Two amateur filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about the legendary underground "phone-work artist" Longmont Potion Castle, who, since 1988, has released sixteen albums of hilariously surreal phone pranks. Despite a semi-successful crowdfunding campaign and the involvement of celebrity fans, the filmmakers succumb to their own infighting and bad luck, abandoning the project. A year later, the unpaid camera operator liberates the raw footage and finishes the film.
Editing
Salvaged footage becomes accidental brilliance.
Production
Kickstarter dreams die in real time.
Writing
The phone pranks are somehow the least chaotic part.
Director
Thomas Rotenberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Longmont Potion Castle has remained completely anonymous for 35+ years, refusing to show his face even for this documentary made by his own fans.
The film accidentally mirrors its subject: LPC's pranks thrive on chaos and antagonism, and the documentary production collapsed in exactly that spirit.
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