A handful of hapless, hungry artists brave absurdity, starvation, and a barrel of monkeys in this Boston-based romantic comedy.
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Title: Starving Artists (1997)
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2 wins.
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Lillian Christie Allan | ... | William's Widow |
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Scott M. Anderson | ... | Gordon |
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Deborah Berman | ... | KoKo |
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Richard Berman | ... | Voice Over |
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Colin Buckley | ... | Party Host |
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Jonno Deily-Swearingen | ... | Officer Twedal |
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J.C. DeVore | ... | Nick |
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John DeVore | ... | Bob |
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David Fagundes | ... | Voice Over |
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Jenna Forrider | ... | Rachel the Telegram Girl |
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Cyndi Freeman | ... | Roy |
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Geoff Gladstone | ... | Xavier |
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Claire Harding | ... | Jill |
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Miranda Hodgson | ... | Voice Over |
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Zach starves to produce an apocalyptic musical comedy. Doris and Jay starve to make a neo-noir thriller. Joy starves to write a comic book that the copy-shop won't copy because it's copyrighted to her. The street prophet starves because he has no food; but nobody listens to him because he's predicting the end of the world. Written by Allan Piper <allanpiper@aol.com>
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forty artists... a barrel of monkeys... no angst...Genres:
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Zach: If they were hit men, they wouldn't shoot people in their own apartment. That's got to be one of the last professions that still makes housecalls.
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While most big budget movies use product placement, Starving Artists practiced person placement, putting the name of everyone who donated even a dollar somewhere in the movie. Names appear in graffiti, newspaper headlines, and other surprising spots. "People get really happy when the find their names," says director Allan Piper, "except for one woman whose name turned up on a porno mag." See more »Quotes
Bob: They're hit men, Zach! They shoot people in their apartment.Zach: If they were hit men, they wouldn't shoot people in their own apartment. That's got to be one of the last professions that still makes housecalls.
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This is a movie that has a degree of originality. If the screen play were touched up and the movie was reshot using better sound equipment it might even be good. As it is, it's amaturish at best. Still amusing to watch though.