Wednesday (1974)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Marvin Kupfer

Writers:

Marvin Kupfer (writer)
Barbara Witus (writer)

Genre:

Short

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jack Lemmon	...	Jerry Murphy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Biff Elliot	...	Engineer
Ronald Gold	...	Husband
Gene Weed	...	Disc Jockey

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Heart-pounding suspense comes in small packages, too

...one of the finest student shorts ever produced. Jack Lemmon plays a radio talk show host (obviously patterned after legendary Los Angeles radio talker Bill Ballance) who airs a suburbanite's confession of an extramarital fling. Problem is, hubby's listening and calls the show to threaten his unfaithful wife, a call that the Lemmon character considers a prank from a competing disc jockey. Will the host accept the reality of the situation in time to prevent the death of a caller? A brilliant little pulp story that's every bit a nail-biter as Lemmon's feature hit of four years later, THE CHINA SYNDROME. And please don't be put off by the idea that this was the officially-cited basis for the '78 McLean Stevenson NBC sitcom "Hello Larry" -- there's absolutely no point of similarity between that series and this film. Any Lemmon fan worth their own salt must see this one...