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American movie : the making of Northwestern / C-Hundred Film Corp. and Bluemark Productions present ; a film by Chris Smith, Sarah Price ; directed by Chris Smith.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Borchardt, Mark, 1966-.
- Borchardt, Mark.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- It takes a village to make a movie, but when that village is Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and not Hollywood, CA, the results are at times bizarre, comical, and very American. With the help of his mother, his 82-year old uncle, and local cast of hilarious and lovable characters, filmmaker Mark Borchardt fights his way through internal and external roadblocks to achieve his goal-to make his movie, his way.Mark's vision for his dream film is unlike most in independent filmmaking today. His inspiration comes from films as desarate as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Seventh Seal, as well as his experiences growing up amidst the grey skies, rusty cars, and ranch houses of Milwaukee's Northwest side.AMERICAN MOVIE is the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, AMERICAN MOVIE is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
- Participant:
- Music performed by Mike Schank.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 01, 2020).
- Won 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US Cinema Eye Honors Award, The Influentials
- Won 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US, Cinema Eye Legacy Award
- Won 2015 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US Cinema Eye Honors Award, The Influentials
- Won 2014 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US Cinema Eye Honors Award, The Influentials
- Won 1999 Denver International Film Festival People's Choice Award, Documentary Film
- Won 1999 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Documentary
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 11, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1226518163
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