Project
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King Wray
Year
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2020
Category
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Feature Film
A cult musician resurfaces and tries to transfer his identity to his star-struck son in a bid to stage an epic comeback, with tragic consequences.
In a noir world, sickened by climate change and exploding with colour, our film tells the story of Nate and his intense relationship with his cult musician father - ‘King Wray’ - who concealed his face with a mask. After an intense debut, he had an accident that confined him to a wheelchair for life, so he covered it up and disappeared into oblivion. Twenty years later, King Wray resurfaces and contacts Nate – his illegitimate son – with a proposition. To wear his mask and imitate him onstage – creating a surprise King Wray comeback together with him. Nate agrees, and they set off on a nationwide tour. It begins well as Nate relishes the limelight, but as King Wray mentors his son, he becomes jealous and obsessed with controlling him. Nate struggles to take over, as King Wray descends into drug-fuelled bitterness. Unable to endure King Wray's abuse, Nate finally stands up to his father. He blows the lid off the unsustainable charade and ends up killing King Wray, both literally and figuratively.
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Studioset
DIRECTOR
Groves Brothers
CAPABILITIES
Compositing / VFX Supervising
