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Crap Shoot: The Documentary (2007) -- When a scientist and his narrator visit L.A. to research Hollywood filmmaking, their engrossing documentary about movies becomes an outlandish movie about documentaries

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Kenneth R. Close (writer)
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Seen any good movies lately?
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When a scientist and his narrator visit L.A. to research Hollywood filmmaking, their engrossing documentary about movies becomes an outlandish movie about documentaries. full summary | full synopsis
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I Get It more (5 total)

Cast

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Kenneth R. Close ... Ken Close
James E. Horton ... The Narrator

Joey Medina ... Joey Medina

Amaris Dupree ... Amaris Dupree

Rhoda Jordan ... Rhoda Jordan
Jason Childress ... Ned Quincy
Michael Close ... The Magician
Michael Condro ... Michael Condro
Brian J. Murphy ... Martial Artist / Wererat / Runner
Michael Hauge ... Michael Hauge
Tom Hofbauer ... Tom Hofbauer
Oliver Schultheiss ... The Professor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randall Burtch ... Randy Burtch
Carol A. Close ... Carol Close
Donald Close ... Silent Movie Actor
Donna A. Close ... Movie Goer 2
Patricia H. Close ... Pat Close
Janet Cullen ... Researcher 2
Frank Echelmeyer ... German Film Critic
Nancy Hallenbeck ... Party Girl 2
Jeanette Hansen ... Party Girl 1
Brady Kesling ... Himself
Jerrol LeBaron ... Jerrol LeBaron
Scott Matthews ... Movie Connoisseur
Gerald C. Maxey ... Gerald Maxey
Gale A. Mentzer ... The PhD
Simon Mentzer ... Timekeeper
George Mikhail ... Researcher 1
Michelle I. Murphy ... Movie Goer #1
Parisa Pahlavan ... Belly-Dancer
Victoria Rak ... Reader
Koji Steven Sakai ... Koji Sakai
Ericka Salisbury ... Storyteller

Howie Slater ... Steven Spielberg
Eugene Stamos ... Eugene Stamos
Tom Stamos ... The Photographer
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USA:97 min
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In the University of Michigan study cited in the documentary, a clip from "The Bridges Of Madison County" raised women's progesterone levels by up to 10%. A clip from "The Godfather II" raised men's testosterone levels by up to 30%. more
Quotes:
German Film Critic: Hollywood makes a dozen really good films each year, but we must sift through hundreds of crappy movies to find them. more
Movie Connections:
References Spider-Man 2 (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Gotta Go See That Movie Now more

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9 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
I Get It, 1 June 2008
8/10
Author: munchywunchy from Sherman Oaks, California

Okay, so a guy from Ohio can't get his scripts made into movies but he sees all kinds of crappy scripts get made into movies. So he and his buddy go to LA to figure out how the movie business works. But as he is interviewing movie people the strangeness of LA turns his documentary into a movie, about documentaries.

I would love to get the script I wrote made into a movie because I know it will be a great one. And I was hoping this documentary would tell us the secret of writing great scripts. At first I was disappointed that it didn't but then I watched it again and saw that it did. The movie people he interviewed all say you have to have a story that makes the audience react emotionally. And then the documentary shows what the movie people are talking about with funny scenes that make you laugh.

I think this is the only satire ever made about documentaries. The guy even acts like Michael Moore. I recommend this DVD to anybody who loves movies or wants to work in the movie business.

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