tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51938926008407854752024-03-14T14:49:14.422-04:00Stomp! Shout! Scream! Garage Rock BlogOriginally, a film production journal and on-going blog about the beach party rock and roll monster movie. Now, this is my Garage Rock blog-- whatever I've recently found or came up on my iPod today.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-75114398541304445482011-01-13T15:40:00.003-05:002011-01-13T15:44:43.764-05:00FrankensteinIn fifth grade I dressed up as Frankenstein for Halloween. I remember this specific Halloween because I was in costume-- green greasepaint, neck bolts and a paper mache' head piece while every other kid was in a t-shirt and store-bought mask. Those kids were amazed that I'd gone to so much trouble. I was completely embarrassed, maybe even mortified, but also kinda proud.<br /><br />Here's a great blog post about the book-- Movie Monsters, I read so many times, I had it memorized-- that had the costume instructions.<br /><br />http://wonderfulwonderblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/movie-monsters.html<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwjUzPTh8p1g2yMLmO5F3iVoDUz4YzLe5WvVd4nE5sKHW0L814VFalztBJJ5BxIc2U9yCgt9HvW6Vj_BZtG9aYNXgaMMNsPuzEiwwxzj5ttKzPHhxHcN6ysPpoE-HIE66IcZSCqu3nCcQ/s1600/BB+Frank+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwjUzPTh8p1g2yMLmO5F3iVoDUz4YzLe5WvVd4nE5sKHW0L814VFalztBJJ5BxIc2U9yCgt9HvW6Vj_BZtG9aYNXgaMMNsPuzEiwwxzj5ttKzPHhxHcN6ysPpoE-HIE66IcZSCqu3nCcQ/s320/BB+Frank+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532847823910119170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kJ8jsF8n0e58yen-HDFeN2SdcVwPZv7qOIliEpDOkcALBLhWiPkaG0xy2RTVOLD0fBZIOFkfdvhHpigwXYf8E1qvjzP3YgKqZudDofRTSoDL5skCV7p-Pa3klFrvxGd_epVKnf3Vwa_T/s1600/BB+Frank+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kJ8jsF8n0e58yen-HDFeN2SdcVwPZv7qOIliEpDOkcALBLhWiPkaG0xy2RTVOLD0fBZIOFkfdvhHpigwXYf8E1qvjzP3YgKqZudDofRTSoDL5skCV7p-Pa3klFrvxGd_epVKnf3Vwa_T/s320/BB+Frank+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532847824652953282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHs75DBP38b0OUyplNGGQbzOaD5AGviPX6FL2ztYdemqOuKzCbjj4VnUxe0uFMH5phv3V3ciF0rndv4_RpejxzFJ0nV7kn4G4VtpCQNo6DU-Zx3zYdeUSEyKMeZYrLyazdC8d7z7pjLQpu/s1600/BB+Frank+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHs75DBP38b0OUyplNGGQbzOaD5AGviPX6FL2ztYdemqOuKzCbjj4VnUxe0uFMH5phv3V3ciF0rndv4_RpejxzFJ0nV7kn4G4VtpCQNo6DU-Zx3zYdeUSEyKMeZYrLyazdC8d7z7pjLQpu/s320/BB+Frank+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532847833426487394" border="0" /></a>And here's me as Frankenstein, circa 1978. I'm trying to hold my hands like the Frankenstein illustration. Whenever I do monster/zombie/vampire hands now, I still hold 'em that way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7ns5fPtoNhaAO5N56RNkl23hWGv0_MDW2S-YUfAEtFjdP0JnKUVgowEo0rT5vOvdMuv4yhMhmw1uTBtxScRXPM9ebzdNF-L3w4ixU28rq1XcVEBYMv8cPLixFW-6EMwGZMe2MG9qwL99/s1600/Jay_Frankenstein01_sm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7ns5fPtoNhaAO5N56RNkl23hWGv0_MDW2S-YUfAEtFjdP0JnKUVgowEo0rT5vOvdMuv4yhMhmw1uTBtxScRXPM9ebzdNF-L3w4ixU28rq1XcVEBYMv8cPLixFW-6EMwGZMe2MG9qwL99/s320/Jay_Frankenstein01_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532848680679217282" border="0" /></a>Thirty years later, I'm turning 40, itching to get a new tattoo, but having trouble pinpointing the right image. I'd recently been through a particularly rough break-up, did some work getting my head screwed back on straight, and was feeling a bit renewed, greater than the sum of my parts/past, downright Frankenstein-esque. I think you can guess where this is going.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueBWiDG3a1pwbvuIddM0J86L4sOC3cvqOz3Sm9y2KIxr2CglJxjoLir1peM3ZiUt4wbR0jbEmaK-qgMgw5yvj_NUukDuzOcVuTsutRrfUJ5-6hTX5TjxvbZH94_MjwXVXQvazsdlIDqx-/s1600/Frankenstein+Tattoo+oct+2010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueBWiDG3a1pwbvuIddM0J86L4sOC3cvqOz3Sm9y2KIxr2CglJxjoLir1peM3ZiUt4wbR0jbEmaK-qgMgw5yvj_NUukDuzOcVuTsutRrfUJ5-6hTX5TjxvbZH94_MjwXVXQvazsdlIDqx-/s320/Frankenstein+Tattoo+oct+2010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561767470914061442" border="0" /></a>That's the right side of my torso, hipbone to armpit. Yes, I'm hirsute. Five one-hour sessions with Sam Parker at <a href="http://www.memorialtattooatl.com/cabbagetown/?page_id=22">Memorial Tattoo</a> and now I have the instructions on how to make a Frankenstein mask with me... all the time.<br /><br />Here's me as Frankenstein in 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx9NlfZaMQ5iotNxXP0xcFZe2iaR8PX_J7OTEZ8klX_H2Ieevu0ApxVZXucbYMCdkArLM6ZQb0ltiob9rspHvyCEqyGcq1pjqmJ9LoOKatLqq7rLOK4DDEGcoTI9pGP_64yYywhBYJYXs/s1600/Frankenstein+head01.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx9NlfZaMQ5iotNxXP0xcFZe2iaR8PX_J7OTEZ8klX_H2Ieevu0ApxVZXucbYMCdkArLM6ZQb0ltiob9rspHvyCEqyGcq1pjqmJ9LoOKatLqq7rLOK4DDEGcoTI9pGP_64yYywhBYJYXs/s320/Frankenstein+head01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533128912219268658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JO2G2tax1XaEZpGOgnt_qMF4yHbr2j3G2f1JgW0QLma8fuuFrGirQYFBA6sUqFwG_5M7kNvMO0aoTqG6wdP1Z1wrFIkeMO9Uc_bk4XFu3-8VqrDsAaD20FE5rjHeEYlPt3pN4vMR1Fv-/s1600/BrownBagFranenJay+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JO2G2tax1XaEZpGOgnt_qMF4yHbr2j3G2f1JgW0QLma8fuuFrGirQYFBA6sUqFwG_5M7kNvMO0aoTqG6wdP1Z1wrFIkeMO9Uc_bk4XFu3-8VqrDsAaD20FE5rjHeEYlPt3pN4vMR1Fv-/s320/BrownBagFranenJay+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533128958133332962" border="0" /></a>It turned out a little Fresh Prince hi-fade, but gets better every year. So, yes, I'm another Frankenstein-obsessed monster kid.<br /><br />Here's my 2010 edition:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEPUgpJaKROvLkccm_kzY2KWSfAaqxJGrk4gbO5PdNc3RjV1atRjCSZSPxlvI_87FUC9e7ntEPYoJVj_YQcgQvDufOxc5LXR2X3dYEdt38rLwVBCfhyphenhyphenJ0pb44tSRiB-nPnJO0kTbu4G8r/s1600/PA300624.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEPUgpJaKROvLkccm_kzY2KWSfAaqxJGrk4gbO5PdNc3RjV1atRjCSZSPxlvI_87FUC9e7ntEPYoJVj_YQcgQvDufOxc5LXR2X3dYEdt38rLwVBCfhyphenhyphenJ0pb44tSRiB-nPnJO0kTbu4G8r/s320/PA300624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561769636030900530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlW351MdSQf6GgGthZzOYRZTLHvwVJQ29i8eoCZv6tuOAHJAPYm4DNoFkSmJCAz09dtnzA9bYwM1dRtqbNFv56wHiaCsXcPI4CeG_VHxiymafQYREgZS3LUssCKaWqCNTXhY89oD3wpG6/s1600/PA300628.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlW351MdSQf6GgGthZzOYRZTLHvwVJQ29i8eoCZv6tuOAHJAPYm4DNoFkSmJCAz09dtnzA9bYwM1dRtqbNFv56wHiaCsXcPI4CeG_VHxiymafQYREgZS3LUssCKaWqCNTXhY89oD3wpG6/s320/PA300628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561769631997697954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIBj_5lb3Rmc2_0upZ5vArojzjW8NnoJsF4Do09ouPVFz2G88sTiAw3Zd9PQrUzBgrkPMRTY7uxJC6Cq9UIzbkleNe0ESaJSjbDxkLoswAvrruvR3vLLCbcUndni1zq98WwOS2XgsdQZi/s1600/PA300630.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIBj_5lb3Rmc2_0upZ5vArojzjW8NnoJsF4Do09ouPVFz2G88sTiAw3Zd9PQrUzBgrkPMRTY7uxJC6Cq9UIzbkleNe0ESaJSjbDxkLoswAvrruvR3vLLCbcUndni1zq98WwOS2XgsdQZi/s320/PA300630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561769641089910642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5gGQn0aSlm_PUnYE-3W-gMC15gralH95ZVYSjmtue4RqnU-7T7xm4ptRtF3YXeTfLB2a2lbnOG6AJHMiQmG70SkstkUp7RI30i1nyiu8EmuaXpfY6Juyag4OuNd_S2mS3HuMl3jYWBmk/s1600/Jay_Moonshiners2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5gGQn0aSlm_PUnYE-3W-gMC15gralH95ZVYSjmtue4RqnU-7T7xm4ptRtF3YXeTfLB2a2lbnOG6AJHMiQmG70SkstkUp7RI30i1nyiu8EmuaXpfY6Juyag4OuNd_S2mS3HuMl3jYWBmk/s320/Jay_Moonshiners2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561769642572999378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh, yeah, Garage Rock! Here's a mix I made of 21 songs about Frankenstein for Halloween. Download and enjoy!<br /><br />http://rapidshare.com/files/299699135/Frankenstein_Halloween_09.zip<br /><br />Happy Halloween! Er, Happy New Year!Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06302972124056696139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-28033193111853282732010-08-12T16:11:00.011-04:002010-08-12T16:31:25.977-04:00Where are they now? 2010Approaching the 6 year anniversary of the shooting of Stomp! Shout! Scream!, some folks might be asking-- Hey, what happened to all those great actors?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-WmLnZIN4aWesg3W-ephRBeMTmklgyPKY17NwVhFaj90w20BFPqG3BL-bj4j83_IO9zFSgEorqIjcRVTYm6X_wJVJaU3RdXPd8ZzmyGpWf9aNrxtXOairJxcR4cAxDbNM__NMJVKHH4M/s1600/IMG_0016.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-WmLnZIN4aWesg3W-ephRBeMTmklgyPKY17NwVhFaj90w20BFPqG3BL-bj4j83_IO9zFSgEorqIjcRVTYm6X_wJVJaU3RdXPd8ZzmyGpWf9aNrxtXOairJxcR4cAxDbNM__NMJVKHH4M/s320/IMG_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504618671385465378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv7YtQG-6zjVv1o369ZG6Z9RJuFmTQHh1sslANK4d3y7M2X8XAcW-6d0t5C98JduZbsEfUOIA9JfmLvWDkhTsQQ_0ZXmlESei-AOp5LzMvN9qzcoEIp3krpdvJgu8j_Nae7W5K6EvgOg-/s1600/IMG_0013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv7YtQG-6zjVv1o369ZG6Z9RJuFmTQHh1sslANK4d3y7M2X8XAcW-6d0t5C98JduZbsEfUOIA9JfmLvWDkhTsQQ_0ZXmlESei-AOp5LzMvN9qzcoEIp3krpdvJgu8j_Nae7W5K6EvgOg-/s320/IMG_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504618664093335826" border="0" /></a>That's <a href="http://www.cynthiaevans.net/">Cynthia Evans</a> and <a href="http://www.clairebronson.com/Site/HOME.html">Claire Bronson</a>, Jody Viola and Theodora Viola respectively, on the same episode of <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/drop-dead-diva">Drop Dead Diva</a> </span>on Lifetime (Episode 109, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672974/"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Last Year's Model"</span></a>). Cynthia plays a housewife who wants a refund on her mortgage because her house is haunted. Claire plays a courtroom by-stander who gets called to the stand. And they're both awesome, of course.<br /><br />[The crappy pictures were taken with an iPhone from a projected TV.]Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06302972124056696139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-57344801780249605682010-07-30T11:00:00.000-04:002010-07-30T11:00:58.835-04:00SSS poster in Halloween 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-48927326826565343552010-07-25T20:22:00.001-04:002010-08-02T17:23:55.949-04:00Mad Tea Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQPZjud9W_ZrODl4LLdgmk3xrBME8a2QwdMDZAHdbdfcpR0SVTv3-qGoLKJrggS6LH23XeIu5hirDmKwWCam0cUpvc-QLbU5jnmlEgrV8L2xweN3-SG2YETfawEe6xdySv3OXXDWCIp8/s1600/madteaparty_window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQPZjud9W_ZrODl4LLdgmk3xrBME8a2QwdMDZAHdbdfcpR0SVTv3-qGoLKJrggS6LH23XeIu5hirDmKwWCam0cUpvc-QLbU5jnmlEgrV8L2xweN3-SG2YETfawEe6xdySv3OXXDWCIp8/s320/madteaparty_window.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Caught <a href="http://www.themadteaparty.com/index2.html">Mad Tea Party</a>-- a one-man-band-ukulele duo-- in Asheville last weekend at <a href="http://www.belecherefestival.com/">Bele Chere</a>. Their smiling, energetic, catchy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MfAf6lfgds">fuzz-country-blues</a> songs were an early-afternoon surprise in an otherwise bland afternoon of music (granted, we only stayed a few hours, it was 100fuckingdegrees). We did catch <a href="http://www.scots.com/">Southern Culture on the Skids</a> Friday night who were great, as always. Their new songs sounded good to me, looking forward to their new record.<br />
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So Mad Tea Party comes highly recommended, especially live. This 7" naturally caught my attention. <br />
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And here's a music video by my friend <a href="http://www.skizz.net/">Skizz</a>!<br />
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And here's a <a href="http://ukulelerockstar.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/equinox-ink/">link</a> to the fairer half's blog about her awesome skeleton-Uke tattoo. <br />
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One video in particular really struck me-- PSYCHOTIC REACTION by <a href="http://www.nemsworld.com/count5/count5.htm">The Count Five</a>. It's been a couple years since I've see this clip, but I remember a moment-- when the garage-pop repetition turns into an atonal, off-time guitar solo and the Go-Go Girls have a look of panic because their happy dance steps no longer fit here. They don't know what to do. <br />
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Looking at this now, that moment is clearly in my head only. Regardless, this song will always represent the exact moment when innocence is lost and and the '50s became the '70s. After this, a whole lot of music became too self-aware, less fun and people started dancing with themselves instead of each other.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-29566690082648258112010-07-08T20:52:00.001-04:002010-08-02T17:26:57.617-04:00Man or Astroman?I hope this blog doesn't turn into an Oh-the-good-old-days kinda thing, but I'm really looking forward to seeing <a href="http://www.myspace.com/manorastroman">Man or Astroman?</a> this weekend at <a href="http://www.badearl.com/">The Earl's 15th Anniversary</a>. Which makes me think of one of the first times I saw them play INVASION OF THE DRAGONMEN, mid-90s, probably at The Point.<br />
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I own 18 MoAM? 7" singles. I counted. Here's the poster for the show, done by awesome guy Jordon Gum.<br />
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I probably listened to that cassette 120 times in 120 (late) nights that summer. Not every night, but some nights 3 times in a row. By mid-summer, it took every fiber in our gaggle of stoners to not quote it verbatim every time we'd play it for someone new. We <i>were </i>annoying college students.<br />
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I never knew my favorite track from the summer of '89 wasn't just an novelty/obscurity, but a Garage rock classic! I've since become instantly enamored with any band who covers it. Clearly there was no better track to use in the climactic scene of <a href="http://www.stompshoutscream.com/">Stomp! Shout! Scream!</a><br />
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[For the record, the Shandells' track is actually called "Gorilla." "Go Go Gorilla" is by the Ideals and more of a doo-wop classic.]Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-76059560183420633492010-07-05T20:37:00.000-04:002010-07-05T20:37:32.044-04:002 Girl Garage bandsAs much as I love pretty-much <i>every</i> 3-chord garage rock band, you put a couple of girls in the band and I'll love it even more. This is not surprising, consider... you know... that movie I made.<br />
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Picked up their CD at <a href="http://www.criminalatl.com/Home">Criminal </a>this week. The cover caught my eye, and since it was at the listening station, I listened. Good fuzzy guitars and Fafisa/Vox organ. On the pop side of garage, but really good. And of course, adorable in their '60s styling.<br />
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Saw these girls at SXSW this past March. Like the Donnas, but *somehow* hotter. And Norwegian. Or: because they're Norwegian. Bought a couple CDs just so I could stare at 'em up close for 30 more seconds. They crank it up more on their first record, MASTERMIND, than the pop-ier second one ST. VALENTINES DAY MASACRE. Their part English, part Norwegian <a href="http://cocktailslippers.blogspot.com/%20">blog</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKSfelOi7NjtLvXHWcw0TVHKDScIWhLcWJxmKscMNbMXOioLqXxouLDf6Kb0xxiCYBkzIPXCkW1qhv9z3aj4TPtydGnrWK3PCO93s33eE0yFGdb5gE116IskTkDTHJfmi4xH0RKyP6v4/s1600/ViceBarons_SheMale_EP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKSfelOi7NjtLvXHWcw0TVHKDScIWhLcWJxmKscMNbMXOioLqXxouLDf6Kb0xxiCYBkzIPXCkW1qhv9z3aj4TPtydGnrWK3PCO93s33eE0yFGdb5gE116IskTkDTHJfmi4xH0RKyP6v4/s320/ViceBarons_SheMale_EP.jpg" /></a></div>I found this 7" Single by The Vice Barons at <a href="http://www.criminalatl.com/Home">Criminal Records</a> today. I love singles, but have about 1,000 that I don't really listen to, so I don't really buy that many any more. This one grabbed me, however-- clearly the sexy-as-all-get-out cover and the song title DEATH WALK OF FRANKIE STEIN. It's a 4-track EP of fuzz guitar-organ surf songs. Other tracks are: SWAMP SUFER, BUZZ..., AND RADIANT. A google search found an album called FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES that sounds great on first listen. Thanks for reading.<br />
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<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oeADwTT8HtU&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oeADwTT8HtU&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-28257406849420543652009-05-04T21:28:00.000-04:002009-05-04T22:59:41.344-04:00Film Festival wrap upStomp! Shout! Scream! premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October, 2005 and went on to screen 38 festivals (see list below) in 6 countries (USA, Canada, England, Brazil, Greece, & Australia), winning several Best-of Awards. Wow, that's awesome you might say. Here's how it happened.<br /><br />From the middle of 2005 the beginning of 2009, I submitted to 133 film festivals. Yes, I'm a little OCD. Total entry fees (with a handful invites/fee wavers): $3,300. That's not including DVD screeners or postage or promotional stuff like postcards or posters or travel to actually get to any of these festivals.<br /><br />In addition to getting the film seen and finding distribution, one of my goals was to have a screening in each of the 50 states. Between festivals and the limited theatrical run with Monogram Releasing... thirty down, twenty to go. Here's a handy map:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3z04DbrgAT1sJnLbrU47uRb9UJyvwk4PefbBjOjaijzIZFXZFLalDH9aPKDvpd7rvGE936ypeGQz5_QMNuLZW8uejZ0gCj7HIB-HyAZG1yvdCLMDitoUM8ZsNNPfELpwCqaYXx1bHr4/s1600-h/statemap_May09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3z04DbrgAT1sJnLbrU47uRb9UJyvwk4PefbBjOjaijzIZFXZFLalDH9aPKDvpd7rvGE936ypeGQz5_QMNuLZW8uejZ0gCj7HIB-HyAZG1yvdCLMDitoUM8ZsNNPfELpwCqaYXx1bHr4/s400/statemap_May09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332147085217868450" border="0" /></a>Do you live a a state that's still colored white? Contact me and let's set up a screening. Jay@stompshoutscream.com<br /><br />Some moments that stick with me:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Austin Film Festival</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3MY0CqfdMSkGMM8iE2MmNiSR2k5M98alRbxldbCg9NV5zgQpkSn83TW9BSlQMPUCCQ1meg2d1luico7OeVeW0JnBCFB2zSB0tkGc2hVqjMjvYVKNcP5_LfRMY9IqVd_n91D3Fp7YZhs/s1600-h/AustinFF01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3MY0CqfdMSkGMM8iE2MmNiSR2k5M98alRbxldbCg9NV5zgQpkSn83TW9BSlQMPUCCQ1meg2d1luico7OeVeW0JnBCFB2zSB0tkGc2hVqjMjvYVKNcP5_LfRMY9IqVd_n91D3Fp7YZhs/s400/AustinFF01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332158958051914882" border="0" /></a><br />I watched the sun come up and set from the seat of my VW GTI, driving the 14 hours Atlanta to Austin, with a car full of poster and promotional materials. The next morning at 5:00 AM, I was on an Austin morning show, talking about SSS's world premiere. The interview after me was Shane Black (screenwriter Lethal Weapon, Last Boyscout, Last Action Hero, etc.), who was there premiering KISS KISS BANG BANG. I saw him 20 hours later in the hotel bar and I think we had a moment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DeadCENTER Film Festival</span>, OK City, OK<br />SSS was the Opening Night Film, complete with local girl-garage rock band playing before the movie. It was screened in a city park on a beautiful night. Except that the sprinklers started up on the far side of the park as the movie started. They were systematically coming on across the park, ever closer to the movie watching crowd in their lawn chairs. One industrious festival volunteer gather a dozen small trash cans to cover the sprinklers when they popped up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh828yPDflgTD6Mpm668cxkQ76MI4YtaeQA6mpEhjmRHZRkNZ8747n9qC5oaQUPCzQoPphgXPEhFrR4DlA-DvQXbtvJK4mxtL6fGF8I9sB7G7iN1f4qbvP0ssnBAmoBVnaTFBVG4i9lV2M/s1600-h/Santa_Fe_WavyGravy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh828yPDflgTD6Mpm668cxkQ76MI4YtaeQA6mpEhjmRHZRkNZ8747n9qC5oaQUPCzQoPphgXPEhFrR4DlA-DvQXbtvJK4mxtL6fGF8I9sB7G7iN1f4qbvP0ssnBAmoBVnaTFBVG4i9lV2M/s400/Santa_Fe_WavyGravy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332160807736709186" border="0" /></a> amoungst the crowd.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Santa Fe Film Festival</span><br />SSS screened on a Sunday night, but snow showers limited attendance to 7 people. I did get to meet '60s counter-culture icon Wavy Gravy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccUFMisn2-0MPEkSztQ1lSI_xPOcka6bdFJMXTkcLD-EGgu5Q5kU2GaIJ9PuvtA-hi-AL981erBxGcY9clf6GUhPNvGKZMoYVqkm5bCQuj4kWTqkt5tiqjM0svFjInbrwtX4Y1v1mD3s/s1600-h/savannah_JayConnect.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccUFMisn2-0MPEkSztQ1lSI_xPOcka6bdFJMXTkcLD-EGgu5Q5kU2GaIJ9PuvtA-hi-AL981erBxGcY9clf6GUhPNvGKZMoYVqkm5bCQuj4kWTqkt5tiqjM0svFjInbrwtX4Y1v1mD3s/s400/savannah_JayConnect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332163495505472562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Psychotronic Film Festival</span>, Savannah, GA<br />Sold-out screening, great crowd, lots of fun. And SSS make the cover of both weekend entertainment papers!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfs-fOrn9Qkoiq-BwSdtdqp6Dm-KPzlHZC2QKkUEJHRdOPjun3ti2foGy6AeWTuubG_aFkuoodQCkP7gUM1KmhD2q6zjRPaqoBGnxfsgepU1gHiHdhGxC8lutMEETO4vLDlTbPjyBW8BY/s1600-h/SavMornNewsCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfs-fOrn9Qkoiq-BwSdtdqp6Dm-KPzlHZC2QKkUEJHRdOPjun3ti2foGy6AeWTuubG_aFkuoodQCkP7gUM1KmhD2q6zjRPaqoBGnxfsgepU1gHiHdhGxC8lutMEETO4vLDlTbPjyBW8BY/s400/SavMornNewsCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332163716362287266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Screenings & Awards</span><br /><br />Toofy Film Festival (screened as a work-in-progress)<br />Boulder, Colorado<br />September, 2005<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winner: Best Feature Film</span><br /><br />Austin Film Festival<br />Austin, Texas<br />October, 2005<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">World Premiere</span><br /><br />B-Movie Film Festival<br />Syracuse, New York<br />March, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Nomination: Best Cinematography</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Nomination: Best Set Design</span><br /><br />Backseat Film Festival<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />March, 2006<br /><br />Sarasota Film Festival<br />Sarasota, Florida<br />April, 2006<br /><br />Maryland Film Festival<br />Baltimore, Maryland<br />May, 2006<br /><br />Portland Underground Film Festival<br />Portland, Oregon<br />June, 2006<br /><br />Dead Center Film Festival<br />Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br />June, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Opening Night Film</span><br /><br />FILMSTOCK Film Festival<br />London, United Kingdom<br />June, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">European Premiere</span><br /><br />Calgary Fringe Festival<br />Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br />August, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Canadian Premiere</span><br /><br />Atlanta Underground Film Festival<br />Atlanta, Georgia<br />August, 2006<br /><br />Indie-World Film Festival<br />Belo Horizonte, Brazil<br />August, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">South American Premiere</span><br /><br />Rome International Film Festival<br />Rome, Georgia<br />September, 2006<br /><br />Eerie Horror Film Festival<br />Erie, Pennsylvania<br />October, 2006<br /><br />Fargo Fantastic Film Festival<br />Fargo, North Dakota<br />October, 2006<br /><br />The Red Bank International Film Festival<br />Red Bank, New Jersey<br />October, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Closing Night Feature Film</span><br /><br />Indie Memphis Film Festival<br />Memphis, Tennessee<br />October, 2006<br /><br />It Came from Lake Michigan Film Festival<br />Racine, Wisconsin<br />October, 2006<br /><br />Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival<br />Eureka Springs, Arkansas<br />November, 2006<br /><br />MicroCineFest<br />Baltimore, Maryland<br />November, 2006<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Closing Night Feature Film</span><br /><br />Santa Fe Film Festival<br />Santa Fe, New Mexico<br />December, 2006<br /><br />Southern Fried Flicks<br />Augusta, Georgia<br />January, 2007<br /><br />Magnolia Film Festival<br />Starkville, Mississippi<br />February, 2007<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winner: Best Feature Film</span><br /><br />San Francisco Frozen Film Festival<br />San Francisco, California<br />July, 2007<br /><br />Landlocked Film Festival<br />Iowa City, Iowa<br />August, 2007<br /><br />The B-Movie Celebration<br />Franklin, Indiana<br />August, 2007<br /><br />Indieclub Halloween Spooktacular<br />Columbus, Ohio<br />October, 2007<br /><br />Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival<br />Bay City, Michigan<br />October, 2007<br /><br />Freakshow Horror Film Festival<br />Orlando, Florida<br />October, 2007<br /><br />Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival<br />Melbourne, Florida<br />October, 2007<br /><br />Sweet Onion Film Festival<br />Walla Walla, Washington<br />October, 2007<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winner: Best Feature Film</span><br /><br />Psychotronic Film Festival<br />Savannah, Georgia<br />January, 2008<br /><br />Foresite Film Festival<br />Ogden, Utah<br />March, 2008<br /><br />All-American Film Festival<br />Durham, North Carolina<br />March, 2008<br /><br />Gimme Shelter Film Festival<br />Athens, Greece<br />March, 2008<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Eastern European Premiere</span><br /><br />Appalachian Film Festival<br />Huntington, West Virginia<br />April, 2008<br /><br />No Film Festival Required<br />Phoenix, Arizona<br />August, 2008<br /><br />Schweitzer LakeDance Film Festival<br />Sandpoint, Idaho<br />September, 2008<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winner: Best Soundtrack</span><br /><br />Asheville Film Festival<br />Ashville, North Carolina<br />November, 2008<br /><br />A Night of Horror<br />Sydney, Australia<br />March, 2009<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Australian Premiere</span>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-46869887589215121932009-04-12T12:36:00.000-04:002009-04-12T13:26:39.734-04:00Theatrical?! How'd that happen?Three and a half years after premiering at the Austin Film Festival, Stomp! Shout! Scream! is in THEATERS now, April 10-17 2009. These theaters:<br /><br />Nova Cinemas<br />Commerce, Georgia<br />Sun: 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:40, 9:40<br />Mon-Thu: 5:25, 7:40, 9:40<br /><br />Georgetown 14 Cinemas<br />Indianapolis, Indiana<br />1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30<br /><br />Studio 10 Cinemas<br />Shelbyville, Indiana<br />1:10, 3:50, 7:00<br /><br />Nova 10<br />Des Moines, Iowa<br />Sun-Mon: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:40<br />Tue-Thu: 5:15, 7:40<br /><br />Nova 6 Theatres<br />Moline, Illinois<br />Sun: 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:30, 9:30<br />Mon-Thu: 5:00, 7:30, 9:30<br /><br />Theatres of Georgetown<br />Georgetown, Kentucky<br />Sun: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15<br />Mon-Thu: 5:15, 7:15, 9:15<br /><br />Portsmouth Cinemas<br />Portsmouth, Ohio<br />1:35, 4:00, 7:20, 9:45<br /><br />Branson Meadows Theatres<br />Branson, Missouri<br />Sun-Thu: 1:55, 4:30, 7:25<br /><br />The Amp<br />Oxford, Mississippi<br />Sun: 1:35, 4:20, 7:25, 10:00<br />Mon-Thu: 4:20, 7:25, 10:00<br /><br />So how did THAT happen? I am a glutton (or a fool or just OCD) for submitting my film to film festivals (112 submission, 37 screenings). One of them was the B-Movie Celebration in Franklin, IN. SSS showed there in August, 2007 where I met the organizer, Bill Dever. Bill has set up a distribution company, Monogram Releasing, and a franchise, B Movie Nation, to put movies in theaters. In January, 2009, he invited SSS to be part of the series. Other films are indie horror and 80's style gore flicks. most notibly Troma's Poltrygeist, directed by Lloyd Kaufman. SSS adds another flavor to the series-- shot on 35 mm, a throwback to the '60s rather than the '80s, and rather innocent comparatively. The deal Monogram offered was a good one (no money upfront, but a good % of gross ticket sales) and the cost of delivering SSS for theatrical was minimal. Minimal because this would be a digital theatrical run. I delivered SSS as a hi-def quicktime on a hard drive. The film would be distributed on blu-ray DVD and projected digitally. The initial theatrial run would be in two small theater chains, Nova Cinemas and Republic Theares. More theater chains would be added as success dictates.<br /><br />With a this scale distribution (read: the tiniest of tiny) there would be no money for advertising or press agents. Generating a ticket-buying audience would have to be done on the internet and via word of mouth. With appologies to my facebook friends, I've been beating the drum of "SSS in theaters! April 10, 2009!!" for the last 3 weeks. Other tasks: updaing www.stompshoutcream.com; starting to twitter; creating a youtube channel; cut n pasting 5 years worth of my on-line 'journal' to this blog; sending out press-kits to every media outlet in the small towns in this theatrical run... There's more, but it's a blur. I was hoping to generate some PR interest and roll that into making a personal appearance in one of the markets (Louisville, KY was supposed to have 3 screens in the general area). Surely "Adult Swim Producer here to promote indie monster-beach-party flick" is a headline somewhere.<br /><br />But... I got no bites, so I rounded up cast/crew/family/firends to gather at the 9:40 screening in Commerce, GA, about an hour north of Atlanta where I and most of the cast/crew/family/friends live.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7moHILCeiN-nrQIh4fDylA8hmA2ZCL09Z_T4oFkA99teZben49Peqzs5txPGZm3tes63OhtIg6iwpb1BblB33B5LHe0Isd4StlqvrKgpawMkmPf3Ghy9vGOFYlhGLgBK4Fc6nJecC4LU/s1600-h/stomp+shout+scream+-+01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7moHILCeiN-nrQIh4fDylA8hmA2ZCL09Z_T4oFkA99teZben49Peqzs5txPGZm3tes63OhtIg6iwpb1BblB33B5LHe0Isd4StlqvrKgpawMkmPf3Ghy9vGOFYlhGLgBK4Fc6nJecC4LU/s400/stomp+shout+scream+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323856842187838994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOSeVBndIwZOJOcfG2NkB9SRDyLF7k0Hq4UxnbyFPyjvUED_U4t-2LnLOLZkaIFGhIMRTP4gNq568W8Ln_Nja9Gs1J0y-x0twz524kg6WGzScyNyi9DJWcZhCtzrqjprbm47qSzxTCNI/s1600-h/stomp+shout+scream+-+12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOSeVBndIwZOJOcfG2NkB9SRDyLF7k0Hq4UxnbyFPyjvUED_U4t-2LnLOLZkaIFGhIMRTP4gNq568W8Ln_Nja9Gs1J0y-x0twz524kg6WGzScyNyi9DJWcZhCtzrqjprbm47qSzxTCNI/s400/stomp+shout+scream+-+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323856850975714770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctbr2918m1nDxXkZyFM8VIRfutYPFUMufQrpEaE7M2nbaEJH8wkUsfsqdC1uNuZducn9M4GWjIhX0L7l-_SiEujGfM7FEquiiWRUaDbBaR-fejfgzhKiKDGCtmCQ72B1Nt8-_RQTJMBY/s1600-h/stomp+shout+scream+-+10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctbr2918m1nDxXkZyFM8VIRfutYPFUMufQrpEaE7M2nbaEJH8wkUsfsqdC1uNuZducn9M4GWjIhX0L7l-_SiEujGfM7FEquiiWRUaDbBaR-fejfgzhKiKDGCtmCQ72B1Nt8-_RQTJMBY/s400/stomp+shout+scream+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323856849336482914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBqTZlQSkxWUSgfHwKXINQvelPhZy3gm725KIhxhQqG9vIWceh0NUrp7vLwUgIjp-jpwTfB46pHTUvg1IyehSDAhwd2eJiKJgcXap6wnSUo-NHfjT4oTRNDq0RtP4fGMOJ2WQ3JBEMG4/s1600-h/stomp+shout+scream+-+19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBqTZlQSkxWUSgfHwKXINQvelPhZy3gm725KIhxhQqG9vIWceh0NUrp7vLwUgIjp-jpwTfB46pHTUvg1IyehSDAhwd2eJiKJgcXap6wnSUo-NHfjT4oTRNDq0RtP4fGMOJ2WQ3JBEMG4/s400/stomp+shout+scream+-+19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323856856905538226" border="0" /></a> I drove out to the Nova Cinemas for the 5:45 screening on Friday, where 2 patrons sat in the back of the small 85-seat theater. The projection was at the wrong aspect ratio (4:3 instead of 16:9, so everyone was streched tall and skinny). The folks at Nova were very kind and we figured out the propper settings on the projector in just a few minutes. I peaked my head into the 7:40 screening... dead empty. State-wide tornado warnings were serious enough that the few cast/crew/family/friends that were still up for coming had to abort the road trip. By the time 9:40 rolled around..I bought the only 4 tickets sold for me, Travis Young (Hector, the mechanic love-interest in the film) and our dates. We enjoyed the screening nonetheless, adding our own live commentary throughout.<br /><br />On Saturday, I found out that a couple of the theaters originally scheduled to screen SSS were NOT screening it due to technical difficulties with their digital projection or conflicts with Monogram, including 2 of the 3 theaters around Louisville. I'm certainly glad I didn't make the trip up there. Bill also said that those theaters may still have a SSS run later and that other theater chains and indie theaters are interested in the film.<br /><br />Making a 60's beach party monster movie does have an evergreen effect. It will never get dated. It's timeless. Like Citizen Kane. Or Night of the Lepus.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-78222352314960926942009-03-24T12:17:00.000-04:002009-04-08T11:18:55.359-04:00Stomp! Shout! Scream! in Theaters April 10, 2009<span style="font-size:85%;">For immediate release<br />March 24, 2009<br />Contact: Jay Wade Edwards<br />jay@stompshoutscream.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B MOVIE NATION & “STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM!” BRING FUN BACK TO THE MOVIES</span><br /><br />Atlanta, GA (March 24, 2009) – B Movie Nation continues its theatrical run with Adult Swim producer Jay Wade Edwards’ STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! opening on 14 screens on April 10, 2009. The film centers around a mysterious murder, the all-girl rock band that becomes embroiled in the investigation, and Florida’s legendary Skunk Ape.<br /><br />Replete with an original garage rock soundtrack and gorgeous 35 mm cinematography shot in pulsating ’60s colors, STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! was produced as if it were made in 1966 – without parody, condescension or retrospective irony.<br /><br />“Independent films can be very heavy. True escapism is rare in independent cinema, but it’s something audiences really respond to when done well. Good storytelling, attention to craft and intelligent film making are not solely the property of high-minded drama,” noted Edwards. The writer/director/producer Edwards’ genre of choice is science fiction and horror of the 1950s and 1960s, and while he notes that these films are generally renowned for high camp and low production values, “films that transcended the science fiction and horror genre, such as CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, and THEM! inspired me to create an interesting story with compelling characters, but do it within the framework of a genre film. In other words, create something that’s as much fun to watch as it was to make.”<br /><br />The soundtrack -- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Catfight</span>!, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Woggles</span>, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Fleshtones</span>, The Hate Bombs, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Penetrators</span>, Tiger! Tiger! -- is a lovingly recreated party platter of surf/garage rock tunes that effectively evoke the era without dating itself. The all-girl band in the film performs original songs recorded by Atlanta all-girl band <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Catfight</span>! Comprised of Susanne <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gibboney</span> (drums), Katy Graves (bass), and Jennifer Kraft <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Leavey</span> (guitar), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Catfight</span>!’s influences range from The Stooges to The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Shangri</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">las</span>. “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Catfight</span>! is inspired by sixties good-time beach party music. We jumped at the chance to provide some songs for a cool flick in the style of our favorite movies and sounds. We can't believe our good fortune,” said <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Gibboney</span>.<br /><br />Cinematographer Evan Lieberman shot the feature on 35mm with the look of the 1960s beach party films – unnaturally bright, primary colors for the characters and locations that contrast with the dark, grungy look of the Skunk Ape. “STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! presented Jay, myself and the crew with the unique opportunity to reference the style of the great Floyd Crosby who shot the original beach party films of the 1960s,” said Lieberman. “Crosby used a simple yet dynamic sense of movement and an unusual degree of color saturation to create a playful sense of space that expressed the innocent fun and bright optimism of the time period before American youth culture descended into the more conflict-ridden psychedelia of the hippie era.” Edwards’ adds, “We bought leftover film and discovered it was from the Johnny Cash bio, WALK THE LINE, so our movie has a rock-and-roll lineage right down to the film stock!”<br />The film has screened at more than 30 festivals in five countries, including the Austin Film Festival where the Austin Chronicle noted, "STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! does it better than American International Pictures ever did… as much fun as an episode of Hullabaloo-- snappy bouffants, earnest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">braniacs</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">hippy</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">hippy</span>-shake and all!"<br /><br />The film has garnered praise worldwide, including: “A ridiculously delightful cinematic experience,” Film Threat. “In all its demented, straight-faced glory, John Waters would be proud,” Cinema Crazed. “See this picture for its catalogue of perfection,” John Huff, writer/director.<br /><br />STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! includes cameos by “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” alumni Dana Snyder as well as Ned Hastings as the Skunk Ape. Animated titles were illustrated by renowned retro-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">tiki</span> artist Derek <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Yaniger</span>.<br /><br />Edwards has worked as a professional television and film editor since 1991 and currently serves as editor and producer of “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”, both the series and COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS (2007), for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. His other credits include “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Squidbillies</span>,” “The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Brak</span> Show,” documentaries, and numerous promotional campaigns.<br /><br />Monogram Releasing launched B Movie Nation with an initial slate of cutting-edge B-Movies with Kevin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Tenney's</span> BRAIN DEAD on March 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">th</span>. Other films set for distribution include U.K. import, JACK SAYS, and the world's first English language <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Luchador</span> movie, MIL MASCARAS VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY. "We have to make going to movies fun again," says Bucky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Kolkmeyer</span> of Monogram. "Movies are the classic form of American entertainment. We are going to give people a reason to go to the movies.”<br /><br />For more information on please visit:<br />www.stompshoutscream.com<br />www.monogramreleasing.com<br />www.bmovienation.com<br /><br /><br />STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM! opens April 10, 2009 at these theaters:<br /><br />Nova Georgia<br />340 Tanger Drive<br />Commerce, Georgia 30529<br />(706) 423-9659<br /><br />Nova Cinemas at Sabal Palms<br />2539 Federal Hwy<br />Fort Pierce, Florida 34982<br />(772) 489-8266<br /><br />Georgetown 14 Cinemas<br />3898 Lafayette Road<br />Indianapolis, Indiana 46254<br />(317) 291-3456<br /><br />Studio 10 Cinemas<br />1624 E. State Highway 44<br />Shelbyville, Indiana 46176<br />(317) 398-3549<br /><br />Nova 10<br />4353 Merle Hay Road<br />Des Moines, Iowa 50310<br />(515) 270-8330<br /><br />Nova 6 Theatres<br />2018 36th Ave<br />Moline, IL 61265<br />(309) 743-1153<br /><br />Branson Meadows Theaters<br />4740 Gretna Road<br />Branson, Missouri 65616<br />(417) 332-2884<br /><br />Dixie Dozen Cinemas<br />6801 Dixie Highway<br />Louisville, Kentucky 40258<br />(502) 935-3771<br /><br />Theaters of Georgetown<br />401 Outlet Center Drive<br />Georgetown, Kentucky 40324<br />(502) 863-0055<br /><br />Movie Palace Cinemas<br />1231 Woodland Drive<br />Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701<br />(270) 769-1505<br /><br />The Amp Oxford Mississippi<br />206 Commonwealth Boulevard<br />Oxford, Mississippi 38655<br />(662) 236-4080<br /><br />Portsmouth Cinemas<br />1623 Chillicothe Street<br />Portsmouth, Ohio 45662<br />(740) 355-3456<br /><br />Lake Geneva 4<br />244 Broad Street<br />Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147<br />(262) 248-2370<br /><br />Nova Cinemas at the Hartford Theater<br />2941 State Road 83<br />Hartford, Wisconsin 53027<br />(262) 673-4121Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-57953043223147511612007-10-01T16:29:00.000-04:002009-05-03T16:33:33.216-04:00Halloween screeningsOctober marks the 3rd anniversary of shooting Stomp! Shout! Scream!. The film is having a screening renaissance-- five screenings in four weeks, including THREE new state premieres. Folks love a monster movie for Halloween. The screenings are:<br /><br />Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival<br />Bay City, Michigan<br />October 12-14, 2007<br /><br />Columbus IndieClub Halloween Spooktacular<br />Columbus, Ohio<br />October 14, 2007<br /><br />The Freak Show Film Festival<br />Orlando, Florida<br />October 19-21, 2007<br /><br />The Sweet Onion Film Festival<br />Walla Walla, Washington<br />October 26-28, 2007<br /><br />The Melbourne International Filmmakers Festival<br />Melbourne, Florida<br />November 2-3, 2007<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmWnA5gNKATXSGdVyziRiBycOCGGdmRkh7jzfnDN40Pv7DMRHkkK3Mo2b2DIGU8pqfZiZHdBZ1Exdnnuuh3-wzLwmSBXqRCbj0YixjFRCtGNyAXdRe2sEXYvJx9duChXiyNg1f-v6Fuw/s1600-h/statemap_Oct07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmWnA5gNKATXSGdVyziRiBycOCGGdmRkh7jzfnDN40Pv7DMRHkkK3Mo2b2DIGU8pqfZiZHdBZ1Exdnnuuh3-wzLwmSBXqRCbj0YixjFRCtGNyAXdRe2sEXYvJx9duChXiyNg1f-v6Fuw/s400/statemap_Oct07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331698354858902866" border="0" /></a>Please welcome Washington, Ohio, and Michigan to the family of states who have screened Stomp! Shout! Scream!<br /><br />The best part about this month’s screenings is that now I can say, “Stomp! Shout! Scream! has screened everywhere— from ATLANTA to WALLA WALLA!” Please come out and check out the movie if you are anywhere close to these festivals. It is best experienced with an audience and a few beers.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-78833785009524323142007-08-01T16:21:00.000-04:002009-05-03T16:29:25.877-04:00Iowa, B-Movie Celebration, Springville NY & Mary'sStomp! Shout! Scream! had a pretty slow summer, screening-wise, but things are starting to pick up for the fall. The Skunk Ape invades the Midwest this month for screenings in Iowa and Indiana. The Landlocked Film Festival in Iowa City will screen the film each day during its festival, August 9, 10, & 11. The B-Movie Celebration near Indianapolis, Indiana, screens the film on Saturday, August 18 at 2:30 pm, but the whole weekend sounds pretty amazing. Tons of great movies screen all day and night, and B-movie icons Lloyd Kaufman, Tom Savini and Jim Wynorski will be in attendance. I just booked my travel to the B-Movie Celebration, so if anyone reads this and finds me in Indiana and says the secret password (“It’s an antediluvian simian creature”), you’ll get a free DVD.<br /><br />Towns in New York, Iowa & Indiana were recently added to the Skunk Ape's march toward screenings in all 50 states.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmE_qIN74ShG8j_9e9y-sNX-KV34BlQEvQuPUB85zbL1OZMLIvTeUxfELQyGqu1Npk3vCJB2dPyVaPFb3EHKQrckDA1SAUSr_B2rmwlA31gLkj0eswVxS3fCm6UTdt9wIPD-iryoTpC4/s1600-h/statemap_Aug07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmE_qIN74ShG8j_9e9y-sNX-KV34BlQEvQuPUB85zbL1OZMLIvTeUxfELQyGqu1Npk3vCJB2dPyVaPFb3EHKQrckDA1SAUSr_B2rmwlA31gLkj0eswVxS3fCm6UTdt9wIPD-iryoTpC4/s400/statemap_Aug07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331696506130509138" border="0" /></a> If you would like to host a Stomp! Shout! Scream! screening in your town, please contact me.<br /><br /><br />The New York state premiere was held in the charming hamlet of Springville on Saturday, July 21, by the rec department swimming pool. Dozens of residents enjoyed snacks, refreshments and a brisk swim while the movie screened under the stars. Thanks a bazillion to filmmaker Seth Wochensky & the Springville Center for the Arts for hosting me and the film. It was one of the best screenings to date.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU-3Xa-5fXRQZg3MwdhLVEfGzc0AX99e4qsC07TZjTAyUx20uiY-y3BT8DZk0joZYfo2gM6kMEHdxEJ38uisWQzFiuZkSrYFMIhA2573mogDQjw_SGndL2zke-2mp3V2NUTc3XfaTy3c/s1600-h/Springville04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU-3Xa-5fXRQZg3MwdhLVEfGzc0AX99e4qsC07TZjTAyUx20uiY-y3BT8DZk0joZYfo2gM6kMEHdxEJ38uisWQzFiuZkSrYFMIhA2573mogDQjw_SGndL2zke-2mp3V2NUTc3XfaTy3c/s400/Springville04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697319038268642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzax6pfii50-uVObR_5hKkmbryW4yc8S08yXvT0rt-7FdqzlEFq4wgvHebz-Bqahy2AeKbUIcl52hFscsgxLXUGoUM38tqpyQhUx7-wXUNlYquJj2jAXftXzHh9vF10PS_gEYftfsLeVQ/s1600-h/Springville03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzax6pfii50-uVObR_5hKkmbryW4yc8S08yXvT0rt-7FdqzlEFq4wgvHebz-Bqahy2AeKbUIcl52hFscsgxLXUGoUM38tqpyQhUx7-wXUNlYquJj2jAXftXzHh9vF10PS_gEYftfsLeVQ/s400/Springville03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697317664303106" /></a><br /><br />Another completely ridiculous screening was held at Mary’s Bar in East Atlanta as part of their annual Summer Beach Party night. Bathing suits met gorilla suits on the dance floor. Thanks to Millie and all the nice folks at Mary’s for the screening and letting me DJ a set of monkey songs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKBlBYpAI0bSp5bRdfoHxHmc2jWeDrG7mttMwxvfzv9uU5c8gsM8ZNl1y405GLeAg_V5Fq59l-39gltWHYwI9-OkxKALYF29jxyl2fpyKvbkWKmAVplP9FwqJ99lrNoxWUGGXylyYdwE/s1600-h/MarysbeachpartywSSSflyer_sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKBlBYpAI0bSp5bRdfoHxHmc2jWeDrG7mttMwxvfzv9uU5c8gsM8ZNl1y405GLeAg_V5Fq59l-39gltWHYwI9-OkxKALYF29jxyl2fpyKvbkWKmAVplP9FwqJ99lrNoxWUGGXylyYdwE/s400/MarysbeachpartywSSSflyer_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697092596230530" border="0" /></a>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-45352879747777043912007-03-04T16:08:00.000-05:002009-05-03T16:21:31.382-04:00MicroCineFest, Rome, Santa Fe, IndieMemphis Film FestivalsStomp! Shout! Scream! had a good run of festival screenings last fall—Brazil, Rome, GA; Memphis, TN; Erie, PA; Red Bank, NJ; Fargo, ND; Eureka Springs, AR; Racine, WI, Baltimore, MD; and Santa Fe, NM. In 2007, screenings continued in Augusta, GA and most recently Starkville, MS. That’s 24 screenings in 16 states and 4 countries, with two Best Feature Film Awards (the first festival screening at the Toofy Film Festival and the most recent screening at the Magnolia Film Festival). It has always been my goal to have a screening in all 50 states.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQS8Z0RKuvlmHB-TBqdR4MFznIIbCaJNaLy3oxVq2c3Ig3NX6T062q61mW-OQ8L_7dM7rMPO6z2uMnuKuKDh7qho1lBqhLxkxftcs__pdqsp8jz-yPbE3vrhU-dfrSrhW764Iqmu4QZyo/s1600-h/statemap_16states_Mar07_wKey.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQS8Z0RKuvlmHB-TBqdR4MFznIIbCaJNaLy3oxVq2c3Ig3NX6T062q61mW-OQ8L_7dM7rMPO6z2uMnuKuKDh7qho1lBqhLxkxftcs__pdqsp8jz-yPbE3vrhU-dfrSrhW764Iqmu4QZyo/s400/statemap_16states_Mar07_wKey.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331694039147071106" border="0" /></a> The film is 32% of the way there with outstanding film festival submissions in South Carolina, Iowa, Connecticut, Minnesota and Michigan.<br /><br />If anyone reading this would like to screen Stomp! Shout! Scream! in their town, please contact me.<br /><br />The festivals I’ve attended seem to fall into two categories: Small-town festivals bringing indie films that wouldn’t otherwise get screened there and city festivals that tend to be as much a society events as a film festival. Both festivals have their advantages. Bigger city festivals usually have more money to spend on filmmaker travel and parties, where small-town festivals often spend their efforts on creating a community for filmmakers to interact with each other and audiences. It’s these festivals that foster a community for filmmakers that I find the most fun. Making independent films is exhilarating, but also very, very hard work. It will certainly make you crazy. Finding other people with the same passions makes it all the more worthwhile and invigorates me to keep going.<br /><br />Almost every year since 1999, I’ve traveled to Baltimore for MicroCineFest, “thee underground film festival in Baltimore, hon.” Without Skizz and MicroCineFest screening my short films early on, I would have never had the confidence to attempt making a feature film. This year, Stomp! Shout! Scream! was invited to be the closing night film (screened out of competition, so I could continue my tradition of being a judge for the festival). As always, watching great films, duck pin bowling, visiting the Visionary Art Museum, and hanging out with Nick, Mike and everyone else on the screening committee was truly the best film festival experience anyone could ever have. I can’t thank Skizz enough for all he’s done for me and for independent filmmakers everywhere.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1TdDxHf50g7ZtyIJH9cjl9v507Yrsikbmx0UhKY7g2fR3yQTq9ExQWKLHVOxiVMpd00qF_DkndV67XDwsqcPGGRynYLOe4KNsKNfp69dmryG7fRZMrmR5GzjhkLIxqdZjPK84aQzQd4/s1600-h/Microcinefest_AVAM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1TdDxHf50g7ZtyIJH9cjl9v507Yrsikbmx0UhKY7g2fR3yQTq9ExQWKLHVOxiVMpd00qF_DkndV67XDwsqcPGGRynYLOe4KNsKNfp69dmryG7fRZMrmR5GzjhkLIxqdZjPK84aQzQd4/s400/Microcinefest_AVAM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331694654798912530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Rome (Georgia) International Film Festival generates very enthusiastic audiences and programs excellent films. I got to meet one of the biggest influences on my becoming a filmmaker-- Rich Schmidt, author of the now-classic Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices-- and view one of his early films, Emerald Cities, on a big screen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0f3Lqvdcaq8hWTYo0a5LadPO5jJmX6vHKgpaAHeqkFrs9ayyDdi8JNtWICGo7b64lKcnsi9gEfy8_obJjMi5PnRB9ZPVVzqyU51xunV7NdxXj1yy7Aa-gTP4EsaOrHBEwy9xiLuGCOxk/s1600-h/RIFF_desototheater.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0f3Lqvdcaq8hWTYo0a5LadPO5jJmX6vHKgpaAHeqkFrs9ayyDdi8JNtWICGo7b64lKcnsi9gEfy8_obJjMi5PnRB9ZPVVzqyU51xunV7NdxXj1yy7Aa-gTP4EsaOrHBEwy9xiLuGCOxk/s400/RIFF_desototheater.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331694662446832002" border="0" /></a><br />Several filmmakers and organizers from the Santa Fe Film Festival were in attendance, which led to Stomp! Shout! Scream! screening in New Mexico in December. The highlight of my trip west was getting to see the creature feature The Host, an incredible monster movie from Korea. Go see it when it opens in the US in March.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHW5eQynQUnotPZvZD3fEXlNLakxQIx2BddsbraXi2wAtfHWOHyG5R3TOABZCI8e7bNOE_l4frdOFw_SvVTfhjOHPokE6xGs_OgEIokt9NMfP4sghBZ94zOBUe4QUNA3wJ4fna3qH6VI/s1600-h/Santa_Fe_WavyGravy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHW5eQynQUnotPZvZD3fEXlNLakxQIx2BddsbraXi2wAtfHWOHyG5R3TOABZCI8e7bNOE_l4frdOFw_SvVTfhjOHPokE6xGs_OgEIokt9NMfP4sghBZ94zOBUe4QUNA3wJ4fna3qH6VI/s400/Santa_Fe_WavyGravy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331694658704310338" border="0" /></a><br />Jay with '60s counterculture icon Wavy Gravy at the Santa Fe Film Festival.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVdIJNf7diZVoyhxewgbHMRmBEbB5zkBgrsG3uME2KzwZyuXqXZgxTbvo7dSggblTJHP6SNx6qDfFVJCUz07WH9TnErJU6-AH_O_ZNX8CFcd365OXmAIyjXlHQWoNoXVKPmqns6Y-9Pg/s1600-h/SantaFe_JayAmyDonna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVdIJNf7diZVoyhxewgbHMRmBEbB5zkBgrsG3uME2KzwZyuXqXZgxTbvo7dSggblTJHP6SNx6qDfFVJCUz07WH9TnErJU6-AH_O_ZNX8CFcd365OXmAIyjXlHQWoNoXVKPmqns6Y-9Pg/s400/SantaFe_JayAmyDonna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331694666263400978" border="0" /></a><br />In Santa Fe with filmmakers Donna Musil (Brats Our Journey Home) and Amy Linton (Sacco & Vanzetti).<br /><br />The Red Bank International Film Festival screened the film back in October, where it received its best review yet from THE RAG—“ the monthly entertainment source serving the Jersey Shore.” “This movie totally ROCKS… FANTASTIC… well written and extremely imaginative. I wish more movies out there still had the clean and cleaver vibes of this retro flick,” said reviewer Debra Dynamite. I really wish I could have attended this one, I hear folks loved the film.<br /><br />IndieMemphis is a wonderful festival that focuses on Southern films and filmmakers. I got to meet several super nice folks, including Oscar-nominated filmmakers Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow and the upcoming Black Snake Moan) and Ray McKinnon. Stomp! Shout! Scream! got some great national press with a picture in MovieMaker Magazine thanks to IndieMemphis.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-77874140342667924262006-09-07T15:57:00.000-04:002009-05-03T16:08:06.131-04:00Austin Screening, soundtrack and semi-endorsementsThe good folks at the Austin Film Festival sponsored a Stomp! Shout! Scream! screening at the Alamo Draft House as part of their Best of the Fest series. Thanks to them for the great promotion in getting the film seen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TZrxSRQrSQDDVP9XqOlOydwSd7tgu-0HOIa8qmLIfTL55o5pQ3TL-biHos4kluDbDIOZ1o9X5XGBE1TVJgDjj4Knd2An7j3r19iSP1tQ9AejKaC72kbSSLwIjQRvjE2iZkWEFved6k0/s1600-h/AlamoDraftHse_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TZrxSRQrSQDDVP9XqOlOydwSd7tgu-0HOIa8qmLIfTL55o5pQ3TL-biHos4kluDbDIOZ1o9X5XGBE1TVJgDjj4Knd2An7j3r19iSP1tQ9AejKaC72kbSSLwIjQRvjE2iZkWEFved6k0/s400/AlamoDraftHse_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331690458373149170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOLG5C1IaKHyB8KfSlbdG8X6FbtDHW1PIbug3Rl8l6NqRGqIpa4Bq92dHC0ouN1EJL-rFdYN8eMMpZfyxM4iZhVzLUGdH11tjRakv9tHxhOMdj3qUhXWkkdvVWh4VSJxuemGL8oUj_z4/s1600-h/AlamoDraftHse_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOLG5C1IaKHyB8KfSlbdG8X6FbtDHW1PIbug3Rl8l6NqRGqIpa4Bq92dHC0ouN1EJL-rFdYN8eMMpZfyxM4iZhVzLUGdH11tjRakv9tHxhOMdj3qUhXWkkdvVWh4VSJxuemGL8oUj_z4/s400/AlamoDraftHse_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331690457259025234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7G6hHk59ndDTDq_kwFn6xDbu6w_-6gaWHsnzTmNY3Gqdp_3hVx4pUIamhq94vzm5v902g276npwA4h3DdloR9jv5NKIO756dOFbTEWo0gT5cVA4uKed06DOeqeKQMbGUcsas0jYOtE8/s1600-h/AlamoDraftHse_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7G6hHk59ndDTDq_kwFn6xDbu6w_-6gaWHsnzTmNY3Gqdp_3hVx4pUIamhq94vzm5v902g276npwA4h3DdloR9jv5NKIO756dOFbTEWo0gT5cVA4uKed06DOeqeKQMbGUcsas0jYOtE8/s400/AlamoDraftHse_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331690455039295346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On hand was Mike from Chicken Ranch Records, who has put out the soundtrack. Along with all the songs from the film, there’s 3 additional tracks. The legendary Fleshtones contributed super rare, original surf tune that kicks ass. Tiger Tiger added “Black Daggers” which just had its video release recently. It also kicks much ass. The Clutters added an amazing, big, crunchy guitar-laden “Tainted Love”, originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones, then covered in 1981 by Soft Cell. Wholly cow, it’ll rock your head off. Also on there is the full vocal version of The Woggles’ “One Four Three” which is heard as an instrumental during Theodora and Hector’s love montage. “Renegade Grinder” is a gear-head, buzz-saw-guitar, surf track from Johnny Knox & HI-TEST that’s only in the film for a quick snippet and has to be heard in it’s entirety. Tracks from The Evidents, The Vendettas, The Penetrators and, of course, all the Catfight! songs are there in their full glory. Go get a copy from Chicken Ranch, you won’t regret it.<br /><br />Pictures from Dragon*Con 2006. Not necessarily endorsements:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiuFgnhsAizBCBK_JwhXh1UCCk_yMvWwvZet_u-f8NJ3U4_lo_3c4Iji1jBuaDYevGZ6Zqyh0nDVyxvJqXvsIkARt7AphpM-qiAyTQanRAi57m38t7Lxi_rH3Mzu0b8Swt_iKSF1HDls/s1600-h/DragonCon_Rip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiuFgnhsAizBCBK_JwhXh1UCCk_yMvWwvZet_u-f8NJ3U4_lo_3c4Iji1jBuaDYevGZ6Zqyh0nDVyxvJqXvsIkARt7AphpM-qiAyTQanRAi57m38t7Lxi_rH3Mzu0b8Swt_iKSF1HDls/s400/DragonCon_Rip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331691383741716130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaCgkwl_M77ZQ-JvcQTWp4Yfkr2XU2ysP5t3aUAC5y502yxUu8oMV64ixXPjWk9z-b40zukIosBJI5XT11g_ShobAqDv6hdw3zYnyqtbJ_PdDh8jIhM-1BxCbjF38EI7QfKl-NpaGv4U/s1600-h/DragonCon_Jawa.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaCgkwl_M77ZQ-JvcQTWp4Yfkr2XU2ysP5t3aUAC5y502yxUu8oMV64ixXPjWk9z-b40zukIosBJI5XT11g_ShobAqDv6hdw3zYnyqtbJ_PdDh8jIhM-1BxCbjF38EI7QfKl-NpaGv4U/s400/DragonCon_Jawa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331691384392633458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESDoymmW3P6XTZJYEZ50er6zrGbPNdPZGJcjugpfM2VpKiL_piOT8BlqUZGTqbJYQz-BRW9cknSKVOIJwZ9npA0vPybSA9IIIKXQN3iED3DVuQa79sY9-jGsK_FZykyPqJhQzveoZzAM/s1600-h/DragonCon_Beaker.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESDoymmW3P6XTZJYEZ50er6zrGbPNdPZGJcjugpfM2VpKiL_piOT8BlqUZGTqbJYQz-BRW9cknSKVOIJwZ9npA0vPybSA9IIIKXQN3iED3DVuQa79sY9-jGsK_FZykyPqJhQzveoZzAM/s400/DragonCon_Beaker.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331691377534934018" border="0" /></a>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-23855369668484380732006-07-09T15:53:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:56:48.446-04:00Introspection & on-line reviewsThe latest analogy for film making that’s come into my brain is this: Film making is like cliff diving.<br /><br />In cliff diving, you hurl yourself off the top of a mountain, hoping you don’t hit anything on the way down and successfully dive into the water. With film making, you hurl yourself off an emotional mountain hoping you are successful (artistically, monetarily). But with each step of production you land, splat, on another cliff. Then you have to pick yourself back up and hurl yourself off a cliff, into the abyss again. Always hoping you find success. That’s how I felt showing the script to friends for the first time… casting actors and hearing my words spoken aloud… raising money… launching into production… directing a cast and crew for the first time… submitting to film festivals… screening the film for strangers, hoping it plays to them like it does to me… and, most recently, starting DVD self-distribution. A project like this takes a great deal of commitment. It’s been 3 and 1/2 years since I started writing the script and I feel like I’m-- maybe-- at the half way point. I’ve always heard that finishing a film is only half the job. Marketing and selling it being a whopping other 50%. Now I really know what that means.<br /><br />On that self-distribution trail are more film festivals. July is a pretty dry month festival-wise, but August and September are shaping up nicely with screenings in Atlanta, Rome (GA) and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. More on those soon.<br /> <br />On-line reviews are starting to come in. The John Waters comparison might be the best thing anyone as ever said about one of my films.<br /><br />“Stomp! Shout! Scream! is a unique B monster movie romp that’s a lot of fun… Edwards never seeks to spoof, but tell an actual story, with great performances, and a wonderful soundtrack. I really enjoyed this in all its demented straight-faced glory. John Waters would be proud.”<br />Cinema-Crazed.com<br /><br />“STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM!(2006) is a delightful homage to/entry in the beach party/monster subgenre of Sixties drive-in fare, packed with rock & roll, bouffant hairdos, bikinis, and cheesy monsters…”<br />DVDLateShow.com<br /><br />“Stomp! Shout! Scream! is a groovy movie... Fans of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello beach movies like Beach Blanket Bingo(1965) will dig it, as will fans of the Herschell Gordon Lewis film Blast-Off Girls(1967) or the “man in gorilla suit” movies like The Beast That Killed Women(1966).”<br />Pollystaffle.com<br /><br />"It’s a tightrope walk to pay tribute to three separate genres of ‘60s movies – the beach party flick (think Frankie and Annette), the rock and roll movie (believe it or not, even Herman’s Hermits had their own movie in 1966), and the old-fashioned monster movie – without drifting into parody. Somehow, however, “Stomp! Shout! Scream!” pulls it off just about perfectly."<br />bullz-eye.comJay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-85665173394674878252006-06-18T15:44:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:53:19.170-04:00FILMSTOCK, DeadCENTER, Portland UndergroundThe biggest week in the festival life of Stomp! Shout! Scream! just ended. Three screenings on 2 continents, and 2 premieres-- all in 7 days.<br /><br />I can’t personally report how the European premiere at FILMSTOCK in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK went. To be totally honest, I didn’t realize my passport had expired until I was at the airport, ready to fly out. There was nothing I could do, except send out apologetic emails and save that credit for some future overseas screening. A couple of emails filtered in from folks who saw the movie there and found this website or Stomp! Shout! Scream!’s myspace page. They said the crowd response was good and there was a big round of applause at the end.<br /><br />Stomp! Shout! Scream! was selected to be the opening night film at the DeadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City, OK. There was a pre-screening party at a beautiful art gallery, complete with girl-centric rock band-- The Oh! Johnny Girls, who rocked some Shangri-la’s covers—- and a formally-attired Skunk Ape.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPMGKBwklOFaSZluwNg_h5IF3IKW27lL5-0VJJbaG_Av3zBYEFpDvIMD_oRFCMoD75ieWHqVR372B0ozrNQ2Y4BaOnnARNONOrz_xVttAhKG47G-Q3amnumZ1mutmZgn6M563Sxt_lN0/s1600-h/OKCity_SkunkApeBand.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPMGKBwklOFaSZluwNg_h5IF3IKW27lL5-0VJJbaG_Av3zBYEFpDvIMD_oRFCMoD75ieWHqVR372B0ozrNQ2Y4BaOnnARNONOrz_xVttAhKG47G-Q3amnumZ1mutmZgn6M563Sxt_lN0/s400/OKCity_SkunkApeBand.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687487171164802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Over 230 people came out to see the film on a beautiful night in the OK City park. Just as the film was set to start, the city’s sprinklers came on, on the other side of the park and systematically started moving closer to the screening and the movie goers. A cagey festival volunteer grabbed several small trash cans and had them at the ready to cover the sprinkler heads. A few folks did get wet, but it was a screening few will ever forget.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIN3b7bBo8fEqZPXe2tMPzqihNQVpPhtMzH02DtfS9Fb1I8fWCUMwLrZX6MOZLD9-qMrraq-fBwjlyEIgL2CYzBJYVcKCogibXwXMUW04qNyBBaXtL9Blfj-JztXn_ujG1dRvGE1JN28/s1600-h/OKCity_screening02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIN3b7bBo8fEqZPXe2tMPzqihNQVpPhtMzH02DtfS9Fb1I8fWCUMwLrZX6MOZLD9-qMrraq-fBwjlyEIgL2CYzBJYVcKCogibXwXMUW04qNyBBaXtL9Blfj-JztXn_ujG1dRvGE1JN28/s400/OKCity_screening02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687494621670322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaryokQErFg27PgFsMpKbEM_A7weWLsIK3Ab5-qq98qIHazYGqBYGl2q7ORl3Pu0ARDADi7zp-mZHYCU73QJwyWpzisxX0ti0ia_aGvwv1AesvIoRizjOYhNqKfBL0QvPfh7Celz8VhGA/s1600-h/OKCity_screening01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaryokQErFg27PgFsMpKbEM_A7weWLsIK3Ab5-qq98qIHazYGqBYGl2q7ORl3Pu0ARDADi7zp-mZHYCU73QJwyWpzisxX0ti0ia_aGvwv1AesvIoRizjOYhNqKfBL0QvPfh7Celz8VhGA/s400/OKCity_screening01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687491446415282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Stomp! Shout! Scream! ‘s west coast premiere was at the Portland Underground Film Festival, held at the Clinton Street Theater. Showing movie since 1914, it is the oldest continuously-operated theater in the country. A small but very appreciative crowd view the film and all stayed for one of the best Q & A sessions yet.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcl8BXrqsK5ciJFEidKJBfZ4Ce7oxF_TfjwetHuMVsuMXGp0ugytplkOUCJ7JiUECyG-OuzZILfiYnS6pfcsjghCpNrvnTroHt8ZvmgZUvHmB_lf5-VQ_a63MGwjhqdAV-6shcs2fvXk/s1600-h/Portland01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcl8BXrqsK5ciJFEidKJBfZ4Ce7oxF_TfjwetHuMVsuMXGp0ugytplkOUCJ7JiUECyG-OuzZILfiYnS6pfcsjghCpNrvnTroHt8ZvmgZUvHmB_lf5-VQ_a63MGwjhqdAV-6shcs2fvXk/s400/Portland01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687501129243314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbyFWz_3BntPg0jPMakmtEnhGEJwz0KbwloBhpOuZ83n01tSQMOgXtJufKH0JyaNDOJoVqcDsXnL6LMckmZEAH9SrpzWI-APVgUwWkfqU3Qu9vc5loPraBiF9RxmPRL3CQsp-fFLBQ-Y/s1600-h/Portland03.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbyFWz_3BntPg0jPMakmtEnhGEJwz0KbwloBhpOuZ83n01tSQMOgXtJufKH0JyaNDOJoVqcDsXnL6LMckmZEAH9SrpzWI-APVgUwWkfqU3Qu9vc5loPraBiF9RxmPRL3CQsp-fFLBQ-Y/s400/Portland03.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687500134997410" border="0" /></a> Thanks to everyone at these festivals for giving Stomp! Shout! Scream! such amazing exposure.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-65605148590072698892006-06-03T15:32:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:44:05.986-04:00DVD Release party at ABCThe DVD Release Party, held may 26 at the Atlanta Brewing Company, was a great success. Over 275 folks showed up to drink beer, watch the film, drool over the Dames Aflame, and rock out to Catfight!’s final performance. The pictures tell the story. Here’s a bunch of ‘em.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEi747JqbR8vKH70P9k4bTKPMHZdBb_0ft-rSH5s65DQVpTDAjswHGZ8nAj28Lpv4MLQw7pxrcRXkH6ggPL9pLzdrPXtihxdKvdnWcFlYfyd8faRl0qwtp44iS0SDt_AIJXVeAHqBmOA/s1600-h/DVDparty_Car02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEi747JqbR8vKH70P9k4bTKPMHZdBb_0ft-rSH5s65DQVpTDAjswHGZ8nAj28Lpv4MLQw7pxrcRXkH6ggPL9pLzdrPXtihxdKvdnWcFlYfyd8faRl0qwtp44iS0SDt_AIJXVeAHqBmOA/s400/DVDparty_Car02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331684998523375490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2q4lQMjexMyCQVx7MaOS7CWAl58-JImBOQufpIhvwHeX0tz5_PRzb-6-89Xx9EJ-03BBBB4yiWXqDoMbG7e21M_63bbzel8wlEwU-STHM0C4-YCx8hpmUpVymQRRQGn3mPjtTkU6q1I/s1600-h/DVDParty_AshCar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2q4lQMjexMyCQVx7MaOS7CWAl58-JImBOQufpIhvwHeX0tz5_PRzb-6-89Xx9EJ-03BBBB4yiWXqDoMbG7e21M_63bbzel8wlEwU-STHM0C4-YCx8hpmUpVymQRRQGn3mPjtTkU6q1I/s400/DVDParty_AshCar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331684991262322802" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks to Ashley Zeltzer for painting up her car.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQaZke5zmM1NviI4f4TQKkC4z8E9t_ed2H2SrIsd5GlXzrA-lDDSuZ4XH2qKMaTTrwvaKSIzVRGfiaKVhpQv5cu8WaxRghQORgynYGWDeiUJQ80Vgf7kkLDispi9p-fCsTROsoEVGbo8/s1600-h/DVDparty_Dames03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQaZke5zmM1NviI4f4TQKkC4z8E9t_ed2H2SrIsd5GlXzrA-lDDSuZ4XH2qKMaTTrwvaKSIzVRGfiaKVhpQv5cu8WaxRghQORgynYGWDeiUJQ80Vgf7kkLDispi9p-fCsTROsoEVGbo8/s400/DVDparty_Dames03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331684645103373314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqXZKLm4MaeiXmap-gloQztFWaNwaib5Sy-BAFqYCmExc3h-0LzmTKytZSNRjVsdAPosKDdI7pZH3rTczTzDII6XKHxAD7naxz8ZMwGia2bSNj4ahyphenhyphenldd4A30d5jSEArDb_mC8LcTkD8/s1600-h/DVDparty_Dames01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZ7m6Zww_reCqNHvTOuhuWsXExZEYPxVU0M_1dbwcuTaOAmBaoL5p7cu-6dbGsrALXOANECm4uu6KvXJ_g2qySB7aTuQMQByEs5ucYSL8XP7cknimGjUJW8EpKvm9Stn4JijGZeweRcU/s400/DVDparty_Catfight04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331683926540901074" border="0" /></a>Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-61435536068772785942006-05-17T15:18:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:31:33.017-04:00Maryland Film Festival Recap, reviewsStomp! Shout! Scream! screened at the Charles Theater as part of the Maryland Film Festival on Mother's Day to an appreciative crowd. A few DVDs were sold, I met some super-nice film makers and got to see some great films.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPzKT4P_Qk588kzd8IwjEEODFKe1wDPe4q9KOAvRfOjrQEgWDyWXCDYWB3G0od4uAXoR80Hlke535Sn0AbcxieK-gF9EUemevN_MsZYvnDz8Tw8GEzmSsJ49zQ6Oxv7wTlSvJFu1Qz5A/s1600-h/MFF_Charels01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPzKT4P_Qk588kzd8IwjEEODFKe1wDPe4q9KOAvRfOjrQEgWDyWXCDYWB3G0od4uAXoR80Hlke535Sn0AbcxieK-gF9EUemevN_MsZYvnDz8Tw8GEzmSsJ49zQ6Oxv7wTlSvJFu1Qz5A/s400/MFF_Charels01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331681411528907362" border="0" /></a><br /> This was my 6th visit to Baltimore (The Monster Trilogy short films screened at Microcinefest and my documentary short was shown at the MFF, plus I’ve been a judge at Microcinefest). I say this every time I talk about these experiences-- I love Baltimore. No other festival that I’ve been to treats visiting film makers as well as these two festivals—nice accommodations, good crowds, great movies, great events (duck pin bowling, side trips to Orioles games and the Visionary Art Museum). For independent film makers who do this for the love of creating something and often little or no financial reward, going to Baltimore is truly motivational and a highlight of every year for me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSTpAKTO020QlrXZkErvfFV9u57IcG4d0244coNdRdjnP0iiROq4qiZ6MkZlje_8-bKJr1surU8QSoIDtS8oKzzq-jydDZ8Llxou2JkKcIp7FNRcIyjDnMuZMEKqIL5DMHm-SppIRZ0Y/s1600-h/MFF_JayAshPoster01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSTpAKTO020QlrXZkErvfFV9u57IcG4d0244coNdRdjnP0iiROq4qiZ6MkZlje_8-bKJr1surU8QSoIDtS8oKzzq-jydDZ8Llxou2JkKcIp7FNRcIyjDnMuZMEKqIL5DMHm-SppIRZ0Y/s400/MFF_JayAshPoster01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331681405847491090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvFRptdHj3tofCSsqjHh6gsP1l2GQ3xeiorYeTE7oO7NnTo84EE1Pp9MyiJe66NaZ1cQPEfRe3n5HSIKgr_10LvZDfTNyN2jCPfYBqPzIpEkf_LFTgpmH1_ZzWhAyXQ0s3vD6SiAXevk/s1600-h/MFFF_JayBaseball01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvFRptdHj3tofCSsqjHh6gsP1l2GQ3xeiorYeTE7oO7NnTo84EE1Pp9MyiJe66NaZ1cQPEfRe3n5HSIKgr_10LvZDfTNyN2jCPfYBqPzIpEkf_LFTgpmH1_ZzWhAyXQ0s3vD6SiAXevk/s400/MFFF_JayBaseball01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331681404036174274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9GIjt7uzuaF7iH5BN6eiEIQh1elwNTJdlplOyCBwVKmV4ZfHfTMZxEI7sS7ZcBWzlWqHUCoG7kybRYlA3vPlGWh_8xGPM_WYz1VPFd452VvVu2S4WIG64JV1nT27GPP-5bLXGEFCe30/s1600-h/MFF_AshleyTipper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9GIjt7uzuaF7iH5BN6eiEIQh1elwNTJdlplOyCBwVKmV4ZfHfTMZxEI7sS7ZcBWzlWqHUCoG7kybRYlA3vPlGWh_8xGPM_WYz1VPFd452VvVu2S4WIG64JV1nT27GPP-5bLXGEFCe30/s400/MFF_AshleyTipper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331681417348125314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That's SSS Marketing Associate Ashley Zeltzer with LOL actress Tipper Newton.<br /><br /><br />Stomp! Shout! Scream! has gotten some swell on-line reviews:<br /><br />“A sweet can of camp, a ridiculously delightful cinematic experience.”<br />Film Threat<br /><br />“Stomp! Shout! Scream! was a total hoot. It's a note-perfect homage to '60s beach flicks and monster movies."<br />The Albuquerque Tribune<br /><br />“Stomp! Shout! Scream! plays like a cross between Twin Peaks, Repo Man and Stranger Than Paradise with a little Beach Blanket Bingo thrown in to keep things interesting.”<br />Bradenton Herald<br /><br />“The lighting was fabulous throughout - vibrant, evocative, sculptural. I loved it. The cast was great - just the right mix of real person and B-movie cliché, so that the whole movie came off like an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, but with the 'bots' quips wrapped up into the movie itself.”<br />TheyreComing.com<br /><br /><br />Reminder: The DVD RELEASE PARTY will be Friday, May 26 at the Atlanta Brewing Company. Attendees will receive a Stomp! Shout! Scream! souvenir pint glass, see a screening of the film WITH the Dames Aflame Burlesque performing, dance to Catfight! live, AND drink all the delicious local brew they care to consume. Come celebrate the DVD release in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend.<br /><br />I hate to be such a salesman, but getting the movie seen is as important as getting it made. If you’ve seen the film and like it, tell your friends or write an on-line review on the IMDB or at Amazon. Those things go a LONG way toward generating interest. Thanks to everyone who has supported the film.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-72436821105507590302006-04-23T15:10:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:14:39.634-04:00Film Festival Update & DVD Release PartyStomp! Shout! Scream! is seeing about a 15% return on film festival submissions. That’s a lot lower than one would hope, but for a film that was created for a VERY specific audience, I can’t be too disappointed. The submissions will keep going out, with the hope that there will be that one person on those screening committees who GETS it.<br /><br />Here are the numbers since the submissions started in June 2005: 45 submissions, $1,250 in entry fees, 24 rejections, 8 acceptances, 3 Awards (Best Feature at Toofy; Best Cinematography & Best Set Design Nominations at the B-movie film festival), and 13 festivals still outstanding.<br /><br />Four festivals extended invitations recently:<br />Maryland Film Festival, May 11-14<br />FILMSTOCK (London, UK) June 3, EUROPEAN PREMIERE!!!!<br />Dead CENTER Film Festival (Oklahoma City, OK) June 7 OPENING NIGHT FILM!!!!<br />Portland Underground Film Festival (Portland, OR) June 9<br /><br />The plan is to have the director, producers and/or actors at all these screenings. The DVD, soundtrack and posters will be available after every screening. It’s a long road to pay everyone back that invested money and time, especially at $20 a pop, but this is the plan and we’re sticking to it. I have to keep reminding myself that no one can promote this thing as well as the folks who created it.<br /><br />The DVD will have a fantabulous RELEASE PARTY on Friday, May 26 at the Atlanta Brewing Company, sponsored by Stomp and Stammer magazine. Attendees will receive a Stomp! Shout! Scream! souvenir pint glass, see a screening of the film, dance to Catfight! live, and drink all the delicious local brew they care to consume. Come celebrate the DVD release in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend.<br /><br />If you or someone you know might be interested in seeing a beach party rock and roll monster movie, please come out to one of these events and spread the word. If you can’t make it, there’s always the magic of internet commerce. Thanks!Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-68890087343130959142006-04-06T15:01:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:09:20.483-04:00Sarasota Film Festival RecapDirector of Photography Evan Lieberman and I had a great experience at the Sarasota Film Festival last weekend. We drove down a few days early to promote the festival and Stomp! Shout! Scream!’s screenings. Our first stop was to catch the Little Steven’s Underground Garage show in Orlando on Wednesday night. The Romantics headlined and surprised us with their all-out Detroit garage rock. The real draw for us was seeing The Fleshtones. They always put on an amazing show, but I also couldn’t miss connecting with lead singer Peter Zaremba after exchanging emails and getting an awesome Fleshtones surf song for the soundtrack CD (coming out in another month or so on Chicken Ranch Records). It was a fantastic, if way too short, Fleshtones performance. Those tourist who wandered into the Hard Rock will never be the same. I also passed along a DVD to Dan Electro, Woggles drummer who was filling in with The 45s on this tour. He played the movie on the tour bus the next day and reported that Little Steven was impressed.<br /><br />Thursday, we dropped off clip reels to TV stations and made phone calls all day, vying for any promotion we could get. We landed a spot on the local news/talk show Friday at noon on Sarasota’s ABC-7. And an on-location interview on SNN News 6 Friday night at the opening night Gala. I don’t know if the TV appearances sold any more tickets, but it was nice to play local-boy-done-good on TV. There was also a story in the Bradenton Herald the weekend before the festival. The festival invited me to join in a panel discussion, “Coffee and Conversation: Establishing Shots”, on Saturday morning. Despite it’s corn-ball title, this was one of the most interesting panels I’ve seen at any film festival. Panelists included Susan Seidleman (director of Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil and Boyton Beach Club, which was premiering at the festival), Lisa McWilliams (producer of documentary Before The Music Dies), and Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett (producers of documentary Abel Raises Cane). Discussions of everyone’s films, their film festival experiences and even budgets and distribution was really informative for me and full-house coffee shop.<br /><br />The Saturday screening was 50%+ full with a good amount of audience reaction-- lots of laughs throughout. During the screening, I hauled boxes of DVDs, posters and a folding table to just outside the screening room. There’s was a quick Q & A, then I ran out to man the sales table. My (probably unrealistic) goal is to sell a DVD to everyone who walks out the door. Sales certainly fell short of that, but was a success nonetheless.<br /><br />Both Friday and Saturday nights had big parties for film makers and Sarasota society folk, with plenty of free booze and good food. The festival really is one of the best I’ve been to with great local support, stellar venues for screenings, and a fantastic program of indie and classic films.<br /><br />After a short nights sleep, Sunday started early with a podcast interview for Evan and I. Then a noon screening for Stomp! Shout! Scream! This screening was almost a full house, probably 200+ folks. And not all of them friends of the family eihter. It was the first viewing for the local Florida cast- my grandma Theodora Viola; my best friend from High School Rhett; Will who plays young John Patterson; and the beach partying dancing girls-- Brittney, Jackie and Megan. They all said nice things about the film, which is extra rewarding considering they all worked on the film for virtually nothing. This screening had great DVD sales afterward-- a fantastic start to the financial life of the film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbyGgk2QK1PTx53zN5AbCOOQhwyxNPI2_qarfKssRvhx6pCX23lz5UIhNt8eyCA6P3tPt-Z3Yo3GeC7imJDPSYFCXhA6Eefiohsm_614EbhzmNpQmPMOtCpnYl6exwN7qso86a-yybCE/s1600-h/SFF06_JayMarkee01.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbyGgk2QK1PTx53zN5AbCOOQhwyxNPI2_qarfKssRvhx6pCX23lz5UIhNt8eyCA6P3tPt-Z3Yo3GeC7imJDPSYFCXhA6Eefiohsm_614EbhzmNpQmPMOtCpnYl6exwN7qso86a-yybCE/s400/SFF06_JayMarkee01.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331676549007397842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-ggMZ_IsTqGmapbva7Dl3Gc0pVc1YlUPHUrQ_GPg_3KPIra8lzbOkfit9d0XtROaPTpnNfwJ6Swja91Lh03ODlj3IrwdOGAue0Nk_Ku-Vy8DdgBBWozAz4eMU4v6fVXFrvk7mF6WXJw/s1600-h/SFF06_JayEvanSultana.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-ggMZ_IsTqGmapbva7Dl3Gc0pVc1YlUPHUrQ_GPg_3KPIra8lzbOkfit9d0XtROaPTpnNfwJ6Swja91Lh03ODlj3IrwdOGAue0Nk_Ku-Vy8DdgBBWozAz4eMU4v6fVXFrvk7mF6WXJw/s400/SFF06_JayEvanSultana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331676550434674834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dDVbmrtLyn7LsyJAu-2ejXmr1tZufvEKbyv8DH1dtkCQwHSahfDph11TMamz7How8hSz0Hhq9BNtLvbcGIfiLmTGmFDwoAwjEaRBxw4uumBbFQJ52Td5rigDdDQuc_R60T_6pEB04F4/s1600-h/SFF06_JayPenelope.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dDVbmrtLyn7LsyJAu-2ejXmr1tZufvEKbyv8DH1dtkCQwHSahfDph11TMamz7How8hSz0Hhq9BNtLvbcGIfiLmTGmFDwoAwjEaRBxw4uumBbFQJ52Td5rigDdDQuc_R60T_6pEB04F4/s400/SFF06_JayPenelope.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331676551166210066" /></a><br />That's Penelope Ann Miller, who was in Sarasota promoting her new film.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-76870550267736993542006-03-26T14:57:00.000-05:002009-05-03T15:01:13.422-04:00Indie Film Marathon, Sarasota, self-distributionFilm making is such a marathon. Writing, raising money, producing, editing, mixing, and now marketing and promoting Stomp! Shout! Scream! has taken well over three years and the first dollar of income has yet to come in. Making tons of money was certainly NOT the impetus for taking on a project like this, but investors are involved and I feel a great responsibility to make this film as financially successful as possible. <br />And it’s really just the beginning of the public life of Stomp! Shout! Scream! Films can run on the festival circuit for a year or more. The plan has always been to travel with the film and sell DVDs after each screening. I knew it would be a 5 or 10 year project when I started, but being right in the middle is exhausting.<br />Actual income will start at the Sarasota Film Festival when Stomp! Shout! Scream! screens Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 5:00 pm (& again Sunday, April 2 at noon) and the just-finished DVD’s are sold for the first time. Like most everything on this film, the DVD was self-produced and will be self-distributed at festival screenings and on-line.<br /><br />This will be a really special screening for several reasons. Stomp! Shout! Scream! will be seen for the first time ever in High Definition. I try to not evaluate or judge the film because I’m just too close to it, but I am certain that it will look BIG and BEAUTIFUL on that Regal Hollywood 20 screen. This will also be the first time for the Florida contingent of friends, family, volunteers and crew to see it. Investor, actress, band-namesake and my grandmother-- Theodora Viola-- will be there, too. I’m thrilled that she will be able to see it on a big screen, with a big home-town crowd.<br /><br />The DVD is chuck-full of goodness. It has commentary from writer/director/me, DP Evan Lieberman, Producer Arma Benoit, actors Ned Hastings, Jonathan Green, Mary Kraft, and Cynthia Evans. There’s over an hour of behind-the-scenes vignettes, interviews, raw footage and deleted scenes—- all with commentary from cast and crew.Jay Wade Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959356455652142346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193892600840785475.post-74990953750934129642005-12-16T14:52:00.000-05:002009-05-03T14:56:28.495-04:00Cast/Crew ScreeningStomp! Shout! Scream! had its hometown Atlanta premiere last Saturday night at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema. It was a great success by all accounts—- standing room only in a 200+ seat theater, laughs and reactions throughout, even scattered applause after my favorite climactic scene in the movie. I was sweating the whole screening, but my friends assured me it wasn’t that hot in the theater. As the end credits rolled, I waited for someone else to walk up front and thank everyone for coming, but I was the one to walk up there. That’s a really nice and really weird feeling. It was truly thrilling to see the film on a big screen with cast, crew, family and friends.<br />Now I can concentrate on getting the DVD finished for a February or March release, when there will be another big party to celebrate. 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