Darkon is a 2006 American documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer.
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Directed by | Luke Meyer Andrew Neel |
Produced by | Tom Davis Ethan Palmer Christopher Kikis Thoma Kikis Nicholas Levis Domenic Romano (associate producer) Cherise Wolas Alan Zelenetz |
Starring | Skip Lipman Daniel McCarthur Rebecca Thurmond Kenyon Wells Andrew Mattingly |
Cinematography | Karl F. Schroder Hillary Spera |
Edited by | Brad Turner |
Music by | Jonah Rapino |
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Distributed by | Independent Film Channel (TV) |
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Running time | 89 Minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[1] Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.[citation needed]
The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films.[citation needed]
John Hodgman was hired to write a scripted film adaptation of the documentary.[2] However, plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman.[2]
Reception
editDarkon was well received by critics. The film has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on the reviews of 19 critics.[3]
References
edit- ^ Levy, Emanuel (June 26, 2006). "Darkon (2006): Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Fest". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Julia Smith (14 August 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ "Darkon - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
External links
edit- Darkon at AllMovie
- Darkon at IMDb
- The Darkon Wargaming Club - official site of the role-playing club on which the film is based