"Of all the films that have ever been or will be, nothing compares to Beaver Trilogy." - Sundance Film Festival
"A rivetingly strange, multilayered inquiry into celebrity, obsession, and serendipity." - A.O. Scott, New York Times
Monday, June 29, 6:00 p.m. | In 1979, filmmaker Trent Harris visits the small town of Beaver, Utah, to film a talent show. An Olivia Newton-John impersonator named Groovin’ Gary leaves such an impression on him that he reenacts Gary's performance in 1981 with a young Sean Penn and again in 1985 with a young Crispin Glover. He later combined the original documentary footage with the two fictional remakes to create BEAVER TRILOGY, a one of a kind portrait of a small town outsider and the complex relationships between subject and filmmaker, documentation and exploitation.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Best Experimental/Independent Film, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
OFF CENTER is a basement. OFF CENTER is a backyard. OFF CENTER is a place to come hang and experience weird films together in the spirit of DIY filmmaking and the microcinema. Programmed by Michael Wawzenek.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu