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Hank and Mike

Forum of Independents - Competition 2008 / Hank and Mike / Canada 2007

Hank and Mike are friends. They are also out-of-work Easter bunnies. As their pink furry suits become increasingly soiled with successive botched attempts to establish themselves in other professions, the malicious side to their character becomes ever more apparent. An independent black comedy which isn’t afraid of raising its cautionary index finger or, indeed, its middle finger.

Hank and Mike Hank and Mike

Synopsis

Friends Hank and Mike work as Easter bunnies for Easter Enterprises; even though they only work once a year, they get paid all year round. When one of the guys fails to deliver his Easter eggs, their boss is given a pretext for their planned dismissal. And since they have never done anything else in their lives, the prospect of the unemployment office hits them hard. But everything has its bright side – after all, throwing out the slops might be the ideal odd job to test the strength of their friendship. The film is based on a model synthesis of real lives and absurd professions dictated by an evil organisation which controls all public holidays. It conjures up the spirit of the “loser” films of Kevin Smith and, like them, Hank and Mike doesn’t content itself with a march-past of eccentric characters but delves deeper into their characterisation. The film uses the latter for a sophisticated gibe at the pursuit of profit, but also revels in the delights which money can bring. The main roles of Hank and Mike are played by the film’s scriptwriters, Paolo Mancini and Thomas Michael.

About the film

86 min / Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Director Matthiew Klinck / Screenplay Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael / Dir. of Photography Glen Keenan / Music Phil Electric / Editor Matthiew Klinck / Producer Nicholas D. Tabarrok, Pierre Even, Thomas Michael / Production Darius Films / Cast Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini, Chris Klein, Joe Mantegna / Contact Darius Films, Shoreline Entertainment, Peeping Tom Films, Aerofilms / Distributor Aerofilms
www: www.hankandmike.com

About the director

Matthiew Klinck

Matthiew Klinck (b. 1978, Aylmer, Canada) began making films at the age of twelve which he entered for local amateur competitions. In 1993 he established the sketch comedy troupe Y B Normal? and directed a pilot for a TV series based on the team’s work for the Canadian TV company The Comedy Network. He then went on to direct another thirteen episodes. In the meantime he made several video clips and animated and feature shorts, including Hank and Mike (2001), which later provided the material for the director’s third feature film. Klinck’s first feature was the comedy Greg & Gentillon (2005), and his second, Tagayet (2006) was filmed in the Sahara desert.

Contacts

Darius Films
326 Carlaw Ave., suite 105, M4M 3N8, Toronto
Canada
Phone: +1 416 922 0007
Fax: +1 416 406 0034
E-mail: [email protected]

Shoreline Entertainment
1416 N. La Brea Ave, CA 90028, Los Angeles
United States of America
Phone: +1 310 551 2060
Fax: +1 310 201 0729
E-mail: [email protected]

Peeping Tom Films
1108 S Redondo Blvd., 90019, Los Angeles
United States of America
Phone: +1 323 933 6497
Fax: +1 323 933 6498
E-mail: [email protected]

Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Matthiew Klinck
Film Director, Film Director

Thomas Michael
Actor

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