''The Reinactors'' is a 2008 documentary film directed by

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about the lives of film character impersonators and celebrity look-a-likes on the

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. The film was well received by critics and audiences during its world premiere at the 2008

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, going on to screen around the world at various film festivals. The documentary also aired on Canada's Super Channel in September and October 2009. The DVD was released in the United States September 2009 by We Got Power Films. Filmmaker

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is cited in the film's marketing calling it "A strange and tragic portrait of a dream that lives on one square block in Hollywood, and kind of in our whole country, too."

Overview

The film records the lives of film character impersonators and celebrity look-a-likes on

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over the span of a year. Elvis, Freddy Krueger works alongside

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, and

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as competing

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s, Spidermen and

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s vie for a spot on the limited real estate of Hollywood Boulevard's Walk Of Fame. The street characters featured have dreams of breaking into the big-time but the realities of the situation soon catch up with them.

Cast

*Johnny Elvis Foster *Gerard Christian Zacher *Christopher Dennis *Michael A. Luce *Tienna Marie Johns *Maxwell Allen *Melissa Weiss *Adam Allee *Mitchell Schonberner *Juan R. Simmons *Sandra Lee Allen *Thomas Parsons *Damon Knight *Omar Budhoo *Fred Young *Sean Vezina *Marty Porter *Tuck John Porter *Drevon Cooks *Tony Tomey *Bonnie Finkenthal Dennis *Matthew Muhl *David Billingsley *Henry Avalos *Kevin Barner *David Born *Gary A. Downe *Gil Gex *Arlene Parness *Neil Moryson *Thomas Rocheblaue *Johnny Elvis Foster *

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*Directed by David J. Markey *Produced by Kevin Church & David J. Markey *Cinematography by David J. Markey, *Film Editing by Antony Berrios, *Original Music by

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, &

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*On-line editor: Mark Fletcher *Additional Editor: Tanner Roth *Assistant Editor: Samantha Deghetto *Assistant Director: Dan Clark *Field Recordist: Kunal Rajan *Supervising Sound Editor: Nathan Russell *Sound Editor: Israel Segura

External links

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