Jefftowne (1997)
Beer! Pornos! Wrestling! Down’s Syndrome!
jefftowne is a 1998 documentary shot and directed by Daniel Kraus and distributed by Troma Entertainment. It chronicles the life of Jeff Towne, a 40 year old Iowa City resident who suffers from Downs Syndrome, obesity, alcoholism, and circulation problems. Towne also enjoys pornography and lives with his 90-year-old adoptive grandmother.
- Date of release
- 1997-09-08
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Daniel Kraus
Casting
- Marcus Dunstan — Self
- Hulk Hogan — Self
- Daniel Kraus — Self
- Genevieve Lutgen — Self
- William Shatner — Self
- Jeff Towne — Self
- Kim Davis — Self
Interesting facts
Jefftowne is a 1997 American documentary film shot, directed and edited by Daniel Kraus, and distributed by Troma Entertainment. It chronicles the life of Jeff Towne, a 40-year-old Iowa City resident who has Down syndrome, obesity, alcoholism, and circulation problems. The film opened at the Bijou Theater in Iowa City on September 8, 1997, and later screened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in 1998.
Production
Kraus began shooting footage for Jefftowne in 1996.
Towne died May 4, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at age 59.
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