A private detective’s stake-out is ruined by his sister intent on fixing his life.
“Exceedingly clever and deceptively seamless” Short Of The Week
“Clever story-telling and brilliant acting” letterboxd.com
“A small gem of self-depreciating British wit” Omeleto.com
Starring Mike Wozniak (Man Down), Lucy Pearman (Edinburgh Nominee) Cul-De-Sac is an award-winning short written and directed by Nick Flügge, and currently being developed into a feature.
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ABOUT THE FILM
When my wife because pregnant with our first son, many emotions went through my mind. Joy, curiosity, elation, happiness and also fear. The compulsion to go and hide somewhere. In my car perhaps, in a nice quiet cul-de-sac. Around the same time I was listening to an interview on the radio with a private investigator. Turns out most
of the time, he just sat in his car and drank coffee.
The romantic notion I had of private detectives immediately went out of the window, and I was left with the feeling that most of them, in England at least, are using it as an excuse to sit on their own in a car all day, with the comforting barrier of a long-lens camera between themselves and the outside world. And all the while, deep down
thinking that maybe, this will lead to being a hero one day.
While this idea of a down-trodden P.I. was percolating in my mind,
Talkies Community Cinema launched their annual short film commissioning competition and I was selected as one of the four film-makers to take part. The idea of grubby P.I. encamped in a dark recess of suburbia went through several iterations with the help of the Talkies crew and they helped source the seemingly mundane cul-de-sac seen
in the short.
I wanted to create something that had enough of a three act structure to get screenings at festivals but that also set up a world that would act as a springboard to something longer form which I'm currently in the middle of developing. In the feature we see Chris thrown out of his comfort zone, into an explosive suburban conspiracy while struggling to win back Sarah his ex, all the while helped
and frustrated by his well-meaning sister Lottie.
CAST & CREW
Starring
Mike Wozniak, Lucy Pearman & Ben Frimston
Writer & Director Nick Flügge
Producer Joe McVey
DoP Matt Patrick
Music Ben Squires & Sam Bryant
Sound Design Lawrence Kendrick
Colourist Matt Osborne
Sound Dave Burn
Camera Operator Tom Richardson
Boom Operator Emma Langley
Line Producer Sara Newman
Hair & Make-Up Vitor Oliveira
Catering Catherine Lynch
Special Thanks David Williamson & Ian Barnes
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Nick has spent much of his career working as a copywriter and art director at many of London's top advertising agencies. He eventually began to branch out into comedy, performing stand-up, creating online sketches, and contributing material for radio and TV.
After directing several commercials he started his foray into short film. His first short, Special Delivery, found him nominated for IMDB New Filmmaker of the Year, while his second The Hook, won several awards and was picked up for distribution by Shorts.TV.
His most recent short Cul-De-Sac was selected for the London Short Film
Festival, L.A. Neo Noir Festival, and Aesthetica winning Best Film at the Downtown Tyler Film Festival and Best Comedy at The Great Lakes Film Festival. He recently helped found Mr. Tibbs, a comedy production company, with three other directors and is currently in the middle of developing Cul-De-Sac into a feature script.
