1998 American film
Anarchy TV VHS cover
Directed by Jonathan Blank Written by Jonathan Blank Philip Craft Jonah Loeb Produced by Jonathan Blank Starring Alan Thicke Jessica Hecht Jonathan Penner Ahmet Zappa Dweezil Zappa Moon Unit Zappa Diva Zappa Cinematography Robert Bennett Rudy M. Fenenga Jr. Edited by Kevin Borque Clayton Halsey Music by Philip Foxman Mark Sterling / Primitive Puppet. Ken Goldfeder & Mark Scaramucci Distributed by The Asylum Release date
January 31, 1998 (1998-01-31 )
Running time
87 min. Country United States Language English
Anarchy TV is a 1998 low budget , independent [ 1] comedy film directed by Jonathan Blank. It stars Alan Thicke , Jessica Hecht , Jonathan Penner , Tamayo Otsuki, George Wendt , Mink Stole , and Ahmet , Dweezil , Diva and Moon Unit Zappa .[ 1] Blank was nominated for the Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival for Anarchy TV.
The plot involves a group of young people who run an uncensored public-access television cable TV .[ 2] They are ejected from their show when the station is purchased by a televangelist , who considers their show pornographic. In response, the performers hijack the station and begin broadcasting a 24-hour all nude show in order to gain sympathy for their cause.
It received 4 stars from Charles Tatum on efilmcritic.com.[ 3]
Director Jonathan Blank is the son of Marion Blank .[ 4]
References
^ a b Staff (July 29, 1996). "Zappa Gang in 'Anarchy' ". Philadelphia Inquirer .
^ Staff (March 25, 1999). "Newport Beach International Film Festival". Los Angeles Times .
^ Tatum, Charles (March 12, 2003). "Anarchy TV" . efilmcritic.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010 .
^ "Jonathan Blank - Guest Profile" . thedrpatshow.com . Retrieved 7 December 2021 .
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