The Vault / Feature Film
The Cloud Snatchers of Server Row!
They LOOK Like Every Day Corporate Citizens...
In a quiet Canadian tech park, the executives look like perfectly placid corporate citizens. But beneath the tailored suits lurks the truth: invisible tractor beams from across the border are phasing through the drywall, snatching candidate profiles into foreign clouds under the US CLOUD Act. The founders just smile blankly. Only the Data Queen, at her master terminal in Beauharnois, can slam the sovereign border data gates shut.
Top Cast
La Production Technique
- Réalisateur
- Alphée 'Flou-Artistique' Courchesne
- Directeur de la Photographie
- Narcisse 'Coupe-Coupe' Gagne
- Bruitage (Sound FX)
- The Montreal Kazoo Orchestra
- Chef Électricien
- Émile 'Court-Circuit' Nadeau
- Accessoiriste
- Pierre 'Bibelot' Castonguier
Incidents & Hazards
Rudy plays "The Clueless Passerby." A flying saucer on clearly visible fishing line blows his fedora off. He overacts a spin and falls backward into a metal garbage bin, where he spends the entire third act upside down.
Hat gets sucked off by an alien saucer and he falls directly backward into a public metal garbage bin. Trapped upside down.
Notes from the Set
Director's Note“Rudy demanded a stunt double for the dumpster fall. We said it was padded with foam. It was filled with old 'Ghost Jobs' scripts.”
Trivia
- The flying saucer model was made from two garbage can lids. The fishing line snapped during a tracking shot, and the saucer struck Rudy squarely in the temple.
- The placid corporate citizens in the background were told to smile continuously without blinking for two minutes, resulting in widespread eye-strain complaints.
- The municipal dumpster Rudy fell into was supposed to be empty, but the crew used it to store old damp props. Rudy spent the weekend picking synthetic moss out of his hair.
- The Data Queen’s terminal used a non-functional telegraph machine that emitted sharp electrical sparks whenever she smashed the keys too hard.
- AIDA’s diner set was an actual operating lunch counter in Montreal; real patrons frequently wandered into shots demanding ham sandwiches.