The dummy
CREDITS
Producer – Rebecca Knapp
Writer/Director Heidi Bartlett – based on a short story by Susan Sontag
Starring – John McGlynn (The Queen & Gangs of New York) and Gilly Gilchrist (Gladiator & Rob Roy)
Funded by Scottish Screen and BBC3
Distributor – Scottish Screen
A black comedy about a man who wants to escape his suburban life. Eddy Maplethorpe builds a dummy that can go to work for him and take care of his family. However his dummy soon craves a more pleasurable existence as well.
Awards Won
Runner-up at the 26th Tokyo Video Festival
Nominated
Best European Short at the Stuttgart Film Festival
Best Short Message to Man Film Festival, Moscow