Watch Bill Nighy & Amanda Palmer In The Neil Gaiman Short ‘Statuesque’
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Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 12:24 am
Musician and performance artist Amanda Palmer posted a link to a short film she co-starred in with Bill Nighy called Statuesque, which was written and directed by her husband, author Neil Gaiman.
You can watch the entire 9-minute silent film here below.
Looks like it might only be online for a short time, so definitely check it out while you can.
Palmer tweeted about the project late Thursday night.
up til they take it down! short silent film @neilhimself wrote/directed starring me & bill nighy music by @sxipshirey!
The short is part of Sky1’s 10 Minute Tales series, which according to Sky1 is “the biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts.”
Sky1 HD has Statuesque listed to be shown on Friday December 25 at 10pm. Below is the film’s official synopsis.
Bill Nighy is Mr Jellaby and Amanda Palmer is Yvette. Neil Gaiman, the awesomely talented scribe behind Stardust, Beowulf and Coraline, mines more magic from the vaults of his imagination. In a sweetly strange story, a love triangle emerges between two living statues and an admirer. Mr Jellaby is head-over-heels in love with Galatea and, with sandwiches in tow, comes to watch her in the shopping precinct for hours on end each day. However, another statue, Yvette, has fallen for Mr Jellaby…
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looks like it’s gone already
Comment by Firebat58 — October 21, 2011 @ 6:20 pm