In Defense Of Lemmings - Filmed Spring 2003

Released 2004

Filmed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

In Defense of Lemmings is a surrealistic film which explores the mind of the author of the screen play ...
This was my first film appearence since entering showbiz in 2002. It was a project of the NYU School of Film


Shlomoh as an Eastern European Jewish immigrant.

Shlomoh with the 2 other immigrants.

Shlomoh and Boris as 2 Chassids.



Camera crew setting up the exterior shots.

Makeup Lady and Crew Girls

Shlomoh with Justin Remer, writer and director, and another crew member

Boris and crew member

FROM THE INTERNET MOVIE DATE BASE [http://www.imdb.com]

In Defense of Lemmings (2004)

Directed by Justin Remer
Writing credits Justin Remer

Genre: Comedy/Short

Tagline: The best short film ever made! (...that's not in French.)

Plot Outline: Four comic vignettes -- involving an activist, a balding writer, some Jews,
and Troma Entertainment President Lloyd Kaufman -- connect in a stream-of-consciousness
style reminiscent of Monty Python, The Firesign Theatre, and Luis Bunuel. (view trailer)

Credited cast:
Jacqueline Thuener-Rego .... Kim Kaysee, Lemmings Activist
Chris Carr .... Interviewer
Joby Earle .... Paul, a writer
Boris Kievsky .... Hasid #1/Chontsha
Shlomoh Sherman   [at IMDB] .... Hasid #2/Schmontsha
Jack Arthur .... Bontsha
Nicole T. Wright .... Narrator
Kurran Brown .... Lloyd's Assistant
Lloyd Kaufman .... Lloyd, the President of Troma
  
Produced by
Kurran Brown ....  associate producer  
Matthew E. Goldenberg ....  associate producer  
Bob Husted ....  associate producer  
Sean Macomber ....  associate producer  
Paul Rahn ....  associate producer  
Justin Remer ....  producer  
Brian Rifkin ....  associate producer  
Nico Sabenorio ....  associate producer  
Ariel Schulman ....  producer  
Nicole T. Wright ....  associate producer  

Original Music by Justin Remer    
Cinematography by Brett Herman    
Film Editing by Justin Remer    
Makeup Department Pamela Love ....  makeup artist  
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Macomber ....  assistant director  
Sound Department Matt Cross ....  post-production sound  
Bryan Dembinski ....  sound recordist  
Bob Husted ....  boom operator  
Paul Rahn ....  boom operator  

Other crew
Yoni Brook ....  assistant camera  
Yoni Brook ....  gaffer  
Brett Herman ....  camera operator  
László Sántha ....  special thanks  

Runtime: USA:10 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White/Color

Trivia: For his scene, Lloyd Kaufman almost entirely ignored the scripted lines and improvised the majority of his dialogue.

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