The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Truly Indie and Magnolia Home Entertainment announced today that they will bring Mark Goffman’s documentary DUMBSTRUCK to theatres and DVD. Truly Indie will handle the theatrical distribution of the film, which premieres March 26, 2011 in Dallas, TX. Magnolia Home Entertainment will release the film on DVD.
DUMBSTRUCK takes us to the Vent Haven ConVENTion in Ft. Mitchell, KY — Ventriloquism Capital of the World — where Goffman discovers five extraordinary, real-life characters straight out of a Christopher Guest film. The ventriloquists’ career paths vary from one of bare subsistence to the meteoric rise of Terry Fator, who goes from struggling performer to million-dollar Vegas headliner during the making of the film.
“Goffman has made an artful film about the struggles and triumphs of unique brand of performers. He pulls you into their unusual, sort of absurd world and shows you an unexpectedly entertaining and touchingly human story,” said Kelly Sanders of Truly Indie. “We are delighted to help bring this film to a wider audience.”
Dumbstruck will begin its five-city debut with a premiere in front of Terry Fator’s home audience in Dallas on 3.26.2011, before expanding into New York, Los Angeles and other select markets.