Uncle Howard

Uncle Howard

Uncle Howard film poster
Directed by Aaron Brookner
Produced by Paula Vaccaro
Sara Driver (co-producer)
Alex Garcia (co-producer)
Jim Jarmusch (Executive producer)
Starring Howard Brookner
Aaron Brookner
Jim Jarmusch
Sara Driver
Tom DiCillo
William S. Burroughs
James Grauerholz
Robert Wilson
Cinematography Gregg de Domenico
André Döbert
Release dates
  • January 26, 2016 (2016-01-26) (Sundance)
Country United States
United Kingdom
Language English

Uncle Howard is a 2016 documentary film directed by Aaron Brookner, about filmmaker Howard Brookner.[1]

Synopsis

Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in NYC in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William S. Burroughs' bunker until his nephew Aaron Brookner unearths his story and the memory of everything he was.[1]

Production

Production of Uncle Howard began in 2012 when Aaron Brookner began to search for the missing print of Burroughs: The Movie and Howard Brookner's wider archives. The search yielded the print of Burroughs: The Movie (which, following a Kickstarter campaign, was digitally remastered and was subsequently re-released by The Criterion Collection and Janus Films), as well as a wide range of archives that reveal the story of Howard Brookner's life and work.

In February 2013 Uncle Howard (then called Smash The Control Machine) was presented in the Berlinale Talent Project Market, whereupon Jim Jarmusch was announced as Executive Producer.[2] Aaron Brookner continued to shoot the project through until 2014, up until the special Revivals screening of Burroughs: The Movie at the New York Film Festival, which united many friends and colleagues of Howard Brookner. Aaron Brookner, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo & James Grauerholz took part in a Q&A and the event.

Release

On December 2, 2015 it was announced that Uncle Howard would premiere in the US Documentary Competition category at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[3] It has also been selected to be screened in the Panorama section of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 MacKenzie Wilson (November 19, 2014). "'Uncle Howard' Remembers NYC Filmmaker Howard Brookner". Bowery Boogie. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  2. Birgit Heidsiek (February 13, 2013). "Jim Jarmusch joins Smash the Control Machine". Cineuropa. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. Kate Erbland (December 2, 2015). "Sundance Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Featuring Returning Favorites and a Secret Director". Indiewire. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Special Opening Films, Christine Vachon to Receive Special Teddy Award and Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland". Berlinale. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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