James Morrison

Parking

Short film: approx. 12 minutes

A vitriolic encounter between Ray and Gene, two inordinately put upon men, in an urban parking structure.

Written and Directed by

James Morrison

Produced by

Riad Galayini

"...a warp force furious comedy that taps into the most universal and powerful emotion of the technological age - urban traffic Angst. On the surface, Morrison's premise is deceptively slight, but Ray's passionate diatribe is nothing less than a thinking man's outcry against the decline of Western civilization." ---Los Angeles Times

"Parking is a marvelously rich theatrical vignette. The fiery argument that ensues eloquently touches on issues of class and machismo. It is soon clear that what is at stake is not just parking protocol, but the price of manhood in present-day America." ---Philadelphia Inquirer

"Parking, one of the hits of the 1998 Fringe Festival and classic Fringe fare: challenging traditional notions of performance..." ---Philadelphia Magazine

Awards and Recognition

• Best Actor Award for Paul Lieber

  Albany Film Festival

• Best Short of the Festival Award

  Northampton Film Festival

• Third Place Narrative

  Central Florida Film and Video Festival

• Audience Choice Award for Best Short

  Slamdance, 1996

• Honorable Mention, Blockbuster Competition

  Wine Country Film Festival

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• Fog Slow To Clear

  Poetry and prose by James Morrison

  Book: 71 pages

  Fog Slow To Clear is a book of poetry, prose and monologues written between the years 1982 and 1999.

• Idle Wheels

  A play by James Morrison

  Book: 119 pages

  Framed against the backdrop of the mythic Alaska wilderness, Idle Wheels, with a highly theatrical interaction between extreme realism and poetic speculation, captures the tension between the comic and the serious, the mundane and the mysterious, the still and the spinning.

  Idle Wheels is the first play written by James Morrison. The play was developed by the Sundance Institute's Playwright's Conference and was first produced in 1986 by The Salt Lake Acting Company. It received its West Coast Premiere in 1996 at The Road Theatre in Los Angeles.

  "There are few artists in the American theatre with the intelligence and sheer audacity of James Morrison. As both actor and writer, his contribution to the theatre is undeniable in his powerful quest for truth."

  --Emily Mann