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
Teenage Boyson Oates (played by Jordan David) conflicts with his demanding father (played by Jack Moore).[1] After an unsuccessful attempt to follow his fathers's orders, Boyson runs away from home, but is lured back for a reconciliation by one final parental act of appeasement.
Reception
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
- 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
- ^ NYTimes Movies
- ^ Sundance
- ^ Silver Lake Film Festival
- ^ Nantucket International Film Festival
- ^ Small Potato Short Film Festival
- ^ Dereel Independent Film Festival
- ^ "The Oates' Valor". Answers.com Web site. n.d. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ Alternative screenings- Pasadena Weekly