The Beer Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking(1987)

The Beer Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking Synopsis

"My father says if people don't come and see this movie, we'll starve," says Tate Sullivan, introducing his father's "The Beer Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking." (Send canned goods to Auteur-Aid, care of Fred G. Sullivan, Saranac Lake, N.Y. 12983.) "The Guide" is the Sullivan family album, a grandiose home movie focused on the days and nights, life and times of "Adirondack" Fred. And you thought Molly Dodd was a schlemiel. Fred, the most self-obsessed creature since Garfield the Cat, produces, directs, writes, edits and stars in this offbeat, low-budget work. Fred's four children, Fred's tiresome wife Polly, Fred's business partners, psychiatrist, internist, teachers, neighbors, creditors, sommelier and so forth comment on the 42-year-old ne'er-do-well.

The Beer Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking (1987) is a documentary and comedy film directed by Fred G. Sullivan, released on January 1, 1987 with a runtime of 1h 24m. It stars Fred G. Sullivan, Polly Sullivan, Jon Granik and James Hogue. Viewers rate it 7.8 out of 10 across 4 ratings.