Director: Dave McCary
Screenplay: Kevin Costello and Kyle Mooney
Photography: Christian Sprenger
Editor: Jacob Craycroft
Music: David Wingo
Cast: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Andy Samberg, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Jane Adams, Kate Lyn Sheil, Beck Bennet, Alexa Demie, Jorge Lendeborg
Production: 3311 Productions, YL Pictures, Lord Miller, The Lonely Island
DIstribution: Sony Classic
Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Length: 97′
Synopsis: Childhood is when impressionable minds open widest to the mesmerizing power of entertainment. Nearly everyone can recall connecting with a show so completely it feels like a magical world created just for you. But what if it actually was? Superfan James is obsessed with the clever – if not quaintly goofy – kids show, Brigsby Bear, to the point of religiosity. James, a bright and sensitive young man that still lives at his parents’ home, grew up watching this fantasy TV series while the series itself grew with him as well, getting more and more complex over the years. To say that James’ intensely protective parents have kept their son a bit sheltered would be an understatement. One dramatic night, James’ insular world is upended. Through the disorienting but sporadically hilarious transition to a new life that follows, Brigsby remains James’ security blanket and, upon learning the show has been canceled, James adopts the old adage that the show must go on.
Dave McCary, a cofounder of the L.A.-based sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor, is currently in his fourth season as a writer and a director for Saturday Night Live (SNL). He has been nominated for the Emmy Award 2016 for his outstanding scripts for SNL and has made his feature directorial debut with Brigsby Bear in 2017.
Piazza Fortebraccio 7th July h. 10.10 pm – Italian Premiere