The Misadventures of the Dunderheads explained

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads
Director:D.G. Brock
Producer:Bruce Stubblefield
Starring:Olympia Dukakis
Haley Joel Osment
Alison Brie
Veronica Cartwright
James MacDonald
Lew Temple
Ellen Geer
Music:Greg Edmonson
Cinematography:James Mathers
Editing:Peter Devaney Flanagan
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Films . LA Femme Film Festival . November 20, 2014.
  2. Web site: Films. The Southern Circuit . November 20, 2014.
  3. Web site: Weekly News . Women In Film . November 20, 2014.
  4. Web site: “Montana Amazon” Wins Big at the Big Apple Film Festival . Indiewire . 28 March 2023.