Captive Audience (1999)

Directors:

Mike Gioscia
Kurt St. Thomas

Drehbuchautor:

Mike Gioscia (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Disc Jockey | Talk Radio | Hostage | Radio DJ | Radio

Filmpreise:

2 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

A great low-budget movie with surprising depth

Besetzung

Mike Gioscia	...	Dave
Kat Corbett	...	Julie Reno
Michael Kevin Walker	...	Jack the Ripper
Daniel Haas	...	Howard Engalls
Rick Poli	...	Officer Dick Barker
Kurt St. Thomas	...	Officer Tom Kresge
Megan Rawa	...	Roni Clarke / Radio Reporter
David Fisher	...	Butch the Camera Man
Adrian Healy	...	Jack's Father
Linda Twiss	...	Jack's Mother
Dan Bienert	...	Mr. Hebert
Sandra Dawson	...	Dancer
Julie Kramer	...	101X Disc Jockey
Josh Pitt	...	99 Rock Announcer
Chris Kennedy	...	Phone Caller #1 (voice)

Länge:

70 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Firma:

Corporate Sucker Films

Dies und das:

Much of the shooting and audio post-production was done at WFNX radio in Boston after hours. Many employees and former employees of the station are featured in cameos and as the call-in voices. Also, the final scene was shot in the on-air studio of WFNX during the overnight shift. Filming had to be stopped periodically for the real on-air DJ's breaks.

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Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Apocalypse Now (1979)

A great low-budget movie with surprising depth

I saw this film at the Wood Hole Film Festival in Woods Hole, MA. This movie was so low that the directors/stars/writers had a question and answer period afterward. Despite this, the film, about a late night radio shock jock taken hostage is surprisingly well done. The premise may sound like the movie "Airheads" but they're about as alike as Pauly Shore's "In the Army Now" and oh say, "Apocalypse Now." In addition there is a surprise twist handled just as well as the rest of the movie. The writers, who worked formerly at WFNX in Boston, manage to add some good classic rock in-jokes too.