Archive for January, 2011

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    Indie Focus: ‘The Other Woman’ goes the other way with video release

    January 31st, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Indie Focus: ‘The Other Woman’ goes the other way with video release ‘The Other Woman,’ starring a pre-’Black Swan’ Natalie Portman, is capturing viewers on video on demand ahead of its theatrical release, a model that’s gaining popularity with film studios. Natalie Portman as Emilia and Charlie Tahan as William in the movie “The Other [...]

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  • Spotlight: Who Loves the Sun

    Spotlight: Who Loves the Sun

    January 24th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Making Of Who Loves the Sun The Scoring of Who Loves the Sun Music Video: Older Summers Q&A w/ Director Matt Bissonnette 1. Introduce yourself and your film Hi, I’m Matt Bissonnette, and this is my film, Who Loves The Sun, she’s a bit shy, but a pretty good dancer! 2. How did you become [...]

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    Gravitas & Variance Rescue ‘American: The Bill Hicks Story’

    January 23rd, 2011 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    By Jeff Sneider Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films are teaming for the theatrical day-and-date release of Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas’ award-winning documentary “American: The Bill Hicks Story,” which will open simultaneously in theaters and on VOD on April 8 in New York City. “American” will then expand into 25 theaters across the country throughout [...]

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  • Spotlight: At the Sinatra Club

    Spotlight: At the Sinatra Club

    January 17th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    1. Introduce yourself and your film I am Salvatore Polisi, the writer for “At the Sinatra Club“. 2. How did you become interested in filmmaking? I lived a wild and crazy life… now I write about it. 3. Tell us about your inspiration and vision for the film. I was inspired to write this script [...]

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    Home Entertainment Spending Holds Steady in 2011

    January 10th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Home Entertainment Spending Holds Steady in 2011 By : Thomas K. Arnold | Posted: 06 Jan 2011 tarnold@questex.com Home entertainment is holding its own in an increasingly fragmented market for consumer eyeballs, according to final 2010 figures released today by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group. Consumer spending on packaged media and digital delivery for the [...]

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  • Spotlight: Under Our Skin

    Spotlight: Under Our Skin

    January 10th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    1. Introduce yourself and your film My name is Andy Abrahams Wilson and I’m the Producer/Director and Principal Cinematographer of Under Our Skin. I run a nonprofit indie production company called Open Eye Pictures, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under Our Skin is a searing expose into the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease, [...]

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  • How Weed Won the West

    How Weed Won the West

    January 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    With California and the rest of the country going bankrupt, one business is booming. How Weed Won the West is the story of the growing Medical Marijuana industry, focusing on Los Angeles with over 700 legal dispensaries doling out the buds.

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  • American Drug War

    American Drug War

    January 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from “legal drugs” Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. [...]

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  • Spotlight: Bar Starz

    Spotlight: Bar Starz

    January 1st, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    The Making of “Bar Starz” Q&A with Mike Pietrzak 1. Introduce yourself and your film I am Michael John Pietrzak, a writer/director. Bar Starz is my second produced credit as a writer, first as a director.  Bar Starz is the story of Barry and Douglas, two friends who go away to community college and get [...]

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  • At the Sinatra Club

    At the Sinatra Club

    January 1st, 2011 | Action, Drama, Films, Thriller | jwilka

    It’s 1972 and the Mafia crime families are at war, but that isn’t enough to stop a young, unknown John Gotti, who has big ideas and even bigger ambitions. In order to put an end to a two decades’ conflict, Gotti pulls together an unlikely crew made up of one member from each crime family [...]

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  • Bar Starz

    Bar Starz

    January 1st, 2011 | Comedy, Films | jwilka

    Emancipating himself from his crazy girlfriend, Barry Shlotzak is in need of a new start, new challenges, and a new life. He’s about to find it when his best friend, Douglas, convinces him to enter a contest, with the Grand Prize being an internship with the local “Bar Starz.” Everyone knows the “Bars Starz,” they [...]

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  • Who Loves the Sun

    Who Loves the Sun

    January 1st, 2011 | Comedy, Drama, Films | jwilka

    Will Morrison and Daniel Bloom were the best of friends. They grew up together. Went to the same schools. Liked the same records. Loved the same girls. Daniel was Will’s best man at his wedding to Maggie Claire. Then one day Will disappeared without a word. Half a decade later he re-surfaces and sets off [...]

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  • Under Our Skin

    Under Our Skin

    January 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, “Under Our Skin” exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are “all in their head.” Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting [...]

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  • 33 Men: Chilean Mine Rescue

    33 Men: Chilean Mine Rescue

    January 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    This one-hour film chronicles the fate of the 33 miners trapped in a collapsed Chilean gold and copper mine in August 2010 and investigates the many challenges faced by both the miners and those working around the clock to bring them safely to the surface. NOVA was on-site at the San José mine in Chile [...]

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