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The Rules: buy a junk car, gut it, and fix it up to (minimal) safety regulations. A look inside the world of amateur auto racing, blue-collar style. Only in America!
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There are a few shining people put on this earth that simply must have a film made about them. These people donÕt include celebrities, authority figures, or anyone else who has had greatness thrust upon him/her. They are people who have quietly achieved a greatness all their own, people for whom carpe diem is not a trite motivational phrase. Such a person is Stan Taub. One may look at him as the good-natured reconstructive surgeon, sculptor, inventor, ventriloquist, and filmmaker from Brooklyn, but he would tell you that thatÕs only what he does for work.
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With the help of his sardonic pal and a whimsical Las Vegas showgirl, a man comes face to face with the object of his desire.
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"Hello, I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war...within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." - Bernardine Dohrn. Thirty years ago, with those words, a group of young American radicals announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by outrage over racism and the Vietnam War, the Weather Underground waged a low-level war against the U.S. government through much of the '70s-bombing targets across the country that they considered emblematic of "the real violence" that the U.S. was wreaking throughout the world.
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Brad Gottfred's The Movie Hero is a heartwarming and hilarious paean to movies, setting the perfect tone to kick off Cinequest 2003. The Movie Hero tells the story of a slightly off-kilter guy named Blake, who really believes his life is a movie, complete with a love-interest, sidekick, bad guy and, naturally, an audience, who he continuously talks to throughout the film.
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Randy has a huge crush on hunky Jack, but he can't figure out if Jack's gay until he discovers a Gayday Gun that could change everything.
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A maverick in every sense of the word, Rudy Ray Moore is Dolemite, blaxploitation star, "off color" recording artist, and influence to two generations of rappers. After starting out as an early R&B singer, Moore began recording explicit language "party records," paving the way for the likes of Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy. During the mid-70's, at a time when films were being produced for an African-American audience hungry for heroes of their own, Moore decided to produce films starring his Dolemite character, a man who fought lions and could kill women with a kiss.
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Gifted director Joe Brewster (The Keeper, Cinequest 1996) returns to Cinequest with The Killing Zone, his latest psychological thriller. Set in West Africa and Brooklyn, it is a compelling tale that examines obsession, duty, and coming to grips with oneÕs own past. Malcolm escaped his hard life as a youth in Ghana to become a psychiatrist in a suburban community outside New York City. But with his private practice unable to support his affluent lifestyle, Malcolm accepts the offer of his mentor, Dr.
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Both a striking and poetically honest debut from brothers Kelly and Tyler Requa, The Flats is a deeply compelling story of two best friends, their longings and aspirations, and the test of faith each must face. Harper is the life of every party. An empty childhood and a dismal future have left him with little to look forward to other than his nightly drunken obliteration. When one night the party goes too far, and Harper is sentenced to six months at a work farm, he decides to live it up for the eight days of freedom that he has left. Harper's best friend, Luke, is the voice of reason.
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Puck is a good-looking honor student: All-American type. He is also a self-professed anarchist. Not the violent kind of anarchist, but from the fun-seeking Abbie Hoffman, Marx Brothers branch of anarchy. Living in a commune, Puck and his friends are out to change the world-of course, this is assuming they can stay focused long enough to figure out how to do it. Enter Johnny Black, a self-described nihilist.