KNUCKLEFACE JONES:

Just as things begin to turn ugly, a new folk hero emerges from the butthole of America. Based on a traditional folk legend, Knuckleface Jones is a tale of broken hearts and empty bladders, a story of hope and misshapen boobies.

 

THE SYNOPSIS OF OUR STORY

Knuckleface Jones mixes a fairy tale, an urban legend, and a nightmare into a bowl of soggy cereal and serves it up to the depressed masses of moviegoers. Avoiding the short film pitfalls of plot and structure, this film follows a pathetic being from the depression of loneliness, through beratement by a trio of semi- nude gay rappers, into and out of the arms of an orange-clad angel, and to the words of a wise man who tells the tale of a man named "Knuckleface Jones" who could have had any happiness in the world, but never took advantage of it. From here, our hero returns home, has his loose ends settled, and is joined with his Knuckleface counterpart, the Angel in Orange. Meanwhile, his previous tormentor is cast into the aerosol fires of hell, where she soaks in some evil free-styling beats.

 

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF KNUCKLEFACE JONES

Knuckleface Jones was made entirely within the confines of Southeastern Ohio, in and around the city of Athens, Ohio. Originally written as a series of separate short films, Knuckleface Jones came into its full version only a few weeks before production began. However, the finished version of the film very rarely strays from what became the final script. There were still many events during filming that affected what was to become the final film. As part of the underpants scene in the woods, the rapper on the left ("Yeah, Fuck You") is the Assistant Cameraman and talented filmmaker W. Clay, who dropped his pants (and supplied his own undies) to fill in for an actor who's car broke down. With only 70 feet of film remaining, the "Fuck you in the face" sequence was shot in one take and W. Clay's laughter is fairly obvious until he ducks behind the head rapper (Russell Mead) to hide his face.

The music in the film is supplied by musician Ursula 1000, on the DC label Eighteenth Street Lounge Records. More information about the music is available at www.eslmusic.com.

The film was completed and screened in November 1998 and has had a steady stream of rejection letters sent ever since. Deemed "unwatchable" by a juror at the Cleveland International Film Festival, and hated by a Baltimore Film Critic who "just didn't get it," the film has continued to gain acceptance by other rejects around the country. The film played additional unscheduled screenings every night of the Johns Hopkins Film Festival, bringing audience members back for repeat viewings. From there it went on to incredibly receptive screenings at the Cucalorus Festival in North Carolina, the Maryland Film Festival and MicroCineFest in Baltimore, the Rosebud awards in Washington DC, the Long Island Film Festival in New York, the Anthology Film Archives in New York and many others. In an odd twist of fate, Knuckleface Jones was also awarded a grant from the Princess Grace Foundation. Atomfilms.com acquired the film for online distribution in late 2000. Most recently, just as the film was getting ready to be shelved, a call was received from the Slamdance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, where it screened as part of the festival's 2001 lineup.

More information is available at www.comeandgetitfilms.com, or by contacting the filmmaker directly at littlefatgirl@yahoo.com