93 minutes – Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Language: English
Festival release date: April 25, 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival, New York)
Release date: February 7, 2020 (Canada)
Production companies: Firefly Films, Blinder Films, Nowhere, Scythia Films
Canadian distribution Mongrel Media
U.S.distributor: Saban Films
Elijah Wood plays Norval, whose life has been, to put it lightly, difficult. He’s an LA hipster who grew up with his mother in affluent Beverly Hills and is coming off alcohol-related struggles. Just five when his father (Stephan McHattie) abandoned him 30 years ago, Norval receives an invitation to visit him at his remote cabin, amidst
a forest on a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean. Hoping that reconnecting with his father will give him the emotional fulfillment he’s been lacking, Norval quickly realizes something is decidely off about his dad, an uneasy feeling triggered by inappropriate comments and a possible over-dependence on booze. Recognizing that a father/son bonding is doomed, he finds himself in waking nightmare.
Shot in Tofino, British Columbia (standing in for coastal Oregon), Come to Daddy is a New Zealand-Canada-Ireland coproduction. This film marks New Zealander Ant Timpson’s feature film directorial debut.
Crew:
Producer:
Daniel Bekerman
Toby Harvard
Katie Holly
Mette-Marie Kongsved
Emma Slade
Laura Tunstall
Executive Producer:
Lia Buman
Tim Headington
Ant Timpson
Laura Tunstall
Co-Producer:
Jacqueline Nguyen
Associate Producer:
Evan Horan
Supervising Producer:
Alex Ordanis
Director:
Ant Timpson
Screenwriter:
Toby Harvard
Cinematographer:
Daniel Katz
Editor:
Dan Kircher
Composer:
Karl Steven
Production Designer:
Zosia Mackenzie
Art Director:
John O’Regan
Charlie Whiteway (Set decoration)
Costume Designer:
Angela Ganderton
Cast:
Roles:
Elijah Wood Stephen McHattie
Garfield Wilson
Madeleine Sami
Martin Donovan
Michael Smiley Simon Chin Ona Grauer Ryan Beil
Oliver Wilson
Raresh DiMofte
Gord Middleton
Alla Rouba
Noam Zylberman
Norval Greenwood
Gordon
Ronald Plum
Gladys
Brian
Jethro
Dandy
Precious
Danny
Young Norva
Swinger
Swinger
Swinger
Swinger
