Based on Michael Lesy's 1973 book of the same name, WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP is a strikingly original non-fiction film that tells the strange story of one cursed American community. In the late 1890s, the small rural town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, suffered an incredibly bizarre crisis. Economically depressed and battling a .. Read more
| Starring | Krista Grambow, Marilyn White, John Schneider, Raeleen McMillion |
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| Director | James Marsh |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama |
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Based on Michael Lesy's 1973 book of the same name, WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP is a strikingly original non-fiction film that tells the strange story of one cursed American community. In the late 1890s, the small rural town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, suffered an incredibly bizarre crisis. Economically depressed and battling a diphtheria epidemic, in addition to relentlessly bleak weather conditions, the residents of Black River Falls began to collectively lose their minds. Through recreations, old photographs, and newspaper clippings culled from the era (read by Ian Holm), James Marsh's film shows just how bizarre a time in history this actually was.
| Starring | Krista Grambow, Marilyn White, John Schneider, Raeleen McMillion, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe, Jeff Golden |
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| Director | James Marsh |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 15 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 24 May 2004 |
If you tarried a few days in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, a hundred years ago, it would have seemed a forward-looking... read more on Time Out
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Settlers Unsettled
Distilled from period newspaper reports into a book by Michael Lesy, director James Marsh has taken the astonishing events that took place in Wisconsin's ... read more »
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Where's the non-event.....
This is a dull to average affair. No special one event... just about normal going-ons in an a normal sized small town of about 1000 in the 1900s I presume.... read more »
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Interesting Wisconsin History
Absorbing and beautifully told true story. I had no knowledge of this set of events before watching the film, so it was really interesting to see, through the ... read more »
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An interesting documentory
Strangely fascinating to watch, it appealed to my morbid curiosity. Although, I'm almost certain these types of goings on aren't exclusive to the state ... read more »
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