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"New
faces, new voices," said Bush. "It goes to show I'm
willing to reach across certain demographic lines."
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Literally
gut-bustingly funny, and beautifully shot in the new film-like
24p digital video format, The Making of 'Invasion of the
Freedom Snatchers' is an all star documentary that
follows the rise and fall of Tommy and Kerry Stoner, two well
meaning but naive movie-obsessed southern brothers who work as
electricians at a San Francisco video store but dream of being
mega-indie S.F. bay area film-makers in the tradition of Coppola
and Lucas. Built around footage taken at the 2003
Sundance Film Festival and the 2003
US Comedy Arts Festival, the feature examines the massive
hype surrounding the pitch for the Stoner brothers' first feature
film which was created when the boys had only an idea and promotional
"swag" merchandise, as they had not bothered to write
a script.
Their movie idea, titled Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers
is a contemporary political sci-fi epic about evil aliens
from outer space who disguise themselves as wealthy CEO's and
steal the US presidential election, buying their way into the
white house and snatching away our freedoms.
After a chance meeting with Jim Hanks who half-jokingly agrees
to play the lead role, they journey by train across the rockies
and the desert to Park City, Utah to the Sundance Film
Festival, with a documentary film crew now obtrusively
following them day and night. At the festival they pitch the idea
to stars, directors and producers, explore the world of indie
film, party to great excess, and catch the attention of agents
and executives. They also participate in a peace protest and a
quest to an island of free ranging buffalo in the Great Salt Lake
and find the soul of America along the way.
Their idea is an instant hit and the swag and documentary film
crew creates such a buzz at the celebrity hungry festival that
the boys go from naive and star struck rubes to big time dealmakers
drunk on their own celebrity in a week's time. They return to
California as Hollywood's latest overnight golden boys purely
through the magic of hype, but they are in for more surprises
because their adventure has only begun...
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