The Foot Shooting Party
Directed By
Annette Haywood-Carter
THE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY stars Leonardo in an emotional and suspenseful short film about dodging the draft.
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Bud (Leonardo DiCaprio), the lead singer of a rock band, gets his draft notice for Vietnam and enlists his bandmates (Michael Rapaport, Jake Busey, Darin Heames, Bradley Gregg) to help him shoot himself in the foot. The band just played Fillmore and is on the verge of making it big. If Bud goes to war the band will have to breakup and it'll destroy their careers. But Bud struggles with his moral obligations. His girlfriend's brother just came home in a body bag. "If Deb's brother he had to go, we should all go!" They pass the gun around, a bullet in the chamber for everyone. But will Bud do it? Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter; written by Kenneth F. Carter, Jr. (1994)
Annette is a passionate, visual storyteller with a strong creative voice. Her short, THE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY (Leonardo DiCaprio / Jeffrey Katzenberg, Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her latest film (2023), DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE (Marcia Gay Harden, Aiden Quinn / MarVista) opened theatrically before an NBC FOX Broadcast exclusive. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature film debut, FOXFIRE. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SEAQUEST (Amblin, NBC). All of Annette's films have maintained continuous distribution and are currently available on PRIME VIDEO.
A student of legendary acting coach, Joan Darling, Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors and, with an early career in camera, delivering cinematically beautiful films. In addition to directing four movies, two network TV episodes and a 30-min short, she shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor. Her career began with script supervising over 24 movies for A-list directors (Bruce Beresford, Hector Babenco, Gary Sinese) and producers (Joel Silver, Richard Zanuck, Saul Zaentz). She was selected for the inaugural group of the DGA Women's Steering Committee SQUAD. And recently she mentored a first-time director on a short film that was selected for the 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes.
Member of DGA and WGA since 1994, former member of IATSE, Annette is represented by attorney Jackie Eckhouse at Sloss, Eckhouse, Dasti, Haynes LawCo in New York.
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor - Jake Busey
Actor - Michael Rapaport
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