choke.is a Canadian short drama film, directed by David Hyde and released in 2004.[1]
| choke. | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Hyde |
| Written by | Sean Reycraft |
| Produced by | Tyler Levine Hartley Gorenstein Carolyn Newman |
| Starring | Lindy Booth Marcello Cabezas Allegra Fulton |
| Cinematography | Raymond Dumas |
| Edited by | David Hyde |
| Music by | David Sorbara |
Production company | Radke Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Described by producer Tyler Levine as "a story about three failures, smart enough to know what they want to do with their lives, but not talented enough to actually do it",[1]the film starsLindy Boothas Andrea, a figure skater who chokes in competition whenever her medical school dropout boyfriend Paul (Marcello Cabezas) is in the audience; one day she catches Paul in a romantic embrace with Ms. Morgan (Allegra Fulton), following which she kills Paul and gets away with murder.[1]
The film premiered at the 2004Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films,[1]and had its Canadian premiere at the2004 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
The film was aGenie Awardnominee forBest Live Action Short Dramaat the25th Genie Awardsin 2005.[3]
References
edit- ^abcd"Walk, talk, promote and push".Toronto Star,September 11, 2004.
- ^"A thumbnail look at some of the 40 Canadian short subjects being screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival".Canadian Press,September 16, 2004.
- ^Jay Stone, "Big, small get Genie nods".Kingston Whig-Standard,February 9, 2005.
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