Directed by:
Stephen KesslerComposer:
Ben VaughnCast:
Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, Ted Demme, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Fred Williamson, Nick Cassavetes, Paul Logan (more)Plots(1)
The Independent is the story of one man's struggle for a little bit of recognition. It's filled with interviews from Morty's celebrity friends, clips from his thirty years of films, and a cinema verite camera which follows Morty and Paloma as they try to find the money to help him complete his latest work, the socially conscious semi erotic thriller, Ms. Kevorkian. The Independent is filled with great performances, and finds its way into your hands as the result of the settling of a lawsuit with a now defunct, terrible little independent film distributor, the ugly details of which we are contractually unable to revisit here. Enjoy! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jerry Stiller
USA
Best movies:
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997) (TV movie)
Hairspray (1988)
Janeane Garofalo
USA
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Dogma (1999)
Max Perlich
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Blow (2001)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Ted Demme
USA
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
John Q (2002)
The Independent (2000)
Roger Corman
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Ron Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
Karen Black
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Capricorn One (1977)
Peter Bogdanovich
USA
Best movies:
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Opening Night (1977)
Targets (1968)
Fred Williamson
USA
Best movies:
Black Eye (1974)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Nick Cassavetes
USA
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Face Off (1997)
Paul Logan
USA
Best movies:
American Tigers (1996)
The Independent (2000)
The Horde (2016)
Ethan Embry
USA
Best movies:
First Man (2018)
Empire Records (1995)
Cheap Thrills (2013)
Victoria Silvstedt
Sweden
Best movies:
Heartbreaker (2010)
BASEketball (1998)
Out Cold (2001)
Debbie Lee Carrington
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Total Recall (1990)
Men in Black (1997)
Maria Cina
USA
Best movies:
Almost Heroes (1998)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
The Independent (2000)
Billy Burke
USA
Best movies:
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Without Limits (1998)
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
Larry Hankin
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Michael Berryman
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Crow (1994)
Andy Dick
USA
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998)
Old School (2003)
Ben Stiller
USA
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Madagascar (2005)