Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Page #2

Synopsis: In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child. Friends, relatives, and colleagues say warm and loving things about Andrew, home movies confirm his exuberance. Andrew's parents, Kathleen and David, move to Newfoundland, Canada where the ex-girlfriend has gone. They await an arrest and trial of the murderer. They negotiate with the ex-girlfriend to visit their grandchild, Zachary, and they seek custody. Is there any justice; is Zachary a sweet and innocent consolation for the loss of their son?
Director(s): Kurt Kuenne
Production: Oscilloscope Pictures
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.6
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
NOT RATED
Year:
2008
95 min
Website
739 Views


If I hear him say

"one more time" one more time,

I'm gonna wring his neck!

Jesus Christ, Kurt.

What do you want?

No, no.

I'm just getting...

But despite it all,

he always supported me.

Kurt, another winner!

Yes!

My God,

what are you trying to do?

Give our genius a heart attack?

None of that.

What, do we kiss now or... Oh!

He even invested

in my first feature film

while he was working to save

for medical school.

Everything was perfect.

I don't know what happened.

We got bigger, and we got laid!

At his memorial service,

I talked with his med-school

friend Anthony, who told me...

One of the major things

that Andrew and I did together,

or that we had in common,

was photography.

I had no idea he took pictures,

and I'd known him for 22 years.

What else didn't I know?

I was never going to get

to visit him at his hospital

and see what he was like

as a doctor.

I would never be going

to his wedding

where I would finally meet his

entire family at the reception.

He would never be telling me

anything I didn't already know

about him.

So I decided to make this movie,

to travel far and wide,

to interview everyone

who ever knew and loved him,

to learn everything

there was to know,

and to make one last movie

with him.

I had no idea

how many years it would take

or how I would even know

when I was done.

But the longer I waited,

the more memories would be lost.

So I started at home

in California,

and, as soon as I could,

I grabbed a camera.

Okay, Andrew, ready?

- And said...

- Action!

How would I describe Andrew to

someone who had never met him?

The man never wore pants.

He only wore shorts.

That's right.

Constantly!

Well,

Andrew was very good at pool.

Quite frankly, he was

a pool shark, is what he was.

Well, he had a good teacher.

When we first met him, he had

this thing with his fingernails.

Oh, yeah, he'd always bite

his fingernails.

They looked like they'd been

through a shredder.

Too late.

He was probably the most

determined person I've ever met

about doing

a particular profession.

His mom worked in the business,

so...

We would sit and discuss

a topic like venereal disease.

He didn't get an offer

to come to medical school

at the end of the first year.

I remember

that was a big downer.

I think he felt like

he wasn't...

like things were

kind of stalled for him

and he wasn't really...

he wasn't living

up to expectations.

"Well, what are you gonna do?"

"Okay, I'll get a job,

and I'll apply again."

Okay.

That's problem, solution.

And then, of course, Heather

brought home this application

she had picked up from Memorial

University of Newfoundland.

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Kurt Kuenne

Kurt Kuenne is an American filmmaker and composer. He has directed a number of short and feature films, including Rent-a-Person, the YouTube film Validation, described as "a romantic epic in miniature", and the documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. more…

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