IMDb: Some kind of milestone
The movie is as real as it was an hour ago. But on a whim I decided to check if our IMDb submission had gone through, and, lo and behold:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502421/
As part of a generation that has relied on IMDb to tell us, well, basically everything about movies, back in the days before it was owned by amazon.com or whatever their relationship is now, this is kind of a big deal to me. I realize it’s a little thing, but this, strangely, makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something just as much if not more than anything else that’s happened so far.
‘The Lionshare’ at HHF Film & Music Festival
I’ve just been notified via email that we’ve been accepted to the Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival in Bay City, Michigan. From their website:
HHM Fest is more than an event for those who simply appreciate film and music. It’s a grassroots effort to develop a community that participates in the arts. The festival idea developed from a “wouldn’t it be great…” conversation, into “we can do it” action. We hope our actions will inspire others to develop new arts and culture opportunities in our community.
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It’s our 4th year of fighting for independent film and live original music, and we have one “hell” of a line up of features, docs, shorts, animated, student and foreign language films. Plus, a Saturday night of music at the old Masonic Temple with bands Oh My God (Chicago), Baby Teeth (Chicago) and Champions of Breakfast (Detroit).
Help us fight for independent film and music. Plan to attend HHM Fest-4 October 1-4, 2009. For information on advance ticket and pass sales please contact info@hhmfest.com.
Sounds good to me! Doubtful we will be in attendance, but it’d be pretty cool…we’ll see what happens.
Lionshare Trailer
In what I can only describe as an inexcusable omission, until now I have not created a trailer for the movie. We have a poster, a DVD, reviews, promotional stills, but no trailer. I can only say that I had some difficulty getting something together that I was happy with, and that I am dumb. But I’ve finally come up with something I think works pretty well, so without further ado:
NewFilmmakers Screening Reminder
Just a reminder about our next screening as a part of the NewFilmmakers series: Tuesday, September 1 at 8pm at The Anthology Film Archives. I’ll be there selling copies of the DVD and serving free wine afterward.
Lionshare Mininova Torrent
Thanks to Mininova.org’s content distribution system, there’s finally a torrent available to download the movie. This is an HD quicktime file encoded in H.264, the same source file for all of the online upl0ads. So if you’d rather have a local copy to watch on your computer or set-top device rather than a streaming version on YouTube or Vimeo, here’s the way.
The Lionshare DVD is on sale now!
The time has finally come. The much talked about, much asked for DVD is now available for purchase via PayPal. Check out the DVD page for a full rundown of the special features and how to purchase via PayPal. It’s only $15.
Friend Me
Some time ago we acquired our ‘vanity url’ for our Facebook fan page. In keeping with the themes of connectivity in the movie as well as the digital grassroots-ness philosophy behind the making of the film, I’ve been trying to create a strong ‘brand’ presence by registering a ‘lionsharemovie’ account on as many social networking sites as possible. This includes sites for which networking is not its primary function, which is the reasoning behind featuring our Flickr and YouTube accounts on the ‘Stills’ and ‘Clips’ pages of the site rather than hosting them on our own server.
Anyway, I just wanted a reason to post this nifty badge for our Facebook page:
Also, the DVD should be available for purchase by this time next week.
Another mention from TCWReviews
Clifford of TCWReviews.com made a new update today to tout the movie again and to spread the word about the upcoming DVD release. Check out the full story here on his website.
How to watch ‘The Lionshare’, pre-DVD release
The DVD is almost finished, I promise. I’m expecting to have it for sale the beginning of August. Until then, there are two and a half ways to watch it:
The movie rests here in its entirety, in HD quality. It’s ad-supported, so if you get the urge, feel free to click on one. So far it’s netted us a whole $0.24.
The movie is split up into eight parts on YouTube, also in HD quality.
The same videos as YouTube are being posted here on Vimeo HD at the rate of one per week due to their HD upload restrictions. As of today, the first three of eight parts are up (hence the half).
If you watch on any of these sites, please leave a rating and/or a comment!
Once the DVD is out, we’re going to be organzing more local screenings in the New York area, plus wherever else we can get it shown. For now, the only firm screening date will be part of the NewFilmmakers series at The Anthology Film Archives on Wednesday, September 1. For more details, click on the ’screenings’ tab above.
