The Heist (short film) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Heist is a quirky crime-drama about two first-time jewel thieves who stage a bizarre diamond heist with seemingly disastrous results, written and directed by short-film director Campbell Cooley

Campbell Cooley

-Early life:He attended the University of Louisville where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. For several years he worked as a stage actor and director.-Acting career:...

and presented in 2008.

With The Heist Campbell Cooley

Campbell Cooley

-Early life:He attended the University of Louisville where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. For several years he worked as a stage actor and director.-Acting career:...

wanted to tell a character-driven story without dialogue and, to add to the complexity of the challenge, he also underscored the entire story to a minuet

Minuet

A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

, writing the story to the music. Consistent with his style, the film is full of twists and surprises but perhaps the most fascinating element of the film is how all the action flows in almost perfect harmony to Mozart’s Minuet movement from Divertimento in D Major.

The Leith Short Film Festival in Scotland called it a "Witty & engaging crime-drama". The Panorama International Film Festival of Patras, Greece are quoted as saying: "...(the) film is very beautiful!". In April 2009, the Magma Short Film Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand bestowed it a Highly Commended Award in the festival category of Self Funded Films.

Screening history

Completed in March 2008, the film has screened at the following festivals:

11th International Panorama of Independent Film, Greece, October 2009
Magma Short Film Festival, New Zealand, May 2009
Auckland Fringe Short Film Festival, New Zealand, March 2009
Hamilton Underground Film Festival, New Zealand, December 2008
Allshorts Film Festival, New Zealand, October–November 2008
Big Mountain Short Film Festival
Big Mountain Short Film Festival
The Big Mountain Short Film Festival is a short film festival based in Ohakune, New Zealand designed to encourage and celebrate creative short film making and storytelling. Entry is free and open to filmmakers internationally, who are encouraged to use maximum creativity on minimum budget...

, New Zealand, October 2008
Naperville Independent Film Festival
Naperville Independent Film Festival
The Naperville Independent Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Naperville, Illinois which features the work of independent filmmakers. Actress Karen Black helped open inaugurate the festival in 2008...

, USA, September 2008
Anonimul International Film Festival, Romania, August 2008
Shaky Isles Festival of Aotearoa, England, July 2008
CinemadaMare Film Festival
CinemadaMare Film Festival
CinemadaMare Film Festival is the annual film festival for youth amateur short movie makers that is held in Italy.The event was first held in 2003. During the event, groups of participants travel along several cities of Southern Italy residing in locations such as schools turned into hostels...

, Italy, July 2008
Leith Short Film Festival, Scotland, June 2008
Dunedin Fringe Festival, New Zealand, April 2008

The Heist has also been purchased by The Rialto Channel

Rialto Channel

The Rialto Channel, is a commercial television station in New ZealandIt began broadcasting on November, 2002 on SKY Network Television.The channel is a movie, documentary and entertainment channel broadcasting 24-hours, 7-days-a-week...

and premièred on Australian TV 4 August 2008.

Current characters

Character	Actor
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Margaret	Helen Haskell
Thief#1	Phil Jones
Thief#2	Andrew McCartney
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Current characters

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