20 second film clips from “ALL THINGS CHICKEN”

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WARNING:  while the film itself would be rated mature for occasional four letter words and frank talk about sexuality, these clips below are all clean EXCEPT  for the dramatic clip featuring Drew Nye – “She was more than a lover” – at the very bottom of the page.

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This is a comic scene and the 2nd one of the movie where Dave (Matt Mercer) tries to get Ray (Drew Nye) out of his apartment and not so coincidentally avoid eating alone himself.

This is the movie theater scene – the fun part of this scene is that the character of Dave has dragged a reluctant Ray to see a movie where “people are beautiful to each other.” The irony of the character is that he himself doesn’t behave in life like the romantic comedies he so loves. (The rom-com movie within a movie, voices are Sarah McElligott – who is also the Woman in the Window.):

A comic scene:  Ray gets set up on a blind date with the roommate of the waitress at the chicken joint where he and Dave usually hang out. However, both women have started drinking well before the guys showed up. (This scene occurs about 2/3 into the movie.) In the foreground are Amy Vorpahl and Drew Nye, with Matt Mercer and Valerie Suter in the background:

WARNING:  there are 2 four letter words in the following clip.

This is a dramatic scene is where Ray (Drew Nye) is just about to reveal to Dave (Matt Mercer) just how deep his despair (i.e. the reveal is NOT in this clip but some important part of the set-up is).

A more dramatic scene: which occurs very near the end of the movie.  I don’t want to say more than that Ray is talking about an object in the night sky:

A comic scene:  Dave (Matt Mercer) and Ray (Drew Nye) are walking up a hill to get a better view of the night sky.  (Thus just before the previous clip.)  Their conversations tend to revolve around sex, food and god.  This one is about sex:

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Short Synopsis of the whole film:  in a figurative wasteland, two guys are so stuck in their lives that they must pass the time by talking about profound things in profoundly foolish ways. (It is in essence a highly personalized response to Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.”)

“ALL THINGS CHICKEN” – the title is a deliberate double-entendre referring both to the multiple forms of chicken that the two men consume as well as their internal state of fear – is both a comedy-drama about how NOT to live one’s life yet also a paean to the saving grace of friendship – no matter how dysfunctional