ABEL RAISES CAIN, the Highly-Acclaimed Documentary About Legendary Media Hoaxer, Alan Abel

WHO IS
ALAN ABEL?

Alan Abel, by trade, is a professional prankster. His hoaxing career began in the late 1950s with a campaign to clothe all animals for the sake of decency.

About ALAN ABEL
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Articles about Alan Abel

Ten Questions for the Best Prankster of All Time
By NICOLE TOURTELOT

Esquire interview with Alan
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Before Stephen Colbert, there was Alan Abel - New documentary is an intimate look at the man behind the world's most infamous pranks
By GREG QUILL

Alan Abel in Toronto Star
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Of Flab and Flimflammery
Veteran Prankster Behind Esquire's 'Fat Tax ' Spoof
By PETER CARLSON

Washington Post expose
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Old trickster - Alan Abel's life is still one big joke
By IAN SANDS

Boston Phoenix article
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"Like a reverse Jon Stewart, Abel has been creating fake news...preying on mainstream media's insatiable thirst for the lurid, the perverse, and the wacky"
- David Nanasi -


"Long before the Yes Men satirized Exxon and Halliburton, and before Ashton Kutcher was born, Alan Abel was the undisputed king of media hoaxers"
- Bennett Gordon -
Alan Abel's TIMELINE of HOAXES • • • • • •
The Abels GUEST BLOG on hulu • • • • • •

WHAT'S THE
MOVIE ABOUT?

ABEL RAISES CAIN is an unprecedented glimpse into the life and bizarre career of infamous underground media prankster, Alan Abel, told from the viewpoint of his daughter, Jenny Abel and Co-Director, Jeff Hockett.

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Read the Reviews

"An invigorating and often hysterical look at a gifted comic and the nation of dupes he continues to use as his medium"
- By Joe Keohane -

"A humorous and highly personal documentary"
- Robert Welkos -

"ABEL RAISES CAIN has the subject of the decade, a world-champion 'hoaxer' who has been fearlessly plying his odd trade for over fifty years...Alan Abel's life is almost beyond belief"
- Glenn Erickson -

"A rather brilliant portrayal of a true American original who probably hasn't gotten his due"
- Jake Meaney -


"It's an impressive debut, featuring a story that's almost too perfect to be true"
- Steven Snyder -

Abel family portrait
[photo by Nikki Audet]

WAYS YOU CAN SEE THE FILM:

Buy the 'Abel Raises Cain' DVD with Extras!

(90% of each sale goes directly to the filmmakers!)

[special features include]

• Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Rare 16mm Footage
• Bonus Scenes
• Audio Commentary with the Filmmakers and the Abels
• English Captions on the Feature

$14.97 US + $4.99 S/H
More DVD ordering info can be found here>>

'Abel Raises Cain' DVD with Extras is also available directly through Amazon.com and for rent on Netflix



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Feature only DVD, Video-on-Demand and Pay Streaming available through Indieflix and Amazon VOD



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'Abel Raises Cain' is streaming on Hulu and Joost

View the ABEL RAISES CAIN trailer

CONTACT THE
FILMMAKERS

Please get in touch with JENNY ABEL if you would like to book a screening, if you are interested in buying a copy of the movie for educational use, or if you have any questions at all about the film!

The filmmakers, Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett, can be reached at: abelraisescain@gmail.com

Alan Abel is available for speaking engagements and he can be reached at: abelalan2000@yahoo.com

For World Sales Information, please contact:
EWA BIGIO
Smiley Film Sales
Level 1, 114-116 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 360 0325
info@smileyfilmsales.com

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