- To save their home from foreclosure, two TV producers (Oscar and Brett) bet on races, plan a robbery, and consult with the mob. Framed through a behind the scenes look at community television, eight film school grads, a small time mob boss, and a full-time Muppet desperately try to save their home and their way of life by making "TV: the Movie". Fusing documentary footage with fictional scenes, "TV: the Movie" invites its viewers on a deconstructive journey through reality and illusion.—T. Anthony Moore
- This witty and true-to-life film packs lots of laughs, and is especially funny to anyone who is familiar with that last bastion of free speech, the public access (or "cable access") studio. What makes this film unique is that it includes clips from an actual TV show, "The Adam Bomb Show", which aired on Comcast channel 25 in the Santa Maria, CA area and Reno, NV.
It opens with Oscar and Brett, two film-makers, who realize their home will be foreclosed on soon if they don't pay the mortgage. We meet the cast in a reality-show fashion, and get glimpses of life in a house full of filmmakers, intercut with snippets of their comedic exploits.
As the producer and director (respectively), Oscar and Brett confer and decide to shoot a movie to save their home, hence "TV: The Movie". This plan seems more logical than some of their other cockamamie schemes, including robbing a bank or making internet porn.
The film segues into actual scenes of The Adam Bomb Show, a late night show akin to Jay Leno (without the chin!) or Conan O'Brien (only funny!), and introduces a pivotal character, Brett's twin brother Saul, who acts as something like an indispensible nemesis to the production, and who is focused more on fame than reality.
The movie uses title cards to remind us of the house foreclosing in a ticking clock fashion (such as "13 days to forclosure"), while focusing on the relationships of the characters. As things begin to look bleak, Brett's twin brother Saul becomes a part of the production, adding a staight man to the TV show and a lot of humor. The crew discovers that Saul, a bit strange and secretive, is actually a small-time mafia boss.
This leads to the crew asking Saul directly for cash to save their home, which he agrees to, if they will do him a favor -- a special delivery -- which ultimately risks the life of the cameraman, Arturo.
In the final minutes of the movie, Art is shot in a gun fight, and the crew saves the house with a questionable financial grant from Saul. The crew and cast have a wrap party at a public park, where an actual rock band Malo Culo plays into the end credits.
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