Beaver Trilogy
Our story begins in 1979, with a chance meeting in a Salt Lake City parking lot where filmmaker Trent Harris is approached by an earnest small-town dreamer from Beaver, Utah. Harris jumps at the chance when the young man invites him to come to the small town to film a talent show. At the show, the man dons a blond wig and performs in drag as Olivia Newton John. Harris captures it all on tape: A portrait of a true outsider. Harris shot a dramatic piece, "Beaver Kid 2" based on the documentary; This interpretation of the story, made in 1981 on a home video camera with a budget of $100, features a young Sean Penn as "the Beaver Kid". Still possessed, Harris then rewrote the script, cast up-and-comer Crispin Glover in the lead, and created the final segment, "The Orkly Kid", with funding from the American Film Institute. The trilogy unveils the inner world of a fantastic character in three incarnations.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.9/10
25 votes
Rating consensus
69/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Sean Penn
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Crispin Glover
Larry Huff
Richard LeVon Griffiths
Groovin' Gary
E. G. Daily
Carrissa
Stefan Arngrim
Merril
John Bluto
Byron
Shane McCabe
Mr. Larson
Ken Butler
Terrance
Lila Waters
Kristen Johnston
Courtney Gains
In “The Beaver Trilogy Collection”
Other entries TMDB groups in this collection — often a franchise or anthology.
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