Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
American Movie documents 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.
- underdog
- obsession
- wisconsin
- beer
- ambition
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Mark Borchardt
Filmmaker
Mike Schank
Friend / Musician
Tom Schimmels
Actor in 'Coven'
Monica Borchardt
Mark's Mom
- Alex Borchardt — Mark's Brother
- Chris Borchardt — Mark's Brother
- Ken Keen — Friend / Associate Producer
- Matt Weisman — Casting Director
- Bill Borchardt — Mark's Uncle / Executive Producer
- Cliff Borchardt — Mark's Dad
- Tom Beach — Production Manager
- Joan Petrie — Mark's Girlfriend / Associate Producer
- Robert Richard Jorge — Actor in ‘Coven’
- Tommy Dallace — The Movie Star
- Dawn Borchardt — Mark's Daughter
- Directed
- Chris Smith
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 286 ratings
- Studio
- Civilian Pictures, Bluemark Productions, C-Hundred Film Corporation, Library Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
