American Movie is a documentary about the making of an independent film. Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt feverishly works to finish his independent horror film Coven, only to slip into a downward spiral of poor financing and lack of interest by his friends. American Movie was produced by Sarah Price and directed by Chris Smith.
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 American Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Chris Smith |
| Produced by | Sarah Price Chris Smith |
| Starring | Mark Borchardt Tom Schimmels |
| Cinematography | Chris Smith |
| Edited by | Jun Diaz Barry Poltermann Sarah Price Chris Smith Ray Chi Scott Reeder |
| Music by | Cliff Burton Kirk Hammett James Hetfield Mike Schank Lars Ulrich |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release dates | November 5, 1999 |
Running time | 107 min. |
| Language | English |
Part of the film's theme is that while Mark seems so obsessed with making "the great American movie," he is himself chasing the American dream.
The film is given the subtitle "The Making of Northwestern" (in fact it even appears in the film itself), yet only the first fifteen minutes of the film is about the making of Northwestern and the rest of the film centers on the making of Coven.
The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
A synopsis can be found on the movie's web site: http://www.americanmovie.com/synopsis.html
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