An account of a Midwestern filmmaker's effort to make an independent picture. Mark Borchardt is passionate about cinema, and his dream project is a film called "Northwestern". But he is serious debt, ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000
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July 17, 2009Really a movie for filmmakers, this guy's persistence is incredible.
Just rewatched it after graduating film school (1st watch was in high school)...it was interesting to compare impressions...of both the movie and my perceptions of succeeding in the film industry.
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April 15, 2009The worst thing a documentary could be is exploitative with it's subjects. A film like "Trekkies", while largely enjoyable, seems to distance itself from it's characters and instead say "look at these whackos". In "American Movie", however, director Chris Smith seems to admire th...( read more)
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November 21, 2006It's great the way this guy throws 1000% of himself into getting the movie made. Then you see the movie and it pretty much blows. Sometimes it's about the journey and not the destination.
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March 15, 2009Sometimes more pathetic than funny. However, Mark Borchardt is funny, disturbing, yet inspiring, which is what makes this movie so interesting.
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October 14, 2009The people in this movie are so real where they're from they seem like very well written and acted characters. It's crazy, so many funny moments and a time capsule for sure case in point: "It's a new thing from Coke it's called Surge"
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October 9, 2009you would think a movie like this would have a ton of fan clubs online. i couldn't find nary a one. i set up a page at this social networking site FRIENJA. if you're a fan, please sign up (it's free) and add a comment, video, what-evuh! be one of the first there.
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September 6, 2009This is a MUST SEE! A friend of mine let me borrow "Coven" once. It was sooooo bad!
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August 25, 2006You can't pick a better subject to make a doc about. You will laugh yourself silly. Hard to believe these people exist.
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