Los Angeles United Film Festival 2009

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The Beneficiary
Theodore Melfi 2008
Categories: Deception, Shorts
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Run time: 18 min. | USA
After truck driver, Roy Tidrow, cuts off a random car on the freeway (Joe O'Neil's,) a complaint is phoned in and Roy is immediately fired, sending him into a violent tailspin. Roy threatens his wife (Valerie,) who works reception at the trucking company, forcing her to supply him with the name of the complainer. Days later...Valerie realizes she's made a horrible mistake. Not only has Roy murdered the man who Valerie identified (Andrew Williams,) but she mistakenly supplied the wrong information and a completely 'innocent' person was killed. When Valerie confronts Roy, he attacks her and gets the correct identity of the complainer (Joe O'Neil.) However, this time Valerie calls to warn the stranger... Joe O'Neill, a straight-laced, nine-to-fiver, is filled with paranoia and fear. He buys a gun to protect himself and is forced into using it when Roy Tidrow attacks him in his home. In a strange twist of fate, it is Roy who is shot and killed. In the end, Valerie, as the sole beneficiary of her husband Roy's life insurance policy, collects a large settlement. Joe O'Neil is questioned by the police and forever scarred. And Andrew Williams' widow, Margaret, receives an envelope of cash, leading us to believe that Valerie may have orchestrated this bizarre collision of lives, whereby no one is a beneficiary.
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5:30 PM     Fri, May 01
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About the film
Cast & Crew
director
Theodore Melfi
writer
Matt Shevin
 
producer
Matt Shevin
Rocky Bice
Theodore Melfi
cinematographer
Mateo Londono
Cast
Eric Parker
John Kapelos
Julie Ann Emery
Ken Strunk
Kimberly Quinn
Lew Temple
Matt Shevin
Peter Holden
Robert Miano
Ron Canada
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