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Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy and her husband Paul are in trouble. Nevertheless as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"
The Attendant
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14 Dec 2012
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Modest but lovely little short film starring Adrian Dunbar as Frankie, a car park attendant at Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy has financial problems because her husband has lost his job but, as Frankie says, "something will always turn up".
Watched on YouTube.
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A simple confection of a short that mixes a cake you can taste while it’s baking, but the way it's iced will likely surprise and delight the most reticent of tastebuds.
Warm-hearted and whimsical perhaps, but sometimes it’s nice just to see people being kind to each other.
But not the bankers, obvs.
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A good short film should boast some fine characters played by a great cast and have a strong premise that leaves you with a smile, possibly thanks to a nice twist. The Attendant, written and directed by Northern Irish actor Ian Beattie and starring Adrian Dunbar as the enigmatic and optimistic car park attendant at Giant's Causeway, has all of those things. It's a light-as-a-feather film that will make you consider car park attendants in a whole new light! I quite liked the music too, reminiscent of the kind of score you'd hear in a Mike Leigh film.
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Saint Patrick's Day is around the corner. If interested in some lesser known Irish-themed movies have a look at my list of decent to very good (non-depressing & non-political) Irish-themed movies.
Well done Irish short (I don't give # or star ratings to shorts or documentaries as they are not comparable to films).
Adrian Dunbar is the focal point of this Irish short. He plays a parking attendant situated near the visitor center to Northern Ireland's natural wonder, the "Giant’s Causeway" (hexagonal basalt columns formed by volcanic fissures).
A friend of his and her out of work husband (played by Ballykissangel's Frankie McCafferty) are in dire straits, with their home facing foreclosure. They keep hoping that something will turn up... and it does, from an unexpected quarter ---- a bit like the message of Dicken's Great Expectations, in a vague way).
12 minutes and quite interesting and well-acted, produced.
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Imagine writing a ten-page script and still feeling the need to do the mystery movie thing where you flash back to all the times you hinted at the twist.
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“Something will turn up.”<ii>
The direction and editing is amateur at best but this short film has some lovely Irish charm about it and features a wonderfully clever twist.
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Nice film about a car park attendant and his friend, a woman whose husband is having a hard time finding a job
Great payoff
3/5
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there's not much to say. A simple short film. It happens in my life when I watch something or play something, and it turns out... Well, nothing... This short film is an example of this
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A sweet little short film that speaks about sharing and caring. Even though how he earned the money was wrong, he didn't keep it to himself and was willing to help someone in need. I've heard many true stories like this, but seeing something that was narrated well was pleasant to see.
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