All My Friends Are Funeral Singers | |
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Directed by | Tim Rutili |
Written by | Tim Rutili |
Starring | Angela Bettis |
Music by | Califone |
Distributed by | Better Angel Films IndiePix Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30,000[2] |
All My Friends are Funeral Singers is a 2010 experimental drama film directed by Tim Rutili of the band Califone. The film makes extensive use of the music of Califone, and was released as a companion to the band's album of the same name.[2] The film tells the story of a medium, played by Angela Bettis, living with a group of ghosts in the house who want to leave. She finds out that the ghosts were trapped by her grandmother.
Role | Played By |
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Zel | Angela Bettis |
Karen | Emily Candini |
Ted | Reid Coker |
Henry | Kevin Ford |
Margaret | Megan Hovde-Wilkins |
Camille | Karol Kent |
Julius | George McAuliffe |
Buñuel | Michael McGinley |
Alice | Sierra Magdalena Mitchell |
Alan | Alan Scalpone |
Nyla | Molly Wade |
Moe | Wesley Walker |
Musicians | Joe Adamik Jim Becker Ben Massarella Tim Rutili |
Grandma's voice | Suzanne Sole |
Answering machine voices | Taylor Patterson Roseann Rutili |
Rutili began writing the film's screenplay in September 2008, and developed the screenplay alongside the album.[3] The screenplay was completed by December of the same year, but production on the film didn't begin until April 2009.[3] Rutili was heavily inspired by the 1970s Spanish drama The Spirit of the Beehive, in addition to the works of David Lynch.[3][4]
The film made its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[5] It also screened at the 2010 South by Southwest festival where Califone played the live score and additional concerts.[6]
The film's reception has been mixed. The Hollywood Reporter noted that the film "will be of interest to fans of the band Califone" and that "filmmaker/bandmember Rutili could edit together some good concert-backdrop material from the more experimental moments."[7] and positive reviews of the film were given by both Express Night Out[8] and Inside Pulse Films,[9] with the latter referring to the film as "trance-like and dreamy — like a washed-out jeans version of Beetlejuice" and "an unqualified crowd-pleaser."[9]
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