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Midnight Son
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Midnight Son is a controversial 2007 short film, written and directed by Adam Davenport and produced by Colin Neville. The film stars Jack Mulcahy, Melissa Leo, April Grace and David Harbour. It is the story of Edward Dagney, a mild-mannered professor from Long Island who leaves his wife one night to meet FUNXYZ90, a stranger from an Internet chatroom. The short film is the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Award, an accolade shared by filmmakers Jared Hess and Steven Soderbegh on their first films (Napoleon Dynamite and sex, lies, and videotape). Controversial Themes The film has controversial themes, as its central character, Edward Dagney, is an online predator who manages to escape detection from local police authorities. After a near miss with two undercover detectives who had arranged to meet him under the pretense of being a fifteen-year-old boy, Edward returns home to his wife and goes back on the computer to prey on more adolescent children. The film has also been described as the antithesis of Dateline NBC 's To Catch a Predator series. There are also incest undertones, as a series of disturbing photographs in the final scenes imply that Edward may have also sexually abused his son in the past. 
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