Bottle Rocket, Annie Hall, Sideways, Clerks, the Royal Tenenbaums, Spanking the Monkey, Chasing Amy, Say Anything, Tape, Citizen Ruth, Blood Simple, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hard Eight, Happiness, Rushmore, Dazed and Confused, High Fidelity, Welcome to the Dollhouse, I Heart Huckabees, Wonder Boys, Trainspotting, About Schmidt, Mystery Train, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Last Picture Show, Heavenly Creatures, Ghost World, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Magnolia, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Minus Man, Napolean Dynamite, Election, Lovely and Amazing, The Breakfast Club, Laurel Canyon, The Graduate, Can't Hardly Wait, Kicking and Screaming, Donnie Darko, Go, The Conversation, Manhattan, Coffee and Cigarettes, Barcelona, Roger Dodger, The Station Agent, Igby Goes Down, Garden State, Slacker
Awards
WINNER-
- Best Feature Film: MassBay Film Festival;
- Best Feature Film: West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival;
- Best Debut Feature: Seattle True Independent Film Festival;
- Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Lead Actor: SMMASH Film Festival, Tastie Awards.
NOMINATIONS-
- Best Feature, Best Lead Actor, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Screenplay: Hamptons International Film Festival, Golden Starfish Awards;
- Best Lead Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress, Best Feature, Best Original Score: SMMASH Film Festival, Tastie Awards
Festivals
Official Selection:
- Hamptons Int'l Film Festival
- Cinequest Film Festival
- Gen Art (NY)
- DancesWithFilms Festival (LA)
- Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival
- SMMASH Film Festival
- West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival
- SilverLake Film Festival (LA)
- Channel Islands Indie Film Festival
- Big Bear Lake Int'l Film Festival
- Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival
- Appalachian Film Festival
- West Virginia Int'l Film Festival
- MassBay Film Festival
- Decatur Arts Film Festival
- Seattle True Independence Film Festival
- FilmIndependent's "New Film Works" Series (LA)
- Anthology Film Archives at the Angelika's "New Filmmakers" Series (NY)
Burning Annie's Interests
Music
The Randies, Get Set Go, The Mormons, Pillow of Wrongness, The Dollyrots, New MaximumDonkey, Bent Blue, Self, Subhybrid Fields, Joshe Henry, the Chubb Sessions Band, Dean Harada, A Place of Solace, Ben Jaffe, and Bang Sugar Bang... (plus, Louden Swain, Underwater City People, the Electrolites, Yes Dear, Gertie Fox, the Power Cords, and Midway! :-)
It all sounds precious, but somehow it doesn't play that way. Burning Annie is a thoroughly professional comedy, well paced, attractively photographed and smartly acted.
This anxiously auspicious debut is a pomo romcom for iPodpeople, a bittersweet riff on the displacement of feeling. The exceptionally canny script nails how thoroughly pop culture has colonized our sentiments. Immensely appealing performances.
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BURNING ANNIEwww.BurningAnnie.com
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"Meet Max. He's got a love-hate relationship
with love, hate, and relationships."
****** W I N N E R ******
* B E S T F E A T U R E *
* MassBay Film Festival *
* 2004 *
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****** W I N N E R ******
* B E S T F E A T U R E *
* West Virginia Filmmakers *
* Film Festival 2004 *
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* WINNER * BEST SCREENPLAY * BEST DIRECTOR * BEST ACTOR *
* 2004 Tastie Awards * SMMASH Film Festival *
Nominated for FIVE Golden Starfish Awards
at the Hamptons Int'l Film Festival *
Best Feature, Best Lead Actor, Best Director,
Best Original Score, and Best Screenplay
* * * Directed by Van Flesher
* * * Written by Zack Ordynans
* * * Produced by Randy Mack
Starring Gary Lundy, Sara Downing,
Brian Klugman, Jay Paulson,
Rini Bell, Todd Duffey,
Kathleen Perkins, and Kim Murphy Zandell
"Strikes so close to home that it's impossible
to think about it in any sort of detached sense.
Succeeds in conjuring the tone and spirit
of 'Annie Hall'-- a remarkable thing, indeed.
BURNING ANNIE MAY BE THE BEST MOVIE
I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR."
- Entertainment Today
"Clearly a labor of love.
The best romantic comedy I've
seen in years. A GREAT FILM."
- MSNBC
"At once touching and funny, but
never cloying or cute-- credit
the deft writing and camera work.
Add an excellent score and
THIS LITTLE FILM COMES UP BIG."
- E. Hampton Independent
"Likable-- tons of 'tude!
SMART-ASS PUNS, WITTY REPARTEE,
sardonic asides, and
SHARP SOCIAL OBSERVATIONS.
Kim Murphy is luminous."
- Daily Variety
"A hilarious homage to Woody Allen.
Lundy has a wiseass, nerdy charisma
and Downing matches him in
smarts and screen presence.
The wisecracking amorous trio could
carry a Hollywood movie..."
- Providence Phoenix
"Compelling... Captures the college experience very well.
Character interactions provide
a host of memorable scenes...
A wonderful film. Recommended."
- The Numbers
"Relentlessly funny from fade to fade,
without a false note between...
Humor that is rooted in honesty.
A riotous, whip-smart film."
- Bangin' Banana
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Who I'd like to meet: Guys and gals who are hip to indie flicks
Come on cast and crew let the Good Times Roll and come out to the show... New Orleans Artist: Sista Otis The Good Time Revolution Tour:
"Sista Otis has enough power to fuel a fire and enough soul to make James Brown proud." - Rachel May, Detroit Free Press
Sista Otis West Coast Tour Dates for May 09
May 6 2009 10:00P The Redwood Bar Los Angeles, California May 7 2009 8:00P Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown, California May 9 2009 8:00P The Gypsy Den Santa Ana, California May 11 2009 8:00P Audie’s Olympic Fresno, California May 16 2009 10:00P The Redwood Bar Los Angeles, California May 20 2009 10:00P The Redwood Bar Los Angeles, California May 21 2009 8:00P Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown, California May 25 2009 8:00P Audie’s Olympic Fresno, California May 27 2009 10:00P The Redwood Bar Los Angeles, California
finally the 100th person said to me today "oh so it is about a guy who burns a girl named annie?" and i said "yes, yes it is." i think you should just present it as a snuff film.
Ok. I finally watched it. Hollywood Video had it. Um. Wow. Yeah. I can see dramatic license in play. However, Gibson & Kircherr's dynamic seemed pretty accurate, as did Roy's presence. And who knew that Zack's mannerisms could be replicated...
