American Cannibal: The Road to Reality (2006)

Directors:

Perry Grebin
Michael Nigro

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

This film documents the train-wreck production and sudden shutdown of American Cannibal, the reality TV show produced by the promoter behind the Paris Hilton sex tape.

Plot Keywords:

Contestant | Cannibalism | Head Injury | Coma | Writer

Cast

Sturgis Adams	...	Himself
Mitchell Allen	...	Himself
Chip Arndt	...	Himself
Kevin Blatt	...	Himself
Jill Boniske	...	Herself
Hannah Buchdahl	...	Herself
Kirsten Buschbacher	...	Herself
Trishelle Cannatella	...	Herself
Monique Capelta	...	Herself
Neil DeGroot	...	Himself
Keith Fenimore	...	Himself
Paul Frazier	...	Himself
Debra Ganz
Lisa Ganz	...	Herself
Jimmy Graham III	...	Himself
George Gray	...	Himself
Philip Gurin	...	Himself
Mark Itkin	...	Himself
Jon Kroll	...	Himself
Daniel Laikind	...	Himself
John Lehr	...	Himself
Dr. Richard Levak	...	Himself
David Lyle	...	Himself
Paul Dion Monte	...	Himself
Michael O'Sullivan	...	Himself
Daniel Petrie Jr.	...	Himself
Rick Ringbakk	...	Himself
Gil S. Ripley	...	Himself
Fred Risher	...	Himself
Dave Roberts	...	Himself
Rob Sharenow	...	Himself
B.J. Sigesmund	...	Himself
Frank Stallone	...	Himself
Linda Stasi	...	Herself
Karen Sternheimer	...	Herself
Bob Thompson	...	Himself
Ryan Westheimer	...	Himself
Lizz Winstead	...	Herself
Myles Yates	...	Himself

Directed by
Perry Grebin
Michael Nigro

Produced by
Benjamin Charbit	....	co-executive producer
Jennifer Edwards	....	associate producer
David Gise	....	associate producer
Perry Grebin	....	producer
Lloyd Groveman	....	executive producer
Gill Holland	....	co-producer
Denis Jensen	....	producer
Lillian LaSalle	....	co-producer
Ed Litwak	....	executive producer
Michael Nigro	....	producer
Samuel Nigro	....	co-executive producer
Josh Otten	....	associate producer
Corey Ribotsky	....	executive producer
Mike Riley	....	executive producer
Kenneth D. Yellin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Doug Gillard
Kevin March

Cinematography by
Perry Grebin
Ari Haberberg

Film Editing by
Doug Abel		(co-editor)
Suki Hawley

Production Management
Denis Jensen	....	production manager

Sound Department
Tom Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Walter	....	sound recordist
Kevin Wilson	....	post sound mix

Editorial Department
Jamie Canobbio	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Karen Ammond	....	publicist
Laura Deutsch	....	office intern
Jonathan Nigro	....	post supervisor
Meredith Schwartz	....	office intern

Thanks
Leigh Spofford	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Acme Pictures
• N7 Productions
• Pacificap Entertainment Holdings

Distributors

• Lifesize Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

American Cannibal (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Caribbean Sea

Company:

Acme Pictures

Trivia:

The New York Times reported that many of the events in the film are created by the directors.

This movie stayed with me

I saw this movie at a screening during the Tribeca Film Festival. A couple of people had recommended I check it out, and since I enjoy docs I thought this was a good one to try out at the festival. I was not disappointed. The movie was well done and compelling. The Kevin Blatt character ate up the screen, and while I didn't really feel that bad for the two writers breaking up, I couldn't take my eyes off the uncomfortable scenes these guys were wrapped up in.

The Paris Hilton bombshell didn't mean much to me, since everyone already knew that she made money off the video and helped it get distributed, but it was still interesting to finally have someone talk about it on camera.

My big question from this was what is the f&^%in deal with the girl - I thought I saw something in the movie that others I was with didn't see, so i'm curious to see if this gets distributed and gets anymore exposure - then what comes of that girl's injury and her story?