Danny’s (played by BAFTA-winner Ben Whishaw) attempt to rob a bank with his overbearing mum (played by SAG-awardee Marion Bailey) is scuppered by the appearance of their family doctor. With his mum in the back of his van, and a dead pigeon on the passenger seat, Danny has a growing sense of desperation. But as more and more figures arrive to disrupt his day, we begin to sense that everything is not as it seems…
Shortlisted at The Oscars, Academy Awards 2024
United Kingdom / 2023 / 16'
Director
Tom Stuart – Tom’s first feature film as a writer MAINSTREAM premiered at the Venice Film Festival, 2020. It was also officially selected by Telluride and Mill Valley film festivals. Directed and co-written by Gia Coppola, it stars Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, and Jason Schwartzman. It secured distribution with IFC and Universal and was released in 2021. Tom has original TV projects in development with Bad Wolf, Sunday Night, 101 Studios, Lookout Point, Silverprint Pictures and Kindle Entertainment.
His first play I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS was an adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s New York Times bestselling memoir. It was produced by Fuel and directed by Nick Bagnall. It received great reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and secured a tour of the UK, which included the Liverpool Everyman, MAC in Belfast and Shoreditch Town Hall in London. His second play AFTER EDWARD was commissioned by Shakespeare’s Globe and received a full production in their Sam Wannamaker Theatre in 2019: “A forceful and fanciful drama by a fresh new talent” – The Telegraph.
Tom has worked extensively as an actor for the past 20 years. GOOD BOY will mark his directorial debut.
