Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer!
Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! is a 2004 American black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue[1] in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent account of family life in the 1950s is loaded with sexual innuendo. It was made by production company POWER UP.
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| Directed by | Jamie Donahue |
| Produced by | Steak House Juli Vizza |
| Written by | Jamie Donahue |
| Starring | Spencer Daniels Robert Gant |
| Music by | Rob Cairns |
| Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
| Edited by | Juli Vizza |
| Distributed by | Power Up Films |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Billy is a boy who has to decide what he will do with his life. His father works at the candy factory as a "fudge packer" (which is modern slang for a man who performs homosexual anal sex) and "has several men under him". His mother is visited by a short, mannish woman who knows how to please the local housewives. His sister is preparing to be a good wife, and in almost every shot is moving a phallic object to her mouth.
Cast
- Spencer Daniels as Billy
- Robert Gant as Billy's dad
- Cady Huffman as Billy's mom
- Alex Borstein as Betty Henderson
- Gina Rodgers as Billy's sister
- D. C. Douglas as 50's announcer
Film festivals
Film festivals in which Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! appeared include:
2005
- Sundance Film Festival
- Tribeca Film Festival
- PlanetOut Film Festival COMEDY FINALIST
- Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
- Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Brisbane Queer Film Festival
- Cineffable – Paris Lesbian Film Festival
- Cinequest
- Closet Cinema - Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Comedia - Just for Laughs
- Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Fairy Tales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- FilmOut San Diego Film Festival
- Frameline
- Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
- Image + Nation – Montreal Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival
- London Lesbian Film Festival
- Martha's Vineyard Independent Film Festival
- Melbourne Queer Film Festival
- Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Nashville Film Festival
- Newport Beach Film Festival
- North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- OUT Loud Long Beach Art & Film Festival
- Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Outfest
- Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
- Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- PlanetOut Film festival
- Q Cinema-Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Queer Screen-Mardi Gras Film Festival, Darlinghurst, Australia
- Queersicht – Bern, Switzerland Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Reel Affirmations – Washington DC GLBT Film Festival
- Reel Queer Syracuse
- Rhode Island International Film Festival
- Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film festival
Reception
Apocalypse Later Film Reviews said, It's hard for a film to live up to a title like this, but Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! manages it with aplomb."[2]
References
- Hall, David. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer". Gay Celluloid. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- Astell, Hal C. F. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! (2004)". APOCALYPSE LATER FILM REVIEWS. Retrieved 21 September 2020.