Burt

Burt (2025)

Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.

Date of release
2025-03-16
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Joe Burke

Casting

Interesting facts

Burt is a 2025 American comedy-drama film directed by Joe Burke and starring Oliver Cooper, Burt Berger, Steven Levy, and Catlin Adams. Produced by Burke and Cooper and executive produced by David Gordon Green, Berger portrays a fictionalized version of himself, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson's disease who finds out he has a son named Sammy (Cooper). The film is shot in black-and-white.

Production

Burke and Cooper grew up together in Sylvania, Ohio. Burt is their second collaboration on a feature film, following Four Dogs (2013).

Burke based the film on the real-life experiences of musician Burt Berger, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself. Berger has Parkinson's disease. Speaking to Metro Silicon Valley, Burke stated, "The movie is a love letter to him, his wonderful music, and to my own dad, who is also living with Parkinson’s." The film is shot in black-and-white, and filming was completed in seven days. The film's production budget was $7,000.

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