George Kuchar, America's Funniest Home Videos, Tigertown, 10,000 Points of Light, Matthew Silver, Meatballs, Two-Lane Blacktop, Stroszek, Chewbacca, Mary Lou Retton, George "The Animal" Steel, Doug Henning, Pogeybait
Directors
Todd Rohal
Awards
Special Jury Award - Slamdance Film Festival 2006 Best Feature - Arizona Int'l Film Festival 2006 Special Jury Prize (Outstanding Ensemble Cast) - Torino Film Festival 2006 Best Screenplay - Torino Film Festival 2006 Best Director - Torino Film Festival 2006 Best Effort - Mrs. Hobart (1st Grade Brookside Elementary) Grand Jury Prize - Mepos International Film Festival 2007
Festivals
Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, UT) Sarasota Film Festival (FL) Independent Film Festival of Boston Athens International Film Festival (OH) Arizona Film Festival Maryland Film Festival Rooftop Films Summer Series (Brooklyn, NY) SouthSide Film Festival (Bethlehem, PA) Crested Butte Reel Fest (CO) Calgary International Film Festival (Canada) Oldenburg Film Festival (Germany) DGA/IFP Screening (New York, NY) Kansas International Film Festival Sidewalk Film Festival (Birmingham, AL) San Diego International Film Festival Philadelphia International House Torun Film Festival (Poland) Three Rivers Film Festival (Pittsburgh, PA) Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC) Torino Film Festival (Italy) Couer d’Alene Film Festival (ID) NAT Film Festival (Denmark) Over the Top Fest (Toronto, CA) Silverlake Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) BASE Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain) Revelation Perth International Film Festival (Australia) True West Cinema Festival (Boise, ID) Iris Film Festival (Huntingdon, PA) Brazil Indieworld Film Festival (Brazil) Olympia Film Festival (Olympia, WA) Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (Belgium)
ALSO SCREENED: Cineworld Theaters (Cheltenham, England) Cambridge University (Cambridge, England) NW Film Forum (Seattle, WA) Hollywood Theatre (Portland, OR) Penn State University (State College, PA) Yerba Buena Center (San Francisco, CA) Harris Theater (Pittsburgh, PA) George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati, OH) Webster Film Series (St. Louis, MO) AFI Silver Theater (Silver Spring, MD) Gene Siskel Center (Chicago, IL) Shiny Object/Fools Foundation (Sacramento, CA) Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (Buffalo, NY) Cornell Cinema (Ithaca, NY) Celluloid Jam (Glasgow, Scotland) Boulder Screening Series (Boulder, CO) Bijou Theater (Iowa City, IA) Kansas City Filmmaker’s Jubilee (Kansas City, KS) Institute of Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI) The Cinemat (Bloomington, IN) South Dakota State University Film Series (Brookings, SD) Bloor Theater (Toronto, Canada) Winnipeg Film Group (Winnipeg, Canada) Metro Cinema (Edmonton, Canada) The Vancity (Vancouver, Canada) Broadway Theater (Saskatoon, Canada)
"A revelation...The Guatemalan Handshake holds a place
in my heart that is normally reserved for Easter candy"
-- Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre)
2 Disk Edition Featuring:
New High Definition Digital
Transfer
5.1 Surround Mix
Stereo Mix
Commentary Track
with Production Designers Jim McNamee & Sage Rockermann, Producers
Jason Orfanon & Craig Moorhead, Director of
Photography Richie Sherman, Actor Ivan Dimitrov and Writer/Director
Todd Rohal "Outrage the Rooster!" - A new essay about the film by David Gordon Green
THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE
DVD BONUS ELEMENTS:
DELETED SCENES:
1 - Stool's Bus
2 - Barnard Is A Creep
3 - Ethel's Nightmare
4 - Ivan Cries
5 - The Quarry Visit
6 - Leonard at the Roller Rink
7 - The Scouts Hitchhike
8 - Separate Itineraries
9 - Spank Williams Warm Up
10 - Spank Williams TV Spot
11 - Turtle
12 - Wallet
SHORT FILMS: "50 States" - Directed by Jared Larson
(grip) "Demolition 7" - Directed by Richie
Sherman (Director of Photography) "Monsters In Autumn" - Directed by Charlie
Cline (2nd Unit Director), Starring Ken Byrnes (Mr. Turnupseed),
and photographed by Director of Photography Richie Sherman "Mother & Son" - Directed by Matthew
Silver (Production Assistant), Starring Andy Nadler (Barnard) "A Double Feature From Turkeylegs & Lucas"
- Directed by & Starring Katy Haywood (Turkeylegs) & Lucas
Haywood (Boy Scout) "Little Richie Schreiber" - Directed
by and Starring Rich Schreiber (Stool)
10 MOMENTS FROM THE SET: "The Perm" - A short documentary about
the details of Craig Moorhead's background performance. "I Hate: A Live Performance By Ken Byrnes"
- Ken Byrnes (Mr. Turnupseed) performs live music at a local bar. "Trouble On The Yellow Breeches" - A
Fitzcarraldo-like journey bringing a big boat down a small river. "Nads In Queens" - A Visit to Andy
Nadler's (Barnard) home in New York City. "Amphicar: The Rescue" - A short documentary
about the sinking of an amphibious car in the shadow of Three-Mile
Island. "Open Call" - Moments from the improvised
casting sessions. "Going Back Home To Dillsburg/Super8"
- Super8 Footage from the set by grip and filmmaker Jared Larson
and a tribute song performed by producer Nick Panagopulos. "The Signal: A Baltimore Public Radio Interview"
Director Todd Rohal on Baltimore's WYPR with stills from the production. "Making It In PA" - Behind The Scenes
of The Guatemalan Handshake. "30 Seconds For Room Tone" -
The final moment of production.
4 MOMENTS FROM THE ROAD: "The Guatemalan Weenie Roast" - BIRMINGHAM,
AL "A Short Film With A Boy Scout, A Chicken Named Star
Wars And Linas Phillips" - SEATTLE, WA "Bob Comes To America" - WASHINGTON,
DC "Everywhere In Between" - Photos from
the road
MUSIC VIDEO:
"Lost & Found"
A music video for Ola Podrida (featuring David Wingo, who created
the score for The Guatemalan Handshake), directed by Todd Rohal
and starring Ivan Dimitrov
