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 The Alpha Plan - Episode One
 Taunt
 A Game with No Rules
 Plain Tastes
 The Ugly
 Perfect Strangers

Synopsis

Filmmaker Scott Reynolds demonstrated early that familiar genres - the thriller, the serial killer tale - can provide rich showcases for invention and a distinctive style. His first short is an impressive calling card, showing just what can be done with minimal material: essentially one actor (a young Marton Csokas), a mysterious package, and the possibility the package is a bomb. A warning: the finale arguably takes the 'Macguffin' trickery to its logical conclusion. The M1nute was selected for the London Film Festival, and Oberhausen in Germany.

Credits (12)

 Scott Reynolds

Scott Reynolds
Director, Writer

 Jonathon Dowling

Jonathon Dowling
Producer

 Alan Brough

Alan Brough
Actor

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 A Game with No Rules

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