Archive for November, 2011

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    The Wrap: VOD Rides to the Rescue of Indie Film

    November 29th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    VOD Rides to the Rescue of Indie Film By Brent Lang The indie film industry has found a life preserver — and it’s not floating in movie theaters. In fact, it’s the very model studios have been unsuccessfully trying to push past theater owners lately: debuting movies on video-on-demand simultaneously — or even in advance of [...]

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    Deadline: Gravitas Ventures, First Run Features Team For VOD

    November 22nd, 2011 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas Ventures, First Run Features Team For VOD Gravitas Ventures and First Run Features announced today a comprehensive licensing arrangement that will allow dozens of films from First Run Features to be enjoyed by movie lovers across North America on Video on Demand (VOD). Key titles included in the deal are theatrical films Man on [...]

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    LA Business Journal: Fastest Growing Private Companies

    November 22nd, 2011 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    On November 21, Gravitas Ventures was named the 4th fastest growing private company in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

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  • Amigo

    Amigo

    November 22nd, 2011 | Drama, Films | jwilka

    AMIGO, the 17th feature film from Academy Award-nominated writer-director John Sayles, stars legendary Filipino actor Joel Torre as Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer (Chris Cooper) to help the Americans in their hunt for [...]

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  • Spotlight: Amigo

    Spotlight: Amigo

    November 22nd, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Q & A with director John Sayles 1. You’ve had an amazing career thus far. Can you tell us how did you become interested in filmmaking? I saw many more TV shows and movies than I read books growing up, so it was the primary form of storytelling I was exposed to. But I was [...]

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  • Spotlight: Billionaire

    Spotlight: Billionaire

    November 14th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Q & A with director Alexis Spraic 1. Your incredible documentary-mystery BILLIONAIRE explores the suspicious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Larry Hillblom, the reclusive, shadowy founder of DHL who lived on a tiny island in Micronesia. How did you first hear about him? I was in high school when I first learned about the story [...]

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  • Spotlight: Surrogate Valentine

    Spotlight: Surrogate Valentine

    November 7th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Q & A with Director Dave Boyle 1. This is your third film (BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO, WHITE ON RICE & SURROGATE VALENTINE), and in all 3 films, you’ve always written in Asian American characters and showcased their culture? Where is this inspiration coming from? For my first film, the inspiration really came [...]

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    Variety: ’5 Star’ goes day and date on Facebook

    November 3rd, 2011 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    ’5 Star’ goes day and date on Facebook Indie pic bows in 10 theaters and on social network today By MARC GRASER   As more indies offer video-on-demand rentals of their films day-and-date with limited releases, they’re increasingly turning to Facebook as a platform, with Gravitas Ventures and Breaking Glass Pictures bowing “5 Star Day” today [...]

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  • 5 Star Day

    5 Star Day

    November 2nd, 2011 | Drama, Films | jwilka

    Four People. One Horoscope. Infinite Possibilities. Jake Gibson’s (Cam Gigandet) horoscope forecasts a perfect FIVE STAR DAY the morning of his birthday. Little does he realize that what’s foretold to be a flawless day, unfolds to be far less than stellar when Jake’s world is turned upside down as all that could go wrong…does. Determined [...]

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  • Spotlight: 5 Star Day

    Spotlight: 5 Star Day

    November 2nd, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    World Premiere Cam Gigandet Interview Q & A with director Danny Buday 1. There is clearly a very thematic and consistent soundtrack throughout this film. What role does music play in your work and how do you go about choosing the tone? Music is a huge component of my process as a filmmaker and I [...]

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  • Spotlight: Holiday Engagement

    Spotlight: Holiday Engagement

    November 1st, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Q & A with Director Jim Fall 1. How did you become interested in filmmaking? I became interested in filmmaking as a kid because my dad was an avid home movie maker. Also, now, I’m dating myself here…but I remember begging my dad to take me to see THE EXORCIST when it first came out. [...]

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  • Billionaire

    Billionaire

    November 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    DHL Founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom seemed to have vanished into thin air when he failed to return from a routine flight in his vintage Seabee. Even before he was officially declared dead, bar girls throughout Asia came forward claiming to have children by Larry and seeking a piece of his vast fortune. SHADOW BILLIONAIRE [...]

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  • Surrogate Valentine

    Surrogate Valentine

    November 1st, 2011 | Comedy, Films | jwilka

    San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) is barely scraping by playing live gigs and teaching guitar. So when a filmmaker friend asks him to teach guitar lessons to TV star Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) for his upcoming movie role, Goh jumps at the chance. While on tour together, things get complicated when Goh’s high [...]

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  • Holiday Engagement

    Holiday Engagement

    November 1st, 2011 | Comedy, Films | jwilka

    Hilary’s plan to hire a good-looking guy to act as her boyfriend backfires when she brings him home for the holidays to try and fool her family. The joke ends up being on her when the fauxmance invites real complications.

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  • After Happily Ever After

    After Happily Ever After

    November 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    ‘After Happily Ever After’ is filmmaker Kate Schermerhorns quirky, funny and moving personal quest for the secret to a happy marriage and for answers to some timely questions about an institution that, surprisingly, is rarely examined in any comprehensive way: Why do 90% of Americans marry when half of those marriages will end in divorce? [...]

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