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Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story

Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story

2015•1h 38m•7.8/10
Documentary

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7.8/10(5)

Director and Writer Eric Dow ("Honor in the Valley of Tears") brings us his second documentary as he goes behind the scenes of the fan fiction short film, "Batman: Dead End." In the winter of 2003 commercial director Sandy Collora and some of his friends set out to make a low-budget short film for his demo reel. What they wound up actually doing was making one of the most elaborate, most watched, most talked about and most controversial short films ever made: Batman Dead End. Considering the amount of press and admiration Batman: Dead End garnered,

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Montauk Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sandy Collora

Sandy Collora

Self

Clark Bartram

Clark Bartram

Self

Neal Adams

Neal Adams

Self

Kurt Carley

Kurt Carley

Self

Sean Clark

Self

Eric S. Dow

Self

Michael Koelsch

Self

Scott Leva

Scott Leva

Self

Mike O'Hearn

Mike O'Hearn

Self

Gregory Ramoundos

Self

Shawn Reeve

Shawn Reeve

Self

Scott Rhodes

Self

Jordu Schell

Jordu Schell

Self

Shannon Shea

Self

Steve Wang

Steve Wang

Self

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