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Benson Mountebank is the top-rated seminar speaker at The Tryan Learn Institute, where the motto is 'Real Seminars for Real People'...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tommy Murray | ... | Benson Mountebank |
| Jeannie Stith | ... | Front Desk Clerk (Check-In) |
| Kelly Minner | ... | Front Desk Clerk (Check-Out) |
| Grover Silcox | ... | Ted Misanthrope |
| Andrew Brett | ... | Jack Preston |
| Kim Patterson | ... | Jill Stevenson |
| Mitch Warner | ... | Mitch Warsing |
| John Patterson | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Keyur Patel | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Emmem Ekorikoh | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Mitch Schueck | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Ron Lawrence | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Susan Murray | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Erik Kapilow | ... | Seminar Attendee |
| Steve Hook | ... | Man at Front Desk |
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USA:20 min (director's cut)
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The movie was originally titled "The Seminar", but was changed to "One-Day Seminar" after it was discovered a documentary film called "The Seminar" was already in production.
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This is a comedy about a supposed company that does inspirational seminars and in particular, it follows one of their presenters, Benson Montebank during one of his one-day talks.
Mr. Montebank obviously has no idea what he's doing. When the seminar begins, he instructs everyone NOT to look at him, as he has a fear of public speaking! His "seminar" is mostly a lot of platitudes and it's a complete waste of time. How he got the job is a wonder, though at the end of the film it explains this in a very funny epilogue. Another funny moment is hearing the thoughts of the participants as they fill out the satisfaction survey.
Overall, this is a clever and funny little film. While I did like it, it could have perhaps benefited from a slight trimming, as the 20 minute run-time seemed a bit excessive given the material.
By the way, a "mountebank" is a fraud and the name of the company ("Misanthrope") means someone who despises mankind.
PS--I recently received an email from the writer/director and he indicated that there is a shorter version and it was used for submission to film festivals. The one I saw on IMDb is the longer one. I wish him well, as a slightly trimmed film would improve the pace a bit and should please the audiences.