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SKY ARTE has licensed the film for Italian TV.

Screening in DELAWARE on MARCH 20, 2013 via the The Rehoboth Beach Film Society.

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DVD Bonus Features:

Deleted Scenes
Director Commentary
Featurettes & Trailer




a film by Michael Sladek

featuring Mark Kostabi

with
Pope Benedict XVI - Robin Byrd - Bill Clinton - Mike Cockrill - Daze - Michel Gondry
Wichy Hassan - Gary Indiana - Baird Jones
- Jeff Koons - Donald Kuspit - Robin Leach - Dennis Miller
Glenn O’Brien - Maury Povich - Nick Zedd
- and more!

music by

999999999 - Antimagic - The Battlecats - Dana Boulé - Robin Drysdale
- Fur Cups For Teeth
Richie James Follin
- Guignol - The Juggs
- The Movies - Peelander-Z - Phillip Roebuck - The Sobs
These Are Powers
- This Ambitious Orchestra - Two Star Symphony - The Willowz

tribeca

Art in America: "Kostabi's slow fade makes Con Artist a better movie"

Cool Hunting: “The most intriguing documentary we saw this year”

Denver Westword: "a fascinating story about antics too zany to believe if they weren’t completely true"

Flavorpill: #5 of 10 on Required Viewing: Essential Documentaries About Famous Artists List

Hammer to Nail, Michael Tully: "breezy and funny"

The Hollywood Reporter: "an entertainingly satirical doc"

The Huffington Post:
"Sladek was obviously not out to do a puff piece"

The Independent:
"riveting, hilarious"

L Magazine::
"an excellent documentary"

The Los Angeles Times:
"a lively portrait of the enfant terrible in middle age"

New York Magazine:
"an entertaining boom-era fable"

The New York Times
:
"an entertaining documentary portrait of one of the art world's most outrageous provocateurs"

The Oklahoma Gazette: "you’ll enjoy every awkward, outrageous minute"

Orlando Weekly: "speaks volumes about what our society considers worthy of the cultural spotlight"


Paper: "So the con game goes on. And we love it!"

Slant: "a riveting documentary"

Time Out Chicago, AA Dowd: “a cautionary tale about the reckless pursuit of celebrity”

Time Out NY: "the filmmaker gives his subject more than enough rope to hang himself"

Variety: "an entertaining reverie on the concept and addictive nature of celebrity"

The Village Voice: "Sladek's prickly documentary gets at the pitiful need and loneliness that drives fame whores"

We Are Movie Geeks: "Con Artist blew me away"


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PLUG UGLY FILMS in association with OVATION, THE GROUP ENTERTAINMENT,
ACME PICTURES, ROOM 5 FILMS and NEW YORKER FILMS present CON ARTIST
co-producers MICHAEL NIGRO, DENIS JENSEN, MARK STEELE co-producer / co-executive producer PERRY GREBIN
cinematography by MICHAEL SLADEK edited by JACOB BRICCA & MICHAEL SLADEK
executive producers GILL HOLLAND, GUILHERME CAMPELLON
directed and produced by MICHAEL SLADEK

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