Desserts (film)

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Desserts
Directed by Jeff Stark
Written by Jeff Stark
Produced by Jill Robertson
Starring Ewan McGregor
Cinematography Kate Stark
Music by Simon Boswell
Alex Heffes
Algernon Thompson
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
2 minutes 35 seconds

Desserts is a 1998 short film directed by Jeff Stark and starring Ewan McGregor.

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A man (the stroller) is walking along a beach and finds a chocolate éclair, ponders over it for a bit then decides to eat it, then suddenly is yanked into the sea by a hook and line.


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