Trent Harris
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Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. He wrote and directed the offbeat 1991 comedy Rubin and Ed
Rubin and Ed
Rubin and Ed is an American independent comedy-buddy film written and directed by Trent Harris and released in 1991. It is about an eccentric, unsociable young man who is forced by his mother to make some friends before she'll return his stereo to him...
, in which Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River's Edge, unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed, the...
and Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman is an American actor best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.-Early life:...
wander the desert looking for a suitable place to bury a frozen cat. In 2001 he released The Beaver Trilogy
The Beaver Trilogy
The Beaver Trilogy is a documentary film directed by Trent Harris, featuring "Groovin' Gary", Sean Penn, Crispin Glover and co-starring Courtney Gains and Elizabeth Daily....
, a compilation film that documents his obsession with a man called Groovin' Gary. The Beaver Trilogy features Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
and Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River's Edge, unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed, the...
as Groovin' Gary in part two and part three, respectively. He also wrote and directed Plan 10 from Outer Space
Plan 10 from Outer Space
Plan 10 from Outer Space is a low budget science fiction film starring Karen Black and written and directed by Trent Harris. The film is a surreal satire of Mormon theology. The film has no connection to Plan 9 from Outer Space other than its title....
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Harris has also written two books, The Wild Goose Chronicles and Mondo Utah.
As of fall 2008, he has finished a new feature film, Delightful Water Universe. The film's trailer and synposis are located at *DelightfulWaterUniverse.Com.