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Kevin Spacey stars in The Ventriloquist, written and directed by Jameson First Shot winner Benjamin Leavitt | 2012

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Kevin Spacey with filmmaker and Jameson First Shot winner Benjamin Leavitt during the New York premiere of The Ventriloquist | June 2, 2012

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Russ was invited to the premiere of the US winner of the first ever Jameson First Shot Film Competition last week, and sat down to talk with the winner, Benjamin Leavitt, alongside Trigger Street Productions President, Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey | June 2, 2012

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"The Ventriloquist (2012) is a poignant short film written and directed by Benjamin Leavitt that stars Kevin Spacey about “a man and his doll that he may depend on too much for social interaction”. It was the first place winner in the United States division of the Jameson First Shot international film competition. The competition was created by Jameson Irish Whiskey and Kevin Spacey’s production company, Trigger Street Productions, to discover talented screenwriters and directors from South Africa, the United States and Russia. The prize winning film from each country had their script made into a short film by Trigger Street Productions, starring Kevin Spacey." What I like about this short movie is that it shows the doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde that are inside each of us. They are not only our bad and good sides, they can be just like two opposite sides that talk to us with a complete different attitude. Sometimes we use one of them to protect ourselves, because we feel scared, we feel the need to keep the distance between what we really are and what people may think about us. The struggle is that sooner or later, we have to deal with ourselves, because one side will never accept the truth spoken by the other one. That's when we realise that maybe we have never needed any of them, that we just have to be what we are and be good to ourselves, no matter what. I loved the way Kevin showed regret, anger, disappointment and self disillusion when the contrast between Frank and the marionette reaches its catharsis. And then, the physical communication at the end that explains it all. Frank was finally freed.