The License (2009)

Director:

Keith Hartman

Writer:

Keith Hartman

Stars:

Leif Holt, Ginger Pullman, Charley Rossman

Cast

Credited cast:
Leif Holt	...	The husband
Ginger Pullman	...	The wife
Charley Rossman	...	The Mayor
Bridgette Wright	...	County Clerk
J.R. Yancher	...	The Bodyguard

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

screaming | marriage | wedding vow | gay couple | carrying someone over shoulder | 

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Taglines:

A straight couple applying for a marriage license runs afoul of the "Traditional Marriage Ammendment".

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Waltzing Penguin Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

4 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Brilliant!

I showed this video to a graduate school class I taught last semester entitled Oppression, Diversity, and the Struggle for Human Rights. It framed the dilemma of denying basic rights to an oppressed group, and paved the way for an excellent class discussion later. It is short, amusing, and highly effective. A young heterosexual couple applies for a marriage license, and are subjected to all manner of antiquated and outrageous customs before the clerk will issue a license: first she issues a chastity belt to the bride-to-be. Then she has the woman carried off to be deflowered by City officials. Once it is discovered that the bride is no longer a virgin, the clerk insists that she be stoned to death, and offers a stone to the fiancé so that he may cast the first stone. The moral: not all traditions are worth preserving!