Missed Bruce McDonald's "This Movie Is Broken" — his quasi Broken Social Scene concert doc cum narrative drama — when it blipped into U.S. theaters for a second in early September?While Canadians got a deeper shot at seeing the film earlier this summer, non-Canucks and the rest of the globe will have a second shot at seeing the film next year.
FilmBuff has picked up worldwide (minus Canada) digital, Video On Demand and TV rights for the film and are aiming to release it on all digital platforms starting March 2011. Here's the film's synopsis:
Unbelievable! Bruno (Greg Calderone) wakes up in bed next to Caroline (Georgina Reilly, who starred in McDonald's zombie film, "Pontypool"), his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight -- tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Broken Social Scene, her favourite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash. Maybe if Bruno, with the help of his best pal Blake (Kerr Hewitt), can score tickets and give Caroline a night to remember, he can keep this miracle alive.We praised the unique film in our SXSW review, calling it "marvelously chaotic" and featuring a love story that moves "from conventional to unconventional at unexpected moments." Having seen it too, this writer will tell you it's really imbued with a drunken exhilaration and the BSS performances captured are top notch.
The perennially busy McDonald just released the trailer for his new documentary, "Music From The Big House," and saw his latest feature, "Trigger," debut at the Toronto Film Festival. That's essentially three films released in one year, not bad. McDonald recently directed "My Babysitter's A Vampire," a made-for-TV family film that he says "takes the piss out of the Twilight thing.” Last, but not least, the filmmaker also has an untitled "Hardcore Logo" sequel already in the can and last we heard was getting ready to shoot the women's prison martial arts film, "Lucky Ho."
Here's the trailer for "This Movie Is Broken."
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