Burning Annie is an American comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 starring Gary Lundy, Sara Downing, Kim Murphy, Brian Klugman, Jay Paulson, Rini Bell, Todd Duffey, and Kathleen Rose Perkins. It is the feature directorial debut of Van Flesher. The film is produced by Randy Mack of Armak Productions and distributed by Warner Brothers and Lightyear Entertainment

Lightyear Entertainment

Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures on DVD, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribution....

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Plot

A dark slacker comedy about a college student obsessed with Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...

's film Annie Hall

Annie Hall

Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written with Marshall Brickman and co-starring Diane Keaton. One of Allen's most popular and most honored films, it won four Academy Awards including Best Picture...

. His world is then turned upside down by a young woman who might be the modern day equivalent of Annie Hall herself.

Release

After 3 years and 6 awards on the film festival circuit, the film went through several false starts with distribution deals and was ultimately acquired by LightYear Entertainment. The film's theatrical run began February 7, 2007 at the Two Boots/Pioneer Theater in East Village, Manhattan

East Village, Manhattan

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, New York City. The film was released on DVD and Video-on-Demand on March 20, 2007. It has recently become available on streaming through Amazon Instant Video, in addition to traditional outlets like Best Buy and Netflix. No sequel is currently planned.

Awards and Honors

2004 MassBay Film Festival (Worcester, MA.)

• Won - Best Feature

2004 West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival

• Won - Best Feature

2004 Strictly Midwestern Movies and Short Hits (SMMASH)

• Won - Best Director
• Won - Best Screenplay
• Won - Best Actor
• Nominated - Best Supporting Actor
• Nominated - Best Actress
• Nominated - Best Feature
• Nominated - Audience Award

2005 Seattle's True Independent Film Festival

Seattle's True Independent Film Festival (STIFF)

Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival was started in 2005 by a group of filmmakers whose feature film Swamper was rejected by the Seattle International Film Festival. STIFF was modeled after the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City UT as a way to champion local and true independent films that...

(STIFF)

• Won - Best Debut Feature
• Won - Best Use of a Donnie Darko Cast Member

Sources

• http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/movies/07burn.html
• http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922407.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
• http://nymag.com/movies/listings/rv_46896.htm
• http://movies.tvguide.com/burning-annie/review/286227
• http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-01-30/film/burning-annie/
• http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Annie/dp/B000OLRH1K/ref=sr_1_1_vod_0_lgo
• http://www.burningannie.com