American Cannibal: The Road to Reality
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Perry Grebin
Neil Degroot
Bob Thompson
Dave Roberts
George Gray
Linda Stasi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Two struggling, desperate-for-success TV writers partner with a porn promoter to create a shocking reality show involving cannibalism and a desert island. Struggling sitcom writers Dave Roberts and Gil S. Ripley are urged by their manager to focus on reality programming. After being spurned by one network after another, they start to pitch increasingly outrageous concepts, finally hooking up with Kevin "K.B." Blatt, the promoter behind the Paris Hilton sex tape. Blatt enthusiastically bankrolls the Darwinian American Cannibal, a show that originated as an absurd example of how far reality TV could be pushed. Contestants on this show are starved on a desert island for days and then scared with hints of cannibalism. The drama behind the actual documentary stems from its exploration of the two writers' moral evolution: while Roberts turns giddy at the prospect of a hit show, Ripley grows increasingly disillusioned. When one of the contestants becomes critically injured, Roberts beats himself up on camera, and both he and Ripley bail on the project. The inescapable irony is that Roberts and Ripley have now inadvertently become stars of their own reality show.
Cast
Neil Degroot
Bob Thompson
Dave Roberts
George Gray
Linda Stasi
Kevin Blatt
Lizz Winstead
Gil S Ripley
Crew
Doug Abel
Kevin Blatt
Benjamin Charbit
Neil Degroot
Douglas Gillard
George Gray
Perry Grebin
Perry Grebin
Perry Grebin
Perry Grebin
Lloyd Groveman
Ari Haberberg
Ari Haberberg
Suki Hawley
Gill Holland
Denis Jensen
Lillian Lasalle
Ed Litwak
Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro
Samuel Nigro
Corey Ribotsky
Mike Riley
Gil S Ripley
Dave Roberts
Linda Stasi
Bob Thompson
Kevin Wilson
Lizz Winstead
Kenneth D Yellin
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States March 16, 2007
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States April 27, 2007
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2007
Released in United States Spring March 16, 2007
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (NY, NY Documentary Feature Competition) April 25-May 7, 2006.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (NY, NY Documentary Feature Competition) April 25-May 7, 2006.)
Limited Release in United States March 16, 2007
Released in United States Spring March 16, 2007 (NY)
Released in United States April 27, 2007 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2007
