I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!

I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!
Film poster
Directed by	Charlie Tyrell
Produced by	Trevor Duwyn Andrew Ferguson Matt King
Narrated by	Jonathan Demme
Cinematography	Chet Tilokani
Edited by	Josef Beeby
Music by	Colin Sigor
Production companies	LaRue Entertainment Milkman Productions Radke Films
Release date	March 14, 2015 (2015-03-14)(SXSW)
Running time	13 minutes
Countries	United States Canada
Language	English

I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! is a 2015 Canadian short documentary film by Charlie Tyrell about Reid Fleming, "the world's toughest milkman", a cartoon character created by David Boswell. ^[1]

It was first shown at the South by Southwest film festival. ^[2]

Cast

• Jonathan Demme as Narrator
• David Boswell
• Gordy Tipple
• Ron Turner
• Bob Mercer
• Matt Groening
• Marv Newland
• Calum Johnston
• Tom Hawthorn
• Dave Thomas
• Kevin Pollak
• Jeph Loeb
• Matt Weisman
• Colin Upton
• Ed Asner
• Richard Beattie
• Billy Gerber

Awards and festivals

• Arizona International Film Festival Winner: Best Documentary Short ^[3]
• Palm Beach International Film Festival Winner: Best Short Film ^[4]
• DOXA Documentary Film Festival Honourable Mention for Short Documentary Award ^[5]
• Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival: Official Selection ^[6]
• South by Southwest Film Festival: Official Selection ^[7]
• Chattanooga Film Festival: Official Selection
• Nashville Film Festival: Official Selection ^[8]
• Athens International Film + Video Festival: Official Selection ^[9]
• Brooklyn Film Festival: Official Selection ^[10]
• Nantucket Film Festival: Official Selection
• Milwaukee Short Film Festival: Official Selection
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films: Official Selection ^[11]

References

1. "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!". Charlie Tyrell. 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! by Charlie Tyrell | Documentary Short Film". Short of the Week. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
3. "Arizona International Film Festival : I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!". www.filmfestivalarizona.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
4. "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!". pbiff.festivalgenius.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
5. Manori Ravindran, "'Je suis le peuple,' 'Far Fur Country' win DOXA prizes". RealScreen , May 11, 2015.
6. "Hot Docs Film Festival - I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!". boxoffice.hotdocs.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
7. "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | SXSW 2015 Event Schedule". SXSW Schedule 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
8. "I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!". Nashville Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
9. "2015 Competition Films | Athens International Film + Video Festival 2016". athensfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
10. "I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! by Charlie Tyrell - Documentary Short Film @ Brooklyn Film Festival". www.brooklynfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
11. "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Film Market | Charlie Tyrell | Canada". www.psfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

External sources

• J E Reich. "Jonathan Demme Narrates Short Film About Cartoonist David Boswell and the World's Toughest Milkman". Tech Times. 20 October 2015.
• Heidi MacDonald. "A Short Film about Reid Fleming, the World's Toughest Milkman has much to teach us". Comics Beat. 20 October 2015.
• Nadine Ajaka. "The Hollywood Impasse Around a 1970s Comic-book Character". The Atlantic. 30 October 2015.

External links

• I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! at IMDb