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Backseat Film Festival 2004 Announces Premiere Feature Film Schedule
The Rock and Roll Film Festival is coming to Philadelphia!

The complete lineup for the 2004 Backseat Film Festival (BFF) in Philadelphia, January 23-25th 2004 at the Triangle Theater (1220 N. Lawrence Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122).
The three day festival will consist of seven 3-hour Rock and Roll film programs. Each screening block has a theme and will showcase one of seven feature films, as well as an accompanying shorts program.

Zombies
Acne - Directed by Rusty Nails (Philly Premiere)
Suburban teens everywhere are turning into monstrous, zombified "zitheads!" Who is behind it? Is it the Army, or maybe corporate America? Two infected teens set out find out what’s really up, will they find out, or die trying?

Southern Comfort
Ambition Withdraw - Directed by Jason Eustice (Philly Premiere)
Shot over a fifteen-year period, Ambition Withdraw unleashes to the world the most dangerous rock band, The Unsatisfied. Director Eustice goes well beyond the average rockumentary by exposing the unglamorous side of the rock and roll life: working, touring and raising a family.

Genre Blender
Prison A Go Go - Directed by Barak Epstein (Philly Premiere)
A wild parody of the great 'Women in Prison' films of the past, welcome to PRISON-A-GO-GO! The rowdy women's prison filled with multiple shower scenes! Girls running amok! Kung fu food fights! Ninjas! Mutant Zombies! Evil Scientists, Prominent Product Placement! Genetic Mutation! and Mad Mud Wrastlin'!

Self Made Celebrity (Double Feature)
American Icon : The Naked Cowboy Story Directed by Terry Lukemire (Philly Premiere)
American Icon is the story of one man’s obsession to become the most celebrated entertainer of all time”. John Robert Burck, aka The Naked Cowboy, armed with only a guitar, cowboy hat, boots and his underwear, pursues his dream of fame and fortune while bringing inspiration to the masses.
The Legendary WID Directed by Jason Ferraro and Brian Galla
WID is Philadelphia's version of Gallagher with the emotional complexity of a Weird Al inspired Andrew Dice Clay. This interesting documentary follows comedian/diorama pop-cult artist The Legendary Wid and his bid for fame and identity.

I Love Rock n’ Roll
Plaster Caster - Directed by Jessica Villines
An intimate documentary portrait of legendary artist and groupie, Cynthia Plaster Caster, famous for plaster casting the penises of rock stars, including Jimi Hendrix, Jello Biafra and many more. Plaster Caster goes beyond the mythology and asks the question, "is it really art?"

Sketch Comedy
Fubar - Directed by Michael Dowse
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Explore the lives and thoughts of these Alberta everymen, their depths of friendship, and also learn the art and science of drinking beer like a man!

Director Spotlight : Jeff Krulik
Jeff Krulik is a prolific and award-winning documentary filmmaker based in Washington, DC. Krulik is known for his profiles of unusual people and for bringing a trademark blend of curiosity, humor and compassion to his films including Heavy Metal Parking Lot, I Created Lancelot Link, and Ernest Borgnine on the Bus. The Backseat Film Festival pays tribute with a block of Krulik classics, and ending with the Philly premiere of his latest work, "Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed. This one hour documentary successfully preserves sideshow history while paying tribute to the great performers and human oddities of past and present sideshows.


Schedule of events

The Philadelphia edition of the 2004 Backseat Film Festival, which is fast becoming known as one of America's most fun and edgy film festivals, will feature 25 unique hours of the least-pretentious independent film from all over the world. We like movies that are a good time, films that are actually entertaining, ones that make us laugh and are edgy in all the best ways. Films that push peoples buttons and question their sensibilities. What we think of as GOOD films. A film of any size, shape or flavor can be a good film, as long as its got the right spirit.


Philadelphia schedule of events:
Friday, January 23rd- OPENING NIGHT- One film program- 8:30-11:30pm
Saturday, January 24th- Three film programs- 1:30-4:30pm / 5pm-8pm/ 8:30-11:30pm
Sunday, January 25th- Three film programs- 1:30-4:30pm / 5pm-8pm/ 8:30-11:30pm