Check out the trailer for EarthBound USA, an independent documentary on EarthBound, and featuring interviews with MOTHER series creator Shigesato Itoi, former Nintendo employees, and more. American teenagers connect on the early internet to crusade for their favorite videogame of all time, pitting their fan site against a corporate goliath and their own looming adulthoods.
EarthBound USA is a movie about discovering the power of online community set in the burgeoning Wild West of Web 1.0, butting heads with corporate goliaths and your own looming adulthood, and your fan site becoming the cult behind one of the most infamous cult classic videogames of all time.
EarthBound USA began life in 2013 as a passion project started by writer & director Jazzy Benson. Inspired by the internet folklore surrounding EarthBound’s U.S. fanbase, and from hearing the insider stories behind Starmen.Net’s legendary petitions and letter-writing campaigns, Jazzy aimed to create a documentary that evokes the atmosphere and environments of a passionate fan community growing up online from one decade to the next.
EarthBound USA is written & directed by Jazzy Benson. It is produced by Brittney Olsen, Aaron Cargile, and Sara Luu. Music is by Robbie Benson. Visual Effects by Steve Campos, Everdraed, and it is edited by Daniel Maggio & Jazzy Benson.
EarthBound USA is available today, November 27, 2023
EarthBound USA - Doku
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