One first date is never enough.

DIRECTOR/WRITER:  Mike Wedderburn
PRODUCER:  Emma Wilson
DURATION: 6mins 55secs
YEAR: 2015

Love Train is available on Vimeo at Love Train Short Film

Against his better judgement Harry has placed his wife Meg in a nursing home where The Matron can keep an eagle eye on her memory loss. In an attempt to trigger Meg’s memory, Harry tunnels into the home and recreates the events of their wonderful first date. Visiting hours are over however, and The Matron does not take kindly to an old lothario who insists on breaking her rules. The chase is on. Harry’s attempts at resweeping Meg off her feet are not the cure-all he’d imagined, and when The Matron finally catches up with the runaway couple, Harry realises he must relinquish a portion of his independence in order to be with the woman he loves.

Screenings

Raw Nerve Premiere - Hobart, February 2016
Included in the Flickerfest Best of Australia Touring Programme - Hobart, March 2016
BOFA - Tasmania, November 2016
Noosa International Film Festival - Queensland, November 2016
Port Shorts Film Festival - Queensland, October 2016
ABC2 - Australia, Jan 9, 2017
iview - Australia, Jan 9, 2017
The Loop Hobart - 20 November 2018 - 28 February 2019

KEY CAST:

Harry - Gary Files
Meg  - Noela Foxcroft
Matron - Astrid Wells Cooper
Young Harry - Jon Lenthall
Young Meg - Ellen Roe
Meg’s Mother - Cathy Allen

KEY CREW
Writer/Director - Mike Wedderburn
Producer - Emma Wilson
Mentor Producer - Shaun Wilson
Executive Producer - Abi Binning
Director of Photography - Aaron Luke Wilson
Production Manager - Emma Wilson, Cathy Allen
1st Assistant Director - Joanne Collins
2nd Assistant Director - Cathy Allen
Sound Recordist - Tobi Armbruster
1st Assistant Camera - Samuel Bell, Frederic Moll
2nd Assistant Camera & Data Wrangler - Frederic Moll
Continuity - Pauline Marsh
Gaffer - Peter Curtis
Best Boy - Michael Norris
Lighting Assistant - Sophie Curtis
Production Designer - Maggie Peek
Props Master - Hannah Herrmann-Payn
Standby Props - Emalisa White
Props Assistant - Chris Payn
Costume Designer - Rose Schramm
Make-up Artist - Karin Adams
On Set Nurse - Pauline Marsh
Stills Photographer - Aaron Luke Wilson, Genevieve White
Unit Manager - Ben Morton
Unit Assistant - Amanda Roberts
Catering - Ginger Brown
Runner - Marcus Knott, Lawrence Worledge
Casting - Astrid Wells Cooper, Jane Binning Casting
Composer - Nick Storr
Graphic Designer -  Aaron Luke Wilson
Editor and Sound Effect Tracklay - Nick Storr
Sound Editor and Colour Grade - Mike Gissing, Digital City Studios
Script Editor - Claire d’Este

Special Thanks:
Nigel Wilson
Anne and Peter Niven
Wilson Handy Services
Simone Cunliffe
Patricia Gomez
Derwent Valley Council
Matt Hill
Jess Dallas
Acute Brown Productions
Eli Halliwell
The Recovery Shop, Glenorchy
Cooper Screen Academy