Route One Entertainment has signed a distribution deal with the PRØHBTD cannabis lifestyle platform to market and distribute Gabriel Sunday’s mockumentary series “Dope State,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Route One CEO Russell Levine (“Colossal”), who also executive produces the series, made the announcement Tuesday. “Dope State” is directed, written, and stars Sunday. It consists of six 22-minute episodes that provide a humorous look at cannabis entrepreneurs seeking riches and revolution in the Golden State.
PRØHBTD asserts that it has built the first and largest multi-platform video network in the cannabis industry with video content syndicated across 15 different partner platforms including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, Android TV, Dailymotion and others, which saw more than 21 million video views in May with an average view through rate of 3:45 minutes.
The company creates a number of original programs including “Edibles” with Birdie Harrelson, niece of Woody Harrelson, and “Get Loud” with Slink Johnson.
Route One CEO Russell Levine (“Colossal”), who also executive produces the series, made the announcement Tuesday. “Dope State” is directed, written, and stars Sunday. It consists of six 22-minute episodes that provide a humorous look at cannabis entrepreneurs seeking riches and revolution in the Golden State.
PRØHBTD asserts that it has built the first and largest multi-platform video network in the cannabis industry with video content syndicated across 15 different partner platforms including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, Android TV, Dailymotion and others, which saw more than 21 million video views in May with an average view through rate of 3:45 minutes.
The company creates a number of original programs including “Edibles” with Birdie Harrelson, niece of Woody Harrelson, and “Get Loud” with Slink Johnson.
- 10/2/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
SeriesFest, the international television festival dedicated to showcasing the best and boldest emerging voices in television, revealed the winners of this year’s international pilot competition at a closing reception today in Denver. Chief among the winners was “Halfway There,” which took home the prize for best independent dramatic pilot a well as the audience award. Created by Nick Morton and Rick Roesnthal, “Halfway There” stars Matthew Lillard as a sober addict running a rehabilitation facility, and Blythe Danner as his alcoholic mother whom he is forced to treat.
“The quality of content selected for this year’s International Pilot Competition was simply unmatched. We are encouraged by the diverse perspectives represented, and in awe of each and every creator who took part in our festival,” said SeriesFest co-founders Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith-Westbrook in a statement.
Many independent projects that debuted at SeriesFest have gone on to score production deals,...
“The quality of content selected for this year’s International Pilot Competition was simply unmatched. We are encouraged by the diverse perspectives represented, and in awe of each and every creator who took part in our festival,” said SeriesFest co-founders Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith-Westbrook in a statement.
Many independent projects that debuted at SeriesFest have gone on to score production deals,...
- 6/27/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
In the week that saw Brian Golden Davis’ documentary secure a distribution deal with Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet and Lionsgate, the film also left Park City with two top awards.
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
- 1/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In late November, Slamdance presented the 20 titles lined up for its narrative and documentary competitions. Today, the festival’s rounded out the program for its 2016 edition, running from January 22 through 28. Special screenings include Adam Rifkin's tag>Director's Cut, written by tag>Penn Jillette. Narrative shorts include tag>Lori Felker's tag>Discontinuity. Documentary shorts include tag>John Wilson's tag>Temporary Color with tag>David Byrne. And the Anarchy shorts include tag>Gabriel Sunday's tag>Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston? with, yes, tag>Daniel Johnston. » - David Hudson...
- 12/8/2015
- Keyframe
In late November, Slamdance presented the 20 titles lined up for its narrative and documentary competitions. Today, the festival’s rounded out the program for its 2016 edition, running from January 22 through 28. Special screenings include Adam Rifkin's tag>Director's Cut, written by tag>Penn Jillette. Narrative shorts include tag>Lori Felker's tag>Discontinuity. Documentary shorts include tag>John Wilson's tag>Temporary Color with tag>David Byrne. And the Anarchy shorts include tag>Gabriel Sunday's tag>Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston? with, yes, tag>Daniel Johnston. » - David Hudson...
- 12/8/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Daniel Johnston has already been the subject of one great music documentary, 2005's The Devil and Daniel Johnston, but a mind as deeply complex as his is deserving of another. Two years ago, his longtime fans Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller donated to Gabriel Sunday's crowdfunded short film on the lo-fi icon, earning executive producer credit. Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston? will star Johnston in an imagined conversation with his younger self from 1983, when he was recording his seminal album Hi, How Are You, with the singer-actress Soko also appearing as his long-lost love, Laurie. Lana soundtracks the film's first trailer (as she very often does), with a stirring cover of Johnston's devastating "Some Things Last a Long Time" from 1990. A snippet of her cover comes in around the trailer's 1-minute mark, and you can watch the short film on Vimeo on November 11.
- 11/9/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Singer gets "signed Smurf ukulele" in return for her pledge to the Kickstarter fundraiser for Hi, How Are You short film
Lana Del Rey and rapper Mac Miller are among the financiers for a new film starring Daniel Johnston. Both musicians have contributed money to Hi, How Are You, a short film looking back on Johnston's "most prolific and maddening era".
Earlier this month, director Gabriel Sunday launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for the narrative short that he begun shooting at this year's Open Borders arts festival. In the film, Johnston himself reflects on the making of his seminal 1983 album. "But as Daniel tells his stories, the rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper and time and reality begin to bend," Sunday said in a promo video. "What starts out as this interview spills into a world where Daniel's art and characters and music come to life."
As one of the United States' most idiosyncratic artists,...
Lana Del Rey and rapper Mac Miller are among the financiers for a new film starring Daniel Johnston. Both musicians have contributed money to Hi, How Are You, a short film looking back on Johnston's "most prolific and maddening era".
Earlier this month, director Gabriel Sunday launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for the narrative short that he begun shooting at this year's Open Borders arts festival. In the film, Johnston himself reflects on the making of his seminal 1983 album. "But as Daniel tells his stories, the rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper and time and reality begin to bend," Sunday said in a promo video. "What starts out as this interview spills into a world where Daniel's art and characters and music come to life."
As one of the United States' most idiosyncratic artists,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Daniel Johnson, Sean Michaels
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Gabriel Sunday is promising psychedelic good times with his latest short film about troubled indie-music icon Daniel Johnston. The work plays like a documentary, but things transform when Johnston’s art, music and other quirks are used to create his internal world — and if you’ve listened to his music, then you know that’s an emotionally complex experience. The footage was captured during the Open Borders Festival in California, inside an abandoned bookstore, shot in just a few days. The soundtrack boasts songs from Tom Waits, Beck, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes, Pearl Jam, the Flaming Lips and more. The filmmakers are currently campaigning on Kickstarter to gather funds for the postproduction...
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- 11/14/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
When you're watching a film on your computer, does the idea of commenting on it in real time appeal to you? What if you could create an original live blog of your favorite new releases, which all your friends could see, comment on, repost, reblog or retweet?
More and more studios are hopping aboard social film streaming on Facebook, and they're really hoping you will, too.
On Tuesday, Lionsgate became the first studio to release a film on the social networking site in tandem with its DVD and Blu-ray release. "Abduction," an action film starring Taylor Lautner that was poorly received by critics and flopped at the box office during its theatrical run, can now be rented on Facebook for $3.99; the loan lasts for two days. The film's Facebook page also posted a message alerting fans that they could could unlock an exclusive interview with Lautner if they answered a trivia question.
More and more studios are hopping aboard social film streaming on Facebook, and they're really hoping you will, too.
On Tuesday, Lionsgate became the first studio to release a film on the social networking site in tandem with its DVD and Blu-ray release. "Abduction," an action film starring Taylor Lautner that was poorly received by critics and flopped at the box office during its theatrical run, can now be rented on Facebook for $3.99; the loan lasts for two days. The film's Facebook page also posted a message alerting fans that they could could unlock an exclusive interview with Lautner if they answered a trivia question.
- 1/19/2012
- by Lucas Kavner
- Huffington Post
A 2011 Top Ten list from one of Tribeca Film Festival's Programmers, including a list of indie hits that may have never made it onto your radar. Aaron Levine Programmer, Tribeca Film Festival (list in alphabetical order) These are the top ten films you may've missed, and if so, treat yourself to some great indie gems for the holidays. Archie's Final Project (David Lee Miller) A cinematic shot of adrenaline with an important, powerful message. Look out for star Gabriel Sunday who sets the screen on fire. Attack the Block (Joe Cornish) Grab your popcorn and buckle up. This rollercoaster ride is the most fun you'll have all year (Allow it, Truth, Believe). Cook County (David Pomes) Down and dirty backwoods grit. Anson Mount knocks it out of the park. happythankyoumoreplease (Josh Radnor) A pitch perfect New York ensemble of life, love, and following your heart. Like Crazy (Drake Doremus) This...
- 12/16/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
"Put in something really sexy about how I'm about to break in the United States cinema like a tsunami wave of talent and expressive excitement," jokes Gabriel Sunday, but his energy and enthusiasm for life and his craft speaks for itself. Sunday isn't afraid to throw himself completely into a character. Take "Archie's Final Project" (available on DVD Dec. 6), in which Sunday, 26, plays the title character, a 17-year-old who plans to film his own suicide. Sunday got involved with the film early in the development stage. "I've been able to really live this character from the inside out and understand what he'd been going through and understand his struggle and the main theme of the film, which is connection," he says. "The film is about suicide in some ways, but it's mostly about connection and reaching outside of your own narcissistic self to try to connect with somebody...
- 11/28/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Melinda Loewenstein)
- backstage.com
"So the good news is, there's life after death. The bad news is, it's really cold." Whoa. A very trippy VFX test reel for a new project from up-and-coming filmmaker John Stalberg Jr. was found by Movies.com today, and it's definitely something to see. Stalberg is the director of the Sundance stoner comedy High School (review), which will get a release next year, but in the meantime he's prepping a project titled Limbo, some twisted sci-fi about a guy, played by Gabriel Sunday (Archie's Final Project), who ends up in a weird limbo reality when he dies. Its got flying whales, tentacles and more. It's essentially a trailer, so check it out below. Here's the VFX tests made by Buf for John Stalberg Jr.'s new feature project Limbo, via Vimeo: We're not sure of too much information on this, as it sounds like Stalberg is just putting Limbo together now.
- 10/29/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Many of you may not know director John Stalberg Jr. because his film High school won't hit theaters until April 20th, 2012 (check out Scott Weinberg's review of the stoner dramedy from Sundance 2010), but regardless of who knows who we're still going to show you this very cool VFX text video Stalberg shot for his follow-up to High school, a freaky-looking sci-fi flick called Limbo. We're not sure how far along Stalberg is in the process of making it, but we do know that Gabriel Sunday (Archie's Final Project) stars in this test (and hopefully the film, too, because he's a fantastic actor who needs to be in more movies), and the VFX are being done by Buf, who worked on Gaspar Noe's trippy Enter the Void. Based on this brief test teaser, it...
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- 10/28/2011
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
It's been two years since David Lee Miller's My Suicide played the 2009 fest circuit, from Berlin (where it won The Crystal Bear) and Gen Art (best picture and actor, Gabriel Sunday), to SXSW, San Francisco and Seattle. The movie, which deploys cinema verite techniques to document a teen's quest to do himself in, kept distribution hope alive via an active Facebook page. Miller worked closely with his son Jason and his videographer star Sunday, who plays Archie, the film's "isolated, narcissistic blob,"as he describes it. They constantly raised coin for the film, which Sunday often shot himself, using multiple video cameras. It took three years to edit 15 terrabytes of footage. "It has this crazy Add feeling to it," says Sunday. But even agency ...
- 4/7/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
In an interview with Pedestrian.tv, David Miller announced that he is currently developing a narrative biopic based on the life of musician Daniel Johnston. The film has not been cast yet, but one of the names being tossed around is Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman would play an older Daniel Johnston with Gabriel Sunday playing the young Johnston. Sunday is the star of Miller’s previous film My Suicide which has gained much buzz at various film festivals and will see a release in September of this year. It is rumored that Johnny Depp and John C. Reilly have both expressed interest in the film as well.
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- 3/22/2010
- by Ronnita Miller
- GordonandtheWhale
Director hints that the award-winning actor might play the cult singer-songwriter in a biopic of Johnston's life
Philip Seymour Hoffman could be in the running to play Daniel Johnston in an upcoming biopic, the film's writer/producer said this week. David Miller has begun work on an "epic superhero story" about the splendid and troubled singer, which Miller hoped would also feature Johnny Depp.
"It doesn't really cover any of the same stuff as The Devil and Daniel Johnston documentary," Miller told Pedestrian.tv (via TwentyFourBit). The director, who is in the midst of pre-production, finishing the screenplay and approaching possible actors, added: "There's so many people reaching out that are huge Daniel Johnston fans. Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly for example. Johnny Depp's a big Daniel Johnston fan, though we'd like him to play the older brother."
Miller is currently promoting My Suicide, an indie comedy he wrote with his son,...
Philip Seymour Hoffman could be in the running to play Daniel Johnston in an upcoming biopic, the film's writer/producer said this week. David Miller has begun work on an "epic superhero story" about the splendid and troubled singer, which Miller hoped would also feature Johnny Depp.
"It doesn't really cover any of the same stuff as The Devil and Daniel Johnston documentary," Miller told Pedestrian.tv (via TwentyFourBit). The director, who is in the midst of pre-production, finishing the screenplay and approaching possible actors, added: "There's so many people reaching out that are huge Daniel Johnston fans. Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly for example. Johnny Depp's a big Daniel Johnston fan, though we'd like him to play the older brother."
Miller is currently promoting My Suicide, an indie comedy he wrote with his son,...
- 3/19/2010
- by Sean Michaels
- The Guardian - Film News
Toronto -- The Berlin award-winning teen dramedy "My Suicide" from U.S. director David Lee Miller is to unspool at the upcoming Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival For Children, organizers said Tuesday.
The Gabriel Sunday-starring film about a high school teen making a video project about his own suicide recently won the best feature film prize in Berlin's youth film section Generation 14plus (Hr, Feb. 13).
Sprockets also booked Neil Diamond's "Reel Injun," a Canadian documentary about inaccurate portrayals of native peoples in Hollywood films.
But elsewhere, there's an international flavor to Sprockets' 13th edition, with 27 features and 41 shorts from 23 countries and in 20 languages on offer.
As in past years, the Toronto event aligned with the Toronto International Film Festival will look to widen young film tastes beyond Pixar and Disney by featuring mostly European films in its features sidebar, including Norwegian director Asleik Engmark's "Twigson," "The Indian" from Dutch director Ineke Houtman,...
The Gabriel Sunday-starring film about a high school teen making a video project about his own suicide recently won the best feature film prize in Berlin's youth film section Generation 14plus (Hr, Feb. 13).
Sprockets also booked Neil Diamond's "Reel Injun," a Canadian documentary about inaccurate portrayals of native peoples in Hollywood films.
But elsewhere, there's an international flavor to Sprockets' 13th edition, with 27 features and 41 shorts from 23 countries and in 20 languages on offer.
As in past years, the Toronto event aligned with the Toronto International Film Festival will look to widen young film tastes beyond Pixar and Disney by featuring mostly European films in its features sidebar, including Norwegian director Asleik Engmark's "Twigson," "The Indian" from Dutch director Ineke Houtman,...
- 3/9/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "Lust, Caution") returns with "Taking Woodstock," an adaptation of Elliot Tiber's autobiography "Taking Woodstock: A true story of a riot, a concert and a life."
Adapted by James Schamus for the big screen, I suggest you take a far out trip with "Taking Woodstock." Peace!
(For a full written movie review of "Taking Woodstock," click here. For interviews with the cast including Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Demetri Martin, and Jonathan Groff, click here)
Persons of interest
* Demetri Martin .... Elliot Tiber aka Eliyahu Teichberg
* Liev Schreiber .... Vilma
* Emile Hirsch .... Billy
* Eugene Levy .... Yasgur
* Imelda Staunton .... Mrs Tiber
* Katherine Waterston .... Penny
* Kevin Sussman .... Stan
* Skylar Astin .... John Roberts
* Kevin Chamberlin .... Jackson Spiers
* Gabriel Sunday .... Steve
* Jason Antoon .... Abbie Hoffman
* Henry Goodman .... Mr Tiber
* Jonathan Groff .... Michael Lang
* Boris McGiver .... Doug
* Michael Zegen .... Bernie
* Will Janowitz .... Chip Monck
* Clark Middleton .... Frank
* Adam Pally .... Artie Kornfeld
* Andy Prosky...
Adapted by James Schamus for the big screen, I suggest you take a far out trip with "Taking Woodstock." Peace!
(For a full written movie review of "Taking Woodstock," click here. For interviews with the cast including Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Demetri Martin, and Jonathan Groff, click here)
Persons of interest
* Demetri Martin .... Elliot Tiber aka Eliyahu Teichberg
* Liev Schreiber .... Vilma
* Emile Hirsch .... Billy
* Eugene Levy .... Yasgur
* Imelda Staunton .... Mrs Tiber
* Katherine Waterston .... Penny
* Kevin Sussman .... Stan
* Skylar Astin .... John Roberts
* Kevin Chamberlin .... Jackson Spiers
* Gabriel Sunday .... Steve
* Jason Antoon .... Abbie Hoffman
* Henry Goodman .... Mr Tiber
* Jonathan Groff .... Michael Lang
* Boris McGiver .... Doug
* Michael Zegen .... Bernie
* Will Janowitz .... Chip Monck
* Clark Middleton .... Frank
* Adam Pally .... Artie Kornfeld
* Andy Prosky...
- 8/28/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The lineup at the 2009 Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles will range from Jeffrey Jay Orgill's "Boppin' at the Glue Factory," a dark comedy about a junkie nurse working the night shift of a convalescent hospital, to Barbara Ettinger's doc "A Sea Change," about the acidification of the oceans. The fest runs from Aug. 12-22 at the At&T Center Theater.
"The year's feature film line-up reflects themes of personal discovery and societal angst -- perhaps a sign of the times. How the individual films tackle these broad themes is wildly divergent, from illuminating nonfiction to dark comedies and unconventional dramas," festival programming director Roger M. Mayer said.
Other films on tap include Mickey Blaine's "Commit," David Russo's "The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle," Richard Sears' "In the Drink," Gabriel Sunday's "My Suicide," Philippe Diaz's "Now & Later," and Nina Menkes' "Phantom Love."...
"The year's feature film line-up reflects themes of personal discovery and societal angst -- perhaps a sign of the times. How the individual films tackle these broad themes is wildly divergent, from illuminating nonfiction to dark comedies and unconventional dramas," festival programming director Roger M. Mayer said.
Other films on tap include Mickey Blaine's "Commit," David Russo's "The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle," Richard Sears' "In the Drink," Gabriel Sunday's "My Suicide," Philippe Diaz's "Now & Later," and Nina Menkes' "Phantom Love."...
The official cause of David Carradine's death has not been determined yet, but one of his final movies may give us even more evidence that he didn't take his own life. In My Suicide, the late actor plays a wise old man described as "the poet of death," who counsels a high schooler (Gabriel Sunday) who's contemplating killing himself. One scene features Carradine delivering a lengthy monologue, trying to explain to the teen boy that he should "kill" off the parts of himself he doesn't like rather than committing suicide. A producer of the film is nonprofit Regenerate Films, which is dedicated to preventing teen suicide. "We are tremendously saddened to hear of our...
- 6/5/2009
- E! Online
Summer Hours
France, 2008, 102 minutes
Director: Olivier Assayas
Using the story of a grieving family as the driving narrative, Summer Hours at first feels like a collection of painfully unbearable and pretentious bickering by members of a bourgeois-artistic French family. Upon looking closer, its real protagonists—the ones who change and experience conflict—are the objects around the house.
It’s a touching meditation on the value of art in its function and sentimentality, rather than the intrinsic monetary worth. The film’s sob-worthy finale involves not a performance by an actor, but a shot of a desk displayed in a museum.
Details
My Suicide
USA, 2008, 105 minutes
Director: David Lee Miller
What turns out to be one of the more divisive films of the festival is also one of its best. David Lee Miller's My Suicide is the story of a teen who wants to film his own suicide as his school project.
France, 2008, 102 minutes
Director: Olivier Assayas
Using the story of a grieving family as the driving narrative, Summer Hours at first feels like a collection of painfully unbearable and pretentious bickering by members of a bourgeois-artistic French family. Upon looking closer, its real protagonists—the ones who change and experience conflict—are the objects around the house.
It’s a touching meditation on the value of art in its function and sentimentality, rather than the intrinsic monetary worth. The film’s sob-worthy finale involves not a performance by an actor, but a shot of a desk displayed in a museum.
Details
My Suicide
USA, 2008, 105 minutes
Director: David Lee Miller
What turns out to be one of the more divisive films of the festival is also one of its best. David Lee Miller's My Suicide is the story of a teen who wants to film his own suicide as his school project.
- 5/8/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
A new International trailer for Harold Ramis’ comedy “Year One”, which goes back in time to tell the true story of two doofuses who go around causing trouble and hilarity ensue. Or hopefully the movie has more jokes than what’s been shown in the trailers so far. The International Trailer shows some new footages, mostly in the early beginnings. Check it out, check it outers. When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, Juno Temple, Oliver Platt, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria, and Gabriel Sunday. Harold Ramis directs. Go back in time for hijinx June 19.
- 5/7/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Year: 2008
Directors: David Lee Miller
Writers: Eric J. Adams, David Lee Miller, Jordan J. Miller, Gabriel Sunday
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 8.8 out of 10
[Coverage from the Newport Beach Film Festival]
I’ve never seen anything quite like My Suicide, and it blew me away. Dark, totally hilarious and an insane mix of shooting techniques, it’s like you took young filmmakers with A.D.D. and then gave them a lot of cool equipment and drugs. Which apparently is the effect that that David Lee Miller was going for. My Suicide is a dark coming of age teen comedy, but told through a breathtaking whirlwind of shooting techniques, fast paced edits and movie/tv homage riffs that left my gob wide open. Not to mentioned a kick ass sound track that includes Radiohead, Brighteyes and Rocky Votolato.
Seventeen year old Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) lives in the guest house of his affluent parents,...
Directors: David Lee Miller
Writers: Eric J. Adams, David Lee Miller, Jordan J. Miller, Gabriel Sunday
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 8.8 out of 10
[Coverage from the Newport Beach Film Festival]
I’ve never seen anything quite like My Suicide, and it blew me away. Dark, totally hilarious and an insane mix of shooting techniques, it’s like you took young filmmakers with A.D.D. and then gave them a lot of cool equipment and drugs. Which apparently is the effect that that David Lee Miller was going for. My Suicide is a dark coming of age teen comedy, but told through a breathtaking whirlwind of shooting techniques, fast paced edits and movie/tv homage riffs that left my gob wide open. Not to mentioned a kick ass sound track that includes Radiohead, Brighteyes and Rocky Votolato.
Seventeen year old Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) lives in the guest house of his affluent parents,...
- 4/25/2009
- QuietEarth.us
2009 Gen Art Awards 2009 Gen Art Film Festival: April 1-7, 2009 In David Lee Miller’s comedy My Suicide, Gabriel Sunday (above) stars as teenager whose final school video project will be his own suicide. Also in the My Suicide cast: David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin (above), Nora Dunn, and Joe Mantegna. Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Feature: My Suicide, by David Lee Miller Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Short: Adelaide, by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders Audience Award for Best Feature: My Suicide, by David Lee Miller Audience Award for Best Short: Adelaide, by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders “Stargazer Award” for breakout acting: Gabriel Sunday, My Suicide Special jury prize for best use of music: Punching the Clown, directed by Gregori Viens, music by Henry Phillips Feature Jury: Kevin Corrigan, Matt Dentler, Mike Landry, Moby, Ted Sarandos Short Jury: Cary Fukunaga, Dana Brunetti, Kurt Keunne, Matt Stein, Terry Kinney Stargazer Jury: Izabella Miko,...
- 4/9/2009
- by Deborah Arthur
- Alt Film Guide
The 2009 Gen Art Film Festival came to a close last night with a screening of Finding Bliss followed by a wild party at Blvd. here in New York City, and I'm literally ecstatic to announce that all my favorite films took home awards. My Suicide, which is a film I've been hyping for months now, won the Acura Grand Jury Award, and that film's star, Gabriel Sunday, won the Stargazer Award, which honors break-out talent. My Suicide also took home the festival's Audience Award, joining the fantastic short film Adelaide (which also won the jury and audience awards) in the double-win category. The hilarious Punching the Clown won for best use of music in a film, which was a new award presented by Moby. Check out our reviews of My Suicide and Punching the Clown.
Gen Art's Vice President of Film, Jeffrey Abramson, had this to say to Cinematical:...
Gen Art's Vice President of Film, Jeffrey Abramson, had this to say to Cinematical:...
- 4/8/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
David Miller's "My Suicide" copped the grand jury award for best feature at the 14th annual Gen Art Film Festival, which handed out its prizes Tuesday at a closing-night party at New York's Club Blvd. The award for best short film went to Liliana Greenfield-Sanders' "Adelaide." Both films also took home the fest's audience awards.
The Stargazer Award honoring breakout talent for excellence in acting went to Gabriel Sunday from "My Suicide."
Musician Moby presented a special jury prize for best use of music in a feature film to "Punching the Clown," directed by Gregori Viens, with music by Henry Phillips.
"Finding Bliss," directed by Julie Davis and starring Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Davis, Donnamarie Recco, Denise Richards, Kristen Johnston and Jamie Kennedy, had its U.S. premiere as the closing-night film.
The Stargazer Award honoring breakout talent for excellence in acting went to Gabriel Sunday from "My Suicide."
Musician Moby presented a special jury prize for best use of music in a feature film to "Punching the Clown," directed by Gregori Viens, with music by Henry Phillips.
"Finding Bliss," directed by Julie Davis and starring Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Davis, Donnamarie Recco, Denise Richards, Kristen Johnston and Jamie Kennedy, had its U.S. premiere as the closing-night film.
A recurring theme in my relationship with movies (which began when I was underage and has often been mutually abusive) is that it doesn't matter if a film has the same basic ideas as a hundred other movies, as long as the filmmakers find new ways to express them. A movie is only generic if it doesn't bring anything new to the table.
That's why I like My Suicide, a bit of nobody-understands-me teen angst directed and co-written by video-game producer David Lee Miller. Its point of view is that of a disaffected 17-year-old movie buff who plans to kill himself on camera, so the talk of teen suicide calls to mind any number of similarly themed films. But My Suicide breaks out of the mold with an exhilarating use of stock footage, animations, reenactments, and other audio-visual tricks, vividly reflecting the thought process of today's media-saturated young people who are under-supervised,...
That's why I like My Suicide, a bit of nobody-understands-me teen angst directed and co-written by video-game producer David Lee Miller. Its point of view is that of a disaffected 17-year-old movie buff who plans to kill himself on camera, so the talk of teen suicide calls to mind any number of similarly themed films. But My Suicide breaks out of the mold with an exhilarating use of stock footage, animations, reenactments, and other audio-visual tricks, vividly reflecting the thought process of today's media-saturated young people who are under-supervised,...
- 3/23/2009
- by Eric D. Snider
- Cinematical
Premiering tomorrow at SXSW is this years-in-the-making documentary called For The Love of Movies: A History of American Film Criticism, narrated by Patricia Clarkson and directed by Gerald Peary and Amy Geller. As the current film critic struggles to find a job, an audience and a purpose, this doc -- according to Jeff Wells -- is a "chronicle of magnificent obsessions and magnificent dreams, and a rise-and-fall story covering scores of critics, the entirety of the Hollywood film culture from the '20s to the present, and hundreds if not thousands of movies." Watch the trailer below and keep an eye on the third dude who pops up and let us know if he looks (and sounds) just the wee bit familiar.
Next up is a film I whole-heartedly recommend. A funky, oddly hilarious experimental flick that simultaneously mocks and sympathizes with the Me Generation, My Suicide follows a technology-obsessed...
Next up is a film I whole-heartedly recommend. A funky, oddly hilarious experimental flick that simultaneously mocks and sympathizes with the Me Generation, My Suicide follows a technology-obsessed...
- 3/15/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Jack Black registered the most hits for a celebrity on MovieJungle.com last week. This comes after two big home entertainment releases. Firstly the successful animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda" which hit shelves on November 8th on DVD and Blu-ray. This was then followed by the uproariously funny comedic actioner "Tropic Thunder" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18th. The film directed, written and starring Ben Stiller, was released in the big screen r-rated version as well as unrated director's cuts in standard and high def. Californian Black is in post-production for "The Year One" where he stars alongside Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, June Raphael, David Cross, Juno Temple, Oliver Platt, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria and Gabriel Sunday.
- 12/1/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jack Black registered the most hits for a celebrity on MovieJungle.com last week. This comes after two big home entertainment releases. Firstly the successful animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda" which hit shelves on November 8th on DVD and Blu-ray. This was then followed by the uproariously funny comedic actioner "Tropic Thunder" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18th. The film directed, written and starring Ben Stiller, was released in the big screen r-rated version as well as unrated director's cuts in standard and high def. Californian Black is in post-production for "The Year One" where he stars alongside Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, June Raphael, David Cross, Juno Temple, Oliver Platt, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria and Gabriel Sunday.
- 12/1/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jack Blackregistered the most hits for a celebrity on MovieJungle.com last week. This comes after two big home entertainment releases. Firstly the successful animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda" which hit shelves on November 8th on DVD and Blu-ray. This was then followed by the uproariously funny comedic actioner "Tropic Thunder" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18th. The film directed, written and starring Ben Stiller, was released in the big screen r-rated version as well as unrated director's cuts in standard and high def. Californian Black is in post-production for "The Year One" where he stars alongside Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, June Raphael, David Cross, Juno Temple, Oliver Platt, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria and Gabriel Sunday. Clearly an expert in the comedy genre although Black did show solid versatility with his role in Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” remake, the actor has solidified himself in the minds of millions of adoring fans.
- 12/1/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jack Black registered the most hits for a celebrity on MovieJungle.com last week. This comes after two big home entertainment releases. Firstly the successful animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda" which hit shelves on November 8th on DVD and Blu-ray. This was then followed by the uproariously funny comedic actioner "Tropic Thunder" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18th. The film directed, written and starring Ben Stiller, was released in the big screen r-rated version as well as unrated director's cuts in standard and high def. Californian Black is in post-production for "The Year One" where he stars alongside Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, June Raphael, David Cross, Juno Temple, Oliver Platt, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria and Gabriel Sunday.
- 12/1/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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