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''''''True Love (Once Removed)''''' is a British [[drama]] directed by Director, Kevin Thomas,<ref name="banditsproduction">{{citeweb |url= http://banditsproduction.com/en/realisateur/thomas-kevin |title= Bandits Productions, Kevin Thomas Films}}</ref> from the [[United Kingdom]], based on an original screen play. The film stars [[Sean Harris]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]], Sigurdur Skúlason, Harpa Ellertsdottir and Abigail Rosser. |
''''''True Love (Once Removed)''''' is a British [[drama]] directed by Director, Kevin Thomas,<ref name="banditsproduction">{{citeweb |url= http://banditsproduction.com/en/realisateur/thomas-kevin |title= Bandits Productions, Kevin Thomas Films}}</ref> from the [[United Kingdom]], based on an original screen play. The film stars [[Sean Harris]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]], Sigurdur Skúlason, Harpa Ellertsdottir and Abigail Rosser. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Steven, played by ''[[Sean Harris]]'', lives in an isolated fishing village. He is a fish gutter who must appear at the docks every morning where gutters are selected according to the day’s need. His meager earnings are spent on viewing his future in an illegal time machine. These time machines have been outlawed |
Steven, played by ''[[Sean Harris]]'', lives in an isolated fishing village. He is a fish gutter who must appear at the docks every morning where gutters are selected according to the day’s need. His meager earnings are spent on viewing his future in an illegal time machine. These time machines have been outlawed by the government due to their unintended consequences. Steven lives alone, but he knows someday he will be loved and who the woman will be-a future psychiatric nurse. However, his love is presently Bryony Lafferty, an 8-year old girl. Steven is not a pedophile. He is in love with the adult Bryony of the future – an grown woman who tells him that she loves him. |
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Steven hints about the future with a bus driver. Steven realizes that the bus driver also uses the time booths and the driver’s experience has |
Steven hints about the future with a local bus driver. Steven realizes that the bus driver also uses the illegal time booths and the driver’s experience has shown an unhappy outcome for the bus driver's marriage. The bus driver's wife will soon fall for her boss according to the future the bus driver has viewed. Steven tells the driver that the bus driver should not worry, as the future may not happen. Steven, of course, does not really believe this. He believes the future is unchangeable. The bus driver, angry and cynical, tells Steven the same can happen to Steven's own future. Steven is now easily swayed to believe his future may not come about with adult Bryony. Steven is also growing impatient because he has a long time to wait before Bryony will become a woman. When Steven discovers that Bryony's family is selling their home and moving away he is frantic. He will never meet Bryony if the family moves away. |
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Steven sees a psychiatrist on an occasional basis, but he is at odds with advice because he wants concurrence. The psychiatrist tries to impress on Steven that there is no fate–it is the choices we make that determine our future. |
Steven sees a psychiatrist on an occasional basis, but he is at odds with advice because he only wants concurrence. The psychiatrist tries to impress on Steven that there is no fate–it is the choices we make that determine our future. |
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When Steven discovers that the father's job has fallen through and that Bryony’s family is not moving away, he is elated. He |
When Steven discovers that the father's job has fallen through and that Bryony’s family is not moving away, he is elated. He begins working on a plan to place himself in Bryony's future. Steven tells the bus driver that nothing changes; the future cannot be altered, as proof since Bryony's family will not move away. The bus driver becomes more upset because the bus driver will lose his wife to her boss according to the time booth. The bus driver goes off, getting very drunk. The bus driver’s wife is working at a petrol station. The bus driver confronts his wife over this predicted disloyalty that only he has viewed. He beats her, pouring gasoline down her throat. |
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Steven sets his plan in motion to get Bryony alone, but does not touch her. He apologizes and tells her that when they are together it will be wonderful, in the future. He frightens her into screaming. Steven tells himself that what will happen to him (enforced incarceration in a psychiatric hospital) will put him in place so that he can meet Bryony as a nurse. Bryony’s parents come to the police station to take her home after her encounter with Steven. |
Steven sets his plan in motion to get Bryony alone, but does not touch her. He apologizes and tells her that when they are together it will be wonderful, but in the future. He frightens her into screaming. Steven tells himself that what will happen to him (enforced incarceration in a psychiatric hospital) will put him in place so that he can meet Bryony as a nurse. Bryony’s parents come to the police station to take her home after her encounter with Steven. |
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The psychiatrist comes to see Steven at the police station where he has been arrested. The psychiatrist knows that Steven is not a pedophile and that Steven created a faked attempt to get himself placed in psychiatric care. Steven begs the psychiatrist to say the right words that will keep him confined. |
The psychiatrist comes to see Steven at the police station where he has been arrested. The psychiatrist knows that Steven is not a pedophile and that Steven uses the illegal times machines and created a faked attempt to get himself placed in psychiatric care. Steven begs the psychiatrist to say the right words that will keep him confined. |
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The news comes on the television with a report about the attack on the woman at the petrol station. Her employer is now constantly at her bedside while she recovers. What the driver feared, he has made come true. However, the news also reports that in a further tragic set of circumstances, the drunken bus driver has crashed into Bryony’s parents’ car as they were taking her home from the police station. |
The news comes on the television with a report about the attack on the woman at the petrol station. Her employer is now constantly at her bedside while she recovers. What the driver feared, he has made come true. However, the news also reports that in a further tragic set of circumstances, the drunken bus driver has crashed into Bryony’s parents’ car as they were taking her home from the police station after her scare with Steven. |
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The psychiatrist rushes to the police station to see Steven, but does not tell Steven |
The psychiatrist, seeing the news, rushes to the police station to see Steven, but Steven is being sent to a facility and the psychiatrist does not tell Steven of the accident with the bus. Steven is taken to psychiatric confinement, satisfied that he has attained the first step he needs to be placed in Bryony’s future. But, Steven's true love is tragically dead, ironically by Steven's own plan. There is no such thing as immutable fate. |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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_Film_Festival_Poster.jpg) True Love (Once Removed) Sacramento Film Festival Promotional Poster, 2004 | |
| Directed by | Kevin Thomas |
| Written by | Debbie Moon at IMDb |
| Produced by | Phillippa Thomas Liefer B. Daffinsson |
| Starring | Sean Harris Philip Jackson Sigurdur Skúlason Harpa Ellertsdottir Abigail Rosser at IMDb |
| Cinematography | Bob Pendar-Hughes at IMDb |
| Edited by | Bryan Dyke at IMDb |
| Music by | Overlap |
Production company | Thomas Thomas Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 35 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Warning: Display title "<i>True Love (Once Removed)</i>" overrides earlier display title "<i>True Love</i> (Once Removed)" (help). 'True Love (Once Removed) is a British drama directed by Director, Kevin Thomas,[1] from the United Kingdom, based on an original screen play. The film stars Sean Harris, Philip Jackson, Sigurdur Skúlason, Harpa Ellertsdottir and Abigail Rosser.
Plot
Steven, played by Sean Harris, lives in an isolated fishing village. He is a fish gutter who must appear at the docks every morning where gutters are selected according to the day’s need. His meager earnings are spent on viewing his future in an illegal time machine. These time machines have been outlawed by the government due to their unintended consequences. Steven lives alone, but he knows someday he will be loved and who the woman will be-a future psychiatric nurse. However, his love is presently Bryony Lafferty, an 8-year old girl. Steven is not a pedophile. He is in love with the adult Bryony of the future – an grown woman who tells him that she loves him.
Steven hints about the future with a local bus driver. Steven realizes that the bus driver also uses the illegal time booths and the driver’s experience has shown an unhappy outcome for the bus driver's marriage. The bus driver's wife will soon fall for her boss according to the future the bus driver has viewed. Steven tells the driver that the bus driver should not worry, as the future may not happen. Steven, of course, does not really believe this. He believes the future is unchangeable. The bus driver, angry and cynical, tells Steven the same can happen to Steven's own future. Steven is now easily swayed to believe his future may not come about with adult Bryony. Steven is also growing impatient because he has a long time to wait before Bryony will become a woman. When Steven discovers that Bryony's family is selling their home and moving away he is frantic. He will never meet Bryony if the family moves away.
Steven sees a psychiatrist on an occasional basis, but he is at odds with advice because he only wants concurrence. The psychiatrist tries to impress on Steven that there is no fate–it is the choices we make that determine our future.
When Steven discovers that the father's job has fallen through and that Bryony’s family is not moving away, he is elated. He begins working on a plan to place himself in Bryony's future. Steven tells the bus driver that nothing changes; the future cannot be altered, as proof since Bryony's family will not move away. The bus driver becomes more upset because the bus driver will lose his wife to her boss according to the time booth. The bus driver goes off, getting very drunk. The bus driver’s wife is working at a petrol station. The bus driver confronts his wife over this predicted disloyalty that only he has viewed. He beats her, pouring gasoline down her throat.
Steven sets his plan in motion to get Bryony alone, but does not touch her. He apologizes and tells her that when they are together it will be wonderful, but in the future. He frightens her into screaming. Steven tells himself that what will happen to him (enforced incarceration in a psychiatric hospital) will put him in place so that he can meet Bryony as a nurse. Bryony’s parents come to the police station to take her home after her encounter with Steven.
The psychiatrist comes to see Steven at the police station where he has been arrested. The psychiatrist knows that Steven is not a pedophile and that Steven uses the illegal times machines and created a faked attempt to get himself placed in psychiatric care. Steven begs the psychiatrist to say the right words that will keep him confined.
The news comes on the television with a report about the attack on the woman at the petrol station. Her employer is now constantly at her bedside while she recovers. What the driver feared, he has made come true. However, the news also reports that in a further tragic set of circumstances, the drunken bus driver has crashed into Bryony’s parents’ car as they were taking her home from the police station after her scare with Steven.
The psychiatrist, seeing the news, rushes to the police station to see Steven, but Steven is being sent to a facility and the psychiatrist does not tell Steven of the accident with the bus. Steven is taken to psychiatric confinement, satisfied that he has attained the first step he needs to be placed in Bryony’s future. But, Steven's true love is tragically dead, ironically by Steven's own plan. There is no such thing as immutable fate.
Cast
- Sean Harris at IMDb, as Steven.
- Philip Jackson at IMDb, the as Bus Driver.
- Sigurdur Skulason, as the psychiatrist.[2]
- Harpa Ellertsdottir as 8-year old Bryony
- Abigail Rosser at IMDb, as adult Bryony
Production
Production for this film was by Thomas Thomas Films.[3]
Filming
Primary location filming was done in Iceland, with studio work in the UK.[4]
Awards
Won Best Live Action Short Film over 15 minutes in length at the Palm Springs Film Festival.[4] and Best Short Film at the Houston Film Festival as well as being selected for Clermont Ferrand, London Raindance and LA Short Film Festival and qualifying for Oscar nomination.[5] Made eligible for the 2004 Academy Awards where it was shortlisted.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Bandits Productions, Kevin Thomas Films".
- ^ "Sigurður Skúlason".
- ^ "Thomas Thomas Films".
- ^ a b "These Palm Springs Shorts are the Best". Film Threat.
- ^ "Overlap: About Events and Releases". Overlap.