A BIG, FAT, Gore-y INDEPENDENT MOVIE

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2003

Earlier this week the Hollywood trade magazines reported FILM THREAT publisher Chris Gore is making the leap from internet movie website to full-fledged movie producer. Just as SCARY MOVIE spoofed recent horror films, MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE turns a funny eye towards just about every recent indie and art house movie success story, such as CLERKS, MEMENTO, AMELIE, EL MARIACHI, RUN LOLA RUN, PULP FICTION and the obvious connection to MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. "It's a low-brow comedy, for the high-brow crowd," Gore tells us.

Gore produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay along with Yonatan Berkovits and Adam Schwartz. The film stars Paget Brewster (ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE), MR. SHOW's Bob Odenkirk and Eric Hoffman and cameos from stars and celebrities that the filmmakers want to keep as a surprise. We've got an exclusive still taken during production showing three of the film's characters. From just one look at the actors' costumes, you should have a pretty good idea of the films they're spoofing.

MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE is now in post-production and it's likely that the picture will play the festival circuit next year first before finding a distributor.


Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!