Candlestick (film)

Candlestick
Directed by Christopher Presswell
Written by

Forgács W. András

Christopher Presswell
Starring Andrew Fitch
Isla Ure
Nigel Thomas
Tom Knight
Music by Jonathan Armandary
Cinematography Haider Zafar
Production
company
Workbus
Distributed by Indie Rights
Release dates
  • 14 October 2014 (2014-10-14) (IndieCork Film Festival)
  • 11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) (United States)
Running time
 83 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Candlestick is a 2014 British film starring Andrew Fitch, Isla Ure, Nigel Thomas and Tom Knight. It was directed by Christopher Presswell and was released in the United States on 11 April 2015.[1]

Plot

A meeting of friends descends into a sinister game when one of them accuses the wife of his best friend of infidelity.[2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in London during November 2012. Presswell has cited the work of Alfred Hitchcock, particularly Rope and Dial M for Murder, as an influence on the film.[3][4]

Release

Candlestick made its UK debut on 8 October 2014 at the Aberdeen Film Festival,[5] with further festival screenings at IndieCork,[6] Horrorfest (South Africa)[7] and the Bratislava International Film Festival.[8]

In November 2014, Candlestick opened the 30 Dies Fantastic Film Festival in Andorra,[2] and was among the first non-Chinese-language films shown at the Europe China Image Film Festival.[9]

In January 2015 the company announced that the film would open in the United States on April 11 of that year, and be released on VOD, DVD and Blu-ray.[1]

Reception

Following the film's Irish première, NextProjection called the film a "juicy jaunt of a tale," and said that "like a Raymond Chandler 'cannibalisation', Candlestick may feed off the familiar, but it's the sport with which it spits it back out that makes it feel so fresh".[10]

The film won three awards at the 30 Dies Fantastic Film Festival, Andorra: best screenplay (Forgács W. András and Christopher Presswell); best original score (Jonathan Armandary); and best actor, shared by Andrew Fitch, Isla Ure, Nigel Thomas and Tom Knight.[11]

The film received a mention for its screenplay at the Overlook: CinemAvvenire Film Festival 2014 in Rome.[12]

Publicity

On 19 November 2015 a post on titled "This is how movies are delivered to your local theater"[13] containing pictures of the film's DCP hard drive went viral, reaching the fabled #1 spot on Reddit, and gathering widespread social media attention. The images were viewed over 1 million times before being reposted by 9GAG,[14] and becoming the subject of an article in The Independent.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Workbus Unveils EFM Slate". Screen International. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Festival 30 Dies". Agenda.ad. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Candlestick premiere to light up Aberdeen's new film fest". STV. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "First Ever Aberdeen Film Festival Launched". Aberdeen Press & Journal. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Candlestick Sparks Up with First Trailer". Hey U Guys. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Candlestick". IndieCork. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Full Feature Film Lineup Unveiled for South African HorrorFest 2014". Dread Central. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Svietnik (Candlestick)". Bratislava International Film Festival. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Highlights from the 6th Europe China Image Film Festival 2014". Eastern Kicks. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "IndieCork Review: Candlestick". NextProjection (Ronan Doyle). Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ "El turc ‘Muska’, millor film del primer festival 30 Dies". Bondia. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "I vincitori di Overlook - CinemAvvenire Video Festival 2014". cinemaitaliano.info. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  13. ↑ "This is how movies are delivered to your local theater". Reddit.
  14. ↑ "This is how movies are delivered to your local theater". 9GAG.
  15. ↑ "This is how films are delivered to cinemas and screened". The Independent.

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