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Directed by
  
Jim Cummings

Written by
  
Jim Cummings

Initial release
  
23 January 2016

Screenplay
  
Jim Cummings

Produced by
  
Mark Vashro

Cinematography
  
Drew Daniels

Director
  
Jim Cummings

Producer
  
Mark Vashro

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Starring
  
Jim CummingsKitty BarshayWilliam Daubert

Music by
  
Bruce SpringsteenFather Andrew

Cast
  
Jim Cummings, Melissa Papel, William Daubert

Music director
  
Bruce Springsteen, Father Andrew

Similar
  
Her Friend Adam, Bacon & God's Wrath, Affections, The Grandfather Drum, A Reasonable Request

Thunder Road is a short, dramatic comedy, filmed in a single take, that was written, directed, and performed by Jim Cummings. It won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film festival.

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Synopsis

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An American police officer eulogizes his mother at her funeral by singing and dancing to the Bruce Springsteen song, Thunder Road. The Filmmakers' five word festival synopsis: "Officer Arnaud loved his Mom."

Production

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Jim has said in multiple interviews that the film was written over 2 months on his commutes to work at CollegeHumor and that he sold his wedding rings to help fund it.

Critical reception

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Sundance Film Festival called it, "a mini masterpiece of writing, directing and acting", Vimeo: "funny, inventive, and thought-provoking", Short Of The Week: "the toast of this year’s American festival circuit-", and Indiewire has listed it as one of "the best short films ever made"

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References

Thunder Road (2016 film) Wikipedia


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