''Colin Fitz Lives!'', also known simply as ''Colin Fitz'' is a 1997

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directed by Robert Bella. ''Colin Fitz Lives!'' was shot on 35mm in New York City. The budget was $150,000 and the film was shot in 14 days. It had its World Premiere in Dramatic Competition at the 1997

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. The film won awards at numerous film festivals, including the

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and the Long Island Film Festival, but did not receive theatrical distribution. In August 2010,

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released a newly remastered version of the film as part of its Video On Demand platform.Sundance Selects – Colin Fitz Lives!
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Cast

John C. McGinley John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in '' Scrubs'', Bob Slydell in ''Office Space'', Captain Hendrix in '' The Rock'', Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's ''Platoon,'' ...

as Groundskeeper *

Matt McGrath Matthew John "Matt" McGrath (December 28, 1875 – January 29, 1941) was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. At the time of his death at age 64, he attained the ran ...

as Paul *

William H. Macy William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Some of his best known starring roles include those i ...

as Mr. O'Day * Andy Fowleas Grady *

Julianne Phillips Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960Dave Marsh, ''Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s'', Pantheon Books, 1987; . pp. 303, 316-18.) is an American model and actress. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s before moving on to act ...

as Justice Fitz * Robert Bella as Pepe *

Will McCormack William Joseph McCormack Jr. (born January 13, 1974) is an American actor, executive producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for his short film ''If Anything Happens I Love You'' (2020), which earned him the Academy Award fo ...

as Todd * Erik Jensen as Dean *

Martha Plimpton Martha Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress. Her feature-film debut was in '' Rollover'' (1981); she subsequently rose to prominence in the Richard Donner film ''The Goonies'' (1985). She has also appeared in '' The Mosquito ...

as Ann *

Mary McCormack Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969) is an American actress. She has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series '' Murder One'' (1995–97), as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in ''The West Wing'' (2004–06), a ...

as Moira *

Chris Bauer Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in ''The Wire'', ''Third Watch'', ''True Blood'', ''Survivor's Remorse,'' '' The Deuce and'' the Apple TV+ original science fiction spac ...

as Tony Baby Shark *

Casper Andreas Casper Andreas (born September 28, 1972) is a Swedish actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer based in New York City. He is openly gay. Career Andreas was born in Sweden. He made his feature film debut as a director with the r ...

as Mats (as Casper Andreasson) *

Toni Pearen Toni Michelle Pearen is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera ''E Street (television show), E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a l ...

as Pandemonium Fan *

Kristen Johnston Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in ...

as Stalker Fan

Awards and nominations

*Sundance Film Festival **Nominated, 1997, Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic (Robert Bella) *Austin Film Festival **Nominated, 1997, Feature Film Award (Tom Morrissey (writer)/Robert Bella (director)) **Won, 1997, Feature Film Award for Cinematography (Henry Cline) **Won, 1997, Feature Film Award for Best Feature (Robert Bella) **Won, 1997, Audience Award (Robert Bella) *Florida Film Festival **Nominated, 1997, Grand Jury Award for Narrative (Robert Bella) *Long Island Film Festival **Won, 1997, Best of Fest (Robert Bella) *WorldFest Houston awards **Won, 1997, Gold Award for Comedy (Robert Bella)

Sources

*https://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-sundance-favorite-finally-gets-released.html
movies.nytimes.comwww.hollywood.comwww.the-numbers.com

External links

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