''The Naked Proof'' is a 2003 independent feature film that was directed by
Jamie Hook. The film was released on June 6, 2003 through Pinwheel Pictures and follows the trials and tribulations of a philosophy student.
Synopsis
The film follows Henry, a philosophy student under extreme amounts of stress over his PhD dissertation over the existence of other people. His life is made even more stressful and random when he comes across Miriam, a mysterious pregnant woman trying to get into his apartment. The two continue to cross paths and Henry must choose between writing his dissertation or following a woman who may or may not exist.
Cast
*Michael Chick as Henry Rawitscher
*Arlette Del Toro as Miriam
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August Wilson
August Wilson ( Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays, collectively called ' (or ...
as Narrator
Film festival showings
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Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees. The SIFF runs for more th ...
(2003)
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival
The Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival is a springtime film festival in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been held since 1981. It began as the Rivertown Film Festival in Stillwater by Al Milgrom of Pine City and eventu ...
(2004)
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Wisconsin Film Festival
The Wisconsin Film Festival is an annual film festival, founded in 1999. The festival is held every April in Madison, Wisconsin, and has recently been expanded from five days to eights days.
The Festival presents a broad range of independent Ameri ...
(2005)
*Northwest Film Forum (2005)
Reception
Critical reception for the film was mostly positive, with
Film Threat
''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...
praising the movie's dialogue.
The Stranger also praised ''The Naked Proof'', saying that it was " full of spirited fits and starts". ''
Variety
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Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'' gave an ambivalent review, writing that it was an "
iable, good-hearted pic could have used a little more brain and a lot less mouth to make the most of its ain't-humans-weird approach to romantic comedy".
References
External links
Official film website*
2003 films
2003 romantic comedy films
2000s English-language films
American independent films
American romantic comedy films
2003 independent films
2000s American films
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