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Synopsis: "Marwencol" is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp. After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark's homemade therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's avoided since the attack.
Director(s): Jeff Malmberg
Production: The Cinema Guild
  18 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
83 min
$112,036
Website
170 Views


SO I GOTTA HAVE:

MY MOM IN HERE:

IN MY TOWN.

THIS IS HOW I WORK

ON PATIENCE.

THIS IS HOW I WORK

ON DEXTERITY.

TRAINING MY RIGHT HAND

TO BE A LITTLE BIT CALMER,

NOT SHAKE SO MUCH.

I'M AMAZED HOW I CAN TALK

ABOUT THIS:

AND ACTUALLY DO IT

AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S A FIRST.

I STARTED NEEDING VEHICLES

FOR MY TOWN.

AND THE TIRES,

THEY LOOKED SO BRAND NEW.

THEY GOT THE LITTLE

FACTORY SEAM AROUND

EVERY ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST

ROLLED OUT A SHOW ROOM.

I DON'T WANT THAT.

SO I START DRAGGING STUFF.

THE JEEP HAS:

180 MILES ON IT.

WHICH IS 1,080 MILES

IN 1/6 SCALE.

WHEN I'M EVEN WALKING,

I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

LOOK AT MY FEET.

I CAN'T LOOK AROUND

LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO

AND JUST WALK:

BECAUSE OTHERWISE

I'LL WIND UP IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I'VE ALWAYS GOT TO LOOK

AT WHAT'S AHEAD.

[HORN HONKS]

I'M WALKING ALONG.

I'M WALKING ON

THAT WHITE LINE.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP ON

LOOKING DOWN,

MAKE SURE I'M

WALKING ON THAT.

AND I STILL LOSE

MY BALANCE AND STUFF

WHEN I'M DOING THAT,

BUT I'M GETTING BETTER

AT IT.

[WIND WHISTLING]

AMERICANS AND GERMANS

WERE WANDERING INTO THE TOWN

EITHER BECAUSE:

THEY WERE LOST:

OR THEY JUST CAME

ACROSS THE TOWN.

THERE WAS ONE RULE

IN MY TOWN.

THAT--FRIENDS.

BE FRIENDLY WITH EACH OTHER.

BEHAVE.

SO THEY DID. THEY WERE.

THE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH,

THE GERMANS,

THEY ALL DRINK TOGETHER,

THEY ALL SMOKE CIGARETTES

TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY BE FRIENDS

WITH EACH OTHER.

THE GERMANS,

WHEN THEY WERE THERE,

I TOLD THEM THEY

HAVE TO GET ALONG

WITH THE AMERICANS.

AND AS LONG AS I GAVE

THEM BOOZE AND A COUPLE

OF CATFIGHTS,

STAGED CATFIGHTS,

BETWEEN THE GIRLS,

THEY WERE HAPPY.

SO THE AMERICANS

AND GERMANS SAT TOGETHER,

DRINKING TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY GOT ALONG.

NOBODY WAS AGAINST

ANYBODY ELSE.

IT DIDN'T MATTER

WHAT CLOTHING THEY WORE.

WHEN I GET THAT NEW CHARACTER

AND I OPEN UP THAT BOX,

THE FIRST THING I LOOK AT

IS THEIR FACE.

AND THEN I THINK,

WHO DOES THAT REMIND ME OF

THAT I KNOW,

THAT I WANT TO PORTRAY WITH

AN ALTER EGO IN MY TOWN?

AND THEN THAT'S

THEIR ALTER EGO.

SHE LOOKS LIKE PAM.

A GIRL I KNOW, PAM.

THAT'S MARRIED.

DOWN AT THE ANCHORAGE.

SO I THINK I'M GONNA

MAKE HER PAM.

PAM.

THEN SOMETIMES I JUST DO

A QUICK THING LIKE THIS.

LIKE, OH-HO HO.

LIKE THEY'RE HUGGING ME.

LIKE THEY BOUGHT ME

AND STUFF.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO BUILD THINGS IN MINIATURE

AND WANT TO HAVE, LIKE,

A SOCIETY OUTSIDE OF SOCIETY,

A SMALLER SOCIETY.

WHEN MARK CREATES

A CHARACTER FOR YOU,

THAT'S REALLY A WAY

MARK HONORS YOU.

AND I FELT:

VERY HONORED:

WHEN MARK MADE ME

PART OF HIS TOWN.

MY DOLL, I BELIEVE

HE'S A BRITISH COMMANDO.

I THINK IT'S

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Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter who is frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. more…

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