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The Mother of Invention
The Mother of Invention by Dave Allen, Chris Franjola, Keir O’Donnell, Martha
Madison and Ron Lynch[1]. The film premiered at the
2009 Sci-Fi-London film festival internationally and the
Hollywood Film Festival domestically. The original score
was composed and performed by Jim Hanft and the cred-
its feature an original song by the band Copeland. [2]
The film was released on DVD and digitally on June
14th, 2011 and can be purchased at the iTunes Store and
Amazon.com. It became available on Netflix for instant
streaming on August 2nd, 2011. [3]
Plot
The film follows Vincent Dooly (Andrew Bowser), an as-
piring inventor who dreams of winning the Thomas Alva
Edison Award for Young Inventors (or "Eddy"). Each
year, he enters and each year he humiliates himself with
an invention that malfunctions in one way or another. A
documentary crew follows Vincent in the last year that
he is eligible to compete for the award, at the same time
Theatrical release poster following Martin Wooderson (Jimmi Simpson), a smug
Directed by Joseph M. Petrick & Andrew Bowser
wunderkind with a long history of winning the award
with dull but marketable inventions. Through the
Produced by Joseph M. Petrick & Andrew Bowser months leading up to the Eddy’s, Vincent mentions (in a
Written by Joseph M. Petrick (screenplay) clandestine manner) an invention he is working on that
he is sure will change his losing streak but refuses to
Starring Andrew Bowser reveal more. We meet Vincent’s best friend Gunter (F.
Jimmi Simpson
Kevin Corrigan
Jason Whitaker), his endlessly supportive mother (Dee
Mark Boone Junior Wallace), his tweaked out father (Mark Boone Junior),
Dee Wallace the object of his affection (Ruby Wendell) and his hero, a
Craig Anton surly junkyard worker (Kevin Corrigan).
Ruby Wendell As the story moves along we see Vincent’s attempt at
F. Jason Whitaker
perfecting his many inventions and see him emotional-
Cinematography David Kalani Larkins ly prepare for his last chance to win the coveted award
while attempting to win the heart of Jenny (Wendell), a
Editing by Andrew Bowser
waitress at the local diner he frequents. The film culmi-
Distributed by One Small Instrument Pictures nates at the award ceremony where Vincent and Martin
Release date(s) May 2, 2009 (2009-05-02) unveil their final inventions and vie for the prize. [4]
Running time 97 minutes
Country United States
Trivia
The film gained momentum when a clip that had been
Language English created for Andrew Bowser to test Dooly’s signature un-
derbite became viral after website eBaum’s World posted
The Mother of Invention is a 2009 American "mockumen- the video and many mistook Vincent for a real person. [5]
tary" style comedy film directed by Joseph M. Petrick
& Andrew Bowser, the screenplay by Petrick. The film
starred Bowser, Jimmi Simpson, Kevin Corrigan, Mark References
Boone Junior, Dee Wallace, Craig Anton, Ruby Wendell, F. [1] The Mother of Invention (2009) - IMDb
Jason Whitaker and Chris Hardwick. It featured cameos
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[2] [1] • http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/01/02/
[3] [2] Hialrious-trailer-for-new-mockumentary-THE-
[4] [3] MOTHER-OF-INVENTION
[5] [4] • http://videogum.com/40151/
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274589/ the_mothers_of_invention_2009s/movies/trailer/
• http://www.hollywoodawards.com/comedy.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274589/
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External links
• http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/ • Official website
80447834/ • The Mother of Invention at the Internet Movie
• http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/04/06/ Database
SciFi-London-Film-Festival-is-rarin-to-go-from- • Interview with writer/co-director Joseph M. Petrick
April-29th-to-May-4th • Production Company "One Small Instrument
Pictures" Official Website
• Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
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