Stump the Guesser (2020)
19m
Running Time
February 25, 2020Release Date
Stump the Guesser (2020)
19m
Running Time
February 25, 2020Release Date
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Plot.
After a bad day at work, a fairground performer sets out to disprove the theory of heredity so that he can marry his sister.
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Cast & Crew.
Adam Brooks
The Guesser
Adam Brooks
The Guesser
Brent Neale
Trofim
Stephanie Berrington
Y / Other Sister
Alison Lord
Skeptical Woman
Werner Thaller
Z
Steven Black
Guessing Inspector
Evan Johnson
Director
Marlise Ritchie
Quarantine Marriage Official
Galen Johnson
Director
Kevin Doole
Substitute Guesser
Guy Maddin
Director
Juliette Hagopian
Producer
Norm Foster
Day Guesser
Yollanda Chimbarami
Lab Assistant
Ryan Simmons
Cinematographer
Greg Blagoev
Pocketwatch Man
Randy Unrau
Fish Monger
Milos Mitrovic
Smug Man with Gun
Greg Klymkiw
Crank Man
Marianne Delveaux
Fun Rations Woman / Extras Casting
Julia Klymkiw
Fun Rations Woman
Sheryl Ducharme
Peasant / Dancer
Rob Krezanski
Peasant Carnival-goer
Erika Marxx
Peasant Woman
Steve Pacaud
Carnival Goer
Greg Strempler
Carnival Goer
David Swim
Professor / Peasant
Onalee Ames
Executive Producer
Taavo Soodor
Production Design
Jim Heber
Casting
Ryan Steel
Assistant Art Director
Evin Collis
Art Direction
Sydney Sabiston
Assistant Director
Brandy Hagborg
First Assistant Director
Chaley Martens
Associate Producer
Jeff Pniowsky
Executive Producer
Brendan Roddy
Executive Producer / Production Accountant
Stephen Warden
Associate Producer
Lydia Hamel
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Liv Lundh
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Caroline Thiessen
Hairstylist / Key Makeup Artist
Janelle Tougas
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Rob Crooks
Assistant Art Director
Derek Mackie
Assistant Art Director
Devon Chytil
Gaffer
Tess Gebel
Wardrobe Assistant
Chantale Garand
Assistant Location Manager
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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Stump the Guesser is a Canadian short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, which was released in 2020. A silent black-and-white film based on early Soviet cinema tropes, it stars Adam Brooks as a man who works as a guesser at the fair, but whose mindreading tricks suddenly begin to fail him; simultaneously, he meets a long-lost sister he never knew he had and falls in love with her, and sets out to disprove the theory of heredity in hopes of being able to marry her.The film premiered on February 25, 2020 at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.