Early Wednesday morning, Michigan State Police received a 911 call from a motorist traveling east on Interstate 696 in Detroit. The crime? Bouncing pumpkins, flying off the back of a semi truck and onto the highway. The driver of the truck, Brian Rose, was delivering the pumpkins to a grocery store, and apparently had no idea that he was losing pumpkins until cops pulled him over and showed him the back of his semi. By then, it was too late; the highway was littered with over 200 pumpkins, closing one lane of traffic during the morning rush. "They were bouncing off people’s cars," Michigan State Police Sgt. James Kemp told Tammy Stables Battaglia of the Detroit Free Press. "One windshield was shattered, but at least he didn’t get hurt."...
- 10/27/2011
- by Nando Di Fino
- Mediaite - TV
In celebration of both its 20th Anniversary and World Day for Audio Visual Heritage, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (Amia) launched its first short film competition. The challenge was "to create a film or video that conveys the importance of preserving the world’s moving image heritage." The winner was Brian Rose's quite moving His First Day, inspired "by the stories of dozens of films that would have been lost forever … were it not for a few individuals who thought they were worth saving. My own work owes a huge debt to the silent cinema, and I shudder to think what that work would be like, and what kind of person I would be, had someone not cared to save films like The Passion of Joan of Arc or practically anything by Buster Keaton. "That is the ultimate message of my film: that one person's decision to save...
- 10/29/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
According to Second Hand Wedding director Paul Murphy, his 2008 hit New Zealand comedy – released in Australia last week by Potential Films – is yet to make a profit.
“Due to great DVD and airline sales we have managed to climb from 30 percent (cinema income) to around 60 percent recoupment, which has been distributed proportionately to investors – including deferred payments to cast and crew. As successful as the film is considered, it has still failed to make a profit as yet,” Murphy told Encore.
Murphy said that due to the way the income is distributed, Garage Sale Productions only receives approximately 15 percent of the box office intake.
“The film made around Nz$1.9m, so approximately $280,000 came back to the filmmakers. It was shot on a production budget of around $200,000 and received a post grant of $700,000 from the New Zealand Film Commission for a total budget of around $900,000,” he explained.
About his experience working...
“Due to great DVD and airline sales we have managed to climb from 30 percent (cinema income) to around 60 percent recoupment, which has been distributed proportionately to investors – including deferred payments to cast and crew. As successful as the film is considered, it has still failed to make a profit as yet,” Murphy told Encore.
Murphy said that due to the way the income is distributed, Garage Sale Productions only receives approximately 15 percent of the box office intake.
“The film made around Nz$1.9m, so approximately $280,000 came back to the filmmakers. It was shot on a production budget of around $200,000 and received a post grant of $700,000 from the New Zealand Film Commission for a total budget of around $900,000,” he explained.
About his experience working...
- 8/3/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Thanks to Potential Films we have passes for the New Zealand hit Second Hand Wedding, directed by Paul Murphy.
Jill and Brian Rose are happily married and looking forward to their daughter, primary school teacher Cheryl, following in their footsteps when long-time boyfriend, mechanic Stew, proposes. Clouds gather, however, when it becomes clear that Cheryl has issues with her mother’s voracious bargain hunting, which she fears will ruin her wedding. Covering up the truth has consequences for everyone involved. Will Cheryl be able to get out of the hole she’s dug for herself?
Second Hand Wedding was a massive hit in New Zealand in 2008.
The Australian release is scheduled for July 29.
To win, email miguel@focalattractions.com.au and tell us, have you ever bought anything second hand?...
Jill and Brian Rose are happily married and looking forward to their daughter, primary school teacher Cheryl, following in their footsteps when long-time boyfriend, mechanic Stew, proposes. Clouds gather, however, when it becomes clear that Cheryl has issues with her mother’s voracious bargain hunting, which she fears will ruin her wedding. Covering up the truth has consequences for everyone involved. Will Cheryl be able to get out of the hole she’s dug for herself?
Second Hand Wedding was a massive hit in New Zealand in 2008.
The Australian release is scheduled for July 29.
To win, email miguel@focalattractions.com.au and tell us, have you ever bought anything second hand?...
- 7/28/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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