Synopsis
A radical hybrid of spy, sci-fi, Western, and even horror genres, Craig Baldwin's Mock Up On Mu cobbles together a feature-length "collage-narrative" based on (mostly) true stories of California's post-War sub-cultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles. Pulp-serial snippets, industrial-film imagery, and B- (and Z-) fiction clips are intercut with newly shot live-action material, powering a playful, allegorical trajectory through the now-mythic occult matrix of Jack Parsons (Crowleyite founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab), L.Ron Hubbard (sci-fi author turned cult-leader), and Marjorie Cameron (bohemian artist and "mother of the New Age movement"). Their intertwined tales spin out into a speculative farce on the militarization of space, and the corporate take-over of spiritual fulfillment and leisure-time.
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| Theatrical | United States | January 14, 2008 |
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| Director | Craig Baldwin |
| Cast | Damon Packard (L. Ron Hubbard), Michelle Silva (Agent C/Marjorie Cameron), Kalman Spelletich (Richard Carlson/Jack Parsons), Stoney Burke (Lockheed Martin), Jeri Lynn Cohen (Marjorie Cameron (Voice)), Ed Holmes (Jack Parsons (Voice)), David M. Cox (Aleister Crowley (Voice)) |
| Screenplay | Craig Baldwin |
| Cinematography | Bill Daniel, Daniel Gorrell, James T. Hong |
| Editing | Bill Daniel, Sylvia Schedelbauer |
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