Tim Heidecker's On Cinema universe pivots to film in Mister America's first trailer
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For years, shape-shifting actor, comedian, and musician Tim Heidecker’s been working with comedian Gregg Turkington in constructing a reality-bending shared universe that began with his comedic film review show, On Cinema, and extended to short-form series like Decker and The Tim Heidecker Murder Trial, musical project Dekkar, and even their own social media accounts. A while back, those keeping up with the narrative, which has found “Tim” increasingly adopting the right-wing views and victim narratives of the MAGA sect, may have noticed him mounting a campaign for San Bernadino district attorney. If you’re wondering what that was about, now you know: Heidecker was filming a political mockumentary, Mister America, which just got its very first trailer.
The below clip makes it clear that the film is most assuredly an extension of the On Cinema universe, as the fallout from the murder trial both spurs and hinders his political ambitions. Dekkar members Axiom and Manuel make an appearance, as does Turkington’s film-obsessed goober, here donning a very on brand promo hat for 2002's The Time Machine.
Here’s a synopsis:
A freshman filmmaker follows Tim Heidecker during the final month of his campaign for district attorney. What begins as a profile of an outsider candidate facing an uphill battle evolves into a study of toxic delusion as Tim’s motivations and controversial past begin to unravel his candidacy. Taking on a popular incumbent has found Tim and his inexperienced campaign manager outmatched. Low on funds, experience, and connections, Tim hits the streets in an attempt to connect with voters, but has difficulty winning over the community. With word of his campaign spreading, former associates of Tim try to warn the public with stories of bad business deals, strained friendships and a failed court case in which he found himself accused of murder. With days until the election and his campaign in free-fall, Tim has to confront the unexpected costs of pursuing his dream.
Magnolia Pictures will release Mister America with a series of one-night only screenings on October 9, with Heidecker and Turkington conducting a Q&A. It will also play later this month at L.A.’s Beyond Fest.
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“He’s running for district attorney which is not really going to happen because he’s not a lawyer and he doesn’t live in San Bernadino.”Can’t wait.
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Hopefully if he wins he can posthumously prosecute Dr. San, may his soul burn in hell.
Tim is guilty and should be in jail. Hope Gregg steers clear of this future P.R. disaster!!!
Watch the Delgados try to bury this. Tim is out there fighting, and everyone is against him.
This idiot still around, messed up adult swim, now to his next channel to screw up.
Only a goon hired by Rosetti The Rat would say that!
goon, wtf are you talking about Bugsy
so lame, how old are you
cool, I am a Goon
Did Delgado Media Holdings pay you to say that?
who the hell is that, the fact that adult swim is shit now is because of this idiot
You MDE weirdos really are a trip.
Speak English MDE weirdo
The only people who blame Tim for the alleged state of Adult Swim are creepy little fascist Million Dollar Extreme fans.
WTF does that mean weirdo
So you basically are admitting to not knowing about some of the best television out there….nice
nope, I did not say that….look……I can make the dot also
wtf are you talking about
I wonder how much of a parody this is because San Bernardino was/is corrupt and is really a crime infested city. It’s about 20 minutes from where I live and is known as a “no-go” place from most of the Inland Empire. But this looks great otherwise, On-Cinema is a nice binge for me while at work!
Five bags of popcorn, and I’m going to go ahead and make this an Oscer Pick.
This is sure to be a Popcorn Classic when it hits VHS.
Do we know the run time yet? That’s vital information.
90 minutes, according to both IMDB and Gregg’s always reliable Twitter feed.
This will win Oscar
I have information regarding what really happened at the Electric Sun Desert Music festival. For a few years I shared an apartment with Dr. San. There was one particular evening that Mr. Heidecker was visiting Dr. San, they were discussing the formula for the vape juice. I clearly heard Dr. San say, “This is going to hurt someone.” Mr. Heidecker angrily exploded telling San to “shut up and do what I say.” To be honest I was very uncomfortable and very upset for Dr. San. I am not sure at this point who I should contact with this information. I personally feel very bad for not coming forward to the authorities. I would like to speak to someone about this. I do have more information that I found in Dr. San’s personal belongings after he committed suicide at the jail pending his trial.
Tim will be a great DA. First order is putting Hillary Clinton in prison for a life term, if not more! Tom Cruise Jr would be proud of his dad.
Oh hell yes. I just saw the trailer for the “Between Two Ferns” movie on Netflix, and I thought “Why do we need this, it works so much better as a little internet show?” (props for using La Tigre’s Deceptacon in the trailer though, that song is still my jam). The On Cinema universe, though, that definitely has enough depth to support a feature film. I wonder how it will play for anyone who hasn’t watched years of Tim’s fictional counterpart… Although I guess the extremely limited release probably means most of the audience will be On Cinema fans.
I just do not understand what is funny about Tim and Eric. “We are making intentionally bad media and that is funny?”