Ultimate Reality

2010
1h 42m

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Joe Morris dreamed of producing the ultimate reality TV contest -- one that would push people to their absolute limits. His creation -- a game called 'Isolation' -- involves placing contesta... Read allJoe Morris dreamed of producing the ultimate reality TV contest -- one that would push people to their absolute limits. His creation -- a game called 'Isolation' -- involves placing contestants in an empty room where they sit, alone, and do nothing. The show, which becomes a worl... Read allJoe Morris dreamed of producing the ultimate reality TV contest -- one that would push people to their absolute limits. His creation -- a game called 'Isolation' -- involves placing contestants in an empty room where they sit, alone, and do nothing. The show, which becomes a worldwide sensation, includes ten offbeat contestants who sit for years, in hopes of winning t... Read all

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10jan_lennartsen

A funny spoof on reality TV shows taken to the max

For a no-budget work this opus made in Pittsburgh, Pa and its environs appears as professional as much of the dreck coming out of major studios, yet it is hilarious in its takes on the modern phenomenon of reality TV. Without getting into spoilers and with the sole critical observation that the intro until the action begins is about 6 minutes too long, it is a delight to watch. Joe Giacobello/aka Joe Bello is the producer who comes up with the idea of an ultimate reality show involving a tontine-type prize of total social deprivation. Particularly memorable as "contestants" are the mad animal rightser and his mouse played straight with a near unabomber intensity by the actor Daniel I. Radakovich, and particularly the character played by the actor David Dietz IIIrd as a pastiche of all religious clichés without respect to sect or belief systems. As a sendup of sendups it is sheer camp genius. Mr. Bello/Giacobello is someone I look forward to seeing more production from and it is nice to see something other than more Zombies coming from Pittsburgh.(though those remain nice too:)).

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For one key scene, the director made the decision to use a live mouse. He purchased it at a pet shop the night before the shoot. At one point, the rodent got loose, cast and crew ended up chasing a mouse around the set, knocking over lights and cameras. In the end, they got the shot, and the mouse was returned to the pet shop.