Writer: Jonathan Kesselman
Composer: Herman Jackson
Starring: Tim Klein, Jim Potersmith, Dantes Sivilla, Jordan Zucker, Dave Kallawy, Adrian Robinson, Leonard Jackson, Joshua Paolini, Chelsey Pinegar, Sammy Moraos, Daniel, Lowow, Matt Rosler, Gordon Prince, Ben Amick
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Plot: A young Jewish boy is jealous of all the other kids who get great presents for Christmas when he just gets a dreidel. Jump to twenty years later and that boy has grown into a vengeful hero of sorts, meting out justice to those who celebrate Christmas, specifically Santa Claus.
My rating: 7/10
Will I watch it again? Sure, it's only six minutes long.
Shot in black & white, this film school project of Kesselman's while studying film at USC is pretty damn funny. The last frame of the end credits say copyright 2000, USC, so I'm connecting some dots here. And it is pretty damn funny. No dots there. I don't think there's a word spoken and there doesn't need to be because you totally understand the kid's disappointment when it comes to December gift giving time. As an adult, he's all about the drugs, chicks and violence. Kesselman was able to turn this idea into a feature film (his first) three years later with The Hebrew Hammer (2003). It's funny. Is this the first Jewsploitation movie? Probably. Now I just need to see the 2003 film.
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