Two Legged
Rat Bastards is a short film based on the short story by Daniel Wallace (Big
Fish) detailing the strange estrangement of an elderly father and his son. Set
on a park bench in the present day, Eddie, a cantankerous old alcoholic,
attempts to connect with his son Winstead, who's spent the majority of his
adult life trying to get away from him. In the course of their conversation
Eddie reveals how he lost his leg - in a high stakes poker game 30 years ago -
at which point the story flashes back to the game itself, where a young Eddie
gambles fiercely against a table full of miscreants in a game where money
changes hands and hands change hands, along with eyes, ears, feet and more. In
the present day Winstead has a hard time understanding why his father would bet
his leg in a poker game, but at the same time he feels like his father is being
honest with him for the first time in their lives, and it resonates with him.
As we continue flashing back to the big game it's revealed that after Eddie
lost his leg, he battled back to win something much more valuable: His son.
Two
Legged Rat Bastards stars Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville), Derek Waters (Drunk
History, Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Orson Bean (Being John Malkovich,
Desperate Housewives), Tony Curran (24, Gladiator), Ron Lynch (The Sarah
Silverman Program, American Dad).
Source: Scott Weintrob
View the film here
Information about the screening at Cleveland International Film Festival is here
Here are also
old interviews with the stars and director of the film Red Road - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxPhK-c2cck
Thank you to Русико Павлова for the information and links.
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