Barry Norman Lead Actor (also appears in NO TEARS FOR BANKERS, & RICK'S CANOE with Stephen “Jules” Rubin).
STICKY WICKET Synopsis
In the small town of Brunswick, Maine, the Women-Only Croquet Club is the only organized resistance to a corporate takeover by an invading cineplex movie chain. In its direct path is a 100 seat, hippie-built theater called the Eveningstar Cinema, crunched into a tiny, jewelry-store-sized space at the local mall. The owner, Barry Norman, is barely holding on. He’s too tall for the 6’ high upstairs projection booth (at 6’5”), and too old (over 50) to be carting around the heavy reels back and forth between projectors. As the cineplex ground-breaking approaches, future plans are made for a big croquet showdown at city hall. With croquet balls smacked to the tune of ‘Drive That Fast' by legendary UK band Kitchens of Distinction, it begins to dawn on us that maybe these mallet-wielding women can get the job done. And they do.
“To capture real life on film, Schmidt fashions a creative weave out of the threads of narrative, documentary, and docu-drama film forms. His actors draw on their own experience enabling him to create a unique blend of fact and fiction. In the end, Schmidt makes art and life intermingle and imitate each other.”— Vic Skolnick, CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
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STICKY WICKET--The Trailer (MUSIC BY KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION). Shot in Brunswick, ME, & starring BARRY NORMAN (Rick's Canoe, No Tears For Bankers, etc.). <https://vimeo.com/ondemand/stickywicket>.