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2022
Directed by Bryan Storkel, Amy Bandlien Storkel
Synopsis
Some hobbies are more dangerous than others.
Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan farmer, boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to the most desired and valuable pez dispensers. If he succeeds, he will pull his family out of poverty and finally find a purpose in his mundane life.
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- Cast
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Cast
Steve Glew Kathy Glew Nate Larson
DirectorsDirectors
Bryan Storkel Amy Bandlien Storkel
ProducersProducers
Norbert Blecha Bo Butterworth Dawn Bender Amy Bandlien Storkel Bryan Storkel
EditorEditor
Evan Vetter
CinematographyCinematography
Britton Foster
Executive ProducersExec. Producers
Jonathan Ignatius Green Chris Smith Nate Larson Theo Love
Production DesignProduction Design
David Pink
Art DirectionArt Direction
Lauren Shilling
ComposerComposer
Michael James Lee
Costume DesignCostume Design
Casey Granada
MakeupMakeup
Emily Frew
Studios
Sidestilt Films Library Films
Country
USA
Primary Language
English
Spoken Languages
German English
Alternative Titles
페즈 캔디 무법자, 一夕致富:PEZ糖果盒大走私, PEZ-tępca. Wyjęty spod prawa, Контрабандист PEZ, El forajido de PEZ, מבריח ה‑Pez, 一夕致富:PEZ 糖果盒大走私, 走私皮礼士, 糖果盒走私大王
Genre
Documentary
Releases by Date
- Date
- Country
Premiere
12 Mar 2022
- USASouth by Southwest FilmFestival
13 Aug 2022
- AustraliaMelbourne International FilmFestival
25 Sep 2022
- CanadaCalgary FilmFestival
Theatrical limited
21 Oct 2022
- USA
Digital
21 Oct 2022
- USA
02 Jun 2023
- FranceTP
- Poland16
Releases by Country
- Date
- Country
Australia
13 Aug 2022
- PremiereMelbourne International FilmFestival
Canada
25 Sep 2022
- PremiereCalgary FilmFestival
France
02 Jun 2023
- DigitalTPNetflix
Poland
02 Jun 2023
- Digital16
USA
12 Mar 2022
- PremiereSouth by Southwest FilmFestival
21 Oct 2022
- Theatrical limited
21 Oct 2022
- Digital
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Review by Leziga ★★★★ 1
The Pezident was gatekeeping the most yassified Pez from the American public. Steve Glew did what he had to.
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Review by Matt Singer ★★★★
Collecting is more or less a disease.
It would have been very easy to make a simple talking head doc with this material, or a mix of interviews and very rudimentary recreations. You could also just create a portrait of the “Pez community,” and the people in that world are so eccentric it probably would be a totally satisfying film.
These filmmakers didn’t do that. They also didn’t so much make a movie about a particular scheme as they made a documentary about the inner life of this fanciful schemer. I really enjoyed the way they brought different genre tropes to their recreations, not only because they matched the whimsical tone of “The Pez Outlaw”’s memories, but also because Pez itself contains multitudes of characters and styles from all across the pop culture spectrum.
That doesn’t mean Pez isn’t gross, because it is. The dispensers? Sure. They’re fun. The candy itself? No. Absolutely not.
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Review by Ez$ ★★★
His wife is the single most compelling character I’ve ever seen in a documentary. This movie needs to be become more mainstream so I can debut my drag version of her.
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Review by anna kay acquaro ★★★★★
the greatest love story of all time.
so damn clever. unbridled joy and pure chaos for 85 minutes.
these pez people be wildin’.
NOW THATS HOW YOU END A DOC!!!!!!!!!
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Review by Grey the Dot ★★★
I love how not a single person talked about the candy inside the Pez dispensers. There is one guy that tastes it and he doesn't like it haha!
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Review by Jeremiah ★★★
And the whitest of hijinks ensued.
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Review by joshrowley ★★★
Amusing; brisk; conventional; goofy; nostalgic; quirky; sad; short; sweet; unconventional.
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Review by CinematicPhilistine ★★★★½ 3
Always be yourself.
Unless you can be The Pez Outlaw…
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Review by Haiduc ★★½
“The Pezindent” took me out
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Review by Newton Green ★★★★★
I love this mad lad of a man, this is an amazing documentary. I like how it was formated and presented in such a fun and entertaining way
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Review by Digital Press ★★★½
This film was recommended to me by several friends who know me well. In the first scene we are introduced to an aged OCD Pez collector who was poor most of his life and lived in a barn for years with his wife who seemed to have difficulty relating to him. Right off the bat, this is nothing like me. Except… the collecting.
I am what you would call an OG collector of videogames.
Pez collecting is very different from videogame collecting, but there are a few striking similarities. Large exclusive collections were established pre-internet, when the hobby was a secret to the masses; the most successful collectors would travel as far as it took and use unorthodox measures to…
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Review by Tommy Ryan ★★★½
An absolutely bonkers story that isn’t so much about PEZ collecting as it is about international crime, corporate espionage, fragile male egos, sticking it to the man, self-made success, and unconditional love. The filmmakers find the perfect balance between tongue-in-cheek goofiness and legitimate stakes with emotional depth. I went into this documentary expecting to feed my childhood obsession with PEZ but came out thinking this is a far more universally appealing film than it appears.