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The Misbehavers

"You don't break into the film industry by saying "please"."

The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. The objective: book a venue, market a film, attract acquisitions representatives and pack the screenings beyond capacity. Essentially, they set out to create their own film festival from the ground up in less than two weeks and all no financial backing of any kind. The film chronicles the amazing heights of passion, humility and unity met with the unbelievable lows of self-sacrifice, ego and division that exists even in the lowest levels of the independent film world.

Top Cast

  • Jonathan M. Black

    Jonathan M. Black

    Self

  • Zach Braff

    Zach Braff

    Self

  • Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe

    Self

  • Danny DeVito

    Danny DeVito

    Self

  • Paul D. Green

    Paul D. Green

    Self

  • Steven Greenstreet

    Steven Greenstreet

    Self

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Self

  • Derek Hunter

    Derek Hunter

    Self

  • Richard Newman

    Richard Newman

    Self

Overview

The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. The objective: book a venue, market a film, attract acquisitions representatives and pack the screenings beyond capacity. Essentially, they set out to create their own film festival from the ground up in less than two weeks and all no financial backing of any kind. The film chronicles the amazing heights of passion, humility and unity met with the unbelievable lows of self-sacrifice, ego and division that exists even in the lowest levels of the independent film world.

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