- American Movie
:"This article is about the documentary featuring Mark Borchardt. If you were looking for a list of American movies, click here."Infobox_Film
name = American Movie
caption = American Movie poster
director = Chris Smith
producer = Sarah Price Chris Smith
writer =
starring =Mark Borchardt Tom Schimmels
music =Mike Schank
cinematography = Chris Smith
editing =Jun Diaz Barry Poltermann Sarah Price Chris SmithRay Chi Scott Reeder
distributor =Sony Pictures Classics
released =November 5 ,1999
runtime = 107 min.
country =USA
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0181288|"American Movie" is a
documentary film about the making of anindependent film .Milwaukee filmmakerMark Borchardt feverishly works to finish his independent horror film "Coven", but slides into a downward spiral of poor financing and lack of planning. "American Movie" was produced by Sarah Price and directed by Chris Smith.The film is subtitled "The Making of "Northwestern", but only the first fifteen minutes of the film are about the making of "Northwestern"; the rest of the film centers on the making of "Coven".
The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999
Sundance Film Festival .External links
* [http://www.americanmovie.com/ Official Site - includes a synopsis]
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years=1999
before="The Farm"
tied with "Frat House "
after="Long Night's Journey Into Day "A parody of American Movie was done by Greg the Bunny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_the_Bunny "The Passion of the Easter Bunny: Fabricated American Movie"
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