We Make Movies
We Make Movies | |
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Official Poster | |
Directed by | Matt Tory |
Produced by |
Matt Tory Daniel Beresford |
Written by | Matt Tory |
Starring |
Jordan Hopewell Matt Tory Zack Slort Anne Crockett Jonathan Holmes Matt Silver |
Music by | The Freak Fandango Orchestra |
Cinematography | Austin Duncan |
Production company |
4Reel Films |
Distributed by | Indie Rights |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
We Make Movies is a 2017 American mockumentary comedy independent film written and directed by Matt Tory.[1] It premiered in 2016 at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, before being released by Indie Rights on February 14, 2017.
Synopsis
When egotistical student Director Stevphen Bixby wants to make a movie for his town's Film Festival, cameras look "behind the scenes" as he rounds up his friends - and some bystanders - to help make his masterpiece: a movie that blends together all the greatest films ever made.
Cast
- Matt Tory as Stevphen Bixby, an inept college student who considers himself the next Steven Spielberg.
- Jordan Hopewell as Donny, a socially awkward neighbor and lifelong best friend of Stevphen.
- Zack Slort as Leonard, a local method actor.
- Anne Crockett as Jessica, Donny's sarcastic cousin.
- Jonathan Holmes as Garth, an old friend of Stevphen's who gets roped into helping out.
- Matt Silver as Curtis, a film student who Stevphen considers his arch nemesis.
- Josiah Finnamore as Kurtis, the thief.
- Valerie Tory as Stevphen's Mother.[2]
Production
The film was shot over the summer of 2014 in Sacramento, California on an estimated budget of $1,000. [3][4]
When asked about the inspiration behind the film, Tory cited his childhood spent making movies in the backyard with his friends. "I wanted to tell a story about the 'grab-a-video-camera-and-your-friends-and-shoot-in-the-backyard' phase of making movies that all budding filmmakers go through before they move to Hollywood," he told Movie Paradise.[5] Most of the actors in the film are his actual childhood friends who play exaggerated versions of themselves.[6]
Release
The film had its World Premiere at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival in Big Bear on September 24, 2016, where it won the Triangle Award.[7] It continued on to screen at the Davis International Film Festival in Davis, California on October 14, 2016, where it won the award for Best Young Filmmaker.[8]
The film was distributed and released by Indie Rights and released on Amazon, Google Play and Blu-Ray on February 14, 2017.[9]
References
- ↑ "We Make Movies". IMDB.com. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "IMDB Cast List". IMDB. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Roseville Press Tribune: Andrew Westrope". thepresstribune.com. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "MovieMaker Magazine: Matt Tory". MovieMaker. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "An Interview with Matt Tory about We Make Movies". Movie Paradise. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Trivia Section". IMDB. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2016". Angaelica.com. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "'We Make Movies' Facebook: Festivals". Facebook. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Amazon". Amazon Video. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- We Make Movies on IMDb
- We Make Movies on Amazon
- We Make Movies on Twitter
- We Make Movies on Facebook