Beware of Goat
A rivalry between two rural families escalates when one family’s goat gets loose in the other’s yard.
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Justin T. MaloneDirector
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Justin T. MaloneWriter
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Justin T. MaloneProducer
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O'Shay ForemanProducer
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Noelle BeardProducer
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Lindsey RobertsKey Cast"Louise"The Poor & Hungry (2000)
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Peyton PilgrimKey Cast"Mitchell"
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Cecelia WingateKey Cast"Mary"He Could've Gone Pro (2016)
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John SneedKey Cast"Roger"
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Lauren GunnKey Cast"Millie"
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Comedy, Dark Comedy
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Runtime:14 minutes 48 seconds
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Completion Date:October 17, 2022
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Production Budget:20,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Tonkawa Film FestivalTonkawa, Oklahoma
United States
April 15, 2023
World Premiere
Winner - Best Comedy -
Pasadena International Film FestivalLos Angeles, California
United States
May 7, 2023
West Coast Premiere
Nominee - Best Comedy -
Big Apple Film FestivalNew York, New York
United States
May 20, 2023
East Coast Premiere
Official Selection -
Tennessee International Indie Film FestivalSpring Hill, Tennessee
United States
Schedule TBA
Official Selection -
Indie Memphis Film FestivalMemphis, Tennessee
United States
Schedule TBA
Winner - IndieGrant -
Mayavaram International Film FestivalMayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
India
May 28, 2023
Winner - Best International Short Film
Justin T. Malone is a rising filmmaker with an eye for the grotesque, profane, and darkly humorous. Working in the Southern Gothic literary tradition, Justin's films focus on working class rural Southerners like the people he grew up around in West Tennessee.
Two things I learned growing up in the rural American South are that there is no dignity in poverty and that there is humor in mankind’s capacity for cruelty. As an artist, I’m fascinated with exploring the way our circumstances can make us cruel.
Beware of Goat is a meditation on the way poverty, stress and tribalism can drive even the most responsible or well meaning people toward anger and violence. But above all else, it is an assertion that the best remedy for misery is laughter, even when standing atop the gallows.