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Beaver Trilogy Part IV

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 25m
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Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)
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A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. B... Read allA chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.

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  • Director
    • Brad Besser
  • Stars
    • Bill Hader(voice)
    • Trent Harris
    • Groovin' Gary(archive footage)
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  • Director
    • Brad Besser
  • Stars
    • Bill Hader(voice)
    • Trent Harris
    • Groovin' Gary(archive footage)
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    • 2User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Bill Hader
    Bill Hader
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    Trent Harris
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    Groovin' Gary
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    • (archive footage)
    Brad Besser
    Brad Besser
    • Selfas Self
    Robert Burgos
    Robert Burgos
    • Selfas Self
    Alex Caldiero
    • Selfas Self
    Scott Carrier
    • Selfas Self
    Rod Decker
    • Selfas Self
    Ken Fall
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    Nancy Griffiths George
    • Selfas Self
    Laurie Griffiths
    • Selfas Self
    Trevor Groth
    Trevor Groth
    • Selfas Self
    Jared Hess
    Jared Hess
    • Selfas Self
    Vicki Griffiths Hutchings
    • Selfas Self
    Starlee Kine
    Starlee Kine
    • Selfas Self
    Kent Maxwell
    • Selfas Self
    Sean P. Means
    Sean P. Means
    • Selfas Self
    Diane Orr
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    • Director
      • Brad Besser
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    A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.
    • filmmaker
    • filmmaking
    • reference to philo farnsworth
    • sundance film festival
    • suicide attempt
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      • Documentary
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      • Not Rated
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    • Connections
      Features The Beaver Kid (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Backed Clean Vibes
      Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod

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    3/10
    Scratching the surface
    When I first saw the original Beaver Trilogy someone described it to me as being "something like Grey Gardens". I was actually appalled after I watched it. This has nothing to do with carefully rounded portray that Maysels brothers created. The Beaver Triology is just based on some random footage of an awkward, seemingly repressed and maybe disturbed young man, exploiting his obvious naivety to present him as a freakish fool. Trent Harris looks at his subject with a voyeuristic lense, he never tries to get a fuller, more nuanced picture of Groovin' Gary. This new documentary claims to show us the bigger picture by giving us insights into both Harris' and Dick Griffiths' (aka Groovin' Gary) side of the story. And while it does give us some of that it never really asks the right questions. At about 15min into the film, Dianne Orr, a producer for the TV station that Harris worked for, is the one of the few voices of reason here: "When Trent showed me the footage from that talent show, I was really worried. I thought it went too far and exposed too much". Sadly this sentiment is never fully explored in this feature. It does not ask Harris straightforward if he feels reponsible for the suicide attempt of Griffiths. It never asks what it would mean for the subject to be portrayed as a somewhat queer personality in a conservative Utah town. Griffiths, who has passed away since, is represented by his sisters and friends, who can only give us a misty-eyed second hand picture of him, but can't really answer the question how his state of mind was at the time. Harris on the other hand is given plenty of opportunity to glorify himself, promoting his new movie and playing down the moral obligation that a filmmaker has to an unwitting subject.
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    • Release date
      • April 5, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Fiercely Independent Films
      • Silver Sail Entertainment
      • Ten Acre Films
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      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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