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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: R
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 104 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
  • Studio: Columbia/Tri-Star
  • DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Audio:
    ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
  • Director: Chris Smith
  • Cast: Mark Borchardt,Tom Shimmels,Monica Borchardt,Alex Borchardt
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Color: Color
  • Includes:
    Director and Cast Commentary
    Coven short film by Mark Borchardt
    Deleted Scenes
    Theatrical Trailers
    Scene Selections
    Interactive Menus
  • Release Date: 1999
This touching yet hilarious Sundance winner launched the career of documentarian Chis Smith (2003's "The Yes Men"). For two years, he followed aspiring director Mark Borchardt as he tried to produce the scariest horror film ever made in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Up to his neck in debt, back taxes and child-support payments, Borchardt eventually settled for finishing his earlier short "Coven," serving as writer, producer, director, cameraman, editor and soundman. Can he get it all done in time for his own Sundance premiere? Includes deleted scenes, "Coven" (2000), more.

Expert Review:
A painfully true look at what it's like to work on in independent film, with all the tangles of unprofessionalism that come with it. Chris Borchardt had the very humble goal to direct the next great American film, but had no idea what he was doing. Instead, he became the unwitting main charater in a great story about the pitfalls of the American dream, and what happens when ambition outstrips competence. By Daniel Schindel of ScreenPicks

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