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Beaver Trilogy

6.8(26)20001h 23m3

Our story begins in 1979, with a chance meeting in a Salt Lake City parking lot where filmmaker Trent Harris is approached by an earnest small-town dreamer from Beaver, Utah. Harris jumps at the chance when the young man invites him to come to the small town to film a talent show. At the show, the man dons a blond wig and performs in drag as Olivia Newton John. Harris captures it all on tape: A portrait of a true outsider. Harris shot a dramatic piece, "Beaver Kid 2" based on the documentary; This interpretation of the story, made in 1981 on a home video camera with a budget of $100, features a young Sean Penn as "the Beaver Kid". Still possessed, Harris then rewrote the script, cast up-and-comer Crispin Glover in the lead, and created the final segment, "The Orkly Kid", with funding from the American Film Institute. The trilogy unveils the inner world of a fantastic character in three incarnations.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of The Beaver Trilogy Collection · 5 films

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Director

Trent Harris

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival25 Jan 2001
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival13 Aug 2000

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Beaver Trilogy was released on 13 August 2000.

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