Short film, 2017
Gustav
What if Billy Joel really was stuck in your head?
- Role
- Writer & co-director
- Cast
- Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Charlene Gleeson, Glen Barry, Aoibhéann McCann, Patrick Lunt, Denis Fitzpatrick (Ugly Commuter #1), Ken Williams (Ugly Commuter #2)
- World premiere, Galway Film Fleadh, 2017
- Official Selection, Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2018
- Official Selection, Oxford International Film Festival, 2018
- Official Selection, Irvine International Film Festival, 2018
- Best Film, Assurdo Film Festival, 2018
- Best International Director, Portland Comedy Film Festival, 2018
- Shortlisted, Young Directors Awards, 2018
- Best Director, Richard Harris Film Festival, 2017
- Cork Film Festival, 2017, including the Best in Cork programme
On a wet Tuesday afternoon in the office, Lindsey sang ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’, turned to me and said: “Sorry, I’ve had Billy Joel stuck in my head all day.” “Wouldn’t it be funny if Billy Joel was actually stuck in your head?” I replied, and immediately thought: there’s a short in that. About a year later we were shooting Gustav, our fifth short film.
We shot it on a day when United played Liverpool, and thanked Zlatan and James Milner in the credits for maintaining harmony on set.
“A laugh-out-loud, cleverly edited film with a sharp script.” — Film Ireland
Credits
- Writer
- Ken Williams
- Directors
- Ken Williams and Denis Fitzpatrick
- DOP
- James Mather
- Editor
- Shane Callan
- Music
- Brian Lane
- Producer
- Steven Daly
- Costume design
- Rebecca Duitton
- Poster design
- Richard Hughes
- Production
- Brainstorm Productions and Stanley’s Deathpark
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