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 The Last Broadcast (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1998 / Director: Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler / Actors: David Beard, Jim Seward ... ... more  The Last Broadcast (DVD) ... / DVD released 14 April, 2003 at Prism Leisure / Features of the DVD: Full Screen, PAL / Comparisons to The Blair Witch Project are inevitable for the inventive, satirical The Last Broadcast, a chilling and funny mockumentary by filmmakers Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler. Besides being made and coming to prominence around the same time (though without a Blair Witch-style marketing juggernaut), The Last Broadcast also details the doomed travails of some amateur filmmakers as they track a mysterious, murderous legend in a dark forest. Hmmm, sound familiar? Actually, The Last Broadcast takes a different tack on this premise, one more media-savvy than Blair Witch. Turns out that this is the latest instalment of the X-Files-ish public access show Fact or Fiction, and its goofy hosts (Avalos and Weiler themselves) plan on doing a live broadcast from deep in the New Jersey woods on their ongoing quest for the Bigfoot-like Jersey Devil. Teaming up with two Internet-based fans, they plunge themselves and their equipment into the wintry woods; only one man, the creepy psychic Jim (Jim Seward), returns, and is promptly convicted of the murders of the other three. While it does boast footage made by the "dead" filmmakers, The Last Broadcast is more formally structured as a documentary, complete with officious, muckraking host (David Leigh) and much behind-the-scenes footage. We are let in on the backgrounds of the victims, the 911 phone calls, the murder trial, the inconsistencies the prosecution overlooked and the painstaking work of reconstructing the film stock, which may unlock the mystery of the true killer. Filmed entirely with digital cameras and assembled on digital systems for a mind-boggling $900, The Last Broadcast boasts a great look and a sharp, satiric eye for sending up the media--Avalos and Weiler are in calm command of their medium and message. The film does take a sharp turn that could either enrage or amaze viewers enraptured by what's preceded, but it's a minor quibble at best. And unlike The Blair Witch Project, The Last Broadcast does answer all the mysterious questions it raises. --Mark EnglehartNewest Review: ... by a PC. This film allegedly influenced the Blair Witch project. I believe they even took them to court over it. I don?t ... more ... know what came of it though. There are quite few similarities to both films. The majority of both films are filmed using camcorders, they are both a film crew in the woods researching a mythical character, and they both have murders. Random fact number 2: It was the first ever film to be broadcast to cinemas all over America by satellite? no celluloid film needed at all. The DVD has many extra features: Trailers, featurettes, photo library, a short film on the Jersey Devil, filmmakers biographies, and production note...more |
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The Last Broadcast (DVD): Be careful what you wish for (2404 words)
by Feefo - written on 24.10.02 (Very useful, 274 readings)
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Cast : Steven Avkast (Fact or Fiction Host) - Stefan Avalos Locus Wheeler (Fact or Fiction Host) – Lance Weiler Rein Clackin (Paranormal Sound Man) – Rein Clabbers James Suerd (The Accused) – James Seward David Leigh (Documentary Maker) – David Beard Michelle Monarch (Data Retrieval Expert) – Michele Pulaski Directed, Written and Produced by Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler The Last Broadcast 1998 Running Time: 95 minutes. Certificate 18. About the Directors: Stefan Avalos trained as a classical violinist, being hailed as a child prodigy after winning awards for his music, he then ...
If You Go Down To The Woods Today! (1085 words)
by M.Frieel - written on 17.12.01 (Very useful, 152 readings)
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First off let me get this out of the way this is not the Blair Witch Project it is a far superior piece of film. The Film The Last Broadcast made in 98 sets about taking us on a tour of a documentary about the case of the Jersey murders, the film revolves around two friends Locus Wheeler and Steven Avkast who run a local cable show called Fact or Fiction in a bid to help the already flagging ratings they let viewers of the show decide on what story they should investigate next, this leads them into the Jersey Pine Barrens in search of the legendary Jersey Devil. They then set about making up a team to join them in the search, first on the list ...
The Last Broadcast (DVD): Don't watch this alone! (629 words)
by richy77 - written on 06.07.01 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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The Last Broadcast is unique in that it was on of the first feature films to be cut using a consumer-based desktop PC. The film has recently been mentioned in Focus magazine as it made history, as it was the first feature film to be released digitally via satellite to theatres across the U.S. Even with all this hype The Last Broadcast has still gone relatively unknown but it deserves a lot of credit for its original plot and clever ending. Filmmaker David Leigh decides to make a documentary on the famous murders of a TV crew in New Jersey. The incident occurred in 1995 when four men desperate for their TV station to succeed ventured into the Pine Barrens of New ...
The Last Broadcast (DVD) : I'm glad it's the last broadcast!!from hasher
27.03.2003
The Last Broadcast (DVD) : How not to do the Blair Witchfrom Chandler
31.10.2000
