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Filmmaker, Al Sutton, created a movement to end genocide and war; his short film is part of a multi-media theatrical production consisting of live performance, film and music, entitled, "The Most Dangerous Animal." Al Sutton produced and performed the title role in "The Poet Englestrom", an award winning... See full bio »

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On the set of The Most Dangerous Animal in NYC.

Al Sutton as Les
Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa

Brilliantly acted by Al Sutton as the lead in "Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa", which he also wrote and produced. Directed by Fran Rizzo.

Al Sutton

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Al Sutton wins Best Short Film at SkyFest International Film Festival with "The Poet Englestrom."

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Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa

Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa (2006)

Love

All in a Row

All in a Row (2010)

The Most Dangerous Animal

The Most Dangerous Animal (2011)

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2010/II Love (short) (producer) (completed)

2011 Equality, I Am Woman (video documentary short) (executive producer, producer)

2011 The Most Dangerous Animal (short) (executive producer)

2010/I Equality (documentary) (executive producer, producer)

2010 All in a Row (short) (producer)

2010 Equality: Women's Strike for Equality (documentary short) (executive producer, producer)

2006 Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa (short) (executive producer)

2006 The Poet Englestrom (short) (executive producer)

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The Poet Englestrom -- A haunting, thought-provoking tale of an eccentric, vagabond poet who traverses Manhattan's streets in search of one good reason to continue making art in violent, troubled times. He awakens each morning in his home, a large cardboard box, parked at the base of the steps of the New York Public Library, ready to start the day reciting his poetry to early morning passersby. His quest begins pushing his red wire shopping cart around the city. He regales students, winos, executives and secretaries with his musings about William Saroyan, ecology and even a violin rendition of “Melancholy Baby.” His poems seem strangely whimsical, but before long, we find them entering into a deeper reality. We are reminded that our universe is in danger of self-destructing. And, 'poets can’t make oxygen!' Obsessed by his passion for Russian poetry and the suicide of his idol, Mayakovsky, he reaches out with wit and passion to the hearts of the people he meets on his journeys in his desperate search for life’s meaning until a chance encounter with one of the greatest forces of nature itself helps him to tap the irrepressible spirit of man which changes everything. Originally written as a solo play by Alexander Weiss in one night, as he was the lion keeper at the San Francisco Zoo, it was adapted for the screen by Weiss, and directed by Francesca Rizzo. “Engleström” is laced with an original, sophisticated, jazz score co-composed and arranged by Executive Producer/Actor, Al Sutton and Fernando Hernandez.

(Official Selection) The Stepping Stone Film Festival, Chennai, India

Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa -- "Five Valid Reasons for Murdering Lisa" is a provocative, urbane black comedy that explores the roots of misogyny, and provides us with an absurdist road map of a male mind. In this day and age, the news of a man murdering his spouse is commonplace. The alarming statistics regarding domestic abuse is chilling. The fact that a wife’s murder is more likely to be perpetrated by her husband than by a stranger is part of the fabric of our society; and we accept this fact without blinking. The action of the film takes place in an upscale New York loft, with the knifed Lisa lying prone on the chaise longue throughout the piece. There are a series of flashbacks and cutaways that help flesh out the characters. The original musical score adds to the contemporary ambiance. We find our hero, Les, inexplicably giddy with his apparent homicide, even composing music to celebrate it, having stabbed in the back the woman he loved. His giddiness may be related to the freedom he feels in divulging his thoughts and feelings about his wife, Lisa, for the first time. While he is confessing to himself and to the audience, he is free from having to confront Lisa. He has a compulsion to explain the reasons for the murder, breaking them down in an analytic manner. His "valid" reasons include obsession, adoration, jealousy, and conspiracy. As the story moves along, we learn that Lisa has not done anything wrong; on the contrary, it is just her sensitive, graceful qualities that are a source of admiration and wonderment for him for which he cannot forgive her. Les, despite a desperate effort to appear sophisticated, betrays a body of primitive beliefs and feelings that can only be described as infantile. He is ranting about everything any newborn would express if he had the words. We can only hope that by becoming aware of our primal expressions we might move forward towards a true humanity.

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The First Year of Life, a Study of Development ~ Fraternal Twins documentary