The Duke (short film)

Infobox Film
name = The Duke
producer = Sara Proudfoot Clinch
director = John McArdle
writer = John McArdle
starring = Tony Booth
Lee Gilbert
Nicola Stephenson
Thomas Rider
music = Stephen Warbeck
editing = Stephen Parry
released = 1999
runtime = 17 min.
country = UK
language = English

Set in 1955, this short was filmed in Liverpool and funded by the British Council. Initially available on the Atom Films website (as still incorrectly stated by the British Council website [ [http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591afa72303DWvI31E85F4 http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591afa72303DWvI31E85F4] ] ), this short is now difficult to find. It was shown at the 1999 BBC Short Film Festival. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/448934.stm BBC Entertainment Article] about the film festival.]

Plot

7-year-old Jack discovers that his grandfather (Tony Booth) looks like John Wayne and tells him. His grandfather reveals that he is indeed John Wayne, but he is not to tell anyone. Shortly thereafter, Jack lets it slip in the schoolyard and none of his schoolmates believe him. This leads to a showdown, where Booth's character proves to all present that he is indeed The Duke.

Notes and Sources

External links

* [http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591afa72303DWvI31E85F4 The Duke] at The BritishFilms Catalogue
* [http://www.filmcentre.co.uk/search.asp?str=Duke,_the The Duke] at The Film Centre