The Mother of Invention

The Mother of Invention is a 2009 American mockumentarystyle comedy film directed by Joseph M. Petrick and Andrew Bowser, with screenplay by Petrick. The film starred Jimmi Simpson, Kevin Corrigan, Mark Boone Junior, Dee Wallace, Craig Anton, Ruby Wendell, F. Jason Whitaker and Chris Hardwick. It featured cameos by Dave Allen, Chris Franjola, Keir ODonnell, Martha Madison and Ron Lynch. The film premiered at the 2009 SciFiLondon film festival internationally and the Hollywood Film Festival domestically. The original score was composed and performed by Jim Hanft and the credits feature an original song by the band Copeland.

The film follows Vincent Dooly Andrew Bowser, an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning the Thomas Alva Edison Award for Young Inventors or Eddy. Each year, he enters and each year he humiliates himself with an invention that malfunctions in one way or another. A documentary crew follows Vincent in the last year that he is eligible to compete for the award, at the same time following Martin Wooderson Jimmi Simpson, a smug wunderkind with a long history of winning the award with dull but marketable inventions. Through the months leading up to the Eddys, Vincent mentions in a clandestine manner an invention he is working on that he is sure will change his losing streak but refuses to reveal more. We meet Vincents best friend Gunter F. Jason Whitaker, his endlessly supportive mother Dee Wallace, his tweakedout father Mark Boone Junior, the object of his affection Ruby Wendell and his hero, a surly junkyard worker Kevin Corrigan.As the story moves along we see Vincents attempt at perfecting his many inventions and see him emotionally prepare for his last chance to win the coveted award while attempting to win the heart of Jenny Wendell, a waitress at the local diner he frequents. The film culminates at the award ceremony where Vincent and Martin unveil their final inventions and vie for the prize. ........

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