Working Title (film)

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Working Title
Directed by Ken Scott
Fred Jones
Written byKen Scott
Fred Jones
Produced byGerry Quigley
CinematographyFred Jones
Edited byKen Scott
Fred Jones
Production
company
IDS Films
Release date
  • September 1985 (1985-09)(Toronto)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Working Title is a Canadian short film, directed by Ken Scott and Fred Jones and released in 1985. The film is a satirical mockumentary about a film director who is being interviewed about the problem-plagued production of his planned magnum opus, The Merchant of Venus, by a parody of Canadian television host Elwy Yost. [1]

The film premiered at the 1985 Toronto International Film Festival, [2] and was later screened at Toronto Film Now, an event highlighting short films by emerging local directors, in November. [3] Yost also aired it as an interstitial bonus, between the evening's feature films, on his TVOntario film series Saturday Night at the Movies in January 1986. [4]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Salem Alaton, "Short films that can dream of Genie". The Globe and Mail , February 12, 1986.
  2. ↑ Michael Dorland, "The return of the repressed". Cinema Canada , November 1985.
  3. ↑ Paul Barker, "Knock, Knock! - Who's in the bedroom?". Toronto Star , November 12, 1985.
  4. ↑ Jim Bawden, "Disney's Sunday movies exceptional". Toronto Star , January 31, 1986.
  5. ↑ Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail , February 14, 1986.
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