Public Access (1993)
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Before making their Oscar-winning film The Usual Suspects, director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie made their first film -- this low-budget independent feature and Grand Jury Prize winner at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. Public Access examines the power and dangers of mass media consumption upon a small-town community. Ron Marquette plays Whiley Pritcher, a stranger in the small community of Brewster, who lands a job as the host of a local public access call-in show. On his program he asks the simple question "What's wrong with Brewster?" and gets all manner of call-in complaints -- from discrimination at the school to political corruption at the town hall. Soon, Whiley becomes a local celebrity and an arbiter of public opinion. As his power grows, he makes a pact with Bob Hodges (Burt Williams), Brewster's mayor, and begins an affair with Rachel (Dina Brooks), the town librarian. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Complete Cast:
- Ron Marquette - Whiley Pritcher
- Brandon Boyce
- Matt Jacobson - Second Cop
- Christopher McQuarrie - First Cop
- Larry Maxwell - Jeff Abernathy
- Leigh Hunt - Intersect Host
- Margaret Kerry - Marge
- John Ellis - Russ
- Director(s):
- Bryan Singer
- Writer(s):
- Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie
- Producer(s):
- Kenneth Kokin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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- 1992 - Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic







