West Virginia Filmmaker Channels Woody Allen's Manhattan

A genius bit of wink-wink.

If the forthcoming 2016 indie drama short Muck is anything like this teaser, it’s going to be a winner.

To help build buzz for the project, which West Virginia writer-director Rob Rafferty is planning to shoot next month in his hometown of Buckhannon, he made the above video. It recasts the opening of Woody Allen’s 1979 film Manhattan a little further Southwest and, with a wink of deadpan, well beyond urban sophistication.

Rafferty recently told local TV reporter Jim Workman that he would hope Allen, if the director were to ever see the “Buckhattan” teaser, appreciates the homage.

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