Trailer
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American Movie

Runtime
1hr 47mins
Directed by
Chris Smith
Featuring
Mark Borchardt,
Mike Schank,
Tom Schimmels

Showtimes

Tue 5/12
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Also available as part of a package Seminar: American Movie
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The hit of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, American Movie is the hilarious and intense story of one man's obsession to make movies. 

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is a long way from Hollywood, but Mark Borchardt has a dream. Armed with a driving ambition and nothing to lose, the fast-talking Borchardt enlists friends, local thespians and unwilling family members to help him finish his no-budget horror film, Coven

The camera doesn't flinch as it captures every emotional crisis and financial pitfall in his two-year odyssey. What emerges is a bizarre, yet surprisingly heartfelt, documentary portrait of a true American character. Welcome to the Real World.

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