Beaver Trilogy
- Drama
- Music
- Documentary
Overview
Our story begins in 1979, with a chance meeting in a Salt Lake City parking lot where filmmaker Trent Harris is approached by an earnest small-town dreamer from Beaver, Utah. Harris jumps at the chance when the young man invites him to come to the small town to film a talent show. At the show, the man dons a blond wig and performs in drag as Olivia Newton John. Harris captures it all on tape: A portrait of a true outsider. Harris shot a dramatic piece, "Beaver Kid 2" based on the documentary; This interpretation of the story, made in 1981 on a home video camera with a budget of $100, features a young Sean Penn as "the Beaver Kid". Still possessed, Harris then rewrote the script, cast up-and-comer Crispin Glover in the lead, and created the final segment, "The Orkly Kid", with funding from the American Film Institute. The trilogy unveils the inner world of a fantastic character in three incarnations.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 13, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Stefan Arngrim,Kristen Johnston,Ken Butler,John Bluto,Courtney Gains,Lila Waters,Shane McCabe,Richard LeVon Griffiths,E. G. Daily,Sean Pennand 1 more
- Director
- Trent Harris
- Writer
- Trent Harris
- Cinematography
- Claes Thulin
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0256639