"Apparently it helps them grow if you talk to them." Time to meet the Cactus Man. I first watched this short film back in 2020 and totally loved it, and I've been patiently waiting for it to debut online ever since. After playing at numerous film festivals around the world for the past few years, it's finally ready to watch on Vimeo. Cactus Boy is written & directed by British filmmaker Chris Brake and it features an incredible "Cactus Man" man-in-suit character. They built this themselves and it looks great. Cactus Boy tells the story of Winston Prickle, a grown man who decides to break up with his childhood imaginary friend, Cactus Man, after falling for his new co-worker Clem. Colin Ford stars with William John Banks as the Cactus Man and Georgie Flores as Clem. I dig the cactus costume, but this is also just a really sweet story that reminds...
- 7/26/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
'Cactus Boy' - Practical Effects Film About A Prickly Imaginary Friend Launches Kickstarter Campaign
‘Cactus Boy’, a short practical effects film telling the story of a man who breaks up with his imaginary friend, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the production. ‘Cactus Boy’ tells the story of Winston Prickle, a grown man working in a plant nursery in Arizona, who still talks to his childhood imaginary friend, the Cactus Man. When Winston falls in love with a co-worker and begins to make a human connection for the first time in his life, he decides the time has come to put away childish things. So he breaks up with his imaginary friend. Writer/Director Chris Brake explained “it’s really a story about being at that crossroads in life that we all come to, where childhood and...
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- 6/6/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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