Songs She Wrote About People She Knows | |
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Directed by | Kris Elgstrand |
Written by | Kris Elgstrand |
Produced by | Amy Belling Kris Elgstrand Thea Grivakes |
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Cinematography | Amy Belling |
Edited by | Alex Leigh Barker |
Music by | Chris Gestrin |
Production companies | A Blue Car Films Champagne Roll Productions Legstand |
Distributed by | MarVista Entertainment |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows is a Canadian musical comedy film, released in 2014. The solo directorial debut of Kris Elgstrand, [1] the film stars Arabella Bushnell as Carol, a shy, repressed office worker who begins expressing her frustrations with her friends and coworkers in song after being encouraged by a music therapist to open up about her feelings. [1]
Her song "Asshole Dave" leads her boss Dave ( Brad Dryborough) to fire her, but also reignites his own faded dream of becoming a rock star, [2] setting them both off on a journey of creative discovery in which they may need each other's help more than they expected. [3] Bushnell described the film as a story about people finding themselves and connecting with each other without using sex to do it. [4]
The film had its premiere screening on September 8, 2014 at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, in the categories of Best Costume Design (Bushnell), Best Original Score ( Chris Gestrin) and Best Original Song (Elgstrand for "Asshole Dave"). [6]
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows | |
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Directed by | Kris Elgstrand |
Written by | Kris Elgstrand |
Produced by | Amy Belling Kris Elgstrand Thea Grivakes |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Amy Belling |
Edited by | Alex Leigh Barker |
Music by | Chris Gestrin |
Production companies | A Blue Car Films Champagne Roll Productions Legstand |
Distributed by | MarVista Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows is a Canadian musical comedy film, released in 2014. The solo directorial debut of Kris Elgstrand, [1] the film stars Arabella Bushnell as Carol, a shy, repressed office worker who begins expressing her frustrations with her friends and coworkers in song after being encouraged by a music therapist to open up about her feelings. [1]
Her song "Asshole Dave" leads her boss Dave ( Brad Dryborough) to fire her, but also reignites his own faded dream of becoming a rock star, [2] setting them both off on a journey of creative discovery in which they may need each other's help more than they expected. [3] Bushnell described the film as a story about people finding themselves and connecting with each other without using sex to do it. [4]
The film had its premiere screening on September 8, 2014 at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, in the categories of Best Costume Design (Bushnell), Best Original Score ( Chris Gestrin) and Best Original Song (Elgstrand for "Asshole Dave"). [6]