Themes: Culture Clash, Fish Out of Water, Writer's Life
Main Cast: Glen Victor Boyle, Jacon Lee Hedman, Luca Bercovici, Arthur Walsh, Michelle Guthrie
Release Year: 2001
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
A kind of riff on The Blair Witch Project, Dirt Boy is focused on the title of a best-selling novel named "Dirt Boy" that has reigned popular in the small Massachusetts town of Atwater Commons -- named, not coincidentally, after the book's author, Atwater Bridges (Arthur J. Walsh). An ex-junkie New York migrant named Matty (Jacob Lee Hedman), who intends to study forensic science, signs up for a local workshop on the subject, presided over by the eerie Dr. Klugard (Luca Bercovici). After the doctor drops information about the book's content, Matty starts to retrace the steps of the book's murders with the help of an audio book of Dirt Boy, and before he knows it, ends up unearthing the corpses of supposedly fictional characters. Matty discovers a young woman (Michelle Guthrie) who has seemingly survived an attack by the mysterious author, and he attempts to solve the mystery of his discoveries. The film is narrated by Glen Victor Boyle and also features Lonnie Framer, Fran Devasto, and Eddie McCabe. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide
Lonnie Farmer; Fran Devasto; Maybeth Holland; Mike Zammitto; Eddie McCabe; Virginia Polack; Dossy Peabody; Robert Rubin
Credit
Scott Findley - Associate Producer, Jay Frasco - Director, Jay Frasco - Editor, Paul Jorgensen - Composer (Music Score), John V. Smalley - Producer, Jay Frasco - Producer, Scott Findley - Producer, Jay Frasco - Screenwriter, Eric Pascarelli - Visual Effects
