Public Access (1993)

Synopsis: Brewster is an idyllic little town with clean streets, green parks, a booming economy, and a friendly, content populace. Or so it seems...until one day, a mysterious stranger arrives. A seemingly... Brewster is an idyllic little town with clean streets, green parks, a booming economy, and a friendly, content populace. Or so it seems...until one day, a mysterious stranger arrives. A seemingly congenial, clean-cut, and upstanding citizen himself, Whiley Pritcher (Ron Marquette) buys airtime at the local public access station, and puts on a show called "Our Town," during the Sunday family hour. Whiley poses one question to his call-in audience, "What's wrong with Brewster?"--a question that soon unearths the corrupt, insidious world that lies beneath the town's placid veneer. The first feature film from Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, (the collaborators behind THE USUAL SUSPECTS), PUBLIC ACCESS is an ambitious, disturbing look at small town life. Like David Lynch's BLUE VELVET, Singer here attempts to reveal the dark, sinister side of an Anytown, USA. Working with a tight budget, a script he co-wrote in ten days and a cast of relative unknowns, Singer manages to construct an intriguing debut that introduces him as a major new talent. [More]

Starring: Ron Marquette, Dina Brooks, Burt Williams, Larry Maxwell

Starring: Ron Marquette, Dina Brooks, Burt Williams, Larry Maxwell, Charles Cavanaugh, Brandon Boyce

Director: Bryan Singer

Director: Bryan Singer
Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie, Bryan Singer

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