Without Rockets | |
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Directed by | Gary Yates |
Written by | Gary Yates Keith Tomasek |
Produced by | Keith Tomasek |
Starring | Ted Felbel |
Cinematography | Michael Marshall |
Edited by | Gary Yates |
Music by | Stephen Arndt |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Without Rockets is a Canadian comedy-drama short film, written and directed by Gary Yates and released in 1994. [1] The film stars Ted Felbel as Fred, a lonely older man living in isolation near an abandoned missile base in northern Manitoba, who tries to come up with a new way to bury his pet pig after the animal dies but the ground is too frozen to dig a hole. [1]
The film premiered in Winnipeg in April 1994, as the opening film to screenings of The Wedding Banquet . [2]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994. [3]
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