The small town of Junction is the proud home of The Worlds Largest Stool. John Stevens, a doctoral candidate in roadside attractions, travels to Junction, anxious to authenticate the stool as a true piece of art. Unbeknownst to John, there has been an act of vandalism against the statue of the town’s founder, and Curtis Gorfurter, Junction’s police chief, has concluded it must be the work of a terrorist. John drops off pictures of the stool in town for development and, wishing to have them enlarged, leaves a note, BLOW UP. To Chief Gorfurter this can only mean that the terrorist’s target is the stool. The Chief enacts the Junction Freedom Act and institutes a town color alert, instantly raising it from brick to tangerine. Soon, the Chief, John and the Chief’s sexually frustrated girlfriend are caught in a game where common sense has taken a holiday. Played with all seriousness and a caustic dead pan humor, director Jay Martel’s Terrorists offers a biting satire on fear gone berserk. While laugh out loud funny, it is also a serious statement on how hysteria can take away our civil liberties, even with the best of motives. A serious comedy about life in post-9/11 America.
Video ID: 54
Legacy Video ID: 54
Release Date: Oct. 19, 2004
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Languages: EN_NATIVE
Runtime: 1h 11m
Credits
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Director: Jay Martel
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John Stevens: Jason Mantzoukas
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Jennifer Castle: Jessica St. Clair
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Billy Castle: Bobby Tisdale
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Curtis Gorfurter: Ian Roberts
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Writer: Jay Martel
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Producer: Jim Paul
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Distributors: Millennium Storm
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Production Sound Mixer: Jack Hutson
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Sound Re-recording Mixer : Richard Fairbanks
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Sculptor : John El Manahi
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Production Leader: Isabel Custer
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Production Design: Len X. Clayton
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Drugstore Cashier: Zach Woods
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Guitar Contestant: Mark Sarto
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Mother at Town Hall: Katie Roberts
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Town Council Member: Rob Huebel
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Special Deputy: Matt Donnelly
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Special Deputy: Matthew Donnelly
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Town Council Member: Michael Delaney
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Mary Jo Salter: Tara Copeland
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Vandal: Len X. Clayton
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Special Deputy: Owen Burke
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Badger: Rob Riggle
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Arthur Castle: Chuck Montgomery
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Matt: Will McLaughlin
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Howie: Brian Huskey
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Celina Tottenberry: Dannah Feinglass
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Original Music: Douglas J. Cuomo
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Cinematography: Chris Perera
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Film Editor: Rachel Goodlett
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Producer: Jay Martel
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Producer: Ian Roberts
Awards
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2010: (Winner) Cinequest Film Festival Winner Audience Award
Film Festivals