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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GRUMPY BURGER

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BY Jason Anderson   May 07, 2008 15:05

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GRUMPY BURGER
Directed by Matt Gallagher. 84 min. Screens May 8 at 9:15pm and May 9 at 9pm at Jackman Hall (317 Dundas W).

Here’s a second shot to catch this Hot Doc hit, Matt Gallagher’s very funny portrait of filmmaker pal Marshall Sfalcin, Windsor, Ontario’s very own Roger Corman, a man happy to fill his no-budget, Z-grade productions with cardboard monsters and topless girls. When not stirring up battles in his family, Sfalcin ridicules Gallagher’s own efforts to turn this moviemaker’s life into a movie (and a great one at that). This not-so-epic tale of ambition, schlock and all-beef patties is tailor-made for cult status.

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