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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Rumstick Road
2014 1h 12m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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A video reconstruction of the 1977 Wooster Group production Rumstick Road, an experimental theater performance created by Spalding Gray and Elizabeth LeCompte after the suicide of Gray's mother. Archival recordings are combined with photographs, slides, and other materials to recreate the original production.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Spalding Gray
Self (archive footage)
Ron Vawter
Self (archive footage)
Libby Howes
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Porter
Self (archive footage)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Elizabeth LeCompte
- Writers
- Spalding Gray
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Elizabeth LeCompte directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 12 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Spalding Gray and Ron Vawter and Libby Howes carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 72 min · 1h 12m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Elizabeth LeCompte
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2013-10-03· New York Film Festival
- Theatrical2014-05-01
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