Comedy · United States of America · 2005 · 1h 33m

Shelf Life

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Director
Tamar Halpern
Cast
Richard Ankrom as Ray the Mumbler Robert Beckwith as Inspirational Tape Voice (Voice) Teneale Bender as Susan the Receptionist Elisa Bocanegra as Betty Bonhauser Betsy Brandt as Nikki Reynolds Christo Brock as Dickson the Computer Guy
Crew
Steve Elkins — Director of Photography Susan K. Hoover — Editor Tamar Halpern — Writer
Tagline

Everyone has an expiration date

Synopsis

A branch library becomes the battlefield for a fierce war of wills in this dark comedy by writer-director Tamar Halpern. A head librarian quietly loathes the new book shelver, a feisty woman fresh out of rehab. But what begins as simmering passive aggression soon spirals into all-out war.

Mood & Themes
librarydark comedylibrarian
Key Collaborators
Tamar Halpern Director Steve Elkins Director of Photography Susan K. Hoover Editor Tamar Halpern Writer
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