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American Movie
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R,1hr 47min
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November 5, 1999
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Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Director Chris Smith made this documentary about independent filmmaking which had its world premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. American Movie centers on a low-budget horror-film buff named Mark Borchardt, who grew up on such horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead. Now in his late twenties, he has decided to make the ultimate horror opus in the form of an indie feature entitled Northwestern, the scariest film ever made ... Full Synopsis
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As quintessential a story of American ambition as Welles' own "Citizen Kane." Full Review
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84
Universal Acclaim
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