The Oates' Valor
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| Directed by | Tim Thaddeus Cahill |
| Written by | Tim Thaddeus Cahill |
| Produced by | Andy Bruntel, Leo Jaramillo (co-producers) Tim Thaddeus Cahill, Ross Danielson, Victory Palmisano, Ali Zubik (producers) |
| Starring | Conrad Apfell Daniel Carpenter Jordan David Grant Gimby Shannon Holt Adèle Jacques Jack Moore Amanda O'Brien Ryan Patterson Whitney Rydbeck |
| Cinematography | David Rom |
| Edited by | Matt Barber |
| Distributed by | Independent |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English French |
The Oates' Valor is a short film written and directed by Tim Thaddeus Cahill. Cahill's first film is a coming of age comedy of a son's conflict with his demanding father. This 14 minute color piece was filmed on Super 16 mm film.
Plot
[edit]Teenage Boyson Oates (played by Jordan David) conflicts with his demanding father (played by Jack Moore).[1] After an unsuccessful attempt to follow his father's orders, Boyson runs away from home, but is lured back for a reconciliation by one final parental act of appeasement.
Reception
[edit]The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[2] It has been featured at the Silver Lake Film Festival,[3] the Nantucket International Film Festival,[4] Small Potato Short Film Festival,[5] and the Dereel Independent Film Festival.[6]
It will be a Competition Short at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8]
External links
[edit]- The Oates' Valor at IMDb
- 2007 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP from Film Threat online
- Clip from the Sundance Film Festival
- Epistrophe Films
- Indiewire
- Matt Barber
- David Rom
References
[edit]- ^ NYTimes Movies
- ^ Sundance
- ^ Silver Lake Film Festival
- ^ Nantucket International Film Festival
- ^ Small Potato Short Film Festival Archived 2005-01-12 at archive.today
- ^ Dereel Independent Film Festival
- ^ "The Oates' Valor". Answers.com Web site. n.d. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ Alternative screenings- Pasadena Weekly