The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island is a 2007 short film, directed by James Griffiths, and written by and starring Tim Key and Tom Basden. It was nominated for a 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Short Film award, [1] and won the UK Film Council Award for Best British Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. [2]
Plot summary
Lottery winner Charles Heath (Tim Key) pays a folk singer Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) to visit his private island and perform for him for a fee of half a million pounds. Isolated from the world, the jaded folk singers' passion for music is slowly reignited.
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References
- ^ 2008 Bafta Short Films Awards
- ^ Edinburgh International Film Festival Awards History Archived 1 October 2009 at the Portuguese Web Archive
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