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Arts and Culture / A Festival of New Italian American Cinema

Bust a Move (Philip Botti, 2000; 28 min.)

(September 25, 2008)

With Dan Fogler, Steven Randazzo, Leslie Lyles, Scott Wolfe, and B.J. Sage.

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Who could ever forget the day they tried to move out of their parents' house?  Charlie is in his twenties, a toll booth collector, and desperately wants to leave his parents' home for good. His mother, Carol, couldn't agree more, after having dealt with her first son who was a permanent fixture in the family's house until his early thirties.

Charlie's endeavor to finally live on his own is ultimately both touching and comical, as he tries to overcome some setbacks and obstacles.

 

Additional Facts:
 

- Won the Best Film/Jersey Grown Award at the Red Bank Film Festival and the Best Comedy Short at the Atlantic City Film Festival

- Botti spent six months looking for the perfect actor for the lead role, Charlie (played by Dan Fogler) and nearly scrapped the entire project because of it

- Fogler's portrayal of a toll collector on the Garden State Parkway was so convincing that drivers actually thought he was legitimate, some even asking for directions