100 Miles

100 Miles
film poster
Directed byMustafa Abbas
Written byMustafa Abbas
Produced byMustafa Abbas
Starring
  • Mustafa Abbas
  • Mahmood Arjumand
  • Kurt Neyberg
  • Salma Othman
Edited byMustafa Abbas
Music byKhaldoun Haddad
Production
company
Night & Day Pictures
Release date
  • March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)
Running time
26 minutes
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
LanguageEnglish

100 Miles is a 2007 Emirati short comedy thriller crime film written and directed by Mustafa Abbas and starring Abbas, Mahmood Arjumand, Kurt Neyberg, and Salma Othman.[1][2] The film won Best Non-Documentary at the 2007 Emirates Film Competition[3][4][5] and was screened at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2008 as part of the Emirati Voices category.[3]

Plot

100 Miles is a suspenseful thriller about schizophrenic Miles McManus. One day, Miles' rival, Ted Garcia, wakes up to find Miles tying him up in a bathtub, accusing him of raping his girlfriend Annabelle James. Ted tries to convince Miles of his innocence. Miles then discovers Annabelle has been murdered and finds that she was killed by her stepfather, Jonathan Rivers, who sought to seize the fortune that Annabelle's mother had left her.

Cast

  • Mustafa Abbas as Shane
  • Mahmood Arjumand as Miles McManus Jr.
  • Kurt Neyberg as Mr. Clemens
  • Salma Othman as Annabelle James
  • Mohammed Rabi as Ted Garcia
  • Qais Rabi as Jonathan Rivers

References

  1. ^ Crane, Kelly (April 13, 2009). "Out in the rain: Mustafa Abbas". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Chaudhary, Shuchitra (January 27, 2012). "Emirati filmmaker is making the cut". Gulf News. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Ross, Matt (April 5, 2012). "Mustafa Abbas Debuts First Feature at GFF". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "A Night of Emirati Short Films". The Third Line. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Chubb, Laura (May 11, 2009). "Mustafa Abbas". Time Out Dubai. Retrieved June 17, 2012.


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