Woodpecker | |
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Directed by | Alex Karpovsky |
Starring | Jon Hyrns |
Music by | James Lavino |
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Woodpecker is a 2008 comedy film directed by Alex Karpovsky and starring Jon Hyrns.[1] The film follows Hyrns and his cohort, Wesley Yang, as they obsessively search the Arkansas bayou for proof that ivory-billed woodpecker is in fact not extinct.
Woodpecker is filmed in a docufiction style,[2] set in the small Arkansas town of Brinkley. It incorporates faux-interviews[3] with Brinkley residents recounting their experiences with the mysterious bird.
Hyrns becomes increasingly erratic and comic in his attempts to locate the animal.
The film’s soundtrack received positive reviews.[4] The score, composed by James Lavino, was performed by Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood and Lee and Tyler Sargent of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.[5]