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==Plot==
==Plot==
Two sisters, Serretta and LouAnne Burr, are [[lunch ladies]] working in a [[high school]] called Melvin High. Both are unsatisfied with their job and cook terrible food. Both sisters are [[Celebrity worship syndrome|fans]] of the actor [[Johnny Depp]] and are hired by him to be his [[Personal chef|personal chefs]] after winning a cooking contest. The principal threatens to fire both women if they do not get better at cooking, much to the aggravation of Serretta. Serretta's Johnny Depp t-shirt gets ruined by [[Potato|potatoes]] after she kicks a container. Furious, Serretta goes to the lady's room to clean off her shirt. After a [[cheerleader]] named Alexsis insults Seretta, Serretta suffocates her to death with a [[plunger]]. Fearing jail, Seretta and LouAnne decide to bake the flesh of the corpse into [[Meat pie|meat pies]], taking inspirtation from the Tim Burton film [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]. They then give the meat pies to the students and staff who eat them, unknowingly committing [[cannibalism]]. The film ends with selfies of Serretta and LouAnne in [[Hollywood, California]].
Two sisters, Serretta and LouAnne Burr, are [[lunch ladies]] working in a [[high school]] called Melvin High. Both are unsatisfied with their job and cook terrible food. Both sisters are [[Celebrity worship syndrome|fans]] of the actor [[Johnny Depp]] and are hired by him to be his [[Personal chef|personal chefs]] after winning a cooking contest. The principal threatens to fire both women if they do not get better at cooking, much to the aggravation of Serretta. Serretta's Johnny Depp t-shirt gets ruined by [[Potato|potatoes]] after she kicks a container. Furious, Serretta goes to the lady's room to clean off her shirt. After a [[cheerleader]] named Alexsis insults Seretta, Serretta suffocates her to death with a [[plunger]]. Fearing jail, Seretta and LouAnne decide to bake the flesh of the corpse into [[Meat pie|meat pies]], taking inspirtation from the Tim Burton film ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''. They then give the meat pies to the students and staff who eat them, unknowingly committing [[cannibalism]]. The film ends with selfies of Serretta and LouAnne in [[Hollywood, California]].


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 02:34, 25 May 2022

Lunch Ladies
File:Short film Lunch Lady.jpg
Directed byJ.M. Logan
Written byClarissa Jacobson
Produced byRebel Minx

J.M. Logan Joe Bratcher Matt Falletta

Jessica Janos
Starring
  • Chris Fickley
  • Daisy Kershaw
  • Mary Manofsky
  • Donna Pieroni
CinematographyChris Ekstein
Edited byAmelia Allwarden
Music byAntoni M. March
Running time
19 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

Lunch Ladies is a 2017 American comedy horror short film which was created and written by Clarissa Jacobson; produced by Rebel Minx, J.M. Logan, Joe Bratcher, Matt Falletta, and Jessica Janos; and directed by J.M. Logan. It won Film Threat! Best Short,[1][2] and was screened at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in Opening Program and the Tous à Table Section.[3]

Plot

Two sisters, Serretta and LouAnne Burr, are lunch ladies working in a high school called Melvin High. Both are unsatisfied with their job and cook terrible food. Both sisters are fans of the actor Johnny Depp and are hired by him to be his personal chefs after winning a cooking contest. The principal threatens to fire both women if they do not get better at cooking, much to the aggravation of Serretta. Serretta's Johnny Depp t-shirt gets ruined by potatoes after she kicks a container. Furious, Serretta goes to the lady's room to clean off her shirt. After a cheerleader named Alexsis insults Seretta, Serretta suffocates her to death with a plunger. Fearing jail, Seretta and LouAnne decide to bake the flesh of the corpse into meat pies, taking inspirtation from the Tim Burton film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. They then give the meat pies to the students and staff who eat them, unknowingly committing cannibalism. The film ends with selfies of Serretta and LouAnne in Hollywood, California.

Cast

  • Donna Pieroni (Seretta Burr)
  • Mary Manofsky (LouAnne Burr)
  • Daisy Kershaw (Alexis the Cheerleader)
  • Chris Fickley (Principal Grossfetig)

Awards and nominations

The film was screened at the following festivals:

It received the following awards and nominations:

References

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  2. ^ "Award This! Short Lunch Ladies". film threat.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Lunch Ladies". clermont film fest.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. ^ "Lunch Ladies". clermont-film fest.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Join the hilarious Lunch Ladies". flicker fest.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Imagine 2018: Kick-Ass Women!". FRAMELAND.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Review: Lunch Ladies". drm.am.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  10. ^ "REVIEW: LUNCH LADIES (SHORT – SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL)". FILM SNOB REVIEWS.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup Unveiled". deadline.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "BEST EDITING". Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "LUNCH LADIES Lunch-Ladies---Poster Seretta and Louanne are Johnny Deep fans, but they live a miserable life as cooks in a high-school cafeteria. One of their recipes wins a prize, but their dreams of a better life are threatened by a cheerleader. The question is: WWJD? What would Johnny do?". strasbourgf estival.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Lunch Ladies (2017) – Airfare Not Included". ScareTissue.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Johnny Depp is Behind the Madness of Killer Short Lunch Ladies…". Dread central.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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