Dentally Disturbed
Plot
Plot
The film begins with Ed (Ben Anderson) shopping in the supermarket with his wife, Gina (Kate Gorman). Ed searches the shelves for dental floss, but can't find any. Both Gina and a supermarket employee seem to have never heard of it before: "You mean, toothpicks?" Ed asks his friends, his dentist, Google, and even the local radio station, all of them confused as to the origin of the product and as to why toothpicks would not suffice. Finally, Ed proposes the idea of dental floss to Oral-B. The CEO rejects it, saying "The wheel's already been invented, mate!" The CEO too, has never heard of it. In desperation, Ed purchases some candles, which he begins to strip down in order to use the wax-covered string inside as dental floss. Gina, sensing his maddening fight with this problem, convinces Ed to move on. As she does this, however, she is searching frantically through her bag to find her tampons. Confused, Ed asks, "What the hell are tampons?"
Cast
The film features only four main actors, who have all featured in their own television shows.
Ben Anderson as Ed
Damian Callinan as Market Employee
Kate Gorman as Gina
John Safran as Radio DJ
Ben Anderson and Damian Callinan are both regular characters on the Australian comedy skitHOUSE. John Safran, who portrays himself, featured on John Safran versus God, and Kate Gorman acted in You and Your Stupid Mate.
Critical acclaim
The National Flossing Council: "Dentally Disturbed" is a funny, thought provoking story"
Festivals and awards
2005 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival. Winner, "SBS Eastcarpet Award"
2005 Portland International Short Film Festival. Winner, "Audience choice award"
2005 Down Under Film Festival. Winner, "Best Australian Short Comedy"
2005 Sony Tropfest. Winner, "Best of the Rest competition"
2005 London Rushes Soho Short Film Festival. Runner-up for "Best Newcomer".
Qantas In-flight Entertainment programme, Licensing deal
Angry Film Festival, Runner Up
References
^ entertainmentdepot.com.au, April 19 2005, "St Kilda Film Festival - Info on 11 Shorts", Retrieved 10-24-2008
^ afc.gov.au, Screen Australia database, Retrieved 10-24-2008
^ flossing.org, Retriebved 10-24-2008
^ Flickerfest 2005 winners, Retrieved 10-24-2008
^ zonkerfilms.com, "PISS FEST 2005 screening details", Retrieved 10-23-2008
^ a b flickerfest.com.au, Flickerfest Distribution Catalogue, Retroieved 10-24-2008
External links
Dentally Disturbed on IMDB
Craig Melville's Official wewbsite
John Safran vs God Home Page
Dentally Distrurbed video clip
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