Chop & Steele

  • Documentary
  • Comedy
6/17/2022
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Jokes are cheap. Lawyers are not.

Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

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  • screenzealots

    By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com

    This film was screened at Fantastic Fest

    The best documentary films are those that are entertaining, and directors Berndt Mader and Ben Steinbauers Chop & Steele is one thats engaging, hilarious, and even thought-provoking. The film tells the true story of two childhood friends with an affinity for hijinks that continued into adulthood and the viral goofs that eventually landed them in federal court, facing the wrath of a vengeful media conglomerate.

    Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher knew theyd be best friends when they first bonded over their love of playing pranks on people. Growing up in the Wisconsin suburbs, it was clear the duo were naturally skilled jokesters. They spent years making...

    April 23, 2023

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