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The Last Hurrah DVD Release Party

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Post Production

The Last Hurrah’s nationwide DVD release is this month and we’re throwing a party! If you’re in Los Angeles, come watch the movie and celebrate with our actors, crew, producers and distributors.
Sunday, February 21
7:00pm - Screening at the Downtown Independent Theater
9:00pm - After party upstairs in the bar. DJ: Jacob Safari
9:30pm - Special [...]

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Distribution

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Post Production

It’s my great pleasure to announce The Last Hurrah has signed distribution.  I’ll have more information in early 2010, but in the meantime we’ve been busy with deliverables and getting materials squared away for the DVD.
It’s been an amazing journey.  From three weeks of pre-production, to three weeks of filming, to a year of post-production, [...]

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SoCal Film Festival Screening

September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Post Production

The Last Hurrah screened tonight at the SoCal Film Festival. It was a fun, enthusiastic crowd and we were very excited to have won Best Cinematography for the festival.

Actors: Steve Fite, Jon Weinberg, Zack Bennett, Sarah Scott, Gary Cairns

Actors: Steve Fite and Alicia Ziegler

Producers: Richie Molyneux, Jon Stokes, Peter Marr

Actor David Wachs and Director [...]

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SoCal Film Festival

August 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Post Production

I’m happy to announce the next screening of…
The Last Hurrah
Official Selection
Tuesday, September 22 at 8:20pm
The SoCal Film Festival in Huntington Beach

Purchase $6 tickets!
We are honored to be one of six narrative feature films selected for the festival. And pleased to be included in a group of larger budget movies with box office stars [...]

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Premiere!

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Post Production

I arrive at the premiere, meet our publicist and producer rep, and begin greeting actors as they arrive.

Getting ready: our publicist Kim, Me (Jon Stokes), Valerie Azlynn, Alicia Ziegler
We sold out the theater the day before, and now everyone’s clamoring for tickets. Even actors can’t get a seat! I do the best job [...]

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Dances With Films

May 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Post Production

We are thrilled to announce…
The Last Hurrah World Premiere
Tuesday, June 9th 7:15pm at the Laemmle Sunset 5

Purchase tickets!
For more information, visit Dances With Films.
We are thrilled to be premiering here in Los Angeles.  Out of 1200 - 1500 films submitted, The Last Hurrah is one of 19 films selected for the festival, and one [...]

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Trailer

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Post Production

Jay and I knocked out a new trailer for The Last Hurrah. I wrote the outline during lunch break at a dance competition on Saturday, Jay mocked it up Sunday afternoon, and Sunday night we massaged it into place. We’ve both been so swamped, this is our process!
The trailer music is composed and [...]

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Final Edits

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Post Production

We trimmed 2:14 of runtime from Act One, bringing our total movie down below 90 minutes.  And we spent a good deal of time remixing and syncing ADR with the delightful Corey Eccles.
Complete with fresh titles, I think we’ve finally got the movie we can send to festivals.  Now it’s time to take a well-earned [...]

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Industry Screening

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Post Production

Monday we had our first private screening of The Last Hurrah.  It was a big success!
We showed the film in a screening room at Raleigh Studios to a group of industry friends.  I’m thrilled to report that 29 out of our 30 comment cards were definitively positive.

Reviewing the cards, we are going to go back [...]

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Sound Mix - Third Time’s the Charm

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Post Production

Okay, I’ve said it before, but this time I think the sound is finally, basically, complete.
After bouncing around through several mixers, we are finally lucky enough to be working with the wonderful Corey Eccles on a state of the art dub stage.  She is bringing our sound up to a level of quality I didn’t [...]

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