The Reinactors

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The Reinactors is a [2008] documentary film about the lives of film character impersonators and celebrity look-a-likes on the Walk Of Fame of Hollywood, CA. Director Dave Markey’s camera peers unflinchingly at recognizable characters and stars of movies, portrayed by anyone who chooses to buy the costume and brave the mean streets of Hollyweird. These self-employed rouges forge a living one-dollar at a time, posing for photos with tourists in front of Graumen's Chinese Theater. Freddy Kruger works alongside Superman, Shrek, Borat and Lucy Ricardo. Competing Chewbaccas, Spidermen and Captain Jack Sparrows vie for a spot on the limited real estate of Hollywood Blvd. These street characters have dreams of breaking into the big-time, and most see this as a viable way. However, the realities of the situation soon catch up with its players.

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One-by-one, under various circumstances these reenactors find themselves at odds with the Hollywood they so want in on. These characters are literally right out of the movies, yet the unforeseen drama of the people behind the mask threatens to eclipse the bizarre array of Hollywood film icons they appropriate. It is a surreal story, in fact it does not seem at all like a documentary. Would be stars arriving from far away places with all their dreams packed in a nap-sack. As we descend into their world, we come to see the boulevard the way they see it. This is their ticket to the big time, and nothing can stand in their way. We come to realize these characters are born of the indigenous psychotropic nature of Hollywood itself. David Markey says, "The Reinactors plays like a great-depression era Hollywood classic retold for the new millennium. It's also a film about the cutthroat nature backstage and behind the scenes of show business. A profound statement on where we are at culturally in America at the moment. An American Idol on crack, if you will.”

Cast- Gerard Christian Zacher, Christopher Dennis, Michael A. Luce, Tienna Marie Johns, Maxwell Allen, Melissa Weiss, Adam Allee, Mitchell Schonberner, Juan R. Simmons, Sandra Lee Allen, Thomas Parsons, Damon Knight, Omar Budhoo, Fred Young, Sean Vezina, Marty Porter, Tuck John Porter, Drevon Cooks, Tony Tomey, Johnny 'Elvis' Foster, Bonnie Finkenthal Dennis, Matthew Muhl, David Billingsley, Henry Avalos, Kevin Barner, David Born, Gary A. Downe, Gil Gex, Arlene Parness, Neil Moryson, Thomas Rocheblaue, & Ray Manzarek

Directed By David J. Markey, Produced by Kevin Church & David J. Markey, Cinematography by David J. Markey, Film Editing by Antony Berrios, Original Music by Devo, Lee Ranaldo, Abby Travis, & Curt Kirkwood, On-line editor Mark Fletcher, Additional Editor Tanner Roth, Assistant Editor Samantha Deghetto, Assistant Director Dan Clark, Field Recordist Kunal Rajan, Supervising Sound Editor Nathan Russell, Sound Editor Israel Segura