- Actors: Katy Haywood, Ken Byrnes, Will Oldham, Sheila Scullin, Rich Schreiber
- Directors: Todd Rohal
- Writers: Todd Rohal
- Producers: Todd Rohal, Jason Orfanon, Lauren Capaldo, Marissa Ronca, Megan Griffiths
- Format: Anamorphic, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color, Surround Sound, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 2
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner Music
- Release Date: Dec 9 2008
- Run Time: 98 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0012Z368A
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #50,834 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
guatemalan handshake,
By Conrado "Reviewy Newby" (Edmonton Alberta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2pc:the Guatemalan Handshake-D (DVD)
This is a movie unlike any other movie that I have ever seen . . . and that is good . . . I think?!?I suspect the maker of the film, looked around a variety of small towns in North America, and picked about 30 losers from those towns, embodied their characters, put them all into one town where the event of the year is a demolition derby. One of the characters if supposedly from Guatemala, which is where I think the title comes from but by the end of the show I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or just smile,or how the film got its title, and this feeling stayed with me for about a week, just trying to figure the show out - and not in a deep way, just figure it out, having said that - I liked it! In a word Quirky.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific Freshman Film from Rohal,
By Michael L. White "impossiblefunky" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 2pc:the Guatemalan Handshake-D (DVD)
Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, this much-anticipated film by wunderkind Todd Rohal fulfills the promise of the writer/director's potential. Picking up where his short films, KNUCKLEFACE JONES (1999) and HILLBILLY ROBOT (2001) left off, THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE serves as another voyage into the creative and colorful mind of Rohal.Starring Will Oldham as Donald Turnipseed, the singer/songwriter is absent through a good deal of the film, though his presence haunts nearly every scene. Donald has gone missing after an accident at a local power plant. All that's left of him is his father's funny little electric car--which changes hands more often than a novice poker player--memories of him, and his unborn child. Sadie (Sheila Scullin) is the baby's momma. She's going into her third trimester as an outcast from her family after her father, the off-kilter Ivan (Ivan Dimitrov), kicks her out of the house for being a slut. Never mind that Ivan has to use a short bus to transport his fourteen illegitimate daughters. The film goes back and forth in time, focusing on a wide array of eccentric characters that live in anticipation, or dread, of a big demolition derby. Will Sadie drive Donald's father's car to victory? Will Ivan defeat her? Will Turkeylegs (Katy Haywood) ever be reunited with her friend Donald? Will Ethel Firecracker (Kathleen Kennedy) ever find her lost dog? These questions and more are woven into the rich fabric of THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE. As to be expected from a Rohal film, nothing can be expected--with the exceptions that any boy scouts in the film will be malicious little punks and that the plot will follow logic of its own. THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE does not disappoint. It's a pleasure cruise of an independent film. 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky? More like inventive, warm, and unlike anything else!,
By M. Hulot - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 2pc:the Guatemalan Handshake-D (DVD)
Todd Rohal's strange and hilarious THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE played on the festival circuit for a couple years (where I first saw it and let me say it's one of the most out there indie films I've seen), earned a loyal cult following, and yet now that it's on home video as a wicked awesome 2 DVD set, it's still an underground surprise nobody knows about!!! I Googled what the the pros are saying about Benten Films' new DVD."One of the most inventive, most poetic, most disarmingly authentic indies of the last few years... Why was "Napoleon Dynamite," with its relatively stereotypical uber-misfit, a hit, while this 2006 daydream foundered out of sight?" - Michael Atkinson, IFC NEWS "We meet people with funny names and see images that make us laugh and snap the elastic of our underpants, but the root of this film's strength is the sad beauty of loneliness and loss that sneaks inside our heads when we lose our power... Subject now for discovery by ancillary markets, alternative distribution, word-of-mouth recommendation and happenstance exposure, I predict that this film will not only endure the savage b**** of festival rejection and media neglect, but will find itself the harness of inspiration for artists to come." - David Gordon Green, director of PINEAPPLE EXPRESS "Rohal manages a tone of vague melancholy (and a few laugh-out-loud offhand bits), and it's possible to see all the weirdness as an honest, sideways grasp at magic... a gorgeous 2-disc DVD from the new label Benten Films." - Mark Asch, THE L MAGAZINE "Here is a film that operates on the same logic that compelled Benjamin Franklin to recommend the turkey, rather than the eagle, as a symbol for the newly formed United States; it holds no illusions about itself, and its idea of majesty is decidedly against the grain." - David Lowery, DRIFTING "A revelation! THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE holds a place in my heart that is normally reserved for Easter candy." - Jared Hess, director of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky fun,
By Josh Rothman - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: 2pc:the Guatemalan Handshake-D (DVD)
I saw this at the South Side Film Festival in Bethlehem, PA, and I've loved it ever since. I was so excited to see it come out on DVD, I had to get it right away!
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