''Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer!'' is a 2004 American

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written and directed by Jamie Donahue in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s

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s, 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

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. It was made by production company

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Plot

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

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. His father works at the candy factory as a "fudge packer" (which is modern slang for a man who performs

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) 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

Spencer Daniels Spencer Eli Daniels (born December 23, 1992) is an American film and television actor born in Los Angeles, California. He began acting professionally at the age of ten. He has appeared in over 30 films and TV series, including ''Star Trek'' (20 ...

as Billy *

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as Billy's dad *

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as Billy's mom *

Alex Borstein Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Borstein voices Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series '' Family Guy'' (1999–present), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the rol ...

as Betty Henderson * Gina Rodgers as Billy's sister *

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as 50's announcer

Film festivals

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

2005

* 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

''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."

References

External links

* 2000s parody films 2004 LGBT-related films 2004 short films 2004 films American LGBT-related short films American black-and-white films LGBT-related comedy films American comedy short films American mockumentary films 2004 comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub