The Six Dollar Fifty Man (2009)
- Directed by
- Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- New Zealand
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An 8-year-old boy escapes into a superhero fantasy to cope with being bullied at school. He must find the courage to face his tormentors in the real world.
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What happens
The Six Dollar Fifty Man is a short film (15 minutes) directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland and written by Sutherland. The film premiered in the Short Film competition of Festival de Cannes in 2009 where it received Special Distinction. The Six Dollar Fifty Man tells the story of Andy, a gutsy 8-year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies. The title is a play on The Six Million Dollar Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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