Burning Annie

"A thoroughly professional comedy, well paced, attractively photographed and smartly acted.  Matt Zoller Seitz, The New York Times
"...Ordynans's exceptionally canny script nails how thoroughly pop culture has colonized our sentiments.  Nathan Lee, The Village Voice

Editor's Note Max's college life is defined by his obsession with one movie: Woody Allen's ANNIE HALL. His friends waste no time in pointing out that Max's fixation is hindering his love life, but the poor fellow is helpless, even when Julie, the one and only listener to Max's late-night confessional radio show, expresses a romantic interest in him. Max soon begins to realize that his enslavement to ANNIE HALL isn't doing him any good, but how can he shed his beloved Annie and bring some semblance of normality back to his life? BURNING ANNIE has all the answers.

	Brian Klugman
	Gary Lundy
	Kim Murphy
	Sara Downing
	David Bernstein - Executive Producer
	Dean Harada - Original Music By
	Echo Gaffney - Producer
	Jennifer Copp - Production Designer
	Kenn Coplan - Production Designer
	Randy Mack - Writer
	Randy Mack, et. al. - Editor
	Stephan Schultze - Cinematographer
	Van Flesher - Director
	Zack Ordynans - Writer

Variety 7 of 10
This slacker spin on "Annie Hall" doesn't quite make up in verbal intelligence what it lacks in visual flair, saddled with sitcom rhythms and video flatness. More likeable than accomplished, pic's smart-ass puns and sardonic asides yield some witty repartee, and its relentless obsession with relationships includes occasional sharp social observations. Dorm room philosophizing about romance gets stale quickly, however, and callow cast founders when "Annie" ventures into deeper emotional waters...Tyro scripter/helmer team of Van Flesher and Zack Ordynans shifts tonal gears constantly as pic drifts closer or farther from its "Annie Hall" underpinnings...Pic relies on nerdy world-weary irony to carry the day, but doesn't convincingly draw its characters. - Ronnie Scheib