Synopsis
Dan Cleveland is the guitarist and leader of a Minneapolis-based progressive hard rock band called Dark Horse. Dan is convinced that Dark Horse will one day be recognized as an important musical force, and that wealth, stardom, and critical acclaim await him. However, the rest of the world doesn't seem quite so certain, so in the meantime, Dan works as a driver for a delivery service and tends to his physical and emotional maladies with a variety of prescribed drugs as he confronts the many frustrations that are part of the life of a struggling musician. Minneapolis-based independent filmmaker Rolf Belgum followed the part-time inventor and would-be rock star with his camera for several months, and the result was the documentary Driver 23. Driver 23 was screened in competition at the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and was screened at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art as part of their 2000 biennial presentation. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide