American Movie

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American Movie
American Movie poster
Directed by	Chris Smith
Produced by	Sarah Price Chris Smith
Starring	Mark Borchardt Tom Schimmels
Music by	Cliff Burton Kirk Hammett James Hetfield Mike Schank Lars Ulrich
Cinematography	Chris Smith
Editing by	Jun Diaz Barry Poltermann Sarah Price Chris Smith Ray Chi Scott Reeder
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	November 5, 1999
Running time	107 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

American Movie is a documentary about the making of an independent film. Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt feverishly works to finish his independent horror film Coven, only to slip into a downward spiral of poor financing and lack of interest by his friends. American Movie was produced by Sarah Price and directed by Chris Smith.

Part of the film's theme is that while Mark seems so obsessed with making "the great American movie," he is himself chasing the American dream.

The film is given the subtitle "The Making of Northwestern" (in fact it even appears in the film itself), yet only the first fifteen minutes of the film is about the making of Northwestern and the rest of the film centers on the making of Coven.

The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.

A synopsis can be found on the movie's web site: http://www.americanmovie.com/synopsis.html