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  • Good Child (A)
  • Pawesome!
  • My Brother
  • Girls Like Us
  • Summer School, 2001
  • Wolf Among the Swans (A)
  • Secret of Me (The)
  • Camp
  • Explode São Paulo, Gil
  • French Italian (The)
  • Fuck My Son!
  • La 42
  • Wild Foxes
  • We're So Dead
  • Fraternity
  • Pillion
  • Strike (The)
  • Four Stars
  • Children of Silver Street (The)
  • Spying Stars
  • Weightless
  • Foreign Lands
  • Dinner with Friends
  • Other 300: Army of Lovers (The)
  • All There Is
  • Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
  • Until the Silence
  • Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
  • Revelations of Divine Love
  • Red Mask (The)
  • Queer as Punk
  • Skiff
  • Come Together: Art's Power for Change
  • Ayô
  • House of Guinness
  • Rob & Rylan's Passage to India
  • Place Where I Belong (A)
  • House with Two Dogs (A)
  • Drea & Cloe
  • We Put the World to Sleep

Playing It Straight

Country: USA, Language: English, 20 mins

  • Director: Michael Kenney
  • Writer: Michael Kenney
  • Producer: Michael Kenney; John McGrath

CGiii Comment

Polished, professional and funny...it's like a breath of fresh air.

So many short films are ruined by inept writing, shaky camera-work and am-dram performances - not here.

Snappy, witty and played to perfection.

Our only gripe - the photo montage: unnecessary.


Watch...

Playing It Straight from Michael Kenney on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Patrick,the man with everything, risks losing it all after a drunken boy's night out before his wedding day. Faced with the aftermath, it is up to him to remove all obstacles to achieve his ultimate goal: acceptance.

Cast & Characters

Fred Brotman as Wedding Guest;
Camille Curtis as Hot Blonde;
Julie Dietz as Bridesmaid #2;
Nicholas Downs as Patrick Knox;
Kayla Ferguson as Bridesmaid #1;
Leah Garland as Clarissa;
Adam Gonshorowski as Groomsman #1;
Charles Gorgano as Gareth Brown;
Matt Hayes as Wedding Guest;
J.C. Henning as Martha Brown