USA, 1999
113m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
Dolby Digital, English
An American borderline horror film directed by Eric Bross.
Plot Summary
Jared turns up at the home of his best friend Austin late at night, dishevelled and claiming that someone has died at his apartment. But is he being entirely truthful?
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Eric Bross
© 1999 STF, LLC
Moonstone Entertainment in association with Unapix Entertainment present a Bergman Lustig production. An Eric Bross film
Executive Producers: Michael I. Levy, Zack Estrin, Etchie Stroh, Robert Baruc
Produced by: Dana Lustig, Ram Bergman
Co-producer: Deborah Thompson-Duda
Line Producer: Don Schain
Associate Producer: Raymond Izaac
Written by: Tim Garrick, Scott Russell
Director of Photography: Horacio Marquinez
Edited by: Caroline Ross
Music by: Larry Seymour
Main Title Theme Written, Performed & Produced by: Tal Bergman
Production Sound Mixer: Dennis Carr
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Lanny Skies
Key Makeup: Robin Michelle Stepp
Key Hair: Cheryl Eckert
Production Designer: Gary Griffin Constable
Casting by: Mary Margiotta, Karen Margiotta
Cast
Mackenzie Astin (Jared)
Todd Field (Donovan/Austin)
Dina Meyer (Emma)
Natasha Gregson Wagner (Violet)
Joe Unger (Bubba)
Frances Bay (Mrs Steiner)
Michael Flynn (porter)
Scott Sublono (homeless man)
Robert Lewis (policeman #1)
K.C. Clyde (young man)
Sharron Prince (newscaster)
Alternative Titles
Aidosti outoa – Finland
Belgi – Uzbekistan
Bolj cudno kot fikcija – Slovenia
Contado Niguém Acredita – Portugal
Contado Ninguém Acredita – Portugal
Felforgatókönyv – Hungary
Hơn Cả Tiểu Thuyết – Vietnam
Horší to už nebude – Czech Republic
Horší už to nebude – Czech Republic
Horšie to už nebude – Slovakia
L’Incroyable destin de Harold Crick – France
Izdomātā dzīve – Latvia
Killing Harold Crick – working title
Lütfen Beni Öldürme – Turkey
Mai mult decât fictiune – Romania
Mais Estranho que a Ficção – Brazil
Más extraño que la ficción – Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, USA (Spanish)
Me’ever le’khol dimyon(Hebrew) – Israel
Otkucaji života – Croatia
Personaj – Azerbaijan
Pio paraxeno ki apo paraxeno – Greece
Plus étrange que fiction(French) – Canada
Przypadek Harolda Cricka – Poland
Schräger als Fiktion – Austria, Germany
Sukurtas Haroldas – Lithuania
Väljamõeldisestki veidram – Estonia
Vero come la finzione – Italy
Πιο παράξενο κι από παράξενο! – Greece
Више од маште – Serbia
Кейіпкер – Kazakhstan
Не може да бъде! – Bulgaria
Персонаж – Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
主人公は僕だった – Japan
口白人生 – Taiwan
Links
Includes extracts from
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Extracts included in
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)
Romantic Comedy (2019)
Starfilm (2017)
References
Periodicals
- Film Review no.603 (March 2001) p.81 – illustrated video review (Stranger than fiction by Grant Kempster
- Screen International no.1183 (13 November 1998) p.19 – credits (International production)
- Sight and Sound vol.11 no.5 (May 2001) p.66 – (Home movies: reviews: premiere releases by Danny Leigh and Geoffrey Macnab)
- Variety 30 August 1999 p.62 – credits, synopsis, review (Film reviews by Emanuel Levy)
