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Dante's Inferno is a 2007 comedy film performed with hand-drawn paper puppets on a toy theater stage. The film was adapted from the book "Dante's Inferno" by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders (Chronicle Books, 2004), which is a modern update of the canticle Inferno from Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy. The film chronicles Dante's (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) journeys through the underworld, guided by Virgil (voiced by James Cromwell). The head puppeteer was Paul Zaloom and the puppets were designed by Elyse Pignolet and drawn by Sandow Birk. The film premiered January 20, 2007 at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. The film has also been shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Silver Lake Film Festival, the Boston Underground Film Festival, and on the Ovation TV cable network.
The voice cast includes actors associated with the Upright Citizens Brigade, Crossballs, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Original Release
01/01/2007
US Release
01/01/2007
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Abatemarco | Farinata / Lying Defendant / Farinata (voice) |
Scott Adsit | Paolo / Hirohito / Copter Pilot / Judge Minos / Spiro Agnew / Copter Pilot (voice) |
Matt Besser | L. Ron Hubbard / Metallica Defendant / Curtis LeMay / Airport Security / L. Ron Hubbard (voice) |
Bill Chott | Calvacanti / Stalin / Ciaccio 'El Gordo' / Ulysses' Crew / Giaccio 'El Gordo' / Stalin (voice) |
Michael Coleman | Charon / Phlegyas / Senator / Dick Cheney |
James Cromwell | Virgil / Virgil (voice) |
Andy Daly | Lucan / 'Right On' Glutton / Jim Jones / Airport Screener / Ulysses' Naysayer (voice) / Ulysses' Naysayer |
Sean Forrester | Horace / Mr. Argenti / White Pimp / Beating Victim / Airport Security / Insider Trader #2 |
Tony Hale | Ovid / Real Estate Broker / Pope Nicholas 3rd (voice) / Pope Nicholas 3rd |
Tom Hallick | George Sanders / Deep Voiced Lobbyist / Lobbyist (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Paul Zaloom, Sean Meredith, Sandow Birk, Marcus Sanders, Dante Alighieri
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Abatemarco | Farinata / Lying Defendant / Farinata (voice) |
Scott Adsit | Paolo / Hirohito / Copter Pilot / Judge Minos / Spiro Agnew / Copter Pilot (voice) |
Matt Besser | L. Ron Hubbard / Metallica Defendant / Curtis LeMay / Airport Security / L. Ron Hubbard (voice) |
Bill Chott | Calvacanti / Stalin / Ciaccio 'El Gordo' / Ulysses' Crew / Giaccio 'El Gordo' / Stalin (voice) |
Michael Coleman | Charon / Phlegyas / Senator / Dick Cheney |
James Cromwell | Virgil / Virgil (voice) |
Andy Daly | Lucan / 'Right On' Glutton / Jim Jones / Airport Screener / Ulysses' Naysayer (voice) / Ulysses' Naysayer |
Sean Forrester | Horace / Mr. Argenti / White Pimp / Beating Victim / Airport Security / Insider Trader #2 |
Tony Hale | Ovid / Real Estate Broker / Pope Nicholas 3rd (voice) / Pope Nicholas 3rd |
Tom Hallick | George Sanders / Deep Voiced Lobbyist / Lobbyist (voice) |
Laura Krafft | George Sand / Airport P.A. / Subway P.A. |
Brandon Johnson | Irate Driver / Mounted Policeman / Pimp #1 / Pimp #3 / Airport Security |
Dermot Mulroney | Dante / Dante (voice) |
Martha Plimpton | Celia / Lobbyist Singer / Lizzie Borden (voice) / Lizzie Borden |
Kit Pongetti | W.M.D. Defendant / Francesca / Marilyn Monroe / Elena Ceausescu |
Tami Sagher | George Elliot / Greed Seductress / Barbara Bates / Penelope |
Dana Snyder | Strom Thurmond / Ulysses |
Janet Varney | Teacher / Cleopatra / City of Dis Intercom / Ulysses' Usher (voice) / Ulysses' Usher |
Matt Walsh | Mussolini / Fox Reporter / Airport Security Pursuer |
Paul Zaloom | Homer / God / Officer Chiron / Southern Lobbyist / Airport Security / Caiaphas / Ulysses' Crew / Macmud / Insider Trader #1 / Nicole Ceausescu / Lucifer / Lucifer (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Steve Luczo | Executive Producer |
Paul Zaloom | Producer |
Sean Meredith | Producer |
Sandow Birk | Producer |