American Movie
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Product Description
AMERICAN MOVIE - DVD Movie
In the process, he steadfastly battles immense debt, the threat of losing his kids, and birds chirping gleefully through scenes set in the dead of winter. Struggling filmmaker Mark Borchardt is the subject of American Movie, and he may also be the most determined man you'll ever meet. But in the spoofs, we feel encouraged to point and giggle at the poor slobs trying to get a piece of the action. Smith, however, offers us a funny and overwhelmingly affectionate portrait; you may sit down expecting to laugh at Mark's pie-in-the-sky hopes, but you soon find yourself bursting with admiration. In less perceptive hands these two could easily become caricatures--the burnt-out stoner and the crotchety old coot--but through director Chris Smith's lens we see why Mark loves them, why they love Mark, and why each of these stories is uniquely compelling.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, the film has been compared to Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman--two unquestionably hilarious mock-documentaries--and, indeed, American Movie has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. His mother would rather do her shopping than be an extra, his brother contends he's best suited for factory work, and his father just wants him to "watch the language."
Standing by him through it all is Mark's childhood buddy, Mike Schank, who is the strongest weapon against drug use a task force could ever hope for, and Uncle Bill, begrudging financier of Coven, who appears to be wasting away before our very eyes. (The DVD version includes the complete short film "Coven.") --Brangien Davis The straggly haired, fast-talking, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, native lists his greatest influences as Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He began making horror movies as a gangly adolescent, and is now set on finishing Coven (which he pronounces like "woven"), the "35-minute direct market thriller" he has worked on for two years. "The American dream stays with me each and every day," Mark says, and by the end, we want nothing more than for it to come true.
Product Info
- Actor
- Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank, Tom Schimmels, Monica Borchardt, Alex Borchardt
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- Sony
- Creator
- Chris Smith, Chris Smith, Barry Poltermann, Jun Diaz, Jim McKay, Michael Stipe, Sarah Price
- Director
- Chris Smith
- DVD Layers
- 1
- DVD Sides
- 1
- EAN
- 9780767846868
- Format
- Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
- ISBN
- 0767846869
- Label
- Sony Pictures
- Manufacturer
- Sony Pictures
- MPN
- 043396047020
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Original Release Date
- 1999-01-01
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- Sony Pictures
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2000-05-23
- Running Time
- 107
- Studio
- Sony Pictures
- Theatrical Release Date
- 1999
- Title
- American Movie
- UPC
- 043396047020
- ASIN
- 0767846869
- Sales Rank
- 13474
- Provider
- Amazon
- As of
- May 24, 2012, 12:55 pm
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