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| Eric Bruno Borgman a writer, director, and actor produced his first feature film, the award winning The Deserter. The Special Edition DVD was released on April 19, 2006 on the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington Green. Order the DVD here. The Deserter, a 75 minute comedy/drama, is about a British Revolutionary War drummer who accidently deserts from his regiment and is hunted down for execution. Years in the making, Borgman carefully tried to make the battle scenes as realistic as possible. Hundreds of extras were used to create a major engagement of the American Revolution. "Although the film is ostensibly a comedy, the battle scenes were shot seriously," said Borgman. Being influenced by Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton, Borgman uses the elements of silent comedy to tell his story, using the great music of Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra to help the comedy along. The Deserter has the largest battle scenes, on American soil, in a silent comedy, since Buster Keaton's The General! The stirring period music of the Middlesex County Volunteers Fife and Drums adds greatly to the mood of the dramatic battles. Borgman's next feature film, The Man in the Movie, is in post-production. |
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| The Deserter - A Revolutionary Comedy! |
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| The Deserter with Frank Croteau and Anthony Lea. This photo may be freely used and distributed. |
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| "If you like mammoth war scenes a'la The Patriot, this one may be worth your while. Also, Borgman is truly a renegade, indie filmmaker, and his ambition is worthy of our respect." W. Duke Greenhill - Hybridmagazine.com |
| Last updated: January 6 , 2009 |
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| "Part historical re-enactment and part old comedy. I saw... Stan Laurel in evidence and some funny bits with the drums and bungled execution, et al. (Eric has) a good screen presence." Michael Legge - Award Winning Filmmaker - Sideshow Cinema |
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| "Very Ambitious!" Scott MacGillivray author of Laurel and Hardy:From the Forties Forward |
| "Like Chaplin in Shoulder Arms, Borgman lobs surreal grenades at the military's puffed-up chest." Eric Beltmann - Flipside |
| "Borgman handled the physical comedy like a master." Dave Eaton - NY newspaper editor |
| "Tremendous!" Dave Eaton - NY newspaper editor |
| "The physical gags are funny... [Borgman has] a good sense of how to develop a gag and let it play out." Daniel M. Kimmel - film critic and author of The Fourth Network |
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| Eric is available for presentations where he can show his film and discuss history and the making of the movie for schools and events! |
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| Global Film Critics Award 2008 |
