Country: Canada, USA
Year: 2010
Duration: 12'
the legend of beaver dam 1978. Nine boys and their scout leader are camping out in Beaver Dam park. One evening, as they sit around the campfire, their leader entertains the young campers with a song about a bloodthirsty monster who lives in the forest and kills his victims with a knife. Danny continuously interrupts the song and irritates the scout leader to the point that he humiliates the boy in front of the others. Danny leaves the group in tears but when horrible Stumpy Sam seems to have materialized for real, Danny is the one who takes control of the situation. “Dare I say it? Musicals have lost their street cred. Somewhere along the way, through the twists and turns of Hollywood remakes and derivative knockoffs, audiences who love movies and love music will tell you without missing a beat that they ‘hate musicals.’ But why? Can musicals ever be cool again? What do they need to get their street cred back? I hope The Legend of Beaver Dam may offer some small contribution to the inquiry.”
Biography
film director
Jerome Sable
Jerome Sable (Montreal, Canada) got his degree in philosophy from Brown University before going on to get his master’s in film from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. In 1993, he and his childhood friend Eli Batalion founded the musical comic duo Sable & Batalion and staged many theatrical musicals, the most successful of which was J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera. He then dedicated himself to directing, writing and composing music for shorts and most recently made the comical series Crazy/Sexy/Awkward e Meanwhile.., which won the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker\'s Award. The Legend of Beaver Dam, the opening film of Midnight Madness at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, was the first short produced by the Sable & Batalion label.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
My First Time (cm, 2006), Sarcelles (cm, 2007), Lulu: The R&B Guru (cm, 2007), Prisoners (cm, 2008), Presto! (coregia/codirector Lior Chefetz, cm, 2008), Meanwhile... (cm, 2009), Crazy/Sexy/Awkward (cm, 2010), The Legend of Beaver Dam (cm, 2010).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Jerome Sable
sceneggiatura, musica/screenplay, music
Jerome Sable, Eli Batalion
fotografia /cinematography
Matt Egan
montaggio/film editing
Nicholas Musurca
scenografia/production design
John Lord Booth III
costumi/costume design
Carol Binion
suono/sound
Joe Barrucco
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
L.J. Benet (Danny Zigwitz), Seán Cullen (la guida/Pathmaster), Rick Miller (Stumpy Sam), Kailey Swanson (Julie), Michael Chey (Scotty), Joe Kaprielian (Charlie), Dylan Boyack (Eric), Megan Lee (JuJu)
produttori/producers
Michael R. Blaha, Jerome Sable, Eli Batalion
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Sable & Batalion
coproduttori/coproducers
Mikhail Samonov, Edward Brooke, Jacob Cowles
