The Beaver Trilogy
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The Beaver Trilogy (2001) is a documentary film directed by Trent Harris, featuring Sean Penn and Crispin Glover.
The Beaver Trilogy combines three separate vignettes that were filmed at different times--in 1979, 1981, and 1985. The first, entitled The Beaver Kid, is a short documentary about the exploits of Groovin' Gary, a performer that filmmaker Harris happened upon while filming for a Salt Lake City, Utah news station. Harris filmed Gary, a rabid Olivia Newton-John obsessive, as he staged a talent show that featured Gary dressed in full drag singing the Newton-John song "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting".
The second installment, called The Beaver Kid 2 features Sean Penn as "Groovin' Larry" in a dramatic interpretation of the original documentary. The trilogy is completed with The Orkly Kid, in which Crispin Glover reprises Penn's role.
The film was also featured in the public radio show This American Life in the episode entitled, "Reruns." The episode first aired December 6, 2002.
[edit] Availability
This film has not been released on DVD. (This is consistent with information provided by Ira Glass during the broadcast of "This American Life" referenced above.) A search on Netflix returns no results although the film is listed in the IMDB. The film was once posted on You Tube in 10 segments but is no longer available.
The original filmmaker self-distributes DVDs in the SLC area. At least one person had a copy while working at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.
[edit] External links
- The Beaver Trilogy at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Site
- Review at The Stop Button
- This American Life episode Reruns
- New York Times review
- Trent Harris interview with IndiWire
- Trent Harris interview/review with Filmmaker
- Review at GeraldPeary
- Links to the series on YouTube NOTE: This is no longer available on You Tube. A message appears saying it's been removed (2/20/2007).
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