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Funding update: 33 days to go.
27 backers $1,836 pledged of $15,000 goal How does a film get made? Step by step. Go check out the project and make this indie film happen!
3 things about Joe Dante’s SMALL SOLDIERS
Small Soldiers [1998] 1. Password? Gizmo. 2. “There’s nothing in windows. There’s stuff outside them.” 3. A row of plastic corn cob holders stuck in his leg.
Throwback Thursday: chilling on the sunporch.
January, 1995. L to R: Tchavdar behind the camera, me, Phil Jones recording sound, and actors Gavin Meyer and Lesley Walbridge. And her dog. For the ultimate Throwback Thursday, check out my Kickstarter.
Funding update: 34 days to go.
26 backers $1,786 pledged of $15,000 goal To quote Gordon Cole, my socks are on fire! Go check out the project. And did you know that merely supporting the film can help quench your thirst?
My film can wet your whistle.
No, really! With your pledge of $100 or more, you’ll receive this splendid custom-made Pause of the Clock pint glass. It’s perfect for your favorite beer, soda, iced tea, lemonade, or just good old thirst-quenching H2O. Or pair it with … Continue reading
“It’s that sort of conversation across the decades that has really interested me, now, as I finish the film.”
Pause of the Clock received a nice writeup on Chicagoist. Check it out!
Funding update: 35 days to go.
20 backers $1,541 pledged of $15,000 goal It’s nice to see the number of backers inching upwards. Why not join them? Go check out the project. Here’s a teaser to whet your appetite: tomorrow I’ll be revealing what one of … Continue reading
3 things about Don Siegel’s RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11
Riot in Cell Block 11 [1954] 1. “Those guys got the guts to try anything!” 2. Integrated prisoners. 3. The guards, the Colonel all standing in a line, hands tied to the length of pipe running along the wall. (Goya?)
How Alain Delon ended up in my movie.
I’m referring of course to “Alain Delon,” a track by my friend Steven Pate that appears on the soundtrack of Pause of the Clock. (What–you thought I meant the actor?!) During the editing of a dinner party scene I was … Continue reading
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Funding update: 36 days to go.
18 backers $1,501 pledged of $15,000 goal If just a few of you kind readers out there make a pledge, I can easily get past the $2,000 mark today. I’ve got some really cool rewards too, from a custom-made pint … Continue reading
