Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (1991) (V)

Director:

Michael A. Goorjian

Release Date:

1991 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Blood drips right here.

Plot:

Washed up actor Don Knotts shows up on the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood, California in hopes of landing a role in the new Disney movie...

Cast

Christian Bale	...	Himself
Marty Belafsky	...	Himself
Lucy Boryer	...	Herself / Newswoman
Max Casella	...	Himself
Dee Caspary	...	Himself
Mark David	...	Don Knotts
Brett Dieball	...	Fire Marshall
Ivan Dudynsky	...	Himself
Luke Edwards	...	Himself
Michael A. Goorjian	...	Himself
Shon Greenblatt	...	Sunnyside Mental Institution Guard
Gregg Kent-Smith	...	Himself
Michael Lerner	...	Himself
Aaron Lohr	...	Himself
Dominic Lucero	...	Himself
Dominic Maldonado	...	Himself
David Moscow	...	Himself
Kenny Ortega	...	Himself
Trey Parker	...	Himself
Bill Pullman	...	Newsreporter
David Sidoni	...	Himself

Directed by
Michael A. Goorjian

Produced by
Max Casella	....	producer

Cinematography by
Ivan Dudynsky

Other crew
Trey Parker	....	creative consultant

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Trivia:

The movie was shot on a 1/2 VHS camcorder with the music being provided by a tape deck, held up next to the camera.

Goofs:

Continuity: Michael Goorjian is seen wearing a pink shirt when he ties the rope around his neck. In the next scene, the body dragged behind Don Knotts' car is wearing a white shirt.

Quotes:

Don Knotts:[Breathes heavily] Stalking's a little harder than I expected.

Blood Drips is what happens when teenage boys have a movie camera on a movie set.

For any fan of Newsies, Blood Drips is entirely necessary for your film collection. The actors from the movie Newsies used a video camera and filmed a horror movie with Mark David starring as the protagonist who just wants a role in the movie, Newsies. You can get it offline on various fan sites, or if you're really lucky, you might have a friend who gives you his copy as a gift (Thanks again, Charlie!). It's very cute and teenage-boyish. I've personally shown it to all of my friends here at college, and we love it. Michael Goorjian is pretty much our hero -- not to mention Mark David, who has an impeccable Don Knotts impersonation. It's only too bad that Aaron Lohr's part was so very small. ;) But honestly, it's very cute and planned well -- and includes behind-the-scenes looks at movie sets, and interesting directing choices. Some of the humor is very low-brow (it IS teenage boys writing/directing/starring in this, after all), but overall charming and very funny.