American Movie

American Movie

7.6

English/107 min./1999

Genres

Documentary Comedy

Synopsis

American Movie is the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.

Cast

Mark Borchardt

Mike Schank

Tom Schimmels

Monica Borchardt

Alex Borchardt

Chris Borchardt

Ken Keen

Matt Weisman

Bill Borchardt

Cliff Borchardt

Tom Beach

Joan Petrie

Robert Richard Jorge

Tommy Dallace

Dawn Borchardt

Miriam Frost

Louis Sather

Billy Crystal

Dean Allen

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