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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Mess Hall of an Online Warrior
"A laggy connection between a compulsive online gamer and his single mother."
2010 0h 8m EN
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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A mother quietly struggles to deal with her aggressive teenage son who refuses to do anything except play online computer games. An honest and darkly comic story about compulsion, mishaps, loneliness and family redemption.
“A laggy connection between a compulsive online gamer and his single mother.”
Cast
Jordan Alexander-Riley
Ben
Denise Kennedy
Mum
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Daniel Kokotajlo
- Writers
- Daniel Kokotajlo
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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The take
Daniel Kokotajlo directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 16 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jordan Alexander-Riley and Denise Kennedy carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "A laggy connection between a compulsive online gamer and his single mother.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt1590829 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 8 min · 0h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Daniel Kokotajlo
Key crew
- Sound EditorMatthew Wilcock
- MusicAleah Morrison
- ProducerDaniel Kokotajlo
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2010-03-15· South by Southwest Film Festival
