Archive of films Rat Pack Rat / Rat Pack Rat

USA
2014, 19 min

Section: Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society Section includes annotation
Year: 2018

Todd Rohal’s dark, comedic cinema is inspired by slapstick, vaudeville, silent-era comedies, and the bizarre and grotesque. This short, which won a major prize at the Sundance Film Festival, is about a terminally ill young man visited by a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator.

Synopsis

Austin-based filmmaker Todd Rohal’s dark, comedic cinema is inspired by slapstick, vaudeville, silent-era comedies, and the bizarre and grotesque. This made-in-Austin short, which won a major prize at the Sundance Film Festival, is about a terminally ill young man visited by a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator.

Holly Herrick

About the director

Todd Rohal. Selected filmography: The Guatemalan Handshake (2006), The Catechism Cataclysm (2011), Nature Cells (2012), Rat Pack Rat (2014, short), Uncle Kent 2 (2015), The Suplex Duplex Complex (2017, TV)

Contacts

Smits Brothers
304 Canion St., TX 78752, Austin
United States of America
Tel: 703-346-1663
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society

Director:	Todd Rohal
Screenplay:	Todd Rohal
Dir. of Photography:	Benjamin Kasulke
Music:	Joseph Stephens
Editor:	Todd Rohal
Art Director:	Scott Colquitt
Producer:	Todd Rohal, Zack Carlson, Megan Griffiths, Clay Liford, Ashland Viscosi
Production:	Smits Brothers
Coproduction:	Arts+Labor
Cast:	Eddie Rouse, Steve Little, Margie Beegle
Contact:	Smits Brothers