2009 Films
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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
New Zealand - a film by Stewart Main, Written by Rachael Fleury.
"It was a world of adventure and a time of innocence, when friendships were forever and growing up would change everything." Set in New Zealand in the summer of 1975, 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous is the story of 12 year-old Billy, who is about to discover that growing up is a lot more confusing than he could have ever imagined. He is a farmer's only son who is out of step with the other boys at his school. He feels they only want to fight and play rugby and while he tries to be the same, he feels he was never cut out to be a farmer or a rugby player. Instead, he prefers to dream about an imaginary life in outer space. In this world, a turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape and a cow's tail a head of beautiful blonde hair which transforms him into "Lana" the heroine of his favorite TV show. With the arrival of Roy, the class freak, and Jamie the sexy young farm laborer Billy's world is changed forever. As he learns about his sexuality, everything he knows is called into question, including his lifelong loyalty to his best friend, tomboy Louise, whose world is changing alongside his. Set in New Zealand's Central Otago landscape. 2006 Won Special Jury Award at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
www.fiftywaysofsayingfabulous.com/home.htm
A Collection of Chemicals (2009)
Director - Daniel Kremer. Writer - Daniel Kremer (screenplay).
Terminally bored recent widower Si Foster, an eccentric puzzle of a man (and self-proclaimed eggplant connoisseur) is terribly lonely. His daughter Sonya was kidnapped two years prior and, for reasons unknown to her, the ransom somehow wound up never being paid. As the Fourth of July approaches and Si finds that he has virtually no one with whom to celebrate the holiday, he finally gets up the nerve to contact the kidnappers through their intermediary. He agrees to pay the ransom with an inheritance he was left and is soon reunited with her...only to find that she has accepted her captors as her new family, and has grown to love them as such. Alas, the oddball Si is clueless and inept in interacting and trying to re-establish his relationship with her. But Sonya has a few tricks up her sleeve to get him to reveal why she was seemingly abandoned two years ago...with the help of some strange cargo she has brought back home with her! Written by thustlebird
http://confluencefilmstore.blogspot.com/2009/01/dvd-collection-of-chemicals.html
Annie & Mary (2003)
Annie and Mary Reflections on the Railroad (Documentary - 16mm b&w film at HSU) Humboldt County Tawyna Foskett and Eric Minella. "Explore your romantic visions on the icon of steam."
ANNIE & MARY: Reflections on the Railroad celebrates the golden era of steam engines by exploring various sentiments and perceptions held in relation to the railroad. ANNIE & MARY was filmed in Humboldt County, California and at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, and includes 1940's archival film footage of steam engines in the redwoods. This documentary features interviews with museum operators, engineers, artists, historians, and model train enthusiasts. In Annie & Mary you meet - or rather hear the voices of - several of the folks who are members of what has now become the Timber Heritage Association. They've come a long way in the last six years of turning their dream of having a museum that would, amongst other aspects, preserve and run the historic steam trains of the area. It seems to all be happening for them now, and what with Obama and global warming, I'm wondering if we may see a re-birth of train travel in the near future…. Check out the progress of the Timber Heritage Association here: http://www.timberheritage.org/
http://www.tawnyafoskett.com/films-director/annie-mary/
Black Sheep (2007)
Dark Humor Horror - New Zealand Writer, Director Jonathan King
Peter Jackson fans rejoice because there's a new hero in town, and his name is Jonathan King! This past week at the AFM in CA I had the pleasure of seeing BLACK SHEEP, his King's comedy horror film from New Zealand and was shocked by how much fun it was. SHEEP is the perfect compliment to Billy O'Brien's ISOLATION as it's the complete opposite film. The film is fun, energetic, hilarious and extremely entertaining… the only things they have in common are the zombie animals and loads of gore. In the film an experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a rural town in New Zealand. While watching the film I was taken back to a time when Peter Jackson's DEAD ALIVE and BAD TASTE used to grace my TV screen hundreds of times a year. Much like a Jackson movie SHEEP never takes itself seriously and is completely self-aware. The jokes come like a one-two punch from Mike Tyson and are wonderfully integrated into the story. There are tons of "wink wink" moments, which will have horror fans high-fiving each other in the middle of the theater. One thing that I thought was quite odd was that a lot of the movie seemed to play as a homage to JURASSIC PARK. One character's name is "Grant", the monsters stem from a tube of genetically mutated sheep that are explained exactly like the dinosaurs in JP- there's even a scene were hundreds of sheep come hurdling over the hillside just like the cues in JP. I love the character development in the screenplay, as each character is 100% identifiable to the full extent. The bad brother is extremely evil, the good brother is extremely heroic and so on. The story kick starts right away and never pulls back; King makes sure to deliver on all of the goods that were written and ends the film on such a ridiculous note that it's just an exclamation point before the credits roll. But it's not all about laughs; there is so much blood in the movie that the gore hounds are going to piss themselves. We get heads being blown off by shotguns, sheep being blown apart, people eaten alive, mutated sheep being tested on, a penis being bitten off and a pit of discarded sheep guts- seriously, what more could you want?! And what make the FX work so well was that they were nearly all practical effects done by the great WETA (King Kong, Lord of the Rings). They used puppets and robots, and splash so much fake blood on the screen it's f-cking unbelievable. One last thing that really ensured that we would have a fun-filled ridiculous out-of-control blood-soaked ride (nice sentence huh?) was that they even had the humans get bit by the sheep and transform into Weresheep (only there's no going back). There are no rules set in the film and there's nothing to take seriously. The goal is to have you sit back, relax and have one hell of a good time. Mission accomplished. The theaters screamed, cheered, claps, laughed and gasped at all the right moments- Jonathan King just might become our new Peter Jackson, and I'm all for it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/
Common Ground (2009)
Directed by Joe Hudson, Fred Phillips (co-director). Writing credits (in alphabetical order) Matthew Fahey - Story, Writer. Granville Hatcher - Story. Joe Hudson - Story. Cast (in alphabetical order) Daniel Duque-Estrada - (voice).
Documenting the bi-national restoration of the Colorado River on a 23 mile section on the border with Mexico, known as the 'Limitrophe.' Habitat is restored, jobs are created and security is enhanced when two nations collaborate on the rehabilitation of a degraded and crime-ridden no man's land.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1494671/
Dancing With the Tsar: The Making of the Ballet (2009)
A production of Dance Nelson (Documentary) New Zealand, A Keith Hawke film.
Eliki (2009)
filmmed in Figi by director/cinematographer/editor, Vincent Grashaw.
When hope is enough, you can make your own destiny...
Plot Summary
A drunken father's curse. A young boy's loneliness. A myth worth believing. The legend of Degei, The Snake, is confronted when a young boy opens his eyes and sees nothing but a life predestined by a father's failure. Determined to find his own way, Eliki seeks to appease Degei for his father's mistakes, hoping the myth is more than just foolish fantasy. Sometimes hope is just enough. Summary written by Carte-Blanche Films.
Frozen River (2008)
Frozen River (Drama) Directed by Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott. "Miracles do happen. 'Frozen River' is one of them. Melissa Leo's performance is screen acting of the highest order." - Richard Schickel TIME magazine
Courtney Hunt's feature directorial debut FROZEN RIVER is a powerfully unflinching tale of two women, who, driven by economic hardship, form an unlikely partnership smuggling illegal immigrants... Courtney Hunt's feature directorial debut FROZEN RIVER is a powerfully unflinching tale of two women, who, driven by economic hardship, form an unlikely partnership smuggling illegal immigrants across the Canadian border. Melissa Leo turns in a gritty performance as Ray, a struggling dollar-store cashier and mother living in a trailer home in upstate New York who is desperate to make ends meet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978759/
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Green Dolphin Street (Drama) Humboldt County Klamath River locations doubling for New Zealand. Starring Lana Turner, Donna Reed.
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister. Based on the prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Goudge, the spectacular special effects (including a monster earthquake, a tidal wave and a bloody native uprising) were honored with an Academy Award*. Two beautiful daughters of a wealthy merchant fall in love with the same handsome young man (Richard Hart), but because he favors the gentle modesty of Marguerite (Donna Reed), her "not quite nice" sister Marianne (LanaTurner) persuades him to seek his fortune abroad. Settled down in business in New Zealand with a friend (Van Heflin), he sends for Marguerite to join him: however, he drunkenly addresses his proposal to sensual Marianne. When the wrong sister meets up with her husband-to-be and his partner, a bitter rivalry is provoked between the men for the love of an irresistible woman. Green Dolphin Street, which co-stars Frank Morgan. Edmund Gwenn and Dame May Whitty, is an entertaining blockbuster, combining high adventure with violent passion. Running Time: 2 hours, 21 minutes; Black & White *Best Effects, Special Effects 1948 A. Arnold Gillespie (visual) Warren Newcombe (visual) Douglas Shearer (audible) Michael Steinore (written by) James Barrett.
jbarrett@sbastk.ess.sunysb.edu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978759/
Humboldt County (2008)
Directed by Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs
Starring Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, and Brad Dourif
A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself. This film was shot almost exclusively in Humboldt County.
"...Sharply observed, subtly detailed depiction of the cultural clash that results when an outsider immerses himself in a different socioeconomic milieu." - Variety
Jim McVicker a way of Seeing (2008)
A Humboldt County filmed documentary by Norwegian filmmaker Petter Granrud
In the summer os 2008 , the Norwegian filmmaker Petter Granrud decided to make a documentary about a true artist. Granrud had heard from an American Friend about Jim McVicker, a paineter who lives and works in another Northern place, the wild and wooly landscape of California's Lost Coast.This is the Pacific Coast of Humboldt County., just south of the Oregon border - a largely roadless sparsely populated zone of giant trees and salty mine towns. The film is Granrud's esploration of Jim McVicker's World, and a tribute to his work. We follow the painter as he works in the places he loves: the meadows, the forests, harbors,the little weatherbeaten towns, and raggedsea-cliffs of Humboldt County. The scenery is entrancing, and watching this painter as he drinks it in, and then translates it in to his own artistic lanuage, is a joy. Granrund then goes further, and strives for a deeper understanding of the bond between the remarkable artist andhis astonishingnative grrou Running time: 30 minutes
http://www.jimmcvickerpaints.com/
Michael King, A Moment in Time (2007)
Michael King - Subject, Vanya Shaw - Interviewer, Clare O'Leary - Director, Glenis Giles - Producer, Simon Reece - Editor, Rewa Harre - Camera, Kevin Barton - Sound, & Dianne Civil - Sound.
A Moment in Time is an armchair interview with historian Michael King OBE filmed in 1991. King discusses his early influences, motivation, and distinctive publications. King died in a car accident with his wife Maria Jungowska in 2004, and his reflections in A Moment in Time are testament to the tragedy of that loss: "We've got to be able to trace our own footsteps and listen to our own voices or we'll cease to be New Zealanders, or being New Zealanders will cease to have any meaning."
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/michael-king-a-moment-in-time-2007
Mokopuna (2009)
Director/Writer/Executive Producer - Ainsley Gardiner, Producer - Glenis Giles, Production Company - Whenua Films 2009, Sales Agent - NZ Film- Juliette Veber, Credits: DOP- Ginny Loane, Editor- Dan Best, Sound Recordist- Chris Hiles, Costume Design- Amanda Neale, Post Production Sound- Dick Reade
Mary lives in middle class suburban New Zealand. After briefly befriending a young Mäori boy at her school, she becomes curious about his culture and its relevance to her. But when he turns his curiosity onto her, it soon becomes clear that Mary is not quite ready to embrace her own roots .
2009 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia 2009 New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand 2009 Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2009 Sprockets International Film Festival for Children, Canada
http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/FilmCatalogue/Films/Mokopuna.aspx
Once Were Warriors (1994)
A New Zealand based drama, Directed by Lee Tamahori, Screenplay by Riwia Brown.
Her only chance for the future is to embrace the power of her past. A family in crisis, a life in chaos... Nothing is more powerful than a mother's love. Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family's life showing Jake's frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police and may be put into a foster home while the elder son is about to join a street gang. Jake's daughter has her own serious problems which are a key element in the plot. Written by Chris Maslin {maslinc@cad.canterbury.ac.nz} With her clenched jaw, her world-weary face and a pair of eyes that say ``I've seen it all,'' Rena Owen seems born to play Beth, the battered, ultimately heroic Maori wife in ``Once Were Warriors,'' a gut-grabber from New Zealand (now available on home video) that stays with you for days.
Set on the fringes of Auckland, where low-income Maoris survive among barbed wire, noisy traffic, graffiti and limited options, ``Once Were Warriors'' is primarily a tale of domestic violence and child sexual abuse. It's the story of Beth; her husband, Jake (Temuera Morrison), a bellicose, sexually explosive brute who beats her when he drinks; and the five children she tries to save from him. In New Zealand, ``Warriors'' broke the box-office record set by ``Jurassic Park'' and has had such wide-reaching influence that women's shelters and men-against- violence groups have multiplied to meet the demands of ``Warriors''- induced awareness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110729/
One More Line (2008)
A Humboldt County film by Carrie Grant and John Howarth running time: 89 minutes.
Arts Alive!, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 3, a special opening featuring the drawings of Ferndale's Jack Mays.
The exhibit runs in honor of One More Line, a documentary about Mays and his work. Director Carrie Grant describes it thus:
"Jack Mays sits on Main Street for 15 years with his white plastic chair and drawing board. Sometimes, he sits for two years in one spot, seven days a week, 12 hours a day, drawing every detail ... He works constantly, producing a unique interpretation of small-town life, creating a body of over 400 drawings. "Diagnosed with inoperable cancer, Jack is given three months to live. Townspeople organize a living wake, and three years later he has outlived his death sentence ... "The film is a journal of a small town through the eyes of one man who had the patience and discipline to sit still for more than a decade, drawing one line at a time, as the life stories of a town emerge on paper. But the heart of the film is about finding one's place within a community, and maintaining the sense of belonging to that community."
One More Line premieres Friday, Oct. 23, at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. The exhibit of Jack Mays' drawings is on display in the Tom Knight Gallery through Nov. 8. Screening at the Ferndale Rep. WildRivers 101 Film Festival opening night special event, 7 pm
Reefer Madness (1936)
A cult classic Directed by Louis J. Gasnier Writing: Lawrence Meade (story) Arthur Hoerl (screenplay) running time:68 min Budget: $100,000.
Reefer Madness (aka Tell Your Children) is a 1936 American exploitation film revolving around the tragic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try "marihuana": a hit and run accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into madness all ensue. The film was directed by Louis Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostly unknown bit actors. It was originally financed by a church group and made under the title Tell Your Children.
The film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use. However, soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film for distribution on the exploitation film circuit. The film did not gain an audience until it was rediscovered in the 1970s and gained new life as a piece of unintentional comedy among cannabis smokers. Today, it is in the public domain in the United States and is considered a cult film. It inspired a musical satire, which premiered off-Broadway in 2001, and a Showtime film, Reefer Madness, based on the musical.Alive! 9 PM
Screening at Auntie Moe's on Saturday, Oct. 3 - Arts Alive! Eureka - 9 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness
Rivers of a Lost Coast (2009)
Director - Justin Coupe. Writers - Justin Coupe (written by), Palmer Taylor (written by).
At the turn of the 20th Century, a handful of pioneers carried their fly rods into California’s remote north coast and gave birth to a culture that would revolutionize their sport. For a select few, steelhead fly fishing became an obsessive pursuit without compromise. Leading the pack was the mythical, Bill Schaadt, an off-kilter angler famous for his ruthless pursuit to be ‘in the fish’. The new endeavor was ruled by a demanding, unspoken code, which made 'breaking in' almost as difficult as 'breaking out'. By the early 1980s, the Golden State’s coastal fisheries found themselves caught in a spiraling decline. As California searched for its disappearing salmon and steelhead, these men foraged for their souls.
http://www.riversofalostcoast.com/index.php
Rule of Three (2008)
A Suspense, Directed by Eric Shapiro. Cast: Rodney Eastman, Ben Siegler, Parry Shen, Tiffany Shepis, Lee Schall, Rhoda Jordan, Cary Woodworth.
A suspenseful film-noir that takes place at three points in time within a single motel room, viewing the events before, during, and after a college graduate's abduction. "RULE OF THREE is one of the best independent movies I have seen in the last few years, with great performances by all the actors. I felt like I was a voyeur watching real people rather than characters in a movie-- and that's no easy thing to accomplish. This makes my "Top Ten List of 2008". Highly recommended."--Kevin Lindenmuth, BURIED.COM "...distinguished by a smart script and terrific ensemble acting."--John Griffin, THE MONTREAL GAZETTE
http://www.myspace.com/ruleofthreethefilm
Sodium Babies (2008)
A Horror, Directed by Julien & Benoit Decaillon. Starring Benoît Decaillon, Edouard Audouin, Virginia Michaud, Camille Berthomier.
ASummer 1973. Maurice Chienhmord comes back from serving in the army, glad to catch up with Mary-Jane and this hippy squat. His rest won't be long though: Max, torturing ghoul alleged to The Prince just forced him to join the Community. Maurice becomes Dead Dog ; he's up for 30 years of shitty jobs, hands deep in the corpses thoses thirsty people left behind... and Max always on his back. Although Dead Dog looks like a looser, he knows that someday a drop of blood is gonna make the calice spills over. Schizoïd flick, the few people who saw Sodium Babies call it very indy, category special or weird. The movies takes you for a ride with Dead Dog, during some 30 years of slavery, violence and confusion.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/sodium-babies-2008
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK: Preserving Ancient Forests (2009)
By KEET's cinematographer/editor Sam Green and Claire Reynolds.
Redwood National and State Parks is home to the tallest living things on earth - coast redwoods. Redwood National Park preserved nearly half the Earth's remaining old growth redwoods (in the general age range of 700 to 2,000 years old.) In addition to redwood forest, the park also comprises miles of pristine coastline, praires, creeks and valleys.
Although ninety percent of California's old growth redwoods had been harvested, the establishment of Redwood National Park in 1968, and the expansion in 1978 were controversial events in our local history.
The program features interviews with some local heroes who fought to save the redwoods such as Lucille Vinyard and Dave Van De Mark who discuss their efforts to convince legislators that the ancient redwoods needed to be saved and that the land surrounding old growth groves needed to be protected. We also speak with Martin Litton, who as editor of Sunset Magazine in the 60's and 70's participated in the preservation effort.
In addition to park historians, KEET talks with Yurok tribal members about their relationship to the land which is as old as the trees themselves.
The program also focuses on park management and the restoration of timberlands.
With a 400-year plan, Redwood National Park currently has massive watershed rehabilitation efforts underway to remove logging roads and creek passages to protect the old growth groves that exist today and those of the future.
With our production, KEET-TV hopes to inspire stewardship of this local and national treasure, UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
http://www.keet.org/local/local_page.php?epid=0000000071
Target Practice (2008)
An Action, Written and Directed by Richmond Riedel. Big Screen Entertainment Group.
"Target Practice" is an intelligent but raw, visceral, extremely tense outdoor thriller with an emphasis on character as much as action. The story centers on 5 blue-collar friends on a weekend fishing trip - and the hell that's unleashed upon them when they almost run into a car that's been abandoned in the middle of an isolated mountain road. Stopping to see if anyone needs their help, they inadvertently stumble into the middle of an undercover operation involving a CIA agent and a hidden training camp for homegrown terrorists (molded after real-life, recent discoveries in both the U.S. and Canada). Suddenly, these 5 regular, everyday guys find themselves way out of their league, fighting a bloody battle against a cunning, well-trained, brutal enemy that knows the rugged terrain like the back of its hand. A battle that quickly spirals into a full-scale mini-war for which they are completely unprepared - a war that not only pits them against their murderous foe but against the elements and against their own simmering resentments, prejudices, and conflicting loyalties as well. Written by Richmond Riedel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1202538/
The Mirror (aka new title Nina & The Mystery of the Secret Room) (2008)
Directed by Stephen Eckelberry
Starring Kelly LeBrock, Erin Cahill, Thaao Penghils, and Brian Callen
College freshman Nina Theopholis (Erin Cahill) returns home for summer break to stay with her parents Nick (Thaao Penghlis) and Mary (Kelly LeBrock) in their hundred year old dream house. When the lights go out one day, a mysterious young electrician (Jef) answers the call. While repairing the house's outdated wiring, Jeff uncovers a hidden chamber built into the adjacent hillside. The secret room looks But instead of informing the homeowners of his discovery, Jeff does the unthinkable; he begins to videotape their lives, watching and recording their most private, intimate moments. Soon Jeff's voyeuristic camerawork focuses upon the young beautiful Nina. One night, while Nina's parents are away, she throws a wild party. Long after the last guest is gone, Nina collapses to the floow in a drunken state and stops breathing. Jeff, as the sole witness from his secret lair has no choice but to break into the house to save her. Grateful but suspicious, Nina threatens to call the cops unless Jeff tells her how he got into the house. Jeff takes Nina to the secret room behind the mirror. At first revolted by Jeff's video diary of her family's activites, Nina quickly becomes strangely fascinated. Watching her mom and dad without their knowledge, Nina discovers that everything she once believed about her perfect family is all a lie. Her father's successful business is a sham, and her mother spends her days in quiet desperation pining over an extramarital affairdirectly into the luxurious master bath through a double sided mirror.
The New Lost City Ramblers in Always Been a Rambler (2009)
A Film by Yasha Aginsky
Filmmaker Yasha Aginsky explores the musical history and continuing legacy of the New Lost City Ramblers, a 1950s string band that revived Depression-era music and helped jumpstart the folk scene of the pre-Beatles era. Always Been a Rambler revisits the band's heyday and assesses their influence through archival photos, rare performance footage, and interviews with contemporaries and devotees. Among the roots-music luminaries making their appearances are Clarence Ashley, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger, and Ricky Skaggs.
http://www.alwaysbeenarambler.org/
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)
A Drama, Written and Directed Cam Archer, Produced by Gus Van Zandt, Scott Rudin.
Junior high is a time of rotary phones. Cougars have been spotted in the area. Logan is 13, the odd kid, with an active imagination and few friends. His young, single mother seems stressed. Latency is giving way to puberty, and Logan, who keeps a tube of lipstick in his dresser, may be gay or, more mysterious, transgender. He stares at himself in the mirror. He becomes friends with Rodeo, older and more mature, good-looking, with girlfriends. They take walks. Logan calls Rodeo and pretends to be a girl. Will he disclose himself to Rodeo? The kids at school talk. The school wants to promote kindness and tolerance. There are stories of child suicide. How do we find our way?
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet (2009)
Directed by: Patrick Buckley, Bobby Ciraldo (co-director), Kevin Layne (co-director), & Andrew Swant (co-director).
On a cold night in Milwaukee high art meets pop culture as award winning choreographer Margo Sappington (OH! CALCUTTA!, BILLBOARDS) premieres her latest ballet, "Common People", set to the music of William Shatner and Ben Folds from their album, Has Been. GONZO BALLET explores the genesis of this unique artistic collaboration by fusing the music, poetry, and dance of "Common People" with interviews of the creators, dancers, and audience members.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1143141/