Posts Tagged ‘mockumentary’

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: | | Bob Griffith | Joshua Leonard | Michael C. Williams
Directors: Daniel Myrick
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Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend… The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project.

Finishing the Game (2007)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Roger Fan | Sung Kang | James Franco | McCaleb Burnett | Dustin Nguyen | M.C. Hammer | Mousa Kraish | Jake Sandvig | Sam Bottoms | Josh Diamond | Nick Rey Angelus | Breon Ansley | James Isaac Barry | Lyrics Born | Wilmer Calderon
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Bruce Lee’s shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is.

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Kimberly Stringer | Chazz Dominguez | Shari Hall | R.J. Parnell | David Kaff | Tony Hendra | Michael McKean | Christopher Guest | Harry Shearer | Bruno Kirby | Jean Cromie | Patrick Maher | Ed Begley Jr. | Danny Kortchmar
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Marti DeBergi is a film-maker who decides to make a documentary, a rockumentary actually, about the world’s loudest band, the British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. The movie is in fact a biting satire and spoof of the whole rock and roll scene that passes itself off as a real documentary of a real band. Hilarious behind-the-scenes footage is combined with faux-concert clips to breath life into the imaginary group.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen | Ken Davitian | Luenell | Bob Barr | Spirea Ciorobea | Alan Keyes | Michael Psenicksa | Bobby Rowe | Jim Sell | Larry Walker | Ilham Äliyev | Pamela Anderson | Mariam Behar | Linda Stein
Directors: Larry Charles
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Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the “greatest country in the world.” With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.

Confetti (2006)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Selina Cadell | Jimmy Carr | Olivia Colman | Ron Cook | Julia Davis | Vincent Franklin | Martin Freeman | Sarah Hadland | Mark Heap | Nichola Lagan | Meredith MacNeill | Stephen Mangan | Jesus de Miguel | Felicity Montagu | Kate Smallwood
Directors: Debbie Isitt
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Confetti - a mockumentary which follows three couples, competing for the title of Most Original Wedding of the Year: The Musical Wedding, The Tennis Wedding and the Naturist Wedding. Starring Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Olivia Coleman, Steven Mangan, Robert Webb, Mark Heap, Felicity Montagu and Jimmy Carr as Antoni. A hilarious output of British Comedy.

Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Penn | Samantha Morton | Uma Thurman | Brian Markinson | Anthony LaPaglia | James Urbaniak | Gretchen Mol | John Waters | Brad Garrett | Woody Allen | Ben Duncan | Daniel Okrent | Dan Moran | Tony Darrow
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A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray’s life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music.

Take the Money and Run (1969)

Friday, February 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Janet Margolin | Marcel Hillaire | Jacquelyn Hyde | Lonny Chapman | Jan Merlin | James Anderson | Jackson Beck | Howard Storm | Mark Gordon | Micil Murphy | Minnow Moskowitz | Nate Jacobson | Grace Bauer | Henry Leff
Directors: Woody Allen
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This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell, played by Woody Allen. It describes the early childhood and youth of Virgil, his failure at a musical career, and his obsession with bank robberies. The film uses a voice over narrative and interviews with his family, friends and acquaintances.