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Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan
Long Live My Happy Head
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Long Live My Happy Head

Long Live My Happy Head

Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan

2020
60 min.
United Kingdom
English
Without subtitles

Gordon is a Scottish artist with a terminal brain tumour.He named his tumour, Rick and creates comics to explore his own mortality.

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Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan
Production
Melt the Fly
Synopsis

For Scottish artist Gordon, creating comic books about his brain tumour is his way of confronting his mortality. With the growth of his tumour accelerating, he and his partner Shawn (USA) must navigate chemotherapy and a global pandemic so they can cherish what time they have left.

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Will Hewitt

Will Hewitt

Director

Will Hewitt is a producer director and co-founder of Scottish based production company Melt the Fly....

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Austen McCowan

Austen McCowan

Director

Austen is a Producer/ Director with a background as a hands-on shooting PD, DoP and editor. He deepl...

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