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Identifier:

  • M02108 (Source: UCLA Film & Television Archive)

Date produced: 1980

Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:15:00

Length:

1 reel (600 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Ektachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Awards/Recognition:

UCLA Film & Television Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Our hero discovers a way to make 'clones' of himself and puts on a show – including four clones singing a barbershop quartet." Oldfilm.org

Resources:

The film was available in the Society of Canadian Cine Amateurs film library ca. 1982 (Panorama, Dec. 1982, 17).

This film is a part of the Sid Laverents Collection held by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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Repository:

Sid Laverents Collection, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Screenings:

  • Screened at the Canadian International Amateur Film Festival gala presentation, June 21, 1980: Ottawa, ON
  • Screened at the Berkeley Art Museum on Oct. 9, 2003: Berkeley, CA
  • Screened at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 5, 2008: Madison, WI
  • Screened on the program "Multiple SIDosis: The Genius of Sid Laverents" at Block Cinema (Northwestern University) in 2010: Evanston, IL
  • Screened on the program "Sid’s Cinema: A Tribute to Amateur Filmmaker Sid Laverents" at the Berkeley Art Museum on Feb. 28, 2010: Berkeley, CA
  • Screened by the Lost & Found Film Club on Feb. 5, 2014: Los Angeles, CA
  • Screened on the program “Scintillating 16mm: Newly Preserved Gems from American Archives” at the Exploratorium on Sept. 17, 2015: San Francisco, CA
  • Screened on the program "Amateur Hour: Celebrating Cine-Clubs" at the Exploratorium on March 2, 2017: San Francisco, CA