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Update #1: Thank you so much!
It's taken me a while to post an update, but I want to thank everybody so very much for making pledges toward this little project. Our cast of three and crew of two are getting very excited as we get closer to shooting this thing. We start in about six weeks.
I'm finalizing my latest draft of the script and am sending it out to Jeremy, Laura, and Darren. I'm also sending them DVDs of some old movies I like. I'm hoping to capture some of that quirkiness of silent and early talkie comedies with A Sad State of Affairs.
With luck we may also be getting a cameo appearance by a theatrical legend. I really can't yet say much about it, but she is supposedly interested and I'll be talking to her next week to make my pitch. If all goes as planned this will probably make it into some sort of record book!
Feel free to let everybody in the universe know about this Kickstarter page. We're now 10 percent funded. Statistically, projects that make it to 25 percent almost always reach their full funding goal. Of course, Kickstarter works on an all-or-nothing system. If we reach our goal we get all the money. If we don't reach our goal, the whole thing is canceled, we don't get any of the funds, and nobody pays anything.
So, please spread the word! I really appreciate everybody's support so far. Now I see why it's so hard to break into the movie business!
Thanks,
Matthew
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on May 18, 2010.
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I will send you informative and sarcastic e-mail updates about the progress of the film. You will also be able to download the movie before any non-helpful people. And, you get your name listed on our website.
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I will send you an actual DVD of the movie when it is done. This will be the same version that gets sent out to film festivals all over the world. So, it is a very limited run pressing that non-helpful people will never get. (You also get the e-mail updates)
Pledge $50 or more Pledge $50 or more
Not only do you get a DVD and the e-mail updates, but you also get a CD of the film's soundtrack. (It's a musical, remember.) The songs are awesome. I know, because I wrote them. You also get your name in the film's ending credits. Your name will be projected onto big screens throughout the world and people will be envious of you.
Pledge $100 or more Pledge $100 or more
You get what every true movie collector yearns for--an autographed copy of the script, signed with a sharpie marker. Heck, I'll even throw in the marker. (Of course you also get the credits, CD, DVD, and email stuff.)
Pledge $250 or more Pledge $250 or more
Well, hi there, my new Executive Producer! Wonderful to have you aboard. Being an executive producer is a great gig: you just have to give us some money, you get your name in the beginning credits, and you don't have to do anything else. For this generous gesture, I will also send you a special piece of thank you art created by my five year-old daughter Paige. (And . . . script, credits, CD, DVD, emails.)
Pledge $500 or more Pledge $500 or more
Anybody crazy enough to give me $500 for this movie deserves a crazy prize, so here it is: you get a free trip to LaSalle County, Illinois to see where this magical movie was shot. Yep, you get two round-trip Amtrak tickets from Chicago to Mendota, an overnight stay at the Sandman Motel, PLUS a gift basket containing two bottles of Illinois wine, a package of summer sausage, and two packs of ramen noodle soup! If you seem like a nice person, I might even take you over to the truck stop for some pancakes. (Yes, you also get all the other stuff, too.)
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M.A. Lanoue is a filmmaker largely known for not actually making any of the films he plans. One notable exception is his 2002 short Poison Prospect, about a guy who walks around holding a phone up to his ear for four hours. The film premiered at the Black Point Film Festival and several people said they liked it.
But, he has, however, actually shot and edited numerous corporate videos and authored DVDs, so it's not like he's a total amateur.
