''The Butler's in Love'' is a

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by David Arquette and starring Elizabeth Berkley and Thomas Jane. The film is based on a painting by Mark Stock which hangs in Bix, the

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restaurant where Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox held their rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding. The work shows a butler holding up a glass which is smudged with lipstick and a bottle of absinthe on a side table. "We didn't have any absinthe at our wedding," said Arquette with a laugh. "But I never forgot about the painting. I think of the romance behind it." The film was shot in 3-D on location in San Francisco and premiered June 23, 2008 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in

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. The rest of the Arquette siblings attended the screening, as well as his wife Cox and stars Elizabeth Berkley and Thomas Jane.David gets support from his famous family at LA 'Butler' screening
/ref> '' The Butler's in Love'' is the first of many short films from the new full-service film production company, Tourmented Films. French Absinthe brand Le Tourment Vert, in cooperation with Converge Entertainment, announced on June 23, 2008, the launch of their newest venture, Tourmented Films. Established to create edgy short films that carry the look and feel of the absinthe genre, it was officially launched with The Butler's in Love directed by David Arquette.

Plot

The plot is based on the Mark Stock painting "The Butler's in Love". It concerns the romance between a butler and the wife of the host of a fancy dress party in 1912.

Cast

* Thomas Jane as The Butler * Elizabeth Berkley as The Wife *Richmond Arquette as The Husband * Mark Stock as The Magician *Jenny Scheinman as The Singer *Celia de Blas as Dinner Party Guest *Kyle Scudiere as Patron *Bert van Aalsburg as Dinner Party Guest

3D Capture

This was the first production use of KernerFX's Kernercam stereoscopic 3D camera rig. When the project was brought to Kerner Studios, Kerner requested that a number of features previously considered 'tricky' for 3D capture be included in the film including fire, crystal glass, and motion. "Butler's in Love" was lensed by Peter Anderson, a 3-D Cinematographer who had originally designed the Kerner 3-D rig for his filming of "Godzilla 3-D".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler's In Love, The 2008 films American short films 2008 short films Films set in 1912 Films directed by David Arquette Coquette Productions films 2000s English-language films English-language short films