Although the leopard 1963 is his masterpiece, it is the direction an artist takes after such an accomplishment that holds the most interest for me. The beaver trilogy is a 2001 documentary directed by trent harris rubin and ed and focused on groovin gary, an olivia newtonjohn impersonator in beaver, utah the film is divided into three vignettes. War for the planet of the apes completes rare trilogy that. The albums were recorded after bowie took up residence in west berlin in late 1976, and saw him experiment with elements of electronic, krautrock, ambient, and world music in collaboration with american producer tony visconti and. This web site contains the most comprehensive collection of trent harris unique films and videos. The musical style is exactly the same, except for one detail.
Critics have called the films of trent harris absurd, pointless, hysterical, brilliant, and one of a kind. Beaver trilogy is a series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from the small town of beaver. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the beaver trilogy near you. To talk about this grop, is necessary talk about triumvirat, another and best known german band. A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker trent harris and a young man from beaver, utah inspired the creation of an underground film that.
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The beaver trilogy is actually a combination of 3 films, all of which tell the same story, all filmed by nonchurchgoing latterday saint filmmaker trent harris. Beaver trilogy part iv explores trent harris eclectic career. Free online german bluray movie dvd covers library. Blade trilogy of blood dvd cover 2005 r2 german custom. Harris was in the parking lot of his workplace, testing out a color. It was probably 10 years ago or so when i saw the movie continue reading. Free blade trilogy of blood dvd cover 2005 r2 german custom ready to download and print.
The beaver trilogy trent harris, 2000 house of self. I saw a really wonderful film called the beaver trilogy part iv at the midwest independent film festival. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. That summer, he embarked on a project to trace the postwar history of west germany in a series of.
Beaver trilogy is a series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from the small town of beaver, utah who is obsessed with olivia newton john. In 1979s the beaver kid, viewers are introduced to groovin gary, the self proclaimed rich little of beaver, as he shows off his car named. Fassbinders the marriage of maria braun, veronika voss, and lolathe. An award winning genealogical resource with searchable databases, free. With groovin gary, sean penn, crispin glover, stefan arngrim.
The second piece, beaver kid 2 is a drama based on the documentary with sean penn playing the part of dick griffiths. The beaver trilogy 2000 the beaver trilogy 2000 user. Now known collectively as the beaver trilogy, the film premiered at the new york video festival in 2000, showed at sundance in 2001, and was featured on. This is the 10th post in a series covering the most outrageous moments in underground film history. For convenience, all 2001 films should be included in this category.
Feature 4k uhd and bluray of the month chosen for february 2020 here bluray and dvd of the year 2019. Yes, i realize no one was waiting for me to write this. Released 2015, beaver trilogy part iv stars bill hader the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 24 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. It also contains books, works of art, and other strange things created by harris. Aug 11, 2009 from part 1 of the beaver trilogy, the beaver kid starring groovin gary. War for the planet of the apes completes rare trilogy. The beaver trilogy 2001 three short films revolve around a young man with a penchant for impersonating celebrities. From part 1 of the beaver trilogy, the beaver kid starring groovin gary. Trilogy was a german quintet with two simultaneous keyboardists who put in 1979 their only album. Roberto rossellinis war trilogy the criterion collection. Berlin trilogy by jonathan rabb 3 primary works 3 total works nikolai hoffner, a police detective starting in 1919, continuing into the weimar period in berlin, germany.
Apr, 2016 hi, my apologies for the tardiness of this post. The main article for this category is 2001 in film. Harris was in the parking lot of his workplace, testing out a. Nov 04, 2014 although the beaver trilogy includes a long and extensive scene of gary getting made up and dressed for the talent show at a funeral home, no less when he finally walks out on stage as olivia newtondon, singing an emotional rendition of the ballad please dont keep me waiting, its a spectacularly outrageous payoff.
With their strippeddown aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were. The beaver trilogy combines three separate vignettes that were filmed at different times, in 1979, 1981, and 1985. Some say that the overuse of the zoom lens is the sign of a very bad director. The second piece, beaver kid 2 is a drama based on the documentary with sean penn playing the part of dick.
However, the orkly kid is the jewel in the beaver trilogy crown. The beaver trilogy part iv brad bessers search for the beaver kid uncovers more than anyone wanted to know about the elusive subject of the underground short film trilogy. The albums were recorded after bowie took up residence in west berlin in late 1976, and saw him experiment with elements of electronic, krautrock, ambient, and world music in collaboration with american. Beaver trilogy part iv 2015 stream and watch online. The beaver trilogy 2001, trent harris the stop button. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after world war iirome open city, paisan, and germany year zerothat he left his first transformative mark on cinema. Crispin glover in the beaver trilogy sean penn, riveting, documentary film, moving pictures. Over the subsequent decades the encounter would be retold in a series of fictional remakes that would culminate in the 2001 sundance film festival entry beaver trilogy but the film itself is only part of the story. The first piece, the beaver kid is a docmumentary about dick griffiths groovin gary and his oliva fascination. Butch cassidy does not make an appearance in this film.
My next immediate project is living in the age of airplanes, i was the films editor. Dec 31, 2000 the beaver trilogy combines three separate vignettes that were filmed at different times, in 1979, 1981, and 1985. The beaver trilogy 2001 is a documentary film directed by trent. A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker trent harris and a young man from beaver, utah, inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as beaver trilogy. Apr 2, 20 the beaver trilogy 2001 is a documentary film directed by trent. The first vignette documents groovin garys character and performance. The first, entitled the beaver kid, is a short documentary about the exploits of groovin gary, a performer that filmmaker harris happened upon while filming for a salt lake city, utah news station. In the leopard, on the other hand, visconti uses the zoom only once, and it is magnificent, capturing claudia. Nikolai hoffner, a police detective starting in 1919, continuing into the weimar period in berlin, germany. Independent film and video magazine called harris one of americas premier cult directors.
In the 1970s, an ambitious filmmaker visits the small town of utah to film a talent show. The second vignette recreates the first vignette with sean penn as groovin gary. The first, titled the beaver kid, is a short documentary about the exploits of groovin gary, a performer that filmmaker harris happened upon while filming for a salt lake city, utah news station. The beaver trilogy is a 2001 documentary directed by trent harris rubin and ed and focused on groovin gary, an olivia newtonjohn impersonator in beaver, utah. The berlin trilogy consists of three consecutively released studio albums by english singer and songwriter david bowie. Preserving german original trilogy original trilogy.
As long as the end result is that the voices and overall soundtrack sounds exactly as it did in theaters in germany, in terms of pitch and timing, and it syncs up perfectly with the ntsc gout video, then thats great. Rootsweb the internets oldest and largest free genealogical community. Anchored by a terrific performance by crispin glover, and great supporting work by stefan arngrim class of 1984, as larrys friend, the orkly kid takes the premise of an olvia newtonjohn obsessed eccentric from in a small town in utah, and runs with it. The beaver trilogy 2001 is a documentary film directed by trent harris, featuring richard lavon griffiths sean penn, crispin glover and costarring courtney. Jan 11, 2014 of these six masters, luchino visconti is both the most accomplished and the least appreciated. The beaver trilogy part iv brad bessers search for the beaver kid uncovers more than anyone wanted to know about the.
Free blade trilogy bluray cover 2004 german custom ready to download and print. Jul 14, 2017 planet of the apes is the rare trilogy thats great. Three short films revolve around a young man with a penchant for impersonating celebrities. The beaver trilogy is, without a doubt, one of the most brilliant films ever made. This includes all 2001 films that can also be found in the subcategories. Over the subsequent decades the encounter would be retold in a series of fictional remakes that would culminate in the 2001 sundance film festival entry beaver trilogy. Apr, 2020 the beaver trilogy 2001, trent harris 2 comments. The first segment, the beaver kid, is an actual documentary about gary, a young mormon who is also known as the beaver kid because he is from the predominantly lds town of beaver. Jan 26, 2015 over the subsequent decades the encounter would be retold in a series of fictional remakes that would culminate in the 2001 sundance film festival entry beaver trilogy but the film. A shaggydog documentary made on a shoestring, the ironically titled beaver trilogy part iv examines how seductive and destructive the desire. Beaver trilogy v, the final installment in the beaver trilogy trilogy. A shaggydog documentary made on a shoestring, the ironically titled beaver trilogy part iv examines how seductive and destructive the. With their strippeddown aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely.