Best Worst Movie
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The child star of Troll 2, Michael Stephenson, directed a feature-length documentary about Troll 2
and its subsequent recent resurgence entitled Best Worst Movie. The film debuted March 14, 2009, at the South Lamar Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas, as part of the Spotlight Features for the South By Southwest Film Festival (SxSW). Several cast members from Troll 2 attended the premiere. The screening was followed by a showing of Troll 2. The documentary is currently screening at major film festivals across the world, the most recent being the American Film Institute Festival and the Tower Theater in Salt Lake City which included appearances from much of the cast at the screening. The film has also screened at SxSW, HotDocs and Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The film won Best Feature Documentary (as voted by the official jury), as well as the Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature at the 11th Annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
in September 2009. It was released in Spring 2010 and distributed by Area 23 A. It is set for a limited theatrical release, beginning on 23 April in the Alamo Drafthouse and ending on 9 October at the Cape Cod Theater.
ABC's Nightline ran a segment on Troll 2s status of Best Worst Movie in May 2010, including interviews with George Hardy and Michael Stephenson.
awarded Best Worst Movie three out of a possible four stars. The film also currently holds a 95% approval rating, based on 56 reviews, on the website Rotten Tomatoes
.
November 16, 2010, distributed by New Video Group.
Troll 2
Troll 2 is a 1990 horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso and starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young , Deborah Reed, and Jason Wright...
and its subsequent recent resurgence entitled Best Worst Movie. The film debuted March 14, 2009, at the South Lamar Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas, as part of the Spotlight Features for the South By Southwest Film Festival (SxSW). Several cast members from Troll 2 attended the premiere. The screening was followed by a showing of Troll 2. The documentary is currently screening at major film festivals across the world, the most recent being the American Film Institute Festival and the Tower Theater in Salt Lake City which included appearances from much of the cast at the screening. The film has also screened at SxSW, HotDocs and Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The film won Best Feature Documentary (as voted by the official jury), as well as the Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature at the 11th Annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is an annual film festival scheduled over one weekend in late September in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999...
in September 2009. It was released in Spring 2010 and distributed by Area 23 A. It is set for a limited theatrical release, beginning on 23 April in the Alamo Drafthouse and ending on 9 October at the Cape Cod Theater.
ABC's Nightline ran a segment on Troll 2s status of Best Worst Movie in May 2010, including interviews with George Hardy and Michael Stephenson.
Cast
- George HardyGeorge HardyGeorge Hardy was an English genre painter, a member of the Cranbrook Colony and eldest brother to Frederick Daniel Hardy.Hardy was born in Brighton in Sussex the first son of George Hardy , a musician to George IV, Queen Adelaide, and Queen Victoria in the Royal household at Windsor. His mother...
– Himself - Michael StephensonMichael Stephenson (actor)Michael Paul Stephenson is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.-Movie career:He is perhaps best known for his lead role in the 1990 horror film Troll 2 as Joshua Waits...
– Himself - Darren Ewing – Himself
- Jason Steadman – Himself
- Jason F. WrightJason F. WrightJason F. Wright is an American author and political blogger and pundit.-Biography:Jason Fletcher Wright was born on February 1 near St. Louis, Missouri to Willard Samuel Wright and Sandra Fletcher Wright. Within months of his birth, Jason's father was transferred to Germany and the family lived...
– Himself - Claudio FragassoClaudio FragassoClaudio Fragasso is an Italian screenwriter and film director of mostly low-budget exploitation films.- Filmmaking history :...
– Himself - Percy Gioia – Himself
Reception
Roger EbertRoger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
awarded Best Worst Movie three out of a possible four stars. The film also currently holds a 95% approval rating, based on 56 reviews, on the website Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
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DVD release
Best Worst Movie was released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
November 16, 2010, distributed by New Video Group.