American Movie

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Movie
Original title American Movie
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 107 minutes
Rod
Director Chris Smith
production Sarah Price
Chris Smith
music Chris Smith
camera Chris Smith
cut Jun Diaz
Barry Poltermann
Sarah Price
Chris Smith
Ray Chi
Scott Reeder
occupation

American Movie is an American documentary directed by Chris Smith from 1999. The film documents the making of the independent film Coven between 1996 and 1997.

action

The enthusiastic filmmaker Mark Borchardt tries in the first part of the film to implement a drama he wrote called Northwestern . However, the project grows over his head after just a few weeks. When the actors and volunteers lose faith in the project, Borchardt changes his plan and tries to complete a short film called Coven, which has already been partially shot . With the money he borrowed from his family and earned from his work in the cemetery, and the support of his parents and his best friend Mike Schank, he feverishly tries to finish the film and then distribute it on VHS. With the proceeds from this project, Northwestern will finally be ended.

Reception and aftermath

American Movie was developed by the New York Times to the list of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made taken and, according to the International Documentary Association 's 20 best documentaries. At the 1999 Sundance Film Festival , the film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentation category. The American film critic Roger Ebert rated American Movie with 4 out of 4 possible points. The rating aggregator Metacritic recorded a Metascore of 84 out of 100 for Chris Smith's film. The average rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 94%.

The film enjoys cult status in the independent film scene and is often quoted by other filmmakers, such as James Rolfe . Mark Borchardt gained great fame in the USA through the film and appeared several times on the David Letterman TV show . In the episode Brian Sings & Swings of the animated series Family Guy , Borchardt and Mike Schank are guest speakers and set their characters from American Movie to music .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by New York Times , accessed October 24, 2013
  2. ^ "Bowling for Columbine" Named Best Documentary Film on About.com, accessed October 24, 2013
  3. ^ Sundance Film Festival: American Movie from Sundance Film Festival , accessed October 24, 2013
  4. ↑ Review: American Movie by Roger Ebert , accessed October 24, 2013
  5. ^ Metascore from American Movie on Metacritic , accessed October 24, 2013
  6. ↑ American Movie (1999) on Rotten Tomatoes , accessed October 24, 2013
  7. ↑ American Movie quotes referenced by AVGN (English). August 26, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Video: Mark Borchardt at David Letterman. August 26, 2013, archived from the original on March 1, 2014 ; Retrieved August 26, 2013 .