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5.3/10 Filmweb Directed by Judi Krant Production
company Beachwood Pictures Director Judith Krant Distributed by IFC Films | 5.8/10 IMDb 4/5 iTunes - Apple Cinematography Petter Eldin Initial release 2009 Written by Judith Krant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jackson Kuehn
Dan Sumpter
Syna Zhang Edited by Victoria Mauch
Bart Rachmil
Dan Sumpter Release date March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) (SXSW) Cast Jackson Kuehn, Dan Sumpter, Bronwyn Cornelius, Deng Juan, Syna Zhang, Frances Kuehn, Beth Kuehn Produced by James Choi, Bronwyn Cornelius, Judith Krant Similar Movies about inventions, Mockumentaries, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Made in china official trailer
Made in China is a comedic feature film produced, co-written and directed by Judi Krant that was released in 2010. The title of the film is a reference to the Made in China label on many manufactured goods. The film was nominated for and won many independent film festival awards: winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature 2009, Winner of SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Woman Director 2009, Winner of Oldenburg International Film Festival Audience Award 2009, Winner of the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival 2009, and Winner of the Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking award at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival 2009.
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Made in china screen award winning best marathi film 2008 trailer
Plot
The film focuses on a novelty inventor named "Johnson", a 20-something from Texas who has designed what he believes will be the next great novelty item. He makes contact with a Chinese manufacturer in Shanghai via Craigslist and decides to fly to China with his life savings to create his dream product. Upon arrival, his contact fails to show up or answer his phone. Johnson decides to negotiate the manufacturing contract himself, without knowledge of Chinese.
Johnson explains, "every object has a story, and in that story is an inventor." Throughout Johnson's adventure, the history of iconic novelty inventors is revealed, including joy buzzer's Soren Sorensen Adams, pet rock's Gary Dahl, slinky's Richard T. James, and the ant farms' Milton Levine.