Public Access

UPC: 658769311334

Studio: Vanguard Cinema

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:null

Summary: Before making their Oscar-winning film The Usual Suspects, director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie made their first film -- this low-budget independent feature and Grand Jury Prize winner at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. Public Access examines the power and dangers of mass media consumption upon a small-town community. Ron Marquette plays Whiley Pritcher, a stranger in the small community of Brewster, who lands a job as the host of a local public access call-in show. On his program he asks the simple question "What's wrong with Brewster?" and gets all manner of call-in complaints -- from discrimination at the school to political corruption at the town hall. Soon, Whiley becomes a local celebrity and an arbiter of public opinion. As his power grows, he makes a pact with Bob Hodges (Burt Williams), Brewster's mayor, and begins an affair with Rachel (Dina Brooks), the town librarian. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Awards: Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic – Sundance Film Festival

Features: [None specified]

Public Access

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/28/2003

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Chapters: Side #1 --
2. Opening Credits [:04]
3. Brewster [4:46]
4. Fact Finding [7:20]
5. Our Town [3:53]
6. Bob Hodges [12:28]
7. Rachel's Story [9:55]
8. Nightmares [9:51]
9. Little Secret [11:06]
10. Taking Out the Trash [2:46]
11. Falling In Love [7:02]
12. Wrapping It Up [7:31]
13. End Credits [6:13]

Cast and Crew: Leigh Hunt  Actor 
Christopher McQuarrie  Actor 
John Ellis  Actor 
Matt Jacobson  Actor 
Margaret Kerry  Actor 
Kenneth Kokin  Producer 
Christopher McQuarrie  Screenwriter 
John Ottman  Composer (Music Score) 
Bryan Singer  Director 
Bryan Singer  Screenwriter 
Ron Marquette  Actor 
Larry Maxwell  Actor 
Brandon Boyce  Actor 

Country: USA