The Movie
Confessions of a Superhero is a fantastic documentary about the people who dress up like caped crusaders in Hollywood in search of fame or money, exploring their lives and all the questions you'd have about those folks. There are moments where Just About Famous approaches those topics, but it's mainly satisfied with keeping its distance from the celebrity impersonators it profiles and acting as a tourist in their world, focusing on the Sunburst Convention, an annual gathering of "tribute artists" in Orlando.

The film puts the spotlight on a handful of acts, including impersonations of President Barack Obama, Kiss, Madonna, Lady Gaga, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hugh Hefner and, of course, Elvis. They discuss their lives and their impersonations, with their separate stories tied together by their attendance at the convention. The concept of celebrity impersonation is fleshed out through their segments and montages of interviews with a variety of faux famous people, touching on what goes into a good tribute, what it's like to look famous but not be famous and the economic realities of the industry.

The other issue here is the lack of a unifying storyline. Yes, the convention ties them all together, but you could remove almost any of the subjects from the film (with the possibly exception of "Elvis" and "Bush", the film's two most interesting people) and it wouldn't be any worse for it. They aren't all competing for some grand prize or attending with some sort of greater purpose. They are just there for their business, which leaves the film as just a collection of profiles that rides on the interest level the viewer has in the personality being portrayed (especially in the home stretch, where the film slows down to show the performers "on the job".) Perhaps the concept was just better suited for the short film it was originally created as.

The Quality
The anamorphic widescreen transfer for Just About Famous is quite nice for standard definition, offering a solid level of fine detail, while color is natural and well-saturated. Black levels are sufficiently deep to properly display darker performance sequences, though most of the film is well-lit and vibrant. There are no issues with digital distractions on this disc.

The Dolby Digital 2.0 track does a fine job of delivering all the audio elements well and without distortion, keeping the voices of the subjects clear and easily understood, while the music (obviously a relatively frequent part considering the number of musical performers profiled) is nice and strong, to the point where I was slightly surprised that it was just a 2.0 track.

The Extras
The big extra is a whopping 54:30 of deleted scenes, which cover the gamut of topics from the film's world, including the convention promoter's core business and further insights from the lookalikes in the film, which include the stories of how several imitators got into the business. There are quite a few subjects here who didn't make it into the film, which is reason enough to check out this pile of scenes.

Just About Famous is an expansion of the directors' original short documentary (14:33) which is included here. Most of the footage made it into the feature film, though some subjects ended up with smaller roles, while the Obama imitator was replaced entirely with a different (better) version.

Also available to watch is the film's trailer (1:54), which naturally piles on the impersonations in selling the film.

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