- Maximum Wage (film)
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Maximum Wage Directed by Andrew Bancroft Produced by Andrew Bancroft
Kenny TaylorWritten by Andrew Bancroft Starring Andrew Bancroft
Kenny Taylor
Paco Romane
Cameron Cox
Kid BeyondMusic by Kid Beyond
Andrew BancroftCinematography Eric Schultz Editing by Eric Schultz Release date(s) November 13, 2004 Running time 7 minutes Country United States Language English Maximum Wage is a short film/music video about a disgruntled doughnut shop worker who wants to make "maximum wage". It stars Andrew Bancroft who plays the role of Jelly Donut.[1][2]
Contents
Plot
The video begins with Jelly Donut (Andrew Bancroft) and his co-worker, Hinky Dink (Kenny Taylor), waiting for customers in an empty doughnut shop. A sugar daddy (Kid Beyond), and two women come into the shop and begin ordering Jelly D around. Then his boss, Bob (Paco Romane), enters the room and tells him to hurry up. This is too much for Jelly D, and he becomes enraged about his economic circumstance. He then raps about what it would be like to make "maximum wage".[3]
Cast
- Andrew Bancroft as Jelly Donut
- Kenny Taylor as Hinky Dink
- Paco Romane as Bob
- Cameron Cox as Donut Ho
- Kid Beyond as Sugar Daddy
- Andrew Barrett as Trucker
- Freda Banks as Donut Ho
Guest appearances
Andrew Chaikin (AKA Kid Beyond) made a guest appearance in the video. Kid Beyond is a San Francisco, CA beat boxer. Paco Romane also made a guest appearance as the donut shop worker's boss. Paco is a San Francisco comedian, and host of The Romane Event, a monthly comedy show in San Francisco.
Production
This short video was produced by Kenny Taylor and Andrew Bancroft of illBilly productions. It was written and directed by Andrew Bancroft. It was filmed entirely in San Francisco California. The short can be seen on Atom Films. It premiered at the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival in 2004.[4] and was shown in the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2008[5], as part of a group of shorts which featured Evolution: The Musical!, also an illBilly production.
Release
Maximum Wage premiered at the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival in 2004. Maximum Wage was also shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2008.
Controversy
In 2007, as the character "Jelly Donut", Bancroft had a public dispute with Lady Sovereign, a British hip-hop musician. [6]
References
External links
- Maximum Wage at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Jelly Donut on SF360.org
Categories:- English-language films
- 2003 films
- 2000s comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American political satire films
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