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      mikehedge on April 22, 2010

      congrats!

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      Ryan Falcheck on April 22, 2010

      Congrats!! :)

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      Sherry "Cosmo" Cummings on April 22, 2010

      Good Job and Congratulations to all of you! A lot of believers =) Cheers

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      Matthew Prater on April 22, 2010

      Congratulations David! So exciting!!!

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      Angie Palmer on April 22, 2010

      OMG!!! I'm ecstatic! Congrats to all the crew and cast of Goodbye Promise!

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      Gary King on April 22, 2010

      congrats David! You did ti! Another Kickstarter success story! Scooby would be proud!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 22, 2010

      Thank you Mike! 18 hours left and $3865! I will see you all at the finish line. We are taking this one home. My gratitude to each of you for everything that you are doing to help us meet this goal. Your support is as overwhelming as any that I have ever experienced. Thank you.

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      mikehedge on April 22, 2010

      less that 4 to go!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 21, 2010

      Sherry, thank you for your fantastic contribution to our campaign. You are part of our cavalry who is going to help see this through to the end. We are absolutely thrilled to have you on our team. Thank you for being so generous with us.

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      Sherry "Cosmo" Cummings on April 21, 2010

      Upped my pledge; good luck I hope you get there!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 21, 2010

      Our 21st Update is up! We now have 186 Backers who believe....

      We have raised $9827 and have 40 hours left to reach $15K

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 20, 2010

      Now down to 51 hours to go! We have 12 New Backers so far today and have just received a Major Contribution from QUYEN who has pushed this campaign to 66% funding with $9891 raised. We are now just $109 away from $10,000. THANK YOU QUYEN! We can do it, keep pushing!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 19, 2010

      No more DAYS TO GO on this campaign. We are now down to 71 Hours....

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 19, 2010

      No more DAYS TO GO on this campaign. We are now down to 71 Hours....

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 19, 2010

      JUAN SALAZAR!!!! THANK YOU for driving this campaign all the way up to $9000 in funding. This 50 percentile has been tough to push through and you have just sent this campaign up to 60% funding! When are you coming out to Los Angeles? If you are coming out, you have an apple pie waiting for you. Or at least it will be made. : )

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 19, 2010

      @jenmovies, thank you so much for contributing to our campaign! Thank you for supporting this dream of ours. You have driven us closer to our end goal. Every pledge matters. Only 3 days left to tweet on this campaign. : ) Though even when it ends, we are going to continue to engage our audience.

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      Juan Salazar on April 19, 2010

      You guys, I just more than doubled my pledge...if you can too, we can get them there!

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      jenmovies on April 19, 2010

      I finally watched your trailer and I had to pledge some cash. Only wish it could be more. Best of luck reaching your goal!!! I'll keep tweeting. @jenmovies :)

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 19, 2010

      15 NEW Backers so far today!!! Thank you for supporting this project. We now have 157 Backers who believe...

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 18, 2010

      Congratulations to friend & filmmaker Gary King on his successful Kickstarter Campaign!!! Still 9 hours left to contribute if you read this in time, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grking/how-do-you-write-a-joe-schermann-song-a-feature...

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 18, 2010

      Congratulations to friend & filmmaker Gary King on his successful Kickstarter Campaign!!! Still 9 hours left to contribute if you read this in time, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grking/how-do-you-write-a-joe-schermann-song-a-feature...

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 15, 2010

      Mark, thank you for your support! You have nearly helped to push this campaign to 50% funding. We are grateful to have you as our 117th backer.

      Which apartments are the Peaches Apartments? Are you referring to the scene right before the giant smoke cloud? Or the ones when Gregor is running? Once again thank you for getting behind this project!

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      Mark Chavez on April 15, 2010

      I believe in this project 100% and glad I could help you guys get a step closer (albiet small) to making this happen.
      Plus I see Peaches Apartments in one scene in the trailer!!! woo hoo!! LOL

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 14, 2010

      Goodbye Promise currently on the Front Page of Kickstarter!!!!
      8 Days left and $8400 left to raise. We are doing this!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 13, 2010

      9 Days left, we are 44% funded with $6555 raised. We will soon discover the power of a deadline.
      We must reach $15,000 by April 22nd or we receive no money.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 7, 2010

      We had a tremendous 24 hours that really gave this campaign a boost. Thank you all so much for believing in us and this project. Check out our 13th update for all the details http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1231856438/goodbye-promise-an-exploratory-feature-film/posts/10324

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 6, 2010

      We are now up to 12 UPDATES - The latest one features a Note from Backer & Screenwriter Paul Borgonia. This kind of support really moves us. Thank you so much Paul! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1231856438/goodbye-promise-an-exploratory-feature-film/posts/10235

      We are now 80 Backers strong and are 30% Funded. We have 16 days left to raise an additional $10,500 to reach our end goal of $15,000. We are going to do this. Help us spread the word and get your pledge in today!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 3, 2010

      "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowliness. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 3, 2010

      Mr. Ho! Thank you so much for upping your pledge. Really really touched by your support. Please contact me at filmcourage@gmail.com if there is anything I can promote for you or possibly do for you.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on April 2, 2010

      Amazing Angie. These are probably the first times that people in those countries have put money towards my work. Very exciting.

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      Angie Palmer on April 1, 2010

      Oh, David, I just want to mention that Ai Loon is all the way from Singapore too! She sent in a pledge early in the campaign. :)

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 31, 2010

      I certainly thank you also Mr. Ho! We are absolutely humbled.

      I have just posted our 9th UPDATE which features a Video Interview with Radio Host Benjamin Pratt. We are now 24% funded with 22 days left. All you can do to help us spread the word and find donors is going to help us take this campaign home!

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      Angie Palmer on March 30, 2010

      Mr. Ho, thank you for your pledge all the way from Hong Kong!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 29, 2010

      Thank you so much Nathan! Hope you like what you see so far from our San Diego Indie Fest Film Courage video interviews. We are grateful that you are sharing your music with us and our audience.

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      Nathan Schilz on March 29, 2010

      Good luck, David!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 25, 2010

      Thank you Michelle and thank you Angie!

      I have just posted our 8th UPDATE which features a powerful interview with Actor Christopher Guckenberger. Thank you everyone. Our goal is to reach $3750 by March 28th. If any of our interviews have moved you, you can grab the links from our YouTube channel and share them with your networks. http://www.youtube.com/user/GoodbyePromise We are just $74 away from $3000!

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      Angie Palmer on March 25, 2010

      Michelle, thanks so much for your support!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 24, 2010

      Thank you so much Suzy! There is no amount that is too small for this campaign. Every 'pledge' brings us closer to our end goal. We are so grateful to have you as a supporting member of our team.

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      Suzy Noel Benfatto on March 23, 2010

      Best of luck guys! I wish it could be more!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 23, 2010

      Our 6th UPDATE was a special one for our Backers Only.

      I have just posted our 7th UPDATE which includes an interview with Actress/Producer Karen Worden. We now have 30 days left to reach our ultimate goal.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 20, 2010

      We have posted our 5th UPDATE which features a new Video Interview with Actor Kevin Deen & a Blog by Actor Brian Durkin. We have just cross $2500! Thank you Chuck Westfield for pushing us over the hump. Our next goal is to reach the $3000 level. Our gratitude to each of you for becoming part of our campaign.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 20, 2010

      We have posted our 5th UPDATE which features a new Video Interview with Actor Kevin Deen & a Blog by Actor Brian Durkin. We have just cross $2500! Thank you Chuck Westfield for pushing us over the hump. Our next goal is to reach the $3000 level. Our gratitude to each of you for becoming part of our campaign.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 18, 2010

      Kieran, thank you for your support! Really excited to have you on board. Love what you and Arin Crumley are doing with Open Indie. Our film Goodbye Promise is a proud member of your community. (Open Indie puts fans in control by allowing them to request films in their cities that may otherwise never play there - www.OpenIndie.com)

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      Kieran Masterton on March 18, 2010

      Goodbye Promise looks great, really excited to see it. Good luck with the KSR campaign guys I'll keep pimping it out via Twitter and my other networks.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 17, 2010

      We have just posted our 4th UPDATE which includes our 4th Video Interview with Actor Brian Durkin. We received 4 Backers today and we are now 15% funded with less than $12750 to go! It feels great to have your support! We are going to keep this thing moving. Please help spread the word.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 12, 2010

      We have just posted our 3rd UPDATE. Please visit and watch our 3rd Video with JUD BOGARD who is featured in Goodbye Promise. There are few stories which are as inspiring as Jud's.

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 8, 2010

      Matt, so awesome to have you back our campaign. We are really touched that so many filmmakers and artists are connecting with the core of Goodbye Promise. We are now just $234 from being 10% funded!

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      Karen Worden & David Branin on March 8, 2010

      Thank you Angie! It would be so great to include you as you are so important to us as we move forward.

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      Matt Anderson on March 8, 2010

      Keep Rollin my man!!!

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      Angie Palmer on March 8, 2010

      David, let me think about it...I probably can tie it to that somehow. :)

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