American Movie (American Movie: The Making of Northwestern) (1999)

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Directed by

Chris Smith

Starring

Mark Borchardt
Filmmaker

Mike Schank
Friend / Musician

Bill Borchardt
Mark's Uncle / Executive Producer

Tom Beach
Production manager

Tommy Dallace
The Movie Star

Billy Crystal
Academy Awards EmCee

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Description: Some people find this documentary depressing because it is about a man trapped by dreams larger than his resources. A 30-year-old slacker in a dead prairie town in Wisconsin dreams of making a horror flick. He has no money, no skills, no equipment, and no clue. Using beer money earned from delivering newspapers, he bullies his drug-addled friends into acting while he ineptly directs, often getting his elderly mom to help out as incompetent gripper. These scenes are very funny. For years his film is only talk, while he lounges in front of a TV, fights with his girlfriend in a trailer park, or tries to wheedle money from his senil ... (more)

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