thanksgiving

Alex R. Johnson Writer/Director

Alex R. Johnson & Jude Kiernan Producers

John Barr Editor

Sylvain D’Hautcourt Director of Photography

Scott Craggs, Klaus Hubben Drew O’Doherty Original Score

Chris Crofton Rich

Regina Dreyer Thomas Great Aunt Ruby

2002

16MM/Color - 17 minutes

“A bittersweet and darkly funny tale of urban isolation.”

46th Annual Regus London Film Festival

“...achingly sad, then rumbling with belly laughs, this fantastic movie refuses to paint in broad strokes, approaching the drifting feel of Jim Jarmusch’s classic STRANGER THAN PARADISE. Johnson’s writing and direction are superlative...”

Dean Treadway, Dahlonega Film Festival

“Great cast. Great story of loneliness.”

danceswithfilms.com

“...hilariously melancholy.”

Florida Film Festival

Rich is panicking. It’s the day before Thanksgiving and his original plans for spending the holidays alone have lost their romantic glow. But no one is home. Or they’re just not picking up. Or they’re avoiding him. Either way, his list of names has quickly dwindled to just one: Great Aunt Ruby.

Spending time with family is what you’re supposed to do on Thanksgiving. It’s just that Rich was hoping it wouldn’t be his own.