ASC presents: Death to Smoochy
Director: Danny DeVito
2002 / 109min / 35mm
Idealistic Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton) has always wanted to bring his character, Smoochy the Rhino, to children’s television, and when the top star at the Kid’s Net channel, “Rainbow” Randolph (Robin Williams), is arrested in a bribery scandal, he sees his chance… But as it transpires, hell hath no fury like a “Rainbow” Randolph scorned, and Sheldon’s sunny disposition will be sorely tested by his predecessor’s sabotage and the sleazy reality of the children’s entertainment biz. An acrid dark comedy, with DP Anastos Michos lending the whole affair an air of blighted cheeriness.
“I picked Death to Smoochy because it is about innocence for sale. In 2002, the press and the audience found its cynicism over the top. Now it is a cult classic and its narrative reads like reportage.” —Anastas Michos, ASC
Distributor: Hollywood Film Company
Q&A with cinematographer Anastas Michos on Sunday, December 13th
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