A 60-something heart attack survivor says 'hold my beer' to mortality—on water skis.
A formerly athletic retiree has a crippling heart attack in his late sixties. He challenges his fate to compete again in the National Water Ski Championships.
Acting
William B. Davis carries decades of regret in every glance.
Direction
Davis directs himself with zero vanity, maximum vulnerability.
Editing
12 minutes that feel like a feature film's emotional arc.
Director
William B. Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William B. Davis is best known as the Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files; this short was his passion project to prove range beyond villainy.
The title 'Reverse' refers both to water skiing backwards and Chris's attempt to reverse his body's decline—rare literal title that actually earns its poetry.
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