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The Destiny of Marty Fine | |
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Directed by | Michael Hacker |
Written by | Michael Hacker Mark Ruffalo |
Story by | Mark Ruffalo [1] |
Produced by | Jeffrey Miller |
Starring | Norman Fell Michael Ironside Alan Gelfant Catherine Keener James LeGros |
Cinematography | Melinda Sue Gordon |
Edited by | Gabriella Cristiani Lee Grubin Tammis Chandler Barbara Boguski |
Distributed by | One-Two Prods. Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film was released on March 16, 1996 at South by Southwest. [1]
Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a negative review, calling it "a genuine eyesore." [1]
Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Unfortunately, it's also not a very good movie." [2]
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