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* ActingForTwo: See SelfDeprecatingHumor on the main page.
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* NoBudget: The original short had no budget and was created entirely by Mike.
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* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]], Harvey Bookman, and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]], Harvey Bookman, and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals residuals, and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Fans have been distributing copies of the film online since it came out. The story of how Mike got nearly immediately screwed out of the rights to his own movie is depressing. Many of the tapes have been ''n''-th hand VHS copies of an extremely-rare laserdisc copy owned by someone who was probably single-handedly keeping laserdisc repair shops in business. As of now, though, there are a couple of unofficial (but endorsed by Jittlov) high-quality DVD transfer "releases" floating around the net in download-and-burnable formats, which will hopefully allow the owner of the laserdisc to finally retire and move up to newer technology.
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* HeyItsThatGuy
** A Pre-[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Gary Schwartz stars as a [[CanadaEh very Canadian]] thug in the 1989 feature.
** The gate security officer is [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} Oddjob]], even going so far as throwing his hat at someone off-screen and breaking a window.
** One of the cops is [[MiamiVice Tubbs]]!
** ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans may recognize Steve Brodie for his appearances in ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman'' and ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion''.
** A Pre-[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Gary Schwartz stars as a [[CanadaEh very Canadian]] thug in the 1989 feature.
** The gate security officer is [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} Oddjob]], even going so far as throwing his hat at someone off-screen and breaking a window.
** One of the cops is [[MiamiVice Tubbs]]!
** ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans may recognize Steve Brodie for his appearances in ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman'' and ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion''.
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** ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans may recognize Steve Brodie for his appearances in ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman'' and ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion''.
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** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter?
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** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter?
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* DevelopmentHell: Most of the movie was filmed in 1983, but it was not completed until 1989.
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* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]], Harvey Bookman, and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]], Harvey Bookman, and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]] Producer]], Harvey Bookman Bookman, and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter.
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** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter.Kickstarter?
* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]] Harvey Bookman and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
* LifeImitatesArt: The film's real life producer, Richard Kaye, played the role of the film's [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evil Producer]] Harvey Bookman and then went on to swindle the real Mike Jittlov out the real film's profits. Mike has still yet to be paid any sort of residuals and the rights dispute is one reason the film has not been released in any form since.
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** One of the cops is [[MiamiVice Tubbs]]!
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** One of the cops is [[MiamiVice Tubbs]]!Tubbs]]!
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The special effects techniques used by Mike Jittlov have become completely antiquated thanks to digital composting and computer generated imagery (along with all the other analogue motion picture production methods). However seeing everything being done by hand shows what independent filmmakers had to go through before advances in technology made motion picture production more accessible.
** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The special effects techniques used by Mike Jittlov have become completely antiquated thanks to digital composting and computer generated imagery (along with all the other analogue motion picture production methods). However seeing everything being done by hand shows what independent filmmakers had to go through before advances in technology made motion picture production more accessible.
** Who needs evil producers and bureaucratic studios when you can just fund your work on Kickstarter.
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** One of the cops is [[MiamiVice Tubbs]]!
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** A Pre-[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Gary Schwartz stars as a [[CanadaEh very Canadian]] thug in the 1989 feature.
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** The gate security officer is [[Film/Goldfinger Oddjob]], even going so far as throwing his hat at someone off-screen and breaking a window.
** The gate security officer is [[Film/Goldfinger Oddjob]], even going so far as throwing his hat at someone off-screen and breaking a window.
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**A Pre-[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Gary Schwartz stars as a [[CanadaEh very Canadian]] thug in the 1989 feature.
**A Pre-[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Gary Schwartz stars as a [[CanadaEh very Canadian]] thug in the 1989 feature.
