The Misadventures of the Dunderheads

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads
The Misadventures of the Dunderheads
Directed by	D.G. Brock
Written by	P.D. Hughen
Produced by	Bruce Stubblefield
Starring	Olympia Dukakis; Haley Joel Osment; Alison Brie; Veronica Cartwright; James MacDonald; Lew Temple; Ellen Geer
Cinematography	James Mathers
Edited by	Peter Devaney Flanagan; Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
Music by	Greg Edmonson
Release date	October 12, 2012 (LA Femme);
Country	United States
Language	English

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads, also known as Montana Amazon, is a 2012 American independent black comedy road feature film starring Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, and Alison Brie.

Plot

The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira careens across the American West with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grandkids.

Cast

Olympia Dukakis- Ira Dunderhead
Haley Joel Osment - Womple Dunderhead
Alison Brie - Ella Dunderhead
Veronica Cartwright - Margaret
Ellen Geer - Vernice
Lew Temple - Trevor
Angel Oquendo - Panicky Richard
James MacDonald - Heirik

Reception

The finished film premiered in October 2012 at the Los Angeles Femme International Film Festival where its director, D.G. Brock, won the Best Feature Film Director award.^[1] The film was shown theatrically in art houses across the South by The Southern Circuit in March and April 2013.^[2] It was shown on the Starz Movie Channels from 2013 through August 2014.^[3]

Awards

The film, then titled Montana Amazon, won "Best Feature Film" at the 2010 "Big Apple Film Festival".^[4]

References

^ "Films". LA Femme Film Festival. 5 January 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ "Films". The Southern Circuit. 12 March 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ "Weekly News". Women In Film. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ ""Montana Amazon" Wins Big at the Big Apple Film Festival". Indiewire. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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[1] "Films". LA Femme Film Festival. 5 January 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[2] "Films". The Southern Circuit. 12 March 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[3] "Weekly News". Women In Film. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[4] ""Montana Amazon" Wins Big at the Big Apple Film Festival". Indiewire. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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