Sentences with phrase «filmed on a shoestring budget»

Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where the movie would become a staple of the infamous 42nd Street grindhouse circuit), «Basket Case» has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time.

He came from out of nowhere, made his film on a shoestring budget using crowdsourcing, mainly, to get it made.

For a first film on a shoestring budget, the film looks something born out...

Written and directed by Sebastián Silva, Crystal Fairy was filmed on a shoestring budget in Chile.

Collaborated with director to create rich visual narratives for a small independent film on a shoestring budget.

Not exact matches

Compared to major studio projects like the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin adaption of Walter Isaacson's popular biography of Jobs, this film was made on a shoestring, with an estimated budget of just $ 8.5 million.

Another film that went on to have it's own franchise pushed the boundaries of horror, made on a shoestring budget and executed in the most simplest of terms was Saw.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

«Boyhood,» director Richard Linklater's experimental coming - of - age film that was shot over 12 years on a shoestring budget, followed with three nominations for its ensemble cast and for Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.

Given the extreme low budget (the film was shot on a shoestring in Budapest), the special effects look pretty credible, with Petty wisely deciding to spend most of the time with the creatures in the background or swathed in shadow, understanding that Sentinel is a picture of ideas — an unusually faithful recreation of Hitchcock's film possessed of a similar, mordant sense of humour, if an understandable surfeit of corresponding depth.

, About a Boy) makes his debut as a director, shooting his modest film in 16 days on a shoestring $ 300,000 budget.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, «Night of the Living Dead,» directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

I would be cheating my own rules for this annual exercise if I were to crown Howards End as my film of the year - I have in fact seen it many, many times before and loved it for a long time (although never before was I able to enjoy the finesse of its narrative structure, and admire its sumptuous mise - en - scene and art direction - actually delivered on a shoestring budget - on a big screen).

For working on a shoestring budget, Vijayan and her technical team have put together a film that looks and sounds professional while never taking the emphasis off of the characters.

The nominees for the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning from Los Angeles, once again honouring the year's best independent films shot on shoestring budgets (specifically under $ 20 million).

Edwards filmed his debut feature (Monsters, 2010)-- about two people travelling across America six years after aliens invaded Earth — on a shoestring budget of just $ 800,000 with a minuscule crew of just seven people.

I hate to write negative film reviews for small films that are clearly made with passion and scraped together on a shoestring budget, but I also hate to watch indie films that are clearly lacking vision and give my beloved horror genre a bad name.

Thus, the director decided to take advantage of the presence of his crew and most of his cast and shot a full second feature, Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus on a shoestring budget while waiting to complete principal photography on the film he was supposed to make in the first place.

Duncan Jones (yep, he's David Bowie's son), making his feature film debut, keeps things simple and low - tech, though the movie looks quite good for something that was surely made on a shoestring budget.