"The film itself is only part of the story."
A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.
Trent Harris
Himself
Jared Hess
Himself
Stefene Russell
Self (as Stef Russell)
Alex Caldiero
Himself
Ken Sanders
Himself
Sean Penn
Himself (archive footage)
Crispin Glover
Himself (archive footage)
Bill Hader
Narrator
A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.
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