All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (film)

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Directed by Tim Rutili
Written byTim Rutili
Starring Angela Bettis
Music by Califone
Distributed byBetter Angel Films
IndiePix Films
Release date
  • January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)(Sundance) [1]
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English
Budget$30,000 [2]

All My Friends are Funeral Singers is a 2010 experimental drama film directed by Tim Rutili of the band Califone. The film makes extensive use of the music of Califone, and was released as a companion to the band's album of the same name. [2] The film tells the story of a medium, played by Angela Bettis, living with a group of ghosts in the house who want to leave. She finds out that the ghosts were trapped by her grandmother.

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Cast

RolePlayed By
Zel Angela Bettis
Karen Emily Candini
Ted Reid Coker
Henry Kevin Ford
Margaret Megan Hovde-Wilkins
Camille Karol Kent
Julius George McAuliffe
Buñuel Michael McGinley
Alice Sierra Magdalena Mitchell
Alan Alan Scalpone
Nyla Molly Wade
Moe Wesley Walker
Musicians Joe Adamik
Jim Becker
Ben Massarella
Tim Rutili
Grandma's voice Suzanne Sole
Answering machine voices Taylor Patterson
Roseann Rutili

Production

Rutili began writing the film's screenplay in September 2008, and developed the screenplay alongside the album. [3] The screenplay was completed by December of the same year, but production on the film didn't begin until April 2009. [3] Rutili was heavily inspired by the 1970s Spanish drama The Spirit of the Beehive , in addition to the works of David Lynch. [3] [4]

The film made its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. [5] It also screened at the 2010 South by Southwest festival where Califone played the live score and additional concerts. [6]

Reception

The film's reception has been mixed. The Hollywood Reporter noted that the film "will be of interest to fans of the band Califone" and that "filmmaker/bandmember Rutili could edit together some good concert-backdrop material from the more experimental moments." [7] and positive reviews of the film were given by both Express Night Out [8] and Inside Pulse Films, [9] with the latter referring to the film as "trance-like and dreamy — like a washed-out jeans version of Beetlejuice " and "an unqualified crowd-pleaser." [9]

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