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      Marion Lasiter on September 10, 2009

      Ciaooo guys!! We wish you the best of luck with Always a Bridesmaid. Love from Italy!
      -marion & michele

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      Linda Kriss on September 7, 2009

      You guys are hilarious! Good luck with your project.

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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on October 9, 2009.

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Your name & link on our website backers' page, plus online access to exclusive video and other content during the making of the film, including behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes, previews, and other surprises.

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Get your mojo workin' with your very own gris-gris bag (voodoo good luck charm), custom-made and blessed by the filmmakers. Plus, your name & link on our backers' page and online access to the exclusive content.

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Get a limited-edition DVD copy of the completed film, plus the gris-gris bag, the website acknowledgment, and access to the exclusive content.

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Your name in the end credits of the film and on our IMDb page in the "Special Thanks" section! Plus, the gris-gris bag and access to all that sure-to-be-thrilling exclusive online content.

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The perfect level for those generous backers with an axe to grind: At this level you will receive a handmade voodoo doll constructed by the film's art department. (We're assuming you'll use it only for white magic, of course!) Plus your name in the "Special Thanks" section and access to exclusive content.

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Own your own piece of Always a Bridesmaid...At this level, you will receive an actual prop, special effect, or costume piece used in the film, of our choosing. Just some of the exciting possibilities are a bloodstained party dress, a voodoo mask, shiny thong underwear, or even a fake torso! Plus your name in the "Special Thanks" section and access to exclusive content.

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This special EVIL level will allow you to run screaming in fear on-camera, as an extra in Always a Bridesmaid! (Must be able to travel to the NYC area on a specific shooting day.)

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Two VIP tickets to the NYC premiere screening and after-party of Always a Bridesmaid. Plus your name in the "Special Thanks" section and access to exclusive content.

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Co-Producer credit on the movie, on-screen and in all official materials. Plus incredibly good karma, VIP tickets to the NYC premiere screening and after-party, and access to exclusive content.

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Attendance for you and 3 friends to a decadent night at the VIP table at NYC's famous house of burlesque, The Slipper Room...aka the filming location of Always a Bridesmaid. Champagne, a great burlesque show, and good times for all. Plus, of course, your name in the "Special Thanks" section and access to exclusive content.

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In addition to our never-ending gratitude, we will fly you (from within the continental U.S. only) to NYC to spend a day with the filmmakers! We'll tour our home base of Brooklyn, have dinner at a fine Brooklyn restaurant, and spend the evening watching awesome horror movies late into the night.

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Sole Executive Producer credit on the movie, on-screen and in all official materials. Our undying love. Plus VIP tickets to the NYC premiere screening and after-party, and access to exclusive content.

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (1 of 1 remaining)

Fund our movie, and we will kill you. Onscreen, of course. For underwriting almost two-thirds of our production, we will write you (or whatever version of yourself you'd prefer) into our screenplay, with a gory, highly inventive death all your own, immortalized on film for all time. Plus VIP tickets to the NYC premiere, and, honestly, pretty much anything else you want.

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We're a boutique entertainment collective that creates, develops, and produces a variety of different projects, including feature films, television, digital content, and branded entertainment. We’re committed to innovative thinking, the embrace of new filmmaking technologies, and adaptation to the new and rapidly changing ways people will watch our work.

Jonathan Scott Chinn (Producer/Director/Writer) has spent many years producing television commercials, shooting all over the world. He's also directed small projects for Nokia, Microsoft, and others. In the world of theater, Scott has directed acclaimed plays and musicals in regional and educational theaters, produced festivals, and operated his own experimental company in his home state of Oklahoma. He also spent several years producing a daily public radio program.

Richard Lovejoy (Writer/Actor/Producer) is an acclaimed writer and actor. He's the co-creator of the sci-fi/comedy web series Four If By Space, and has appeared in the films Nosferatu: The Brides of Blood, Rising Up: The Story of the Zombie Civil Rights Movement, and Chinatown Rain. Off-Broadway, he's appeared in The Dark Heart of Metereology, Rhinoceros, and Death at Film Forum, among many others. He produced and directed Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game for two sold-out runs in NYC, and a run in New Orleans to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief. As a writer, his most recent play is the critically-acclaimed computer-game-themed hit Adventure Quest.

Kent Meister (Producer/Actor/Writer) is an accomplished actor, most recently seen at the Brick Theater in Adventure Quest, playing the “Hero” to critical acclaim. Recent film credits include Charred Oak’s The Scientists, which he also co-produced, The Widowers of Lake Youwannatanna, XX (co-starring Kevin Allison), and Sad Sack Sally. Kent has also been seen on Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and The Onion News Network. Kent is a co-creator of the ongoing web series Four If By Space. Well-known in NYC’s Off-Broadway theater, other credits include Viral, Penny Dreadful, Marisol, and Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game.

Katie Irish (Producer/Designer) has costume designed films, commercials, magazines, and theater. She has served as Assistant Designer on Shrek: The Musical, The Seagull, Is He Dead?, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, all on Broadway, and the first national tour of Jersey Boys. She has done editorial work for Ladies’ Home Journal and Health magazines, as well as other commercial and catalogue work. Katie co-produced the Charred Oak short film The Scientists, and has managed several regional theater festivals.

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