Chris Smith, 1999, 107 min.
This Halloween, join one 90’s horror director in discovering there’s nothing more terrifying than the possibility that your dreams are becoming hapless fantasies threatening to be swallowed by the chaos around you. American Movie is streaming for free for the first 100 viewers October 30th-November 1st.
The hit of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, AMERICAN MOVIE is the hilarious and intense story of one man's obsession to make movies. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is a long way from Hollywood, but Mark Borchardt has a dream. Armed with a driving ambition and nothing to lose, the fast-talking Borchardt enlists friends, local thespians and unwilling family members to help him finish his no-budget horror film, COVEN. The camera doesn't flinch as it captures every emotional crisis and financial pitfall in his two-year odyssey. What emerges is a bizarre, yet surprisingly heartfelt, documentary portrait of a true American character. Welcome to the "Real World."
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