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Schizopolis was shot in Soderbergh's hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana over a period of nine months, beginning in March 1995, on a budget of only $250,000. Due to Soderbergh's desire to keep the film simple, many people had multiple duties (i.e. David Jensen played Elmo Oxygen as well as being the casting director and key grip) and many ...
- $10,580
- John Hardy, John Re
- $250,000
- Cliff Martinez, Steven Soderbergh
Apr 9, 1997 · Schizopolis: Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown, Joe Chrest. Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
- Steven Soderbergh
- 60
- 2 min
Schizopolis is piled with layers of amusement for the id, ego, and superego. People earn their liberal arts degrees in order to be able to watch and understand this film. Some of it is outright ...
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- October 13, 1996
- Steven Soderbergh
- Comedy
Soderbergh spent the decade after this auspicious arrival trying out many different kinds of films, from intriguingly off-kilter studio projects like King of the Hill (1993) and Out of Sight (1998) to independent experiments like Schizopolis (1996) and Gray’s Anatomy (1996). Even after winning an Academy Award for the epic Traffic (2000) and ...
- Fletcher Munson/Dr. Jeffrey Korchek
The movie is letterboxed and in 16 X 9 formats with a trailer, the above-mentioned two commentary tracks and outtakes. Now that Soderbergh has become one of America's greatest directors, his earlier works are overdue such re-releases on DVD for fans to watch and study. For more information about Schizopolis, visit Criterion Collection.
- Steven Soderbergh
- Steven Soderbergh
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Sep 10, 2012 · Schizopolis. Film; Advertising. Time Out says. Soderbergh's 1996 guerilla movie is perhaps the strangest film from the American indie scene to date. A surreal, eccentric comedy, its triptych ...
In his only starring performance to date, acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh inhabits both roles: Munson, onanistic corporate drone and speechwriter for New Age guru T. Azimuth Schwitters, and the swinging Korchek, Muzak enthusiast and lover to Munson's disenchanted wife. 71 IMDb 6.7 1 h 36 min 1997. X-Ray 16+.