The Origin of Atherton (2007)
Based upon "The Death Ray" by Dan Clowes, a strange girl's life gets stranger still, when she discovers secrets and powers heretofore unknown. A comic tragedy unfolds when supposed super-heroics and questions of nature versus nurture arise, amid cigarette smoke and 4 color teenage jealousy.
- Released
- 2007-07-20
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Pietre Valbuena, Pietre Valbuena
Cast
- Laura Goetz as Atherton Grace
- Roxanne Weippert as Rocks Whipple
- Robin Booth as Beloved Mother
- Don Deere as Bobby J.
- Lindsay Anderson as Strong-Island Girl
- Larry Goetz as Scientist Dad
- Mike Hallam as Self
- Katelyn Hollars as Sis Whipple
- Yanni Papaioannou as Hellas Hal
- Sean Pont as Running Boy
- Charlie Richter as Dusty Boyfriend