Working Title is a Canadian short film, directed by Ken Scott and Fred Jones and released in 1985. The film is a satirical mockumentary about a film director who is being interviewed about the problem-plagued production of his planned magnum opus, The Merchant of Venus, by a parody of Canadian television host Elwy Yost.Salem Alaton, "Short films that can dream of Genie". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1986.
The film premiered at the 1985 Toronto International Film Festival,Michael Dorland, "The return of the repressed". Cinema Canada, November 1985. and was later screened at Toronto Film Now, an event highlighting short films by emerging local directors, in November.Paul Barker, "Knock, Knock! - Who's in the bedroom?". Toronto Star, November 12, 1985. Yost also aired it as an interstitial bonus, between the evening's feature films, on his TVOntario film series Saturday Night at the Movies in January 1986.Jim Bawden, "Disney's Sunday movies exceptional". Toronto Star, January 31, 1986.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.
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