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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
American independent film directed by Juleen Compton
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean is a independent film about a young psychic woman whose powers are exploited by a boy band, directed by Juleen Compton.[4] It was written by Compton and filmed in the Ozark mountains, and was the feature film debut of Sam Waterston.
The film was shown at Cannes, which awarded the film as part of its International Female Week series,[5] and at the San Francisco International Film Festival.[3][6]
Synopsis
Norma Jean and her friend Vance go to pick up a large wooden crate that Norma Jean ordered through a catalog and drive it to an empty lot on the side of the road to figure out what to do with the large plastic dome inside.
Vance suggests Norma Jean touch the dome to get one of her prescient “feelings." She does so, hearing music before a group of three men arrive in a car playing instruments (“Poor Boy”).
Juleen compton biography of christopher lee Billy Wilder Theater. Stuart Murphy [ 1 ]. Restored from the 35mm acetate duplicate picture negative and 35mm original acetate track negative. March 9, - pm.She touches each of the men in turn, using her clairvoyance to learn the men’s names: Andy, Francis, and Bobo. The men agree to help Norma Jean and Vance set up the dome so their band can play inside. As Norma Jean, Andy, and Francis explore the surrounding woods, they encounter a tramp. Meanwhile, a cave-in traps a man in a nearby cave.
The group drives Norma Jean and Vance’s truck through Table Rock advertising the show, but the first performance is a flop.
Juleen compton biography of christopher Filmed in the Ozarks with a cast of young, unknown actors a year-old Sam Waterston co-stars in his first film appearance , the picture's opening title sequence—the two young leads walking through a bucolic setting with Michel Legrand's sentimental score—suggests a tender tale about a pair of young companions. Authority control databases. ISBN Personal life [ edit ].Bobo gets the idea to use Norma Jean’s clairvoyance as a draw, while Vance is resistant to the idea. Eventually, Norma Jean agrees, and during the first performance an audience member becomes extremely distressed while Norma Jean uses her preternatural ability to “read” the woman’s pocket watch. At a later performance, Norma Jean collapses after having a vision of a body hanging in a well.
At the cave-in, a man volunteers to go crawl inside to look for the survivors, but becomes trapped himself.
After Norma Jean’s vision, the mayor of Table Rock shows up to the dome, concerned over reports of her visions. Upon interrogating her, the sheriff guesses the location of the well in Norma Jean’s vision, and they discover the woman with the pocket watch hanged herself inside.
Juleen compton biography of christopher columbus This rare foray into filmmaking by the iconic California visual artist opens with Mason Williams, the composer of "Classical Gas" solemnly making himself a drink on a hillside patio at dusk as if performing an incantation. Now fittingly a theater has been named after him". Compton's first feature was the autobiographical Stranded , which she wrote, directed, starred in, self-financed and distributed. Museum of Modern Art.Norma Jean is distraught, but Bobo is insistent that they continue the performances, as he has set up a corporation so the group can make money off her abilities. Norma Jean continues her performances, but falls ill from the toll of the visions (“Norma Jean”). Vance and Norma Jean conspire to run away, and Norma Jean hides herself in a junkyard.
There, she befriends the tramp they met in the woods, who introduces himself as Christopher Montague Forsythe.
Juleen compton biography of christopher cross With: Mason Williams. References [ edit ]. Word has it that she dropped by previous Metrograph screenings of her films incognito. Written, directed, and self-financed by Juleen Compton, The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean is the story of a clairvoyant teenage girl, Norma Jean Sharon Henesy , taken advantage of by a boy band, fashioned after The Beatles, determined to exploit the young woman's powers as part of a hoax revival.While playing with a rabbit in the junkyard, Norma Jean and Chris are attacked by a pair of men who hit Chris over the head and chase Norma Jean away.
Afterwards, the men realize Norma Jean is the missing psychic and tell the mayor and sheriff that they saw a Chris attacking her. Vance goes to the junkyard to help Norma Jean, but the two men, the mayor, and the sheriff arrive as well.
When they see Norma Jean trying to help an injured Chris, they mistakenly believe he is attempting to kidnap her; the sheriff fires his gun at them, shooting Norma Jean, and she dies in Vance’s arms.
Cast
Production
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean was filmed on location in the Ozarks[6] and was financed entirely by Juleen Compton, who had made some money in real estate while working in film.[5] It was the feature film debut of actor Sam Waterston, who portrayed Andy.[4] The character Norma Jean was named after Marilyn Monroe;[3] according to Compton, the film depicts the dangers of fame for a young woman.[7]