My Kid Could Paint That

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 10 05 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 043396225190

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Language]

Summary: Most four-year-olds make paintings that hang on the refrigerator in their parents' kitchen, but by that age Marla Olmstead already had her first gallery show in Binghamton, NY. Born in 2000, Marla first picked up a paint brush when she was a year old, following the example of her father, an amateur painter, and soon the tyke was creating large canvases with unexpected skill and enthusiasm. Her father gave one of Marla's paintings to a friend who owned a coffee shop, and when a customer offered to buy the piece for 250 dollars, the pre-kindergartner began a career as a professional artist. Marla's work has been displayed around the United States and her paintings fetch as much as 25,000 dollars each, but some have questioned if Marla is following her own muse or taking instruction from her parents. Others have debated the validity of reviews comparing her work to Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock, and a few have asked if Marla's parents are the art world equivalent of stage mothers, pushing their child and exploiting her talents for their own benefit. Documentary filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev examines young artist, her work and the controversy behind it in his film My Kid Could Paint That, which was an official selection at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Visual Arts [nf]

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Film Presented – Sundance Film Festival Film Presented – Vancouver International Film Festival Best Documentary – Utah Film Critics Best Documentary – Toronto Film Critics Association Film Presented – London Film Festival IDA/ABC News Videosource Award – International Documentary Association

Features: cc
Audio commentary
Back to Binghamton
Michael Kimmelman on Art

My Kid Could Paint That

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/04/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.0 Dolby Digital 5.0

Runtime: 83 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- My Kid Could Paint That
1. Chapter 1 [2:25]
2. Chapter 2 [2:36]
3. Chapter 3 [2:49]
4. Chapter 4 [3:29]
5. Chapter 5 [2:46]
6. Chapter 6 [2:44]
7. Chapter 7 [:46]
8. Chapter 8 [3:41]
9. Chapter 9 [3:02]
10. Chapter 10 [1:34]
11. Chapter 11 [2:38]
12. Chapter 12 [1:42]
13. Chapter 13 [2:29]
14. Chapter 14 [2:42]
15. Chapter 15 [4:30]
16. Chapter 16 [3:03]
17. Chapter 17 [2:43]
18. Chapter 18 [1:32]
19. Chapter 19 [5:20]
20. Chapter 20 [1:08]
21. Chapter 21 [2:35]
22. Chapter 22 [2:09]
23. Chapter 23 [4:22]
24. Chapter 24 [3:59]
25. Chapter 25 [2:15]
26. Chapter 26 [3:15]
27. Chapter 27 [5:07]
28. Chapter 28 [5:58]

Cast and Crew: Jackie Wescott  Actor 
Elizabeth Cohen  Actor 
Stuart Simpson  Actor 
Zane Olmstead  Actor 
Mark Olmstead  Actor 
Jonathan Crosby  Actor 
Tara Sands  Actor 
Ron Curtis, Jr.  Actor 
Michael Kimmelman  Actor 
Anthony Brunelli  Actor 
Laura Olmstead  Actor 
Celeste Russi  Actor 
Marla Olmstead  Actor 
Amir Bar-Lev  Actor 
John Battsek  Executive Producer 
Eric Offin  Composer (Music Score) 
Amir Bar-Lev  Director 
Amir Bar-Lev  Producer 
Richard Klein  Executive Producer 
Rondo Brothers  Composer (Music Score) 

Country: USA