Young filmmakers trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" about a serial killer who goes after victims Marcia, Jan, and Cindy meet their screen idol, William Shatner. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen him as a shadowy fairy godfather figure, are alarmed at the reality of the middle-aged non-Captain Kirk man that they meet.
Acting
Shatner's self-roast is career-best irony.
Writing
Inside-baseball Hollywood desperation played for laughs.
Production
Shot on actual struggling filmmaker budget—meta becomes real.
Director
Robert Meyer Burnett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shatner improvised most of his dialogue; the directors just let the camera roll on his ego.
This bombed in theaters but became a VHS staple for 90s Gen-X nerds who recognized their own desperation.
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