American Movie (1999)

107 min · Documentation, documentary film

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Directors

Chris Smith

Cast

Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels, Billy Crystal

The story

Mark Borchardt of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, dreams of being a professional filmmaker. Currently, however, he delivers newspapers for a living, is deeply in debt, still lives with his parents, suffers from alcoholism, and is estranged from his ex-girlfriend, who is threatening to move out of state with their three children due in part to his inability to pay child support. He acknowledges his various failures, but aspires to one day make more of his life.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alkoholabhängigkeit, Brother Brother Relationship, Film Director, Film Title Said In Movie, Filmdreh, Mother Son Relationship, Movie, Onkel-Neffe-Beziehung, Wisconsin, Biography, Indie, Film, Media Studies, Comedy, Documentary

Genres

Documentation, documentary film

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