'The mockumentary style lends itself well to low-budget filmmaking, but it also showcases our strengths - story, jokes and character.' 'The goal was simplicity,' Strausbaugh said. The plot, according to IMDB, follows an unprofessional film crew as it documents five amateur runners while they train for an offbeat desert race organized by a desperate shoe store owner pulling out all the stops to celebrate its 15th year. 'The reviews were a wonderful surprise,' said Strausbaugh '07 B.S. 'Clever 'Marathon' will keep you laughing until the finish,' wrote Linda Cook for OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV. The feature film, which came out this spring, earned a 95% rating from Rotten Tomatoes with an 89% audience score. 'Given our limited resources, I think we produced an impressive scrappy little comedy,' he told Authority Magazine.

The total cost was about $55,000, with a shooting budget of $28,000. Old Dominion University alum Keith Strausbaugh and his filmmaking partner Anthony Guidubaldi made their mockumentary 'Marathon' on a shoestring budget.

'Marathon' follows an unprofessional film crew as it documents five amateur runners while they train for an offbeat desert race organized by a desperate shoe store owner pulling out all the stops to celebrate its 15th year. Keith Strausbaugh earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a master's in English from ODU.

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