Creating Rem Lezar

Creating Rem Lezar /ˈrɛm ləˈzɑːr/ is a 1989 American children's musical film directed, written, and produced by Scott Zakarin and released direct-to-video.[1][2][3]

Creating Rem Lezar
VHS cover
Directed byScott Zakarin
Produced byScott Zakarin
Phil Meyerowitz
Written byScott Zakarin
StarringJack Mulcahy
Courtney Kernaghan
Jonathan Goch
Music byJames E. Graseck
Bernie Maloney
Mark Mulé
Peter Spirer
CinematographyRichard E. Brooks
Production
company
Rem Lezar Corporation
Distributed byValley Studios
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
48 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Production

Creating Rem Lezar was filmed in a variety of locations in New York state: The Bellmores, New York City, Roslyn and Spring Glen.[4]

Plot

Two children have the same dream about the same imaginary friend, a superhero named Rem Lezar. They paint a mannequin like their dream hero, which comes to life. The children try and find a Quixotic Medallion which will allow him to live longer than a day. Together, they traverse New York, finding various characters along the way, such as a dancing quartet who sing to themselves ("Day and Night"). Eventually, they meet the seemingly evil Vorock, who appears to them across the sky screaming threats most foul, but the character is turned good when the children say that they love Vorock. When all is said and done, the children go back home, their imaginary Rem Lezar turned moot, but Zack still has the Quixotic Medallion. The children go back to sleep with Rem Lezar still on the mind.

Cast
  • Jack Mulcahy as Rem Lezar, policeman
  • Courtney Kernaghan as Ashlee
    • Allegra Forste as Ashlee (singing double)
  • Jonathan Goch as Zack
  • Kathleen Gati as Ashlee's mother
  • Scott Zakarin as Vorock
  • Stewart H. Bruck as Principal
  • Evan Abbey, Ed Luparello, Billy Manning, and Johnny O'Hanlon as park quartet
  • Devery Gladney as park rapper
  • James E. Graseck as park violinist
  • Teresa Simpson as school teacher
  • Stuart Grodin as Ashlee's father
  • Karin Kernaghan as Zack's mother
  • Thomas Ritchie as Zack's father
  • Jason Erdman as Ashlee's brother


Reception

Zakarin described the film as "a critical success but a commercial failure."[5] He is the director of the film.

In 2007, the film came to prominence on the website eBaum's World, with the musical number "Day and Night" (featuring a late-1980s doo-wop group, hip-hop MC and violinist) becoming a viral hit.[6]

Creating Rem Lezar (described as "creepy/fascinating" and "very strange") appeared in a 2014 BuzzFeed listicle of 26 films that Scarecrow Video were trying to keep available to the public, as a reminder of "how many rare titles are still only available as physical media thanks to market forces, rights issues, corporate wrangling, and other reasons." [7]

Creating Rem Lezar was featured on a 2019 episode of RedLetterMedia's "Best of the Worst" series.[8] The crew voted the film the best video they had watched that night, and have since made it part of their Best of the Worst Hall of Fame.

References
  1. "Creating Rem Lezar (1989)" – via letterboxd.com.
  2. Scumbalina (1 April 2012). "Atomic Caravan: Creating Rem Lezar (1989)".
  3. ""Creating Rem Lezar" review". 9 November 2010.
  4. "Creating Rem Lezar (Video 1989) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  5. Geirland, John; Kedar, Eva Sonesh (25 March 1999). Digital Babylon: How the Geeks, the Suits, and the Ponytails Fought to Bring Hollywood to the Internet. Arcade Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9781559704830 – via Internet Archive. Creating Rem Lezar.
  6. mondo270. "Rem Lezar sings... poorly". www.ebaumsworld.com.
  7. Willmore, Alison. "26 Hard-To-Find Movies That Remind Us Why VHS, DVD, And LaserDisc Still Matter". BuzzFeed.
  8. RedLetterMedia (21 February 2019). "Best of the Worst: Wheel of the Worst #18" – via YouTube.


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