Directed by Andreas Knutsen
Griffith Film School, AUSTRALIA
The story of an old insular man who is intimidated by the world outside his house, however after a bizarre experience interrupting his daily life, he finds the curiosity to reconsider his dark view of the outside world. A small step for mankind, but a giant leap for Mr. Larkin...
Category: Narrative
Run-Time: 16:10
School: Griffith Film School, AUSTRALIA
Year of completion: 2005
Original shooting format: Super 16mm
Screening format: DigiBeta, BetaSP, 16:9
Principle Cast
Mr. Larkin Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
The Astronaut Robert Jozinovic
The Grocery Boy Matthew Bell
Polly the Goldfish Herself
Crew
Writer / Director Kjetil Andreas Knutsen
Producer Matthew Ninnes
D.O.P. / Operator Christopher Doolan
1st Assistant Director Daniel Rogers
Production Designer Maya LaCroix
Sound Designer / Recordist Quinn Pfitzner
Editor Jane Franken
Continuity Linus Lim
Composer Jonathan Bush
Filmmaker Bio
Kjetil Andreas Knutsen
Kjetil Andreas Knutsen was born and raised in the small coastal town of Risør, Norway. As a young teenager his parents bought a HI 8 video camera and Andreas started immediately to play around with it. He teamed up with a friend from school and together they started to make short films, often comedy exploring pitch black humour. Years later at the age of 24, after surviving a compulsory year in the Norwegian army and a school semester in southern Spain where he delved into tourism studies, he found himself in Australia studying film and television at the Griffith Film School (formerly Queensland College of Art).
Writing and directing seemed to be Andreas' destiny, and as his ideas and scripts often were picked out to be class projects he got a lot of directing experience. The Pusher (2003) was his first short film about a man addicted to pushing buttons without knowing it himself. 48 Hour - The Documentary (2004) told the story of a group of young filmmakers entering a 48 hour Film Project. Who Turned Out the Lights? (2004) was an experimental film clip exploring the outer fringes of glorious life and horrible death. ...But a Giant Leap for Mr. Larkin (2005) was Andreas' graduation film and was about an old lonely man and his goldfish who both find a crack revealing the outer world.
Andreas graduated with a Bachelor of Film and Television Production in 2005. In his graduate film ...But a Giant Leap for Mr. Larkin he was lucky to work with one of Australia's most experienced actors, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.
NextFrame Screening Dates
Aug. 1 - 4, 2006
NEXTFRAME WORLD PREMIERE
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Chapman University
Program(s) screening: All Programs
Orange, CA
Web: www.chapman.edu
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Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
Indie Memphis Festival
Program(s) screening: Award Winners, Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Memphis, TN
Web: www.deltaaxis.org
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Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006
Eastern Washington University
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cheney, WA
Web: www.ewu.edu
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March 21 - 22, 2007
University of Northern Iowa
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cedar Falls, IA
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March 30, 2007
Coolidge Corner Theater
New England Institute of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Brookline, MA
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April 19, 2007
Griffith Film School
South Brisbane
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Queensland, Australia
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April/May 2007
University of Tennessee
School of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Knoxville, TN
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