Rent Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
3.4 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
- "Deadbeat at Dawn " follows the story of Goose (Jim Van Bebber) - a gang leader whose girlfriend is brutally slaughtered when he attempts to leave the criminal life behind. Coerced into taking part in one last heist by his former gang, who, in his absence have formed an uneasy alliance with the thugs that butchered his girl, Goose sees an opportunity to exact a brutal and bloody revenge.
- Actors:
- Paul Harper, Jim Van Bebber, Megan Murphy, Ric Walker, Marc Pitman, Maureen Allisse, Tom Burns, Steve King, Dave Parker, Bill Stover, Carol Lee, Mark Gillespie, Tom Harris, John Bradley, Lili Hendler, Nate Pennington, Barry Landy, Loretta Landy, James McCullars Jr., Steven Bognar
- Directors:
- Jim Van Bebber
- Producers:
- Mike King
- Writers:
- Jim Van Bebber
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/10/2018
- Run Time:
- 81 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Brand new free-wheeling audio commentary with Jim VanBebber, actor Paul Harper ('Danny Carmodi', The Spyders' Gang Leader) and guest Cody Lee Hardin, moderated by filmmaker Victor Bonacore (Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber)
- Deadbeat Forever - a brand new, feature-length retrospective documentary on VanBebber and the Deadbeat legacy by filmmaker Victor Bonacore, featuring firsttime interviews, super-rare footage, clips from VanBebber's college films and much, much more!
- Archival 1986 behind-the-scenes documentary - Nate Pennington's VHS documentary on a failed Deadbeat shoot
- Outtakes
- Four newly-restored Jim VanBebber short films with optional audio commentary by VanBebber and Victor Bonacore - Into the Black (1983, 34 mins), featuring a brand new, director-approved score by Nate - Seacourt, My Sweet Satan (1993, 19 mins), Boadkill: The Last Days of John Martin (1994, 14 mins) and Gator Green (2013, 16 mins)
- Jim Van Bebber Music Video Collection, featuring never-before-seen Director's Cuts
- Chunk Blower - promotional trailer for an unfinished Gary Blair Smith-produced gore-soaked feature film, with optional Jim VanBebber audio commentary
- Extensive Image Gallery - Never-Before-Seen Stills!
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Reviews (1) of Deadbeat at Dawn
A Blood-Soaked Love Letter to Chaos, Carved Out of Grit, Sweat, and VHS Tape - Deadbeat at Dawn review by griggs
I had no idea what I was getting myself into with Deadbeat at Dawn. Five seconds in, I had to pause and check that Tommy Wiseau hadn’t somehow played a role—such is the sheer chaos of its opening moments. But unlike The Room, this isn’t incompetence wrapped in cashmere; it’s guerrilla cinema powered by pure, unfiltered passion. Jim Van Bebber writes, directs, edits, stars—and probably did the catering too.
It’s scrappy, bloody, and often ridiculous, but it moves—like The Warriors if shot on stolen cameras after a bad trip. Where Wiseau threw money at the problem, Van Bebber used ingenuity and madness to plaster over budgetary holes. The result is violent, anarchic and weirdly beautiful.
The acting’s ropey, the plot’s barely there, and yet it works. Not in spite of its flaws but because of them. Deadbeat at Dawn isn’t just a cult film—it’s a punch to the face.
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