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The Upper Footage (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'THE UPPER FOOTAGE' is the first film experience of its kind. The film is an edited version of 393 minutes of recovered footage documenting a young girl's tragic overdose death and subsequent cover up by a group of affluent socialites. What started as a blackmail plot played out over YouTube, became Hollywood's biggest drug scandal, turned into a heavily controversial film property that was rumored to be held by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Now, after playing itself out in the media for 3 years it is finally making its way to the public.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, experimental, scary, mockumentary, fake documentary
Plot:
found footage, drug overdose, scandal, blackmail, overdose, cover up, drug, exploitation, media circus, rich, conspiracy, celebrity, decadence, panic, hysteria, investigation, urban, guilt, violent, experimental narrative, witch, hollywood, cover-up, death, cocaine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and crime drama films with plots about investigation, murder, urban, moral ambiguity, corruption, revenge and conspiracy mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Upper Footage: Out of Annie's Past (1995), The Claudia Case (1979), Whistleblower (2016), Off Limits (2010), The Jingoist (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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