Willy Nilly

Harry and Eric are middle-aged men whose elderly, tyrannical mother runs their lives. When she dies, the two men are forced to ask themselves some serious questions: "Should I have told her that I loved her?," "Who's...
New Zealand Production
Short 1998 Comedy 12.00 minutes
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Who gets the girl? Who gets the goat? Who gets dinner? Eric and Harry can't get by without their Mum. Then one day she dies, and they discover that the world is a strange and mysterious place. Eric and Harry pursue their fantasies but Mum isn't finished with them yet ...
1999 - Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, France
1999 - London Film Festival, UK

Directors

Mike Smith

Producers

John Gilbert

Screenplay Writers

Mike Smith

Cast

Sean Duffy
Eric
Mark Hadlow
Harry
Dorothy McKegg
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Alison Bruce
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