Some Assembly Required

Director: Dori Berinstein
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 91 minutes
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screening in: Documentary Competition

Screening Times

11:00 AM, Sunday March 9th - Austin Convention Ctr
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1:30 PM, Tuesday March 11th - Paramount
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11:00 AM, Thursday March 13th - Paramount
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Synopsis:
Over 2000 kids. 400 teams nationwide. Eight months of brainstorming, designing and building. One goalÉto create the next great toy. 'Some Assembly Required' follows six teams of determined teenagers as they navigate 'the game of life' on their quest to win the national toy design crown. As our toy inventors take their ideas from blank page to brilliant toy creation, we watch their lives change. Brains are stretched, patience is tested, teamwork is critical. Personality conflicts, family issues, boy/girl tensions and contrary snack preferences all heighten the drama as toy and game ideas are debated, attempted, trashed, re-imagined and, eventually, built. These kids pour their lives into their games. As deadlines near, nerves fray. Is their idea viable? Is it a 'winning' idea? Is it able to get through airport security on their way to the national competition in San Diego? One thing for sure, inventing a great toy is a lot more than fun and games.

Director's Bio:
Dori is an award-winning producer, director and writer of film, theatre and television. "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway", Dori's first feature, turns Broadway inside out, capturing the passion, exhilaration, drama, sweat and high-stakes creative and financial risk of four new musicals Ð 'Wicked', 'Avenue Q', 'Taboo' and 'Caroline, or Change' - from inception through the Tony Awards. The film was named one of the top 5 Documentary Films of 2006 by the IDA and it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Florida Film Festival. Dori is a three-time Tony-winning Broadway producer. Her productions include: "Legally Blonde: The Musical", "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Tony Award Ð Best Musical), "The Crucible", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (Tony Award Ð Best Revival of a Play), "Fool Moon" (Tony Award), "Flower Drum Song" and "Golden Child". She has also Executive-Produced and/or supervised over 40 feature, special f/x and/or animated productions including Isaac Mizrahi's award-winning documentary "Unzipped", "Dirty Dancing" and Jim Henson's "MuppetVision 3-D". Dori is currently in production on her next feature documentary, 'Gotta Dance', about the New Jersey Net's, first-ever, senior citizen hip-hop dance team.