The Crush (2010 film)
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Director Michael Creagh Screenplay Michael Creagh Duration Country Ireland | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Short, Comedy, Drama Writer Michael Creagh Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 22 April 2010 (2010-04-22) (Tribeca) Cast Olga Wehrly (Miss Purdy), Rory Keenan (Boyfriend), Rory Keenan (Ardal Travis), Rory Keenan (Dad), Rory Keenan (Mum)Similar movies Sexual Chronicles of a French Family , Thirteen , Happy Feet , The Skeleton Twins , The Ages Of Lulu , Matilda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Crush is an Irish live action short film. The films runtime is approximately 15 minutes. It was written and directed by first-timer Michael Creagh, and produced by Damon Quinn. The film was shot during Easter 2009 in Skerries, north Dublin. Creagh cast his eight-year-old son Oran in the lead role of the story. The story sees an eight-year-old schoolboy (played by Oran Creagh) fall in love with his teacher, Miss Purdy. One day he gives her a toy ring to show his affection. But heartbreak abounds when he bumps into Miss Purdy and her boyfriend having just bought a very real engagement ring. Devastated and spurned, Ardal challenges Miss Purdy’s fiance to a duel – to the death!
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Ardal Travis is in love. There’s just one problem. He’s an 8 year old schoolboy and the object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene Ardal is heartbroken. His reaction, though, is a little unexpected. He challenges Miss Purdy’s boyfriend to a duel. To the death.
Plot
Eight year old Ardal Travis has a crush on his second class (second grade) teacher Ms. Purdy. He demonstrates his affections by giving her a toy ring. While shopping with his mother Ardal sees Ms. Purdy who happily explains that she has just been proposed to by her boyfriend Pierce and is engaged to be married. Pierce appears to be a jerk. He refuses to take Ms. Purdy for lunch to celebrate the hour-old engagement, instead insisting on going home to watch football. Ardal sees his dad put a gun carefully in the closet; he stares into the closet contemplating his options. Ardal confronts Pierce while he is impatiently waiting for Ms.Purdy outside of the school. Ardal challenges Pierce to a duel to the death, which Pierce mockingly accepts. The next day Ardal meets Pierce in the school yard, Pierce forgets his gun on purpose and Ardal pulls a gun on him. Pierce at first believes it is a toy, but Ardal insists it is not. Ms. Purdy attempts to intervene but Ardal refuses to back down. Pierce, reduced to a crying mess says he never loved Ms. Purdy but only proposed to her to “shut her up.� Ardal shoots Pierce and he falls to the ground. It is revealed that the gun was a toy after all that Ardal’s father was saving in the closet until his birthday. Ms. Purdy angrily calls off the engagement and breaks up with Pierce. She walks Ardal home agreeing to “keep this between ourselves.� Ardal then tells Ms. Purdy that he doesnt deserve to marry her as well because he is "financially unstable and cant cater to all your (her) needs" and that a woman like his teacher should get everything she wants. They then continue to walk hand in hand.
Accolades
The film was awarded Best Irish Short at the 23rd Foyle Film Festival. On 25 January 2011, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
References
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