Little Suck-a-Thumb is a short film by writer/director David Kaplan

David Kaplan

David Kaplan is the name of:* David Kaplan , American film director* Dave Kaplan, American Mixed Martial Artist* David Kaplan , American philosopher* David Kaplan...

, a psychosexual interpretation of the infamous cautionary tale from Heinrich Hoffman's storybook Struwwelpeter

Struwwelpeter

Der Struwwelpeter is a popular German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the...

. It stars Cork Hubbert

Cork Hubbert

Cork Hubbert was an American film and television actor.Hubbert was born Carl Hubbert in Pendleton, Oregon. He is best known for the roles of Luther on the American television show The Charmings, Rollo Sweet in Under the Rainbow and Brown Tom in the Ridley Scott film Legend...

 (The Ballad of the Sad Café

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

The Ballad of the Sad Café is a novel by Carson McCullers.-Plot:The Ballad of the Sad Café opens on the set of a small, isolated Southern town...

), Evelyn Solann, and Jim Hilbert as the Great Tall Scissorman. LITTLE SUCK-A-THUMB won awards at the 1992 Chicago Film Festival, the 1992 Cork Film Festival

Cork Film Festival

The Cork Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Cork City, Ireland. It was established in 1956 and has grown to be an internationally recognised festival, particularly in the area of short films....

, and the 1993 Grenoble Film Festival. It was also awarded 2nd place at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts annual film festival and was screened as an Official Selection at the 1992 Munich International Festival of Film Schools.