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Raising Buchanan is a 2019 American comedy film written and directed by Bruce Dellis. The film stars René Auberjonois, Amanda Melby, Cathy Shim, Terence Bernie Hines, Robert Ben Garant, and M. Emmet Walsh. The film premiered at the 2019 Phoenix Film Festival. In the film, a desperate woman steals the corpse of former US president James Buchanan, hoping to net a large ransom. Complications arise when it seems no one is particularly interested in getting him back.

Plot
In suburban Phoenix, 40-year-old Ruth Kiesling (Amanda Melby) is not exactly "living the dream." She's a donut shop employee with anger issues. She's got no mother, a dead brother, and a father (M. Emmet Walsh) in hospice. Her few friends include her roommates: Meg (Cathy Shim), her game-for-anything confidante since junior high; Holly (Jennifer Pfalzgraff), a somewhat level-headed janitor and amateur ventriloquist; and her probation officer, Philip Crosby (Terence Bernie Hines). Ruth's only creative outlet is playing her cello in the background of a series of popular online videos featuring Errol (Steve Briscoe), an egotistical ventriloquist. Errol lords over a community of loyal ventriloquists who proudly (and literally) wear their allegiance to their "art"; their dummies are strapped across their torsos like badass bandoleros.

Ever the opportunist and desperate for money, Ruth finds herself in a position to "steal" the body of President James Buchanan (René Auberjonois). She does so, hoping to ransom him for a nice windfall -- but she's surprised to discover that no one seems particularly interested in getting him back. Plan B (and C and D) doesn't appear to be any more fruitful for the hapless women, leading to dead-ends involving a wealthy widow, a confused LGBTQ organization, and a hot-headed shipping foreman. The resolution of this increasingly dire situation will require previously untapped resourcefulness from Ruth; a demanding commitment from Crosby; and a disconcerting insight into Errol's ventriloquist horde.

Cast

 * René Auberjonois as U.S. President James Buchanan
 * Amanda Melby as Ruth Kiesling
 * Cathy Shim as Meg
 * Terence Bernie Hines as Phillip Crosby
 * M. Emmet Walsh as Larry Kiesling
 * Robert Ben Garant as Lancaster Guy
 * Jennifer Pfalzgraff as Holly
 * Steve Briscoe as Errol
 * Shannon Whirry as Parnella Monroe
 * Lynnette Brown as Gretchen
 * Max Bullis as Dante
 * Zoey Yeoman as Capt. Jarvis
 * Shelly Boucher as Trina
 * Laura Durant as Mrs. Warren
 * Kane Black as Brock
 * John Batchan as Wyatt
 * Bruce Nelson as Det. Hostetler
 * Saylor Billings as Biker Chick Vent
 * Dustin Leighton as Sideburn Vent
 * Ted Raymond as Elderly Man
 * Kyle Sorrell as Worried Man
 * Howie Johnson as Charming Cell Phone Man

Soundtrack
Several songs on the soundtrack concern mining disasters.
 * "All This Could Be Yours" (written and performed by Jennifer Trynin)
 * "Game of Pricks" (written by Robert Pollard; performed by Guided By Voices)
 * "Timothy" (written by Rupert Holmes; performed by The Buoys)
 * "Last Day in the Mine" (written by Jimmy Key; performed by Dave Dudley)
 * "Explosion in the Fairmont Mine" (written and performed by Blind Alfred Reed)
 * "McBeth Mine Explosion" (performed by Cap, Andy, and Flip)
 * "Close the Coalhouse Door" (written and performed by Alex Glasgow)
 * "Bow Wow" (written by Benjamin Darvill and J. Hogarth; performed by Son of Dave)
 * "Cello Sonata No. 1, Op 38" (written by Johannes Brahms; performed by Amanda Melby)
 * "Sonata Amanda, 3. Andante" (written by Douglas Durant; performed by Amanda Melby)