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Without Rockets

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Without Rockets
Directed byGary Yates
Written byGary Yates
Keith Tomasek
Produced byKeith Tomasek
StarringTed Felbel
CinematographyMichael Marshall
Edited byGary Yates
Music byStephen Arndt
Release date
  • April 4, 1994 (1994-04-04)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Without Rockets is a Canadian comedy-drama short film, written and directed by Gary Yates and released in 1994.[1] The film stars Ted Felbel as Fred, a lonely older man living in isolation near an abandoned missile base in northern Manitoba, who tries to come up with a new way to bury his pet pig after the animal dies but the ground is too frozen to dig a hole.[1]

The film premiered in Winnipeg in April 1994, as the opening film to screenings of The Wedding Banquet.[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Randall King, "It's another...PIG IN SPACE". Winnipeg Sun, March 31, 1994.
  2. ^ Randall King, "Wedding Banquet a feast of laughs". Winnipeg Sun, April 4, 1994.
  3. ^ "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.
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