Director: Trent Harris

Starring: “Groovin’ Gary,” Sean Penn, Crispin Glover, Elizabeth Daily

Year: 2000

Runtime: 83 mins.

Synopsis: Beaver Trilogy is a series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from a small town called Beaver who is obsessed with Olivia Newton John. The first piece, The Beaver Kid, is a documentary. The second piece, Beaver Kid 2, was shot with a home video camera. Beaver Kid 2 which stars Sean Penn is a dramatic work based on the documentary. The third piece, The Orkly Kid, is yet another dramatic work based on the documentary, this time starring yet another actor. (from Harris’ website)

DVD: No

Official Website: Trent Harris website

Reviews: Bad Lit (Mike Everleth)
Variety (Dennis Harvey)
All Movie Guide (Jason Buchanan)
DVD Holocaust (The Naked Kiss)

Film Festivals: New York Video Festival (2000)

Video: Groovin’ Gary – New York City Rhythm

Director: James Fotopoulos

Starring: Debbie Mulcahy, Martin Shannon, Ernie E. Frantz, Michael Wexler

Year: 2000

Runtime: 94 mins.

Synopsis: In this “Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of Middle America” (Stephen Holden, The New York Times), the downfall of a lingerie model is portrayed against the depressing, menacing milieus of the men she caters to, including an angry, jealous, middle-aged failure and his strange, no-necked friend. James Fotopoulos presents this dark, sinister story as a three-part feature in the unnerving, highly original style that has made him a major figure of the underground cinema. (from Facets)

DVD: Facets Multi Media

Official Website: None

Reviews: Bad Lit (Mike Everleth)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Variety (Scott Foundas)

Video: None

Director: Jonas Mekas

Starring: Jonas Mekas, Hollis Melton, Oona Mekas, Sebastian Mekas

Year: 2000

Runtime: 320 mins.

Synopsis: A compilation of home movie footage of the Mekas family and their friends captured by patriarch Jonas over a period of 30 years.

DVD: None

Official Website: None

Reviews: Village Voice (Ed Halter)
Variety (Eddie Cockrell)

Video: None

Director: Todd Verow

Starring: Craig Bowden, Tiffany Cordell-Lee, Rebecca Denise, Devery Doleman, Bill Dwyer, Jim Dwyer, Aaron Falls, Jesse Manson

Year: 2000

Runtime: 90 mins.

Synopsis: Based on actual events that occured in Bangor, Maine, digital auteur Todd Verow (Little Shots of Happiness, Against, Anonymous, Vacationland) traces three generations of small-town rebels as they crash into each other and burn. Set in the height of the 1980s, the film chronicles multiple stories through the colorful fringe of the quiet northern town, finding the casual intersections and chaotic disruptions that threaten to break the idyllic facade of small-town America. (from TLA Video)

DVD: Vanguard Cinema

Official Website: Bangor Films

Reviews: Bad Lit (Mike Everleth)
Variety (Joe Leydon)
Film Threat (Brad Laidman)
Reel.com (Pam Grady)

Video: None