2003
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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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Magnus is definitely leery about his high school reunion and does not have much of a desire to go back to his so-called "glory days." There is, however, one reason to face the risk of humiliation by the people he never wants to see again-and her name is Hillevi. Hillevi was the class rebel. For reasons unknown to Magnus, Hillevi chose him as the guy she wanted to be with. Magnus had dreams of running away with Hillevi, but when he missed his one chance to go with her, she left, never to be heard from again.
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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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Welcome to the small, remote village of Rajasthan, India, where water is worth its weight in gold and the women, the ones working the hardest to get it, have the least say in the local council. Tired of endlessly digging wells while the men argue the days away, four strong-willed women decide to take matters into their own hands and start an application that could bring a pipeline to their village. Their journey, as they make their way through sun-parched deserts and acres of government red tape, takes on a larger meaning as they become increasingly more aware of their position in society.
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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.