Knowledge (XXG)

Finding Kraftland

Source πŸ“

151:
Nicholas. Richard remarks that, when Nicholas was born, he didn't know what to make of him, saying he felt as though an "alien being" was living with him. He then goes on to say that, around the time Nicholas turns 3, he realizes that he is "the most interesting person on the planet." This begins a whirl-wind love affair between father and son that sees the two trek around the globe in order to ride every roller coaster, launch themselves into a zero-gravity flight, and generally seek as many thrills as life has to offer. This story unfolds as Richard's collection, which consists of
822: 805: 150:
is structured as a top ten countdown of the coolest attractions in Kraftland, which is the name given to Richard Kraft's house. Though the host, Stacey, continually bounces around between Richard Kraft's collectibles, the real focus of the film is the bond that develops between Richard and his son
219:
was intended to be shown once at a joint birthday party for the Krafts and was made as a sweet 16 present for Nicholas from his father. The reception at the showing was so great that they decided to submit the documentary to festivals. Completion of the film took place hours before the premier as
29: 381:
In 2018, Richard & Nicholas partnered with Van Eaton Galleries to create That's From Disneyland! which was a month-long exhibit and auction of their entire Disney collection which attracted 50,000 people, including celebrities such as
171:
memorabilia from Richard's childhood, is displayed and pored over by Stacy. The other story line that develops is Richard's relationship with his deceased parents and older brother, David Kraft, who died in 1993 due to
418:. The Krafts referred to the exhibit as "Selling Kraftland." The exhibit of Richard's entire Disney collection culminated in a two-day auction which netted $ 8.3M from the sale of Disney memorabilia" Magician 194:. It serves as the soundtrack for the ending montage. It is the only original piece of music in the film as all the other cues were picked by Richard Kraft from his extensive film music library. 187:
provides a musical interlude with his performance of a song titled "Yes" which he wrote for his agent, Richard Kraft. The song pokes fun at Richard's inability to say "no" to any film project.
739: 703: 775: 136: 135:
is a 2006 independent documentary from Richard Kraft productions starring Stacey J. Aswad, Richard Kraft, and Nicholas Kraft. It premiered at the
599: 574: 373:
were seriously being considered, Richard responded, "Oh, absolutely! You can’t have lived this and then go, 'Well, that was the end of it!'"
857: 641: 674: 369:
for the third movie, where I raise my son and he gives me ghostly words of wisdom from beyond the grave." When asked if sequels to
348:
2008 Accolade Film Awards: Best Creativity/Originality, Best Editing, Best Humor/Humorist and Viewer Impact/Best Entertainment Value
627: 541: 419: 327: 862: 721: 308: 757: 208:
as a 21st birthday present for Nicholas. The variations are all parodies of Richard Kraft's favorite composers.
829: 476: 502: 294:
was picked to be shown at 62 film festivals, from 2007–2009, winning awards at the following festivals:
836: 427: 722:"Want your own Dumbo from Disneyland? An authentic Skyway car? Why park history is headed to auction" 578: 475:
San Diego Union Tribune - Festival is packed with local talent - David Elliott - September 23, 2007
852: 431: 391: 176:. The documentary comes to a climax when it is discovered that Richard has also developed Crohn's. 173: 816: 160: 645: 422:
purchased the Disneyland Hotel neon letter β€œD” for $ 86,250. American television personality
383: 90: 239: 28: 682: 821: 804: 704:"'That's From Disneyland!': How a Collector's Pop-Up Became a Must-See L.A. Destination" 366: 197: 758:"Historic Disneyland Gems Sold for Millions of Dollars at Private Collector's Auction" 139:
on January 27, 2006 and continued to play in over 75 film festivals around the globe.
846: 613: 269: 357:
Richard Kraft and his son Nicholas have expressed interest in making two sequels to
527: 451: 411: 407: 395: 387: 279: 274: 264: 249: 184: 423: 415: 399: 259: 254: 168: 164: 403: 156: 152: 776:"Kris Jenner Gave Kourtney Kardashian A Disney-Themed Gift That Made Her Cry" 317:
2007 Port Townsend Film Festival: Top Five Favorites, Audience Choice Awards
244: 220:
last minute changes were made and a final audio-mix had yet to be bounced.
659: 810: 560: 488: 361:. In an interview, Nicholas joked, "the second one will be called 798: 206:
Kronicles of Kraftland: 21 Film Score Parody Variations on a Theme
314:
2007 BSO Spirit Awards, Spain: Jerry Goldspirit Award (for music)
740:"$ 8.3 Million Disneyland Memorabilia Auction Shatters Records" 190:
Nicholas Kraft also composed a piano piece for the film called
320:
2008 Secret City Film Festival: First place, Documentary Films
832:}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata. 336:
2008 Lake Havasu International Film Festival: Final Cut Award
345:
2008 Columbus International Film Festival: Honorable Mention
628:"B.O.T.H wins "Best Feature" at the B-Movie Film Festival!" 304:
2007 River's Edge International Film Festival: Jury Award
544:. River's Edge International Film Festival. 2007-08-21. 365:. At the end of that movie, Richard dies and becomes 323:
2008 Tupelo Film Fest: First place, Documentary Films
301:
2007 Central Florida Film Festival: Best Documentary
120: 96: 86: 78: 66: 58: 48: 38: 21: 298:2007 Santa Fe Film Festival: Best Creative Spirit 542:"2007 River's Edge Film Festival Award-Winners" 522: 520: 518: 516: 577:KnoxvilleFilms.com. 2008-10-13. Archived from 330:: First place, Documentaries and Outdoor Films 8: 342:2008 Phoenix Film Festival: Best Documentary 339:2008 B Movie Film Festival: Best Documentary 333:2008 Black Earth Film Festival: Best of Fest 630:. Blood on the Highway Website. 2008-10-14. 503:"Awards Reflect Eclectic Santa Fe Festival" 430:ride as a Christmas gift for her daughter, 820: 803: 27: 18: 137:Santa Barbara International Film Festival 555: 553: 551: 644:. Phoenix Film Festival. Archived from 443: 155:collectibles from the 1960s, pieces of 681:. Armstrong Interviews. Archived from 563:. Finding Kraftland Official Website. 491:. Finding Kraftland Official Website. 426:purchased animatronic dolls from the 7: 642:"2008 Phoenix Film Festival Winners" 600:"Tupelo Film Fest Wrapped Tonight" 14: 528:"Finding Kraftland: News Archive" 575:"SCFF08: And the Winners are..." 376: 328:Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival 16:2006 American documentary film 1: 616:. Twin Rivers Media Festival. 662:. The Accolade Film Awards. 309:The Feel Good Film Festival 879: 858:American documentary films 660:"2008 Award of Merit/Film" 311:: 2nd Place, Feature Films 200:composed 21 variations of 163:attractions, thousands of 105:January 27, 2006 839:(archived September 2007) 561:"Finding Kraftland: News" 287:Film festivals and awards 26: 837:Adam Shell official site 602:. Scene Now. 2008-05-18. 230:Stacey J. Aswad, (host) 377:That's From Disneyland 224:On screen contributors 202:Kronicles of Kraftland 192:Kronicles of Kraftland 863:2000s American films 782:. December 26, 2018. 530:. Finding Kraftland. 456:findingkraftland.com 113: (Santa Barbara) 673:Armstrong, Josh E. 489:"Finding Kraftland" 432:Kourtney Kardashian 392:Neil Patrick Harris 764:. August 28, 2018. 746:. August 27, 2018. 728:. August 16, 2018. 710:. August 23, 2018. 428:It's a Small World 812:Finding Kraftland 726:Los Angeles Times 420:David Copperfield 371:Finding Kraftland 363:Selling Kraftland 359:Finding Kraftland 292:Finding Kraftland 217:Finding Kraftland 161:Walt Disney World 148:Finding Kraftland 132:Finding Kraftland 128: 127: 22:Finding Kraftland 870: 833: 824: 807: 802: 801: 799:Official website 784: 783: 772: 766: 765: 754: 748: 747: 736: 730: 729: 718: 712: 711: 700: 694: 693: 691: 690: 670: 664: 663: 656: 650: 649: 638: 632: 631: 624: 618: 617: 610: 604: 603: 596: 590: 589: 587: 586: 571: 565: 564: 557: 546: 545: 538: 532: 531: 524: 511: 510: 499: 493: 492: 485: 479: 473: 467: 466: 464: 462: 448: 112: 110: 31: 19: 878: 877: 873: 872: 871: 869: 868: 867: 843: 842: 830:Rotten Tomatoes 827: 797: 796: 793: 788: 787: 774: 773: 769: 756: 755: 751: 738: 737: 733: 720: 719: 715: 702: 701: 697: 688: 686: 672: 671: 667: 658: 657: 653: 640: 639: 635: 626: 625: 621: 612: 611: 607: 598: 597: 593: 584: 582: 573: 572: 568: 559: 558: 549: 540: 539: 535: 526: 525: 514: 501: 500: 496: 487: 486: 482: 474: 470: 460: 458: 450: 449: 445: 440: 379: 355: 289: 284: 240:Christophe Beck 226: 214: 182: 174:Crohn's disease 145: 116: 108: 106: 99: 73: 71: 70:Stacey J. Aswad 53: 43: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 876: 874: 866: 865: 860: 855: 845: 844: 841: 840: 834: 825: 808: 792: 791:External links 789: 786: 785: 767: 749: 731: 713: 695: 665: 651: 648:on 2011-10-05. 633: 619: 605: 591: 566: 547: 533: 512: 494: 480: 468: 452:"News Archive" 442: 441: 439: 436: 378: 375: 367:Obi-Wan Kenobi 354: 351: 350: 349: 346: 343: 340: 337: 334: 331: 324: 321: 318: 315: 312: 305: 302: 299: 288: 285: 283: 282: 277: 272: 267: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 237: 236:Nicholas Kraft 234: 231: 227: 225: 222: 213: 210: 198:Austin Wintory 181: 178: 144: 141: 126: 125: 122: 118: 117: 115: 114: 102: 100: 97: 94: 93: 88: 87:Distributed by 84: 83: 80: 76: 75: 74:Nicholas Kraft 68: 64: 63: 60: 56: 55: 50: 46: 45: 40: 36: 35: 32: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 875: 864: 861: 859: 856: 854: 851: 850: 848: 838: 835: 831: 826: 823: 818: 814: 813: 809: 806: 800: 795: 794: 790: 781: 777: 771: 768: 763: 759: 753: 750: 745: 741: 735: 732: 727: 723: 717: 714: 709: 705: 699: 696: 685:on 2008-12-05 684: 680: 678: 669: 666: 661: 655: 652: 647: 643: 637: 634: 629: 623: 620: 615: 614:"2008 Awards" 609: 606: 601: 595: 592: 581:on 2011-07-13 580: 576: 570: 567: 562: 556: 554: 552: 548: 543: 537: 534: 529: 523: 521: 519: 517: 513: 509:. 2007-12-01. 508: 504: 498: 495: 490: 484: 481: 477: 472: 469: 457: 453: 447: 444: 437: 435: 433: 429: 425: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 397: 393: 389: 385: 374: 372: 368: 364: 360: 352: 347: 344: 341: 338: 335: 332: 329: 325: 322: 319: 316: 313: 310: 306: 303: 300: 297: 296: 295: 293: 286: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 270:Graeme Revell 268: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 235: 233:Richard Kraft 232: 229: 228: 223: 221: 218: 211: 209: 207: 203: 199: 195: 193: 188: 186: 179: 177: 175: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 149: 142: 140: 138: 134: 133: 124:United States 123: 119: 104: 103: 101: 95: 92: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72:Richard Kraft 69: 65: 62:Richard Kraft 61: 57: 52:Richard Kraft 51: 47: 42:Richard Kraft 41: 37: 30: 25: 20: 828:{{ 811: 779: 770: 761: 752: 743: 734: 725: 716: 707: 698: 687:. Retrieved 683:the original 676: 668: 654: 646:the original 636: 622: 608: 594: 583:. Retrieved 579:the original 569: 536: 506: 497: 483: 471: 459:. Retrieved 455: 446: 412:Ben Schwartz 408:Rachel Bloom 396:Rebel Wilson 388:Darren Criss 380: 370: 362: 358: 356: 291: 290: 280:David Zippel 275:Marc Shaiman 265:Trevor Rabin 250:Danny Elfman 216: 215: 205: 201: 196: 191: 189: 185:Marc Shaiman 183: 147: 146: 131: 130: 129: 98:Release date 33:Movie Poster 424:Kris Jenner 416:Paul Scheer 400:John Landis 260:John Ottman 255:Alan Menken 169:advertising 165:board games 91:Independent 59:Produced by 39:Directed by 853:2006 films 847:Categories 689:2008-04-07 585:2008-12-17 438:References 404:Drew Carey 212:Production 157:Disneyland 153:James Bond 109:2006-01-27 82:Adam Shell 54:Adam Shell 49:Written by 44:Adam Shell 677:Kraftland 675:"Touring 245:Jon Brion 79:Edited by 507:CBS News 461:July 10, 67:Starring 762:Nerdist 708:Variety 353:Sequels 204:titled 121:Country 107: ( 819:  780:Bustle 744:Forbes 167:, and 384:Slash 326:2008 307:2007 180:Music 817:IMDb 463:2020 414:and 159:and 143:Plot 815:at 849:: 778:. 760:. 742:. 724:. 706:. 550:^ 515:^ 505:. 454:. 434:. 410:, 406:, 402:, 398:, 394:, 390:, 386:, 692:. 679:" 588:. 478:. 465:. 111:)

Index


Independent
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
James Bond
Disneyland
Walt Disney World
board games
advertising
Crohn's disease
Marc Shaiman
Austin Wintory
Christophe Beck
Jon Brion
Danny Elfman
Alan Menken
John Ottman
Trevor Rabin
Graeme Revell
Marc Shaiman
David Zippel
The Feel Good Film Festival
Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Slash
Darren Criss
Neil Patrick Harris
Rebel Wilson
John Landis
Drew Carey
Rachel Bloom

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑