Product Details

• Actors: Barbara Lysaker, Fritz Donnelly
• Directors: Fritz Donnelly
• Format: NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: To The Hills Studios
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002DGTGO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,991 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "To the Hills: 24 Independent Short Films" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 24 short films by Fritz Donnelly featuring hilarious characters ranging from a clumsy yoga instructor and a maniacal wig salesman, to a secret agent who is deadly serious about gardening. This collection debuted on late-night TV in New York City. Amy Taubin of the Village Voice called it "immensely skillful," and the Seattle Weekly rated the collection, "bizarre, funny, Andy-Kaufman-like." Shorts include: 1. Boardroom, 2. Agent Delgado, 3. Instructor, 4. Basketball, 5. How Drive the Car, 6. Singer-Songwriter, 7. Filmmaker, 8. Criminal, 9. Yoga-Dance, 10. Favorite Car, 11. Jogger, 12. Skater-Surfer, 13. Answer Machine, 14. Astronaut's Diary, 15. Happy Birthday, 16. Golf, 17. Wigs and Hats, 18. Paper Grunts, 19. Bass Guitar, 20. Writer, 21. Volotrons, 22. Thinker, 23. Disguise, 24. Movie Fan.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This guy is going to blow up, May 17, 2005

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andywrites (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Hills: 24 Independent Short Films (DVD)

I got this DVD 3 years ago, when it first came out. He sold his DVDs on a street corner in lower Manhattan then - don't know if he still does - but if you get a chance to meet him in person, shake his hand. He is going to be big.

I still pop the DVD in whenever I have company I want to impress, or when I need a refresher - it is some of the most original, zany, on-point comedy that is out there anywhere, I'm convinced. Donnelly has that element that is central to so many key artists - Chris Rock is the closest comic I can think of - a way of seeing things that pierces through the gauze fabric of the games we play in day-to-day life. The work he does leaves me increasingly amazed - its like on the one hand you can't believe anything can be so funny and unexpected, but soon the realization sets in that its so much truer to life than you're even aware of at first.

Get this collection while its "cold"... so you can say 'I knew him when....'

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute nutjob..., July 1, 2004

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B. Wang (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Hills: 24 Independent Short Films (DVD)

Fritz Donnelly creates a jocund narrative with mellifluous style yielding some of the most on crack hilarity I've ever seen. This DVD is worth getting and giving.

Pagoose!!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last Something Different Unique, June 30, 2004

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sara (Miami Beach) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Hills: 24 Independent Short Films (DVD)

It is a great DVD. There are great stories. He as actor is funny, talented, special, bizarre, sensible.
Congratulations!!!