John Robert Beardsley
Genres Producer/Actor/ International Fight Director/ Director
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Cat and the Trolls Film by Michael Amundsen
SYNOPSIS “Cat and the Trolls”
Two bereft children are left by their just-widowed father, gone to borrow a wagon. His three hour trip extends into the night when a raging blizzard descends upon the tiny homesteader’s shack occupied by the now thoroughly-frightened children. In the middle of the night, a young rodeo cowboy bursts into the cabin, collapsing on the bed in a struggle for life. The next evening an enraged father arrives, seeking vengeance on the cowboy.

The strong-willed sister (Siri) convinces him to reconsider his intended vengeance. The angry father gradually transforms, ultimately amputating the bronc rider’s badly frozen leg. Concerned about the lad’s need for professional medical help, he decides to take the boy to town. Tying the injured cowboy to a makeshift sled, the concerned father offers to take the children with them. Siri refuses because of her father’s wishes and the brother agrees. The two men disappear into the storm. Siri worries if she has made the right decision.

With food and fuel waning, the children begin celebrating Christmas. Wind from the blizzard shakes the stovepipe loose. They struggle to restore it, accidentally spilling a pot of water on the fire. They desperately try to restart the fire. Failing, they fall asleep, keeping warm in each other’s arms. The cat cuddles close to them.

In the morning, the children are awakened by the Staalessens and an old Mule Skinner with their father. After falling and breaking his leg, the Staalessens found him by the dog’s frantic barking. Because of the storms, this was their first chance to make it to the shack. An endearing and surprising ending brings everyone’s love, faith and endurance full circle with the secret help of the pussycat, bear and the trolls.

“Cat and the Trolls” is a moving, intense, inspirational coming of age Christmas story of faith and redemption. It is a story that I believe needs to be told before it is lost to history.
Cat and the Trolls

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John Robert Beardsley .

John Robert Beardsley is an award-winning, international Fight Director/Sword Master, Actor and Producer.

He has worked and lived in the USA,West Indies, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Spain, England, Japan, India, New Zealand and Australia. He has lived on the West Coast for over 20 years working and teaching from San Diego to Seattle, based primarily in San Francisco and the Bay Area while working extensively in L.A. and Las Vegas.

Stage and Screen, Theme Park and Casino Entertainment has been his career for over 35 years including Artist-in-Residence appointments at universities and professional acting schools internationally. His theatre and opera credits include: Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, P.C.P.A. California Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Marin Repertory, Tiffany Theatre, Beverly Hills Play House, San Francisco Opera, L.A. Music Centre, and the Aspen Music Festival.

His Casino/Theme Park entertainment credits include: MGM; Universal Studios, Hollywood; Universal Escape, Florida; Universal, Japan; Target; Burbank Studios; Fox Studios; Caesar’s Palace; Harrah’s, New Zealand; See Productions, Las Vegas; Farrington Productions, Las Vegas; Space World, Kitakyusyu-shi, Japan, and Channel 2, Tokyo.

His teaching credits include over 300 Artist-in-Residencies worldwide; Associate Director, Drama Studio of London; Trainer at American Conservatory Theatre; Founding Member of the American Society of Fight Directors, the Nordic Society of Fight Directors and the New Zealand Fight Directors. He is a winner of Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and Dramalogue Awards.

The many artists Mr Beardsley has worked with include Placido Domingo, Vincent Price, Forrest Whittaker, Cynthia Stevens, Linda Pearl, Annette Benning, Peter Coyote, Colum Meany, Milton Katsalas, Ronald Reagan, Jr., Mary Cosby, Joni Mitchell, Takahara Sawada, Jim Perri, Karen Shepherd and Mark Dacascos.

Management Touché International Films LLC. New Mexico
Contact: info@toucheinternationalfilms.com