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UnFictional

The Sundance Experience

A filmmaker takes his movie to Sundance for one last chance to save his stalled career.

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By Bob Carlson • Jan 18, 2013 • 28m Listen

In 2005, director Richard Shephard took his film “The Matador” to the Sundance Film Festival. While he'd made three indie films and directed some cable TV, his dark comedy with Pierce Brosnan as a washed up assassin and Greg Kinnear as his unwitting accomplice was his last, best hope to make it into the big time. KCRW's Matt Holzman followed Richard during that tense week, and produced a documentary for KCRW's show "The Business." With Sundance now underway in Park City, we thought we'd revisit the story and check back in with Richard Shepard to see where his career went after Sundance.

Producer Matt Holzman is KCRW's features editor for news.

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    Bob Carlson

    host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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    Matt Holzman

    Producer, 'The Document'

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