WHISTLE (2002) is Duncan Jones’ 26 minute debut short film he has described as “my dry run at a feature film”.
A man with a refined skill to predict human behaviour is torn between his work and his family in this melancholy tale about the future of assassination.
As with MOON a few years later, WHISTLE also features the talents of Hideki Arichi (Production Design & appearing as a Journalist), Gavin Rothery (Art Department & Visual Effects, also appearing as a Journalist) and Barratt Heathcote as Editor.
WHISTLE features music from Duncan Jones’ father (David Bowie – Subterraneans), and also credits his Grandmother (Margaret Mary Jones) as Executive Producer.
WHISTLE was inspired by listening to Grandaddy’s album ‘The Sophtware Slump’ and features the track ‘Underneath The Weeping Willow’. Duncan had originally hoped to score the whole film with this album but instead worked with “the very talented German classical saxophonist” Christian Biegai. Additional musical intro to the film is by the very lovely Emm Gryner.
WHISTLE is available as an extra feature on both DVD & Blu-Ray releases of MOON.
WHISTLE (2002)
| Director | Duncan Jones |
| Written by | Duncan Jones |
| Ryan | Dominic Mafham |
| Diana | Sarah Winman |
| Michael | Charlie W. Hicks |
| Paul | John Shrapnel |
| Joe | Terry Jermyn |
| Produced by | Duncan Jones Margaret Mary Jones Yvonne Svendsen |
| Music | Christian Biegai David Bowie |
| Cinematography | Eric Lehner |
| Editor | Barratt Heathcote |
| Production Design | Hideki Arichi |
| VFX | Gavin Rothery |
Full cast and crew credits available on WHISTLE IMDb entry.
