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Four struggling way-off Broadway actors hang out at a local eatery and pool
their meager funds
for lottery tickets. They dream of winning enough to make a movie - their
route out of obscurity . One day their winning number hits, and Charlie
(Steven Feder) begins work on a script inspired by the greatest movies ever
made. He gets a bit carried away and the result if a thoroughly plagiarized
screenplay that's summarily rejected by every director-for-hire in town . .
. except by the unlikeliest of choices: a highly politicized Afrocentric
artfilm auteur. Meanwhile, each guy is separately wondering if this is
really the best way to spend their new-found riches. No one ever said show
biz was easy...
Like the film within it, albeit with far more subtlety and grace, The Cottonwood pays homage to a range of inspiring films - from Broadway Danny Rose to Saturday Night Fever - in constructing its tale of misbegotten filmmakers in search of a story. 1996, 35mm, Color, 100 Minutes
Producers: Steven Feder, James Baffico |
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