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Darkon (film)

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Darkon
Promotional poster for Darkon
Directed byLuke Meyer
Andrew Neel
Produced byTom Davis
Ethan Palmer
Christopher Kikis
Thoma Kikis
Nicholas Levis
Domenic Romano (associate producer)
Cherise Wolas
Alan Zelenetz
StarringSkip Lipman
Daniel McCarthur
Rebecca Thurmond
Kenyon Wells
Andrew Mattingly
CinematographyKarl F. Schroder
Hillary Spera
Edited byBrad Turner
Music byJonah Rapino
Production
companies
Distributed byIFC (TV)
AOL (Streaming)
Release date
  • March 2006 (2006-03) (SXSW)
Running time
89 Minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Darkon is a 2006 American documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer, who engaged in a collaborative process with the role-players of the Darkon Wargaming Club as they made the documentary.[1] Meyer and Neel began filming for the documentary in 2003.

Directors Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer filming Darkon in 2004

Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[2] Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.[citation needed]

The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films.[citation needed]

The documentary served as inspiration for the 2008 comedy film Role Models.[3] John Hodgman was also hired to write a scripted film adaptation of Darkon.[4] However, plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman.[4]

Reception

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Darkon was well received by critics. The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick[5] and has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on the reviews of 19 critics.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Robert Greene (September 30, 2019). "How the Decade's Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking". hyperallergic.com.
  2. ^ Levy, Emanuel (June 26, 2006). "Darkon (2006): Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Fest". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Christopher Monfette (March 4, 2009). "Dr. Kuni Speaks". IGN.
  4. ^ a b Julia Smith (August 14, 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "'Weekend Warriors' Darkon Movie Review". The New York Times. September 14, 2007.
  6. ^ "Darkon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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  • ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Darkon at AllMovie
  • Darkon at IMDb
  • The Darkon Wargaming Club, official site of the role-playing club on which the film is based