Darkon (film)
| Darkon | |
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 Promotional poster for Darkon | |
| Directed by | Luke Meyer Andrew Neel |
| Produced by | Tom Davis Ethan Palmer Christopher Kikis Thoma Kikis Nicholas Levis (associate producer) Cherise Wolas Alan Zelenetz |
| Starring | Daniel McCarthur Rebecca Thurmond Kenyon Wells Andrew Mattingly |
| Cinematography | Karl F. Schroder Hillary Spera |
| Edited by | Brad Turner |
| Music by | Jonah Rapino |
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| Distributed by | Independent Film Channel (TV) |
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Running time | 89 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Darkon is a feature-length documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer.
Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[1] Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.[citation needed]
The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films.[citation needed]
John Hodgman was hired to write a scripted film adaptation of the documentary.[2] However plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman.[2]
Reception[]
Darkon was well received by critics. The film has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on the reviews of 19 critics.[3]
References[]
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (June 26, 2006). "Darkon (2006): Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Fest". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Julia Smith (14 August 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ "Darkon - Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
External links[]
- Darkon at AllMovie
- Darkon at IMDb
- The Darkon Wargaming Club - official site of the role-playing club on which the film is based
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