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Outtakes

Outtakes poster
Genre
comedy
Country
Canada
Runtime
14 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film director tries to shoot a scene but his lead actor keeps making mistakes. The film shows the repeated takes and the director's growing irritation.

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What happens

Outtakes is a Canadian comedy short film, directed by Barry Healey and released in 1977. The film stars Bill Reiter as a film director working on his latest film, only for his lead actor Marty (Richard Romanus) to repeatedly mess up takes. The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 28th Canadian Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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