I Love Sarah Jane

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I Love Sarah Jane
Ilovesarahjaneposter.jpg
Directed by Spencer Susser
Produced by Angie Fielder
Nash Edgerton
Spencer Susser
Mike Seymour
Written by David Michôd
Spencer Susser
Starring Brad Ashby
Mia Wasikowska
Vladimir Matovic
Music by Michael Lira
Cinematography Adam Arkapaw
Edited by Spencer Susser
Production
company
Blue-Tongue Films
Aquarius Films
The Last Picture Company
Release dates
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Running time
 14 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

I Love Sarah Jane is a 2008 Australian zombie horror short film directed by Spencer Susser and written by David Michôd and Spencer Susser.[1][2][3][4] The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 15 January 2008.[5][6][7]

In 2011, the short was reported to be under development to be turned into a feature film.[8]

Plot

Jimbo is 13 and can think of only one girl—Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way-bullies, violence, chaos, or zombies-nothing will stop him from finding a way into her world.

Cast

  • Brad Ashby as Jimbo
  • Mia Wasikowska as Sarah Jane
  • Vladimir Matovic as Joey
  • Beau South as Rory
  • Peter Yacoub as Gram
  • Richard Mueck as Zombie
  • Anton Enus as Newsreader

Reception

Critical response

The film earned mainly positive reviews from critics. MarBelle of short of the week gave film the positive review said "The thing about ILSJ—co-written by Susser and David Michôd—is that if you were to strip away the high production values and outlandish world setting, there’d still be at its core a touching age-old story of teen awkwardness in relating to the object of your desire that places our hero Jimbo in the shoes of Kevin Arnold or Dawn Wiener before him, it’s just that their obstacles were slightly less brain hungry."[9] Amber Wilkinson of Eye For Film gave the film four out of five stars and said "With so many zombie features and, indeed, zombie shorts around, it's hard to make something that feels new, but by mixing up the trappings of a naturalistic coming of age drama with the horror, this short takes a different tack, breathing life and spirit into the undead."[10] Wesley Morris of Boston.com said that "Australian suburb where some parentless neighborhood kids torture a zombie. You wait for several minutes for the title to explain itself, which, in its sweet, jokey finale, it does."[11]

Awards and official selections

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2008 Arizona International Film Festival Reel Frontier Merit Award Spencer Susser Won[13][14]
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Canal+ Award (International Competition) Spencer Susser Won[15]
Nashville Film Festival Best Narrative Short Spencer Susser Won[16]
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Grand Prize for Short Film Spencer Susser Nominated[17]
Melbourne International Film Festival Most Innovative Australian Short Film Spencer Susser Won[18]

See also

References

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