Confessions of an Action Star
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Confessions of an Action Star is an American action comedy mockumentary starring David Leitch
David Leitch (actor)
David Leitch is an American actor, stunt actor, writer, producer and coordinator in action, fight & stunts has worked with big name actors from Hugh Jackman to Hayden Christensen and directors on Hollywood films like Len Wiseman and The Wachowski Brothers...

, Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
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, Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie-Anne Moss
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, Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving is a Nigerian born, English-Australian film actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy, Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, "V" in V for Vendetta, and performances in numerous Australian character dramas.-Early...

, Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

, Dax Shepard
Dax Shepard
Dax Randall Shepard is an American actor.- Early life :Shepard was born in Milford, Michigan and attended Muir Junior High and Walled Lake Central High School, before enrolling in The Groundlings school. He later received a degree in anthropology at UCLA...

, Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities...

, Lee Arenberg
Lee Arenberg
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 and directed by Brad Martin. The film was entitled Sledge: The Untold Story during its film festival run and is distributed by Vivendi Entertainment and Lightyear Entertainment.

Plot

A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truly important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.

Cast

  • Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne is an American actor, best known for starring in Richard Kelly's films - Donnie Darko , Southland Tales and The Box . He's also played the father of Guy Patterson in the movie That Thing You Do!, and starred in the movie Bring it On. He has made appearances in TV shows such as...

     as Richard Orchid (as Homes Osborne)
  • David Leitch
    David Leitch
    David Leitch was the founder of Leitch's Station, Kentucky, United States.Leitch was born in Glasgow Scotland. At an early age he and his older brother James immigrated to Virginia...

     as Frank Sledge
  • Nathan Lee Graham
    Nathan Lee Graham
    Nathan Lee Graham is an American cabaret artist, stage, television and film actor, singer, writer and director. His roles in feature film include Todd in Zoolander, Frederick Montana in Sweet Home Alabama and Geoff in Hitch. He has appeared in independent films like Confessions of an Action Star,...

     as Glen Jefferies
  • Kelly Hu
    Kelly Hu
    Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

     as Herself / Undercover Cop
  • CarrieasAnne Moss as Herself / Girlfriend in movie
  • Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson
    Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz.-Early life:...

     as Himself / Commander
  • Michael T. Weiss
    Michael T. Weiss
    Michael Terry Weiss is an American actor best known for playing the title role in The Pretender.-Early life:Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker. He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television...

     as Drug Lord (as Michael T. Wiess)
  • Mitchell Gaylord as Brother (as Mitch Gaylord)
  • Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

     as Police Chief
  • Lin Shaye
    Lin Shaye
    Linda "Lin" Shaye is an American film, theatre and television actress.-Early life:Born in Detroit, Michigan, Shaye is the daughter of Dorothy , a homemaker, and Max Mendle Shaye, a painter and supermarket owner. Her brother is film executive Robert Shaye...

     as Samantha Jones
  • Kyle Reese
    Kyle Reese
    Kyle Reese is the primary character in the first Terminator film, the posthumous father of John Connor, and the love of Sarah Connor. He is played by Michael Biehn in the first Terminator films, Jonathan Jackson in the television series, and played as a teenager by Anton Yelchin in Terminator...

     as Young Frank #1 (as Kyle Reese Cook)
  • Dax Shepard
    Dax Shepard
    Dax Randall Shepard is an American actor.- Early life :Shepard was born in Milford, Michigan and attended Muir Junior High and Walled Lake Central High School, before enrolling in The Groundlings school. He later received a degree in anthropology at UCLA...

     as SFX Coordinator
  • Sean Michael Rabbit as Young Frank #2
  • Chris Palermo as Russell Gold
  • Michal Holub as John Hu (as Michael Holub)
  • Josh Nathan as Will Stillwell
  • Matthew Dickens
    Matthew Dickens
    Matthew Dickens’ is an American theater, film, television performer with credits as an Actor/Singer/Dancer, Writer/Producer/Director and Choreographer.-Early life:...

    as Agent #2

Sources

  • http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/169327/Confessions+of+an+Action+Star.html?dataSet=1&query=confessions+of+an+action+star
  • http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37008/confessions-of-an-action-star/
  • http://vd.ign.com/articles/954/954188p1.html
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