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The Origin of Atherton

  • 2007
  • 22m
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"Whistler's Mother" - Laura Goetz and Robin Booth as Atherton Grace and her Beloved Mother.
Short

Based upon "The Death Ray" by Dan Clowes, a strange girl's life gets stranger still, when she discovers secrets and powers heretofore unknown. A comic tragedy unfolds when supposed super-her... Read allBased upon "The Death Ray" by Dan Clowes, a strange girl's life gets stranger still, when she discovers secrets and powers heretofore unknown. A comic tragedy unfolds when supposed super-heroics and questions of nature versus nurture arise, amid cigarette smoke and 4 color teenag... Read allBased upon "The Death Ray" by Dan Clowes, a strange girl's life gets stranger still, when she discovers secrets and powers heretofore unknown. A comic tragedy unfolds when supposed super-heroics and questions of nature versus nurture arise, amid cigarette smoke and 4 color teenage jealousy.

  • Director
    • Pietre Valbuena
  • Writers
    • Daniel Clowes
    • Pietre Valbuena
  • Stars
    • Laura Goetz
    • Roxanne Weippert
    • Robin Booth
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    • Director
      • Pietre Valbuena
    • Writers
      • Daniel Clowes
      • Pietre Valbuena
    • Stars
      • Laura Goetz
      • Roxanne Weippert
      • Robin Booth
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    Laura Goetz
    • Atherton Grace
    Roxanne Weippert
    • Rocks Whipple
    Robin Booth
    • Beloved Mother
    Don Deere
    • Bobby J.
    Lindsay Anderson
    • Strong-Island Girl
    Larry Goetz
    • Scientist Dad
    Mike Hallam
    • Self
    Katelyn Hollars
    • Sis Whipple
    Yanni Papaioannou
    • Hellas Hal
    Sean Pont
    • Running Boy
    Charlie Richter
    • Dusty Boyfriend
    • Director
      • Pietre Valbuena
    • Writers
      • Daniel Clowes
      • Pietre Valbuena
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      The screenplay won the 2005 Melville Shavelson Award for Best Screenplay and was funded in full by the Melville Shavelson filmmakers grants, awarded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

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    • Release date
      • July 20, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Ithaca, New York, USA(on location)
    • Production company
      • Peebus Beeus Productions
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      • $1,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 22m

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