Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005) (V)

Director:

Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Gabriel Friedman
Trent Haaga (book)
(more)

Release Date:

31 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

It's Film School in a Box!

Plot:

Based on the book of the same name, Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Studios team share their wisdom about filmmaking to independent filmmakers everywhere...

Plot Keywords:

Filmmaker | Filmmaking | Female Full Frontal Nudity | Cult Film | How To

Cast

Lloyd Kaufman	...	Himself - Host / Director (also archive footage)
Trey Parker	...	Himself - Director (also archive footage)
George A. Romero	...	Himself - Director
John G. Avildsen	...	Himself - Director
Trent Haaga	...	Himself (also archive footage)
James Gunn	...	Himself - Writer
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself (archive footage)
Purple Pam	...	Herself
Andy Signore	...	Himself / Lionel - The Janitor
Debbie Rochon	...	Herself
Stan Lee	...	Himself
Herschell Gordon Lewis	...	Himself
Larry Cohen	...	Himself
Jenna Fischer	...	Herself
Eli Roth	...	Himself
Ted Raimi	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Lemmy	...	Himself
Kevin Eastman	...	Himself
Matt Stone	...	Himself
Rick Washburn	...	Himself
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself
Corey Feldman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Heidi Sjursen	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Will Keenan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Torgl	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joe Fleishaker	...	Himself (also archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ramzi Abed	...	Himself
Mark C. Adams	...	Himself
Ford Austin	...	Himself
John Badham	...	Himself
Mark Borchardt	...	Himself
Michael Budinger	...	Himself / Tito
Phil Caracas	...	Himself
Patrick Cassidy	...	Himself
Mitch Cohen	...	Himself / Toxic Avenger (as Mitchell Cohen)
Timothy Considine	...	Himself
Lee Demarbre	...	Himself
Barak Epstein	...	Himself
Chad Ferrin	...	Himself
Brendan Flynt	...	Himself
Jeff Dylan Graham	...	Himself
Elian Haan	...	Herself
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf	...	Himself (archive footage)
Stanley Kaufman	...	Mr.Crumb (archive footage)
Thomas Kercmar	...	Himself
Paul Kyrmse	...	Himself / Sgt.Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
Steven Legge	...	Himself
Lynn Lowry	...	Dream Girl (archive footage)
William Lustig	...	Himself
David Mattey	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jim McMahon	...	Himself
Sandy Molina	...	Herself
Geoff Mosher	...	Himself
Marko Mäkilaakso	...	Himself (as Mark Hillvalley)
TJ Nordaker	...	Himself
Arban Ornelas	...	Herself (as Arban)
Andreas Pape	...	Himself
Christie Pesicka	...	Herself
Mattt Potter	...	Himself
Scott Rhodes	...	Himself
Timo Rose	...	Himself
Andrew Rye	...	Himself
Doug Sakmann	...	Himself (archive footage)
Yaniv Sharon	...	Himself
Rhonda Shear	...	Herself
Tiffany Shepis	...	Herself
Shane Stein	...	Himself
Julie Strain	...	Herself
Lisa Terezakis	...	Herself
Kurly Tlapoyawa	...	Himself
James Vallo	...	Himself
Laurie Walton	...	Herself
Chris Watson	...	Himself
Casey Wickson	...	Himself
Mike Wiebe	...	Himself
Millard Wooley	...	Himself
John N.E. Hill	...	Himself (uncredited)
Andrew J. Rausch	...	Himself (uncredited)
Kurt Richardson	...	Himself (uncredited)
Amanda Staggs	...	Herself (uncredited)
Oliver Stone	...	Cliff (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Lloyd Kaufman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gabriel Friedman
Trent Haaga		book
Adam Jahnke		book
Lloyd Kaufman		book
Sean McGrath

Produced by
Michael Herz	....	executive producer
Lloyd Kaufman	....	producer

Film Editing by
Gabriel Friedman
Sean McGrath

Sound Department
John Robert Mariani	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Micah Gallo	....	camera operator
John Robert Mariani	....	assistant camera
John Robert Mariani	....	grip
Eric Rhoades	....	assistant camera (segment "Prison-A-Go-Go!")

Other crew
John Robert Mariani	....	production assistant
John N.E. Hill	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Troma Entertainment

Distributors

• Troma Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

300 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Troma Entertainment

Movie Connections:

References The Devil's Muse (2007)

Troma 30 Years of pure rubbish.

Troma 30 Years of pure rubbish.

I really like the idea of independent films, Directors and Producers who have gone out of their way to gain funding, cast, crew and distribution for little or no money, and then bless the world with an Independent movie free of Studio involvement for all us movie buffs to enjoy.

Now Lloyd Kaufman has Directed well over 50 B-Films for his company Troma. Troma has almost created it's on genre simple called "Troma", which stands for "Really Crappy Movies Nobody Really Likes, But Claim To Because They Think They Hate Commercialism In Hollywood", which they don't.

Lloyd Kaufman's – Make Your Own Damn Movie is an example of how not to make a movie. I guarantee you this: You will not learn how to make a film from watching this 5 disk box-set. You will simple learn how not to make a movie. The DVD's do not show you how to direct, producer, write, or gain finance for you project. For example: In the How to get financing section of the DVD Lloyd simple tells you "There are many ways to get funding for you Feature" So I needed to pay $50 for you to tell me there are many ways to finance my film? No point during the 12 hours of footage do you learn any technical matters relating to film making. This to me is a promotional disk aimed at getting needed attention to Troma movies and that bloody hideous creation "The Toxic Avenger" which was released in 1985 and the people at Troma never shut up about.

Believe me when I say you will learn absolutely nothing from this DVD or book by the same name.

The only good thing I got from this DVD was the interview with Eli Roth (Cabin Fever & Hostel) and his frank interview about the Unions in Hollywood.

In closing: DON'T WASTE YOU MONEY ON THIS RUBISH. I have and that's something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. Save you self avoid TROMA MOVIES like the Bubonic Plague and "MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE" Mr. Kaufman I will make my own damn movie with the hints and advice from real filmmakers.