{{Short description|1995 film by Phil Atlakson}} {{Infobox film | image = Not This Part of the World.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Phil Atlakson | writer = Phil Atlakson | producer = Phil Atlakson | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Adam West]] * [[Matt Letscher]] * Christina Lang * Arthur Glen Hughes * Ashley Martell * Travis Swartz * Tom Willmorth * [[Randy Davison]] * Richard Klautsch * Joe Golden }} | cinematography = Jeffrey D. Smith<br>[[David Klein (cinematographer)|David Klein]] | editing = Phil Atlakson | music = Todd Dunnigan | studio = Downhouse Productions | released = {{Film date|1995|10|06|[[Boise, Idaho]]}} | runtime = 107 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $65,000–255,000 }} '''''Not This Part of the World''''' is a 1995 [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[independent film]] written and directed by Phil Atlakson in his [[directorial debut]]. The film stars [[Adam West]], [[Matt Letscher]] and Christina Lang.
==Plot== Set on a single day, when former students of Boise High School learn a classmate was killed in a drive-by shooting while doing charity work in South Central LA. They try to remember her as they struggle to find a purpose for their own lives.
==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Adam West]] * [[Matt Letscher]] * Christina Lang * Arthur Glen Hughes * Ashley Martell * Travis Swartz * Tom Willmorth * [[Randy Davison]] * Richard Klautsch * Joe Golden<ref name=":2" /> }}
==Production== ''Not This Part of the World'' is based on a play by Downhouse Productions that was a production in 1993 at the [[George Street Playhouse]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Skelly |first=Richard |date=1993-05-14 |title=Idaho troupe plays GSP |pages=56 |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-idaho-t/131158682/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The film adaptation was shot over 27 days in areas south of [[Kuna, Idaho|Kuna]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Proctor |first=David |date=1994-07-03 |title=Light. Camera. Action... in Idaho's film industry. |pages=35 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-light-camera-actio/131156403/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and in [[Boise, Idaho]], with a local cast including [[Adam West]] and [[Matt Letscher]]. It was funded by $65,000 in cash and $190,000 in donations,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Proctor |first=David |date=1995-09-29 |title='Not This Part of the World' comes to this part of the world |pages=61 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-not-this-part-of-th/131161489/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> including a $34,000 grant from the U S West Foundation, the Whittenberger Foundation and [[Boise State University]]. Schools Superintendent Anne Fox objected the grant to the [[Idaho State Department of Education]] for the film's brief nudity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |author-link=Associated Press |date=1995-11-20 |title=Fox Objects To Research Grants Ban On Studies That Aren't Socially Redeeming Disputed |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/nov/20/fox-objects-to-research-grants-ban-on-studies/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wickline |first=Michael R. |date=1995-11-18 |title=Idaho Board of Ed; Fox's gripe about film's 'direct nudity' rejected; Board distances itself from superintendents suggestion that the state should avoid funding such research projects |url=https://www.lmtribune.com/education/idaho-board-of-ed-foxs-gripe-about-films-direct-nudity-rejected-board-distances-itself-from/article_51c5d592-0e90-5e8f-a6cd-624dbd9a87eb.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=[[The Lewiston Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref> [[David Klein (cinematographer)|David Klein]] worked on the film around his schedule for ''[[Mallrats]]'', sharing credit with Jeffrey D. Smith.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Procter |first=David |date=1995-09-22 |title=Local filmmakers David Klein, Greg Bayne, Phil Atlakson are putting Idaho on the movie map |pages=38 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-local-filmmakers-dav/131156967/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Atlakson said the film's purpose was to boost filmmaking opportunities in Idaho<ref name=":3" /> for the first time in 70 years,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tanner |first=Rhett |date=1995-11-29 |title=Thoughts on nudity, art and Anne Fox |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2011&context=student_newspapers |journal=The Arbiter |volume=5 |issue=14 |pages=2}}</ref> since the [[Nell Shipman]]-era,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Proctor |first=David |date=1995-10-06 |title=Atlakson's new film is all about listening |pages=37 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-atlaksons-new-film/131156220/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> something West agreed with.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Neiwert |first=Barbara |date=1994-11-18 |title='Batman' Adam West gives Ketchum school children a peek into the Batcave |pages=19 |work=[[Times-News (Idaho)|The Times-News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-batman-adam-west-gives/131160980/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==Release==
The film premiered at the Flicks Theater in Boise on October 6, 1995, with a limited release<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-10-06 |title=BSU film premieres at The Flicks |pages=14 |work=[[Times-News (Idaho)|The Times-News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-bsu-film-premieres-at-the/131187016/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1995-10-06 |title=Not This Part of the World |pages=64 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-not-this-part-of-the/131155413/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and later screened at the Long Island Film Festival<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flagg |first=Marianne |date=1996-06-22 |title=Festival gives local film a shot at a national audience |pages=31 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-festival-gives-local/131156112/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |archive-date= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=":4" /> It was shopped at the Independent Feature Film Market.<ref name=":1" />
== Reception == ''Not This Part of the World'' won Best First Feature Film at Long Island Film Festival.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Mortensen |first=Kathleen |date=1997-03-20 |title=Boise has the stuff for movies |pages=41 |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-boise-has-the-stuff/131157883/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Laura Delgado at The Arbiter said some of the dialogue scenes were lengthy but one particular scene with a stuntman was worth the cost.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Delgado |first=Laura |date=1995-10-11 |title=Film highlights celebration of life in Boise |pages=9 |work=The Arbiter |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2007&context=student_newspapers}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0388301}}
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