Film: The Bentfootes, Grasshopper, A South Bronx Tale, Dream Girl, On the Road with Judas, Gallery The Bentfootes (the movie) Writer Todd Alcott and choreographer Kriota Willberg team up to direct their first feature film, a loving skewering of 200 years of American dance. Funny, touching and irreverent, The Bentfootes tells the story of a fictitious every-choreographer, Susan Bentfoote (1966-2005) (Nina Hellman) and her quasi-illustrious family, who managed to keep their demented muse alive through all of American history. We follow Jim Raritan (James Urbaniak), Susan's boyfriend, as he takes us on a wide-eyed, enthusiastic, exasperating journey of discovery into a forgotten tributary in the river of American dance culture and watch as he goes from being the lover of a dead choreographer to becoming a producer of American Modern Dance. A 'mockumentary' melange of Spinal Tap and Ken Burns, The Bentfootes includes a memorial concert of Bentfoote dances, interviews with family and friends, historical photos, film and family memorabilia. In its own tongue-in-cheek way it explores the American dancer's artistic aesthetic from post-revolutionary times to the present. Directed by Todd Alcott and Kriota Willberg Screenplay by Todd Alcott Starring James Urbaniak, Nina Hellman and Kriota Willberg Based on the dance theater production by Kriota Willberg and Elyse Singer Produced by Patricia McGuire Associate Producers: Joe and Ellie Sikoryak Executive producer Kriota Willberg Choreography: Kriota Willberg Director of Photography: Melissa Guimares 1st Assistant Director: Jeremiah Kipp Additional Photography: David (Squid) Quinn Edited by Connor Kalista Sound Design and original music: Carmen Borgia Original Music: Brian Dewan, Bob Goldberg, Nora Laudani, Paul Spong, David Wells Sound: Carlos Pulido Archival animation, design and illustration by R. Sikoryak Cast Jim Raritan James Urbaniak Susan Bentfoote Nina Hellman Herself Kriota Willberg Larry Lawrence Goldhuber Augusta "Gus" Bentfoote Elizabeth Zimmer Lisa Kronenberg Lisa Kron Herself Jody Sperling Herself Jill Sigman Jack Garfield Jack Garrett Himself Tom Murrin Herself Marjorie Mussman Gary Schweig Gary Schwarz Herself Deborah Jowitt Giselle Bentfoote Katya Vasilaky Dancers Jessica Ames Maja Lorkovic Julie Betts Denise Murphy Nathanael Buckley Beth Simons Sharon Estacio Katrina Van Zee Karina Lesko Kriota Willberg Kriota Willberg/Dura Mater would like to thank the The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts New York University, and Dixon Place for their support in the creation of this film.