Underplayed Gems

Crackin' Down Hard (2012)

Crackin' Down Hard poster
Directed by
Mike Clattenburg
Genre
comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
10 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man who wants to be alone in the desert is interrupted by another man who tries to sell him a prostitute.

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What happens

Crackin' Down Hard is a Canadian short comedy film, directed by Mike Clattenburg and released in 2012. The films stars Nicolas Wright as a man trying to relax in isolation in California's Joshua Tree National Park, when another man (Yoursie Thomas) shows up to offer him a prostitute. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury. In December 2012, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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