PUTTY HILL
Project by Matt Porterfield
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About this project
Help Save Putty Hill!
It’s official: me and my collaborators are in the final stages of completing Putty Hill, a Baltimore feature film shot this past summer. We are extremely excited to announce that the movie will have its World Premiere at the 60th edition of the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday, February 18… BUT we have a long way to go in order to get there and we need your help!
As some of you may know, after the success of my first film, Hamilton (2006), I spent the last few years developing an original screenplay, Metal Gods, a coming-of-age tale about a group of marginalized youth skirting the fringes of Baltimore city. The script received very positive industry attention, winning the Panasonic Digital Filmmaking Grand Prize at IFP’s Independent Film Week in 2008. We set up a schedule to shoot Metal Gods in August of 2009, but when financing ultimately fell through, we had to shelve the project. In its wake, I wrote a scenario featuring many of the same players that were assembled for Metal Gods (almost entirely non-professionals, found at metal shows, malls, and local auditions). I enlisted a small and dedicated crew, and with the most generous support from citizens and businesses in Baltimore City (providing locations, permits, meals, and more), we shot Putty Hill in twelve hot summer days.
Putty Hill was a magical collaboration. And, remarkably, it was produced on a shoe-string budget, a truly independent venture realized through the contributions of friends and plenty of good will. With this Kickstarter Campaign, we hope to continue in that spirit and raise a minimum of $10,000 to help us finish the movie for our premiere. We’re covering costs with credit cards at the moment, and facing considerable post-production expenses, including color correction, sound mixing, and outputting the movie to an HDCam Master for exhibition. In addition to this, we are looking at costly marketing expenses including hiring publicists, printing promotional materials, finishing our website, etc., as well as travel for Berlin and several upcoming festival screenings around the world.
Please watch the trailer, visit our website, learn about the film, and if it feels right, contribute to the film through the incentive levels we put forth. The minimum donation is just one dollar, and every donation counts. If you are behind us, please help spread the word by sending emails, posting on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter), and talking to people the old-fashioned way about this great new film from Baltimore.
Many thanks, in advance, for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Matt Porterfield
View the trailer HERE!
View the available posters and photos options HERE!
Project location: Baltimore, MD
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Kickstarter updates and our gratitude for your support!
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A PUTTY HILL postcard and pin + all of the above.
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Special thanks on the PUTTY HILL website + all of the above.
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Special Thanks credit in the film (DVD release only), a PUTTY HILL "wifebeater" shirt + all of the above.
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A copy of Matt Porterfield's first film HAMILTON on DVD, signed by Matt + all of the above.
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Large limited edition PUTTY HILL poster, designed by Art Director Sophie Toporkoff + all of the above.
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Limited edition HAMILTON hand-lithographed poster, designed by Mike McNeive + all of the above. Due to limited quantities, this item is exclusive to a $250 donation.
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One limited edition PUTTY HILL archival pigment print photograph of your choice by Joyce Kim or Andrew Laumann (view options at puttyhillmovie.com/rewards) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster).
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One limited PUTTY HILL archival pigment print photograph of your choice by Joyce Kim or Andrew Laumann + one original A3 (11.7"x16.5") illustrated portrait of you (or person of choice) by Art Director Sophie Toporkoff (view these options at puttyhillmovie.com/rewards) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster).
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You (or a person of your choice) will appear as a cameo in Matt Porterfield's next feature film + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster and portrait by Sophie Toporkoff).
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Personal Baltimore Locations Tour with director Matt Porterfield and PUTTY HILL Producer/ HBO's “The Wire” Location Supervisor, Eric Bannat (transportation to Baltimore not included) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster, the portrait by Sophie Toporkoff, and the cameo in Matt's next film).
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Admission and roundtrip airfare to the North American festival premiere of PUTTY HILL (only available to residents of the contiguous US, food/lodging/additional transportation not included) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster, the portrait by Sophie Toporkoff, and the cameo in Matt's next film).
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Extremely limited 16mm print of HAMILTON (one of only three in existence!) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster, the portrait by Sophie Toporkoff, and the cameo in Matt's next film).
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Onscreen Executive Producer credit for PUTTY HILL (to be added after the Berlin Film Festival premiere) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster and the portrait by Sophie Toporkoff).
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Project By
Matt Porterfield
Baltimore, MD
Send MessageMatt studied film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and teaches screenwriting and production in the Film & Media Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. His first feature, Hamilton, was released theatrically in 2006. Metal Gods, his second feature script, was selected to participate in the Emerging Narrative Program at IFP’s Independent Film Week, where the screenplay won the Panasonic Digital Filmmaking Grand Prize. Putty Hill is his second feature film.
