From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Encounters at the End of the World

May 25, 2009

Title:                    Encounters at the End of the World
Director:              Werner Herzog
Producer:            Henry Kaiser
Screenwriter:      Werner Herzog
Cinema:               Peter Zietlinger
Editor:                  Joe Bini
Music:                  Henry Kaiser, David Lindley
Year:                     2007 (99 minutes)
 
Synopsis:  Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with Encounters at the End of the World.  In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the [...]

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Who Killed The Electric Car?

May 25, 2009

Title:                     Who Killed the Electric Car?
Director:               Chris Paine
Screenwriter:       Chris Paine
Producer:             Dean Devlin, Richard Titus, Tavin Marin Titus (Exec)
                             Kearie Peak, Marc Roskin (Co-Exec)
                             Jessie Deeter, Kathy Weiss
                             Rachael Olschan (Co), Natalie Artin, Jeff Steele, (Assoc),
                             Alex Gibney (Consulting), Jason Saville (Line)
Cinema:                Thaddeus Wadleigh
Editor:                  Michael, Kavalenko, Chris A. Peterson
Music:                  Michael Brook
Year:                     2006 (92 minutes)
 
Synopsis:  Chris Paine’s film investigates [...]

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American Teen

May 25, 2009

Title:                    American Teen
Director:              Nanette Burstein
Producer:             Jordan Roberts, Nanette Burstein, Eli Gonda, Chris Huddleson
Screenwriter:       Nanette Burstein
Cinema:               Laela Kilbourne
Editor:                  Mary Manhardt
Music:                  Michael Penn
Year:                    2007 (95 minutes)
 
Synopsis:  American Teen is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of four teenagers – a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl, and the geek – in one small town in [...]

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Jump!

May 25, 2009

Title:                    Jump!
Director:             Helen Hood Scheer
Producer:            Helen Hood Scheer
Screenwriter:      Helen Hood Scheer, Scott B. Morgan
Cinema:              Helen Hood Scheer
Editor:                 Scott B. Morgan
Music:                 Matt Messina, Garth Trinidad
Year:                   2007 (95 minutes)
 
Synopsis:  Jump! Is a feature-length character-driven documentary about competitive jump rope that follows kids on five teams from around the country who push physical and psychological limits in pursuit of winning the World Championship.  Part [...]

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