Home Road Movies (2002)

Director:

Robert Bradbrook

Writer:

Ian Sellar (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 September 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Drama

Plot:

A sweet reminiscence about a family of four children and their RAF-veteran dad, who knows the timetable of every bus in London...

Plot Keywords:

Summer Holiday | Camping Trip | Hamburger | Family Man | Englishman Abroad

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Bill Paterson	...	Father
Phelim McDermott	...	Narrator (voice)
Amal Anwar	...	Child #1 (voice)
Joseph Ariolt-Edwards	...	Child #2 (voice)
Tom Eilenberg	...	Child #3 (voice)
Rob Robinson	...	Child #4 (voice)
Gem Souleyman	...	Child #5 (voice)

Directed by
Robert Bradbrook

Writing credits
Ian Sellar		(screenplay)

Produced by
Dick Arnall	....	producer

Cinematography by
Sam James		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tony Fish

Makeup Department
Sarah Grundy	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lenley Manning	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michael Legge	....	storyboard

Sound Department
Michael Fentum	....	sound effects editor
Arthur Graley	....	dialogue editor
Nigel Heath	....	dubbing mixer
Julian Slater	....	dubbing mixer

Visual Effects by
Max McMullin	....	digital mattes

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Logan	....	camera operator
Phil Penfold	....	gaffer

Animation Department
Robert Bradbook	....	animator

Other crew
Alex Proctor	....	runner

Production Companies

• Fine Take Productions (as Finetake)
• Arts Council of England (in association with)

Distributors

• World According to Shorts, The (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kurzfilmagentur (KFA)

Also Known As:

"Robert Bradbrook's Home Road Movies" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

12 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:o.Al.

Company:

Fine Take Productions

Trivia:

Part of an omnibus of international animated shorts, Nine Nation Animation, released by The World According to Shorts.

Soundtrack:

Split Level

Who Wants Children ?

Other reviewers have described HOME ROAD MOVIES as " bitter-sweet " and that's a correct description but despite the story being told from the point of view of one of the father's children all my sympathy was firmly with the dad . He's fought in the war ( And lets everyone know it ! ) and because he wants to give his children some happiness in their lives he buys a car and takes them for holidays in Europe . Unfortunately as the children become adolescents they don't think holidaying with their parents is all that exciting and decide to go on their own holidays . As pointed out this is " bitter- sweet " but am I alone in thinking bitter comes more and more to the fore ? The father looks more depressed and fatalistic as the story progresses until one day he makes a trip to hospital alone , yes alone , the narrator who tells the story lets his father take one last one way journey to hospital alone . Children . Who would have them ?