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 Mike Schank
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.
Country USA
Language English
IMDb profile

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

The film is subtitled "The Making of Northwestern", but only the first fifteen minutes of the film are about the making of Northwestern; the rest of the film centers on the making of Coven.

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

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Preceded by
The Farm
tied with Frat House
Sundance Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
1999
Succeeded by
Long Night's Journey Into Day

A parody of American Movie was done by Greg the Bunny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_the_Bunny "The Passion of the Easter Bunny: Fabricated American Movie"