Her Master's Voice (2012)
The legacy of six bereaved puppets
64 min
Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venthaven" the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. She gets to know her latex and wooden travelling partners along the way, and with them deconstructs herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mockumentary requiem. Ken Campbell was a hugely respected maverick of the British theatre, an eccentric genius who would snort out forgotten artforms. Nina was his protégé in ventriloquism and has been said to have reinvented the artform. This film is truly unique in genre and style. No one has seen ventriloquism like this before.
- Release date
- March 11, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- Nina Conti as Self
- Nina Conti as Various Voices
- Daisy Campbell as Self - Ken's Daughter
- Brad Cummings as Self - Ventriloquist
- Nacho Estrada as Self - Distant Voice Expert
- Dan Horn as Self - Ventriloquist
- Jay Johnson as Self - Ventriloquist
- Kevin A. Johnson as Self - Ventriloquist
Crew
- Jim Broadbent · Archive footage
- Ken Campbell · Archive footage
- Bob Hoskins · Archive footage
- Nina Conti · Director
- Nina Conti · Writer
- Nina Conti · Producer
- Christoph Bauschinger · Composer
- Tim Jordan · Cinematographer
- Riaz Meer · Editor