Project Detail

Brian and Charles

Name: Brian and Charles
Director: Jim Archer
Genre: Climate / Environment, Comedy, Science
Released: 2017
Duration: 12 mins 3secs

Synopsis

The story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation. After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation, he builds a robot. Charles is that robot.
While life is pretty rosy for a while, tensions begin to rise between the pair. Partly due to the fact that Charles has the cognitive ability of a 4-year-old child and completely due to the fact that he keeps eating Brian's cabbages. Things soon come to a head and Brian is forced to make a decision he may soon come to regret.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2018 - Narrative Shorts Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins 3secs
Format: digital 2K
Director: Jim Archer
Producer: Rupert Majendie
Executive Producer: Hughie Philips
Editor: Jim Archer
Screenwriter: David Earl, Chris Hayward
Director of Photography: Toby Goodger
Sound: Sound Designer: James Torrence
Composer: Peter Silberman
Principal cast: David Earl, Chris Hayward

Genre

Climate / Environment Comedy Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mr Box

Mindseye

jim@jimarcher.co.uk

Sales Company

c/o Rupert Majendie

rupert.majendie@gmail.com

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The story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation. After a particularly harsh winter, Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation, he builds a robot. Charles is that robot. (Feature developed from Jim Archer's 2017 short BRIAN AND CHARLES). Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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