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5.6/10   64 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Lara Shapiro (screenplay)
Lara Shapiro (story)
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Bumbling through the hours at his boring pet store job, gawky, shy Billy only has eyes for the store's most exotic creature... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Aleksa Palladino ... Gwen

Glenn Fitzgerald ... Billy
Gary Zazulka ... Nat
Nancy Opel ... Mom
Jeff Ware ... Sam
James Yaker ... Dick
Cheryl Brubaker ... Sally
Jeremy Fonicello ... Footballer
Brian Olton ... Footballer

Brad Raider ... Footballer
Michael Sargeant ... Footballer
Trisha McNeil ... Bus Extra
Bess Frelinghuysen ... Bus Extra
Mindy Darby ... Bus Extra
Justin Alam ... Bus Extra
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Runtime:
16 min (Sundance Channel Library Print)
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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
A MASTERPIECE OF A GENIUS!, 26 October 2001
10/10
Author: mmauricio (mmauricio@sti.com.br) from new york city

As a movie goer since my teenage times, I must say this was one of the best short films I have ever seen. While I saw it, it reminded me of many marvelous movies... The last picture show, Long Island Expressway (LIE), Thelma and Louise, My own private Idaho... and many others... Amy Talkington is a very good director. She shows she must do longer movies for our pleasure. The actors were great, Billy and the other youngsters are just X generation guys - just like all of us! And they show how life can be cruel with us every day. A snake is more than just an animal: it is at the same time a picture of our society and a symbol of how we have sometimes to survive in a world full of people... Gary Zazulka (Nat) exhales sensuality and exuberance. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in a good movie and a real true metaphor of our daily lives. By the end of the movie, we realize how true was what Jean Paul Sartre said about our freedom: "men are condemned to their own freedom". Even living out of prisons, we still live in a huge cage - even if we do not see the bars... I loved you, Amy Talkington! And I loved your cast - especially the scene on the bus, and the end... You have to remake this screenplay as a longer story! It was just perfect! Congratulations! Send me an e-mail some day because I would love to get to know you and your cast! LOL

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