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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - 18.26 July

Sections & Films

BREAKFAST WITH SCOT

Category: Edition 2008

Synopsis

Eric lives for all things hockey. Now in his thirties, he's managed to turn his stint as an ex-Toronto Maple Leaf into a full-time gig as commentator for sports TV. He's living the dream! But when Eric's boyfriend Sam announces that they're to become temporary guardians of a young boy, Eric's comfortable world shatters. Enter Scot - a recently orphaned, swishy 11-year-old sissy-of-a-boy - and Eric’s mirror opposite. Freaked out by Scot's "joie de vivre", Eric and Sam gently nudge Scot away from scented hand cream and all things pink, towards a more "acceptable" pastime – hockey. But after Scot's disastrous first game, Eric begins to rethink the compromises he's made in his own life in order to be "accepted".

Original Title BREAKFAST WITH SCOT
Category Out of competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 95'
Production Year 2007
Nationality Canada
Directed by Laurie Lynd
Screenplay Sean Reycraft
Based on the book "Breakfast with Scot"
by Michael Downing
Director of photography David Makin
Editor Susan Shipton
Production Design Tamara Deverell
Costume Design Alexander Reda, Randi Littlefair
Sound Jane Tattersall
Music Robert Carli
Main cast Tom Cavanagh (Eric McNally)
Ben Shenkman (Sam)
Noah Bernett (Scot)
Benz Antoine (Greg Graham)
Jeananne Goossen (Nula)
Graham Greene (Bud Wilson)
Produced by Paul Brown

breakfast with scot regLaurie Lynd

Writer and director, his television work includes the BBC mini-series I WAS A RAT presented with success at different Children’s film festivals. He is also the director of the feature HOUSE, the musical short THE FAIRY WHO DIDN’T WANT TO BE A FAIRY ANYMORE and the short drama RSVP. He is the producer of the comic short musical on anti-gay violence, THE MAKING OF “MONSTERS”. Currently he is co-writing and will direct the adaptation of Geoff Ryman’s novel WAS, as well as directing a musical comedy MOVE OVER MOON. His recent television work includes episodes of MTV’s NOAH’S ARC and OPEN HEART. Lynd also directed the television adaptation of Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt’s play SIBS, episodes of Showtime’s QUEER AS FOLK, CTV’s DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION.

Production
Scot Pictures

 

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