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- "The Breathing Show"
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| Two misfits living in San
Francisco's Mission District devise a public access television show that becomes a threat to the public. |
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SYNOPSIS
Hubert is a thirty year-old artist who operates a low-budget video studio in San Francisco's Mission District, renting his space for everything from instructional videos to gay porn. Hubert's sidekick, Peter, lives at home with his alcoholic mother and collects disability for a dubious manic-depressive condition. Together, these two misfits create a hilarious and bizarre public access show called "Public Abscess." Peter's quest for ever-more dangerous experiences has led him to concoct a frightening new segment for the show that involves LSD, an ATM envelope and an unsuspecting businessman.
Katherine, an acquaintance of Peter's, has just arrived home from a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt. Her painfully solicitous boyfriend, George, has enrolled Katherine in a new-age center called The Awareness Workshop, which employs unusual breathing and meditation exercises to help heal wounded spirits. Katherine's first class includes a meditation on getting hit by a car.
The Breathing Show is a dark comedy about young people who haven’t decided how—or even if--they want to make the transition to adulthood. It's about their sometimes comic suffering and how the pain they carry with them gets perpetuated across generations and city streets. It's also about San Francisco and the spiritual seekers who appear and disappear there "like fireflies on a summer night." |
| Running
Time |
Language |
Director |
Screenwriter |
| 84
m |
English |
Stephen Statler |
Stephen Statler, Mouncey Fergu |
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| Production
company |
Double Dog Dare Productions
511 Eureka Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States
Phone: 415.643.9190
Fax: 415.826.0923 |
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| Contact
Name |
Stephen Statler |
| Contact
Phone |
415-643-9190 |
| Web
Address |
http://www.thebreathingshow.com |
| Producer |
Stephen Statler |
| Cinematographer |
Dean Adams |
| Music |
Dan Martin |
| Editor |
Steve Bloom |
| Production
Design |
Lyle Carbajal |
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| Cast |
Mouncey Ferguson
Ryan Hayes
Audra Wolfmann
Paul Mendoza
Elise Robertson |
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| Film
Distribution is Open |
Theater,
Video, TV, International, Internet |
| Film
Agent |
Stephen Statler |
| Film
Agent Phone |
415-643-9190 |
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Agent Fax |
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| Production
Start |
09/01/2001 |
| Production
Year |
2001 |
| Budget |
$20,000 |
| Film
Format |
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Format Ratio |
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Sound |
Mono |
| Film
Video Type |
Digital Beta |
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| Director
Bio and Credits |
| "The Breathing Show" is the first feature-length film from writer/director Stephen Statler, whose short films, including "Lilywhite Manor: The Trailer" and "Ed's Holistic Auto Repair", have been seen on Bravo TV, Independent Film Channel, Atom Films, Free Speech TV, Ifilm, Hollywood Shorts, D. Film Festival, Montreal Comedy Film Festival, Independent Exposure and at Caroline's Comedy Club. |
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| Director's
Education |
New York University
(NYU) |
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| Screenwriter
Bio and Credits |
Stephen Statler and Mouncey Ferguson have collaborated on many screenplays. Ferguson is an award winning writer whose short story, "Lake Worth" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. |
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| Film
achievements / News |
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The Breathing Show (2001)
Lilywhite Manor: The Trailer (2000)
Footprints (1999)
Modern Relaxation Techniques (1999)
Ed's Holistic Auto Repair (1998)
Comaculture (1997) |
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