Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie

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Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie
Directed byJay Delaney
Produced byJay Delaney
StarringDallas Gilbert
Wayne Burton
CinematographyShane Allen Davis
Edited byJay Delaney
Music byJustin Riley
Ben Colburn
Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Release date
  • October 17, 2008 (2008-10-17)(Pioneer Theater)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie is a 2008 American documentary film about Dallas Gilbert and Wayne Burton, two Bigfoot researchers from Portsmouth, Ohio. [1] The documentary was directed by Jay Delaney. [2]

Contents

Release

The film was released at the Pioneer Theater in New York on October 17, 2008. [3]

Reception

The film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [4] Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four. [5] Mel Valentin of Slash Film gave it a 6 out of 10. [1]

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References

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  2. Kern, Laura (16 October 2008). "Two Friends With Tall Tales". The New York Times . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. Kay, Jeremy (16 October 2008). "Oscilloscope takes worldwide on Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie". Screen Daily . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. "Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. Gonzalez, Ed (10 October 2008). "Review: Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 6 December 2020.