Tusk
Gia Franzia	...	Molly (as Gia Natale)
Elisabeth Granli	...	Summer
Karen McClain	...	Sheena
Elwood Carlisle	...	Kent
Bubba Da Skitso	...	Vukan
Radu Vlad	...	Bogden
Daeg Faerch	...	Ratt
Alisa Vilena Gerstein	...	Tina (as Alisa)
Mark Irvingsen	...	Von
Jessica Leaser	...	Abused Woman
Eriq F. Prince	...	Abusive Man

Runtime:

USA:19 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

T-Street Productions

Trivia:

The title is based on the British saying, "Bob's your uncle".

Quotes:

Moshe: Yeah, but Scotty was a mensch. Like part of mishpokhe, my family, and you two kakameyme bastards had the khutspe.

A short film that rocks

Earl's Your Uncle completely took me by surprise. I was recently able to view it through a screener copy that was sent to a film festival. Can't say which one, but it doesn't matter.

The I did some research online and got to see it online. This movie had me laughing from beginning to end. The woman that plays Sheena is just down right funny. Whene she came into the movie, I could not wait to see her again.

If there was a downfall to the film, it was that she was not in it enough, but hey, then maybe i would have gotten tired of seeing her. She did steal the show.

It was shot in black and white and it fit the film so well, the mood, the setting, the look, everything just worked for this movie.

I was a little confused with the beginning and the end, but after thinking about it, it all made sense. ' I don't know if the filmmakers were doing this on purpose, if not it still worked for me.

This is a short film that I would love to see made into a feature. These characters could carry an entire film. But if it ever made it that far, hopefully they would not replace the actors with bigger names. The guys did a great job.

I don't even know if this counts as a review, maybe i am just rambling on, but I enjoyed the movie.