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Man in the Chair (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Michael Schroeder

Written By:
Michael Schroeder

Actors:
Christopher Plummer ..... Flash Madden
Michael Angarano ..... Cameron Kincaid
M. Emmet Walsh ..... Mickey Hopkins
Robert Wagner ..... Taylor Moss
Joshua Boyd ..... Murphy White
George Murdock ..... Richard
Mimi Kennedy ..... Mom
Taber Schroeder ..... Brett Raven
Allan Rich ..... Speed
Rob Reinis ..... Teacher
Carlene Moore ..... Woman
Ed Marques ..... Man
Mitch Pileggi ..... Floyd
John Rezig ..... Young Flash
Jodi Ashworth ..... Orson Welles

Synopsis:

In "Man in the Chair" Christopher Plummer, an actor typecast nowadays as a suave, smiling cobra slithering through the corridors of power, sheds his scales to play a tippling old curmudgeon raging against the dying of the light. His fierce portrayal of Flash Madden, a long-retired Hollywood studio gaffer, is the knot that ties together this sentimental intergenerational drama. The movie, written and directed by Michael Schroeder, wants to confront hard truths about old age in what one character disgustedly labels a throwaway society. But it also insists on applying a thick sugar coating to this very bitter pill. Mr. Plummer's Flash, who swings between extremes of fury and weepiness, keeps "Man in the Chair" reasonably honest despite itself, though the film is so concerned that Flash's anger will be unpalatable to audiences that it throws in a mawkish, unconvincing subplot about animal protection to persuade us that in his heart of hearts he's a softie.

Cameron is a teenage film buff living in Los Angeles dreaming of making movie himself someday. A major film school in L.A has announced a competition for young filmmakers, but while Cameron has some talent and ideas, he is very short on cash. One evening, while attending a screening of Orson Welles' 'Touch Of Evil', he sees an elderly man, Flash Madden, shouting at the screen about his old pal, Orson. Flash was a lighting man during the Golden Age of Hollywood and worked with some of the most respected names in the business, including Welles.

While cranky Flash doesn't much care for Cameron at first, in time he sees a kindred spirit in the movie-mad teenager, and offers his technical know-how and sources of equipment to the would-be director. With Flash's help, perhaps Cameron can manage to create just the sort of movie he longs to make...

A man named Flash longs for the days when he worked as a crew member on such cinematic masterpieces as "Citizen Kane." When Flash meets teenage film fanatic Cameron Kincaid, he becomes an unlikely mentor and agrees to help Cameron make a film to compete in a student competition where the top prize is a film school scholarship and, for Cameron, a ticket out of his difficult home life. Flash, who sees his own life drawing to a close, recruits the support of his eccentric friends at the Motion Picture home and helps Cameron make his film and chase his dream.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 September, 2009.

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