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Update #24: Time to sign off...

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Update #23: Online screener going offline in 48 hours....

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Update #22: Direct link to view the film...

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Update #21: Trekking across the globe...

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Update #20: 24 hours...

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Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 13, 2011.

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ONLINE SCREENING PACKAGE... Get the "Sayonara Speed Tribes" DIGITAL PRODUCTION PACK and a link to the KICKSTARTER PREMIER SCREENING . ONLINE in MARCH 2011.

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28 Backers • Limited Reward (272 of 300 remaining)

THE "LIMTED FIRST PRINTING DVD FOR KICKSTARTER BACKERS ONLY" PACKAGE ...Of course you get the production photos and online viewing but with this package you get an original DVD cut with extra footage and commentary. We will produce 1000 authenticated original DVDs for our Kickstarter Campaign.

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THE "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT STUNNING T-SHIRT?" PACKAGE... You get the production package and DVD, plus a quality "Sayonara Speed Tribes" T-shirt (Yep... it's the same design as the project image ABOVE but see www.figure8productions.com)

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THE "COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU.... OH WHERE DID YOU GET THAT T-SHIRT" PACKAGE.... You get the production package, DVD, (2) t-shirts and (2) tickets to a LIVE PREMIER in either Los Angeles or Tokyo - give them to a friend or come yourself . *If we raise enough cash beyond our goal there will be one in London, and we will add more if possible. Cross those fingers...better yet help us raise the cash to do it!

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THE "WHAT A GREAT FILM! WAIT, IS THAT YOUR NAME IN THE CREDITS?" PACKAGE ... You get all of the above plus YOUR NAME IN THE CREDITS!

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THE "WHAT A GREAT FILM! HEY, HOW DID YOU GET THAT SIGNED COPY OF ZOKU?" PACKAGE ... All of the above plus...A SIGNED COPY OF THE BOSOZOKU PHOTO BOOK 'ZOKU' by Yoshinaga Masayuki (Yoshinaga is the film contributor who took the picture of the helmeted gent and main picture above). *(We will throw in more merchandise (TBA) based on your contribution over $225, so go higher if you like our swag!)

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THE EXECUTIVE PACKAGE Everything ABOVE plus, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT and Now you get all of the above plus VIP STATUS AT THE SCREENING. VIP means reserved seating, special surprises and merchandise on the day. Jamie Morris the producer/director will personally call you for a big "thank you!" You can talk about anything except the weather; preferably the film or BOSOZOKU. *We will throw in more merchandise (TBA) based on your contribution over $1000, so go higher if you like our swag!

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The "SCREENING PACKAGE" Jamie Morris, the producer/director, will come to your town or college and HAND DELIVER THE REWARDS before YOUR PRIVATE SCREENING AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION SESSION. THIS IS A GREAT OPTION FOR UNIVERSITIES CLASSES ON JAPANESE CULTURE! *please budget for expenses such as Jamie Morris's air travel and lodging plus the screening venue.

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I graduated from the University of California, Riverside and while producing local theatre projects I started playing with cameras and developed an interest in documentaries.
On the job training, if you will.
In 2002, I moved to Japan and shortly after began production on "Sayonara Speed Tribes," the first foreign treatment on the subject of Japan’s infamous motorcycle gangs, BOSOZOKU.
My articles have been published in magazines and I have had BOSO footage featured on my beloved BBC.

I can currently be tracked down running around the streets of Tokyo with a camera permanently attached to my right arm, or fighting the blurry eyes that come from editing for.... how many hours now?

I currently live and work in Japan but my heart is in the California desert somewhere.
For more info visit Figure8productions.com

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