Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Phil Hartman graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where he founded the P.U. Film Society, was the film critic for the daily paper and received The Daily Princetonian Award as the university's outstanding contributor. Phil has sold or optioned six screenplays, including Bleeding Heat, a ...
Owner of Two Boots Pizza, Two Boots Video, and the eclectic, indie, underground Two Boots Pioneer Theatre (closed in 2008). The Pioneer Theatre is largely responsible for the success of the film Donnie Darko after being the first to create a cult following by screening it as the midnight movie for 28 months.
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Interviewed in "The 80's: Downtown", a special feature documentary, on the American Psycho DVD (Uncut Collector's Edition).