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| Directed by | Chris Smith |
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| Cinematography | Chris Smith |
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| Music by | Mike Schank |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1] |
American Movie[a] is a 1999 American documentary film directed by Chris Smith, produced by Smith and Sarah Price, and edited by Jun Diaz and Barry Poltermann.
Filmed between September 1995 and August 1997,[2] American Movie documents the making of Coven, an independent short horror film directed by Mark Borchardt. Produced for the purpose of raising capital for Northwestern, a feature film Borchardt intends to make, Coven suffers from numerous setbacks, including poor financing, a lack of planning, Borchardt's alcoholism, and the ineptitude of the friends and family he enlists as his production team.[3] The documentary follows Borchardt's filmmaking process, interspersed with footage from both of Borchardt's developing projects.
American Movie received positive reviews and won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. It has since become a cult film.[4]
- ^ "American Movie (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Texas Documentary Tour, Chris Smith and American Movie". Oct 15, 1999. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ^ "Salon Arts & Entertainment "American Movie"". Salon.com. Nov 8, 1999. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ The Criterion Channel’s December 2022 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
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