Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer!

Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! is a 2004 American black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue[1] in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent account of family life in the 1950s is loaded with sexual innuendo. It was made by production company POWER UP.

Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer!
Directed byJamie Donahue
Written byJamie Donahue
Produced bySteak House
Juli Vizza
StarringSpencer Daniels
Robert Gant
CinematographyThomas L. Callaway
Edited byJuli Vizza
Music byRob Cairns
Distributed byPower Up Films
Release date
  • November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Billy is a boy who has to decide what he will do with his life. He can't decide between a cowboy or a policeman. His father also suggests an Indian and construction worker. All four of these are characters in the Village People. His father works at the candy factory as a "fudge packer" (which is modern slang for a man who performs homosexual anal sex) and "has several men under him". His mother is visited by a short, mannish woman who knows how to please the local housewives. His sister is preparing to be a good wife, and in almost every shot is moving a phallic object to her mouth.

Cast

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Film festivals

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Film festivals in which Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! appeared include:

2005

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  • Sundance Film Festival
  • Tribeca Film Festival
  • PlanetOut Film Festival COMEDY FINALIST
  • Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
  • Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Brisbane Queer Film Festival
  • Cineffable – Paris Lesbian Film Festival
  • Cinequest
  • Closet Cinema - Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  • Comedia - Just for Laughs
  • Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Fairy Tales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • FilmOut San Diego Film Festival
  • Frameline
  • Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
  • Image + Nation – Montreal Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival
  • London Lesbian Film Festival
  • Martha's Vineyard Independent Film Festival
  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival
  • Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Nashville Film Festival
  • Newport Beach Film Festival
  • North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • OUT Loud Long Beach Art & Film Festival
  • Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Outfest
  • Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
  • Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • PlanetOut Film festival
  • Q Cinema-Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Queer Screen-Mardi Gras Film Festival, Darlinghurst, Australia
  • Queersicht – Bern, Switzerland Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Reel Affirmations – Washington DC GLBT Film Festival
  • Reel Queer Syracuse
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  • Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film festival

Reception

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Apocalypse Later Film Reviews said, It's hard for a film to live up to a title like this, but Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! manages it with aplomb."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hall, David. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer". Gay Celluloid. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ Astell, Hal C. F. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! (2004)". APOCALYPSE LATER FILM REVIEWS. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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