February 18, 2009
Trust Us, This is All Made Up
Trust Us, This is All Made Up, a feature length documentary about Chicago improvisors TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi -- stars of the long-running show TJ and Dave -- will premiere in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. There is also a showing scheduled for April at the Independent Film Festival Boston.
(via Coudal)
Posted by Fuzzy at 10:26 AM
April 1, 2005
Del Close Movie?
The Chicago Reader has an article about Guru: My Days With Del Close that includes this tidbit:
Second City owner Andrew Alexander has optioned [the book] for a movie, for which Griggs has written the screenplay.
(The Reader doesn't put their content online, so no link to the article.)
Posted by Fuzzy at 2:56 PM
June 17, 2004
Four Dead Batteries
Four Dead Batteries, an independent feature film about four New York City improvisors, is playing at the Philadelphia Video Festival and at the Woods Hole Film Festival.
Posted by Fuzzy at 2:16 PM
November 3, 2003
Martin & Orloff opens Nov. 7
The film Martin & Orloff, written by and starring members of the Upright Citizens Brigade, and with cameos by the likes of David Cross, Andy Richter, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, and Janeane Garofalo, opens November 7, 2003 in New York.
Posted by Fuzzy at 11:45 AM
October 6, 2003
Dot on Showtime
Sneaky Kings' improvised movie DOT will be shown on Showtime, with the first showing Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 12:30 pm on Sho Next.
Posted by Fuzzy at 9:34 AM
September 17, 2003
The Cliffhanger Premiere
The Cliffhanger, a feature length collaboration between 11 Chicago improv filmmakers, will have its world premiere on November 17. The premiere is a benefit for Split Pillow.
Posted by Fuzzy at 11:08 PM
September 15, 2003
Improvising Movies
David Shepard's ...that movie in your head: a guide to improvising stories on video is available for pre-order from the publisher. YesAnd.com has an excerpt.
Posted by Fuzzy at 1:42 PM
April 17, 2003
Suckerfish & Security
Video Day Item 2:
Brien Burroughs wrote to let me know that the 1999 feature Suckerfish will soon be available on DVD and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. Suckerfish is an improvised movie about competition between pet-supply salesmen and stars members of Bay Area Theatresports, True Fiction Magazine, and Scratch Theatre. Here's a short review of Suckerfish.
Brien also reports that his new film, Security, is "festivaling" and has been gathering some good reviews: eFilmCritic review, Film Threat review
.
Posted by Fuzzy at 5:45 PM
DOT press release
It's video news day at the New Improv Page. Item 1:
Sneaky Kings sent along this press release.
Sneaky Kings Productions announces that they have signed a domestic video & DVD distribution deal for DOT with Vanguard. DOT hit the shelves 24 Dec 2002.
DOT, winner of Slamdunk's Best Comedy and The Independent Spirit Awards, is a groundbreaking mockumentary of nine months in the life of Zectek.com, an Internet startup company. A social satire and sly comedy of manners unfolds through "behind-the-scenes footage" and interviews with the company�s founders and employees. As Zectek.com rides the e-commerce roller coaster, the twenty and thirty-something�s that run it have their lives turned repeatedly inside out.
The proud parents of company are visionary con man/philosopher Si (Simeon Schnapper), naive salesman Mitch (Michael Mazzarra) and cynical technical wizard Stan (Steve Walker). These slacker/nerds-turned-entrepreneurs are soon joined by employees as neurotic as they are: Smart and sensuous Jane (Jamie McMillan), earnest fruitcake Ross (Mathew O'Neil) and pragmatic pixie receptionist Maria (Katherine M. Ripley).
Witness: strategic meetings turned to fist fights!
See: advisory boards that include the Jolly Green Giant.
Experience: a cutting-edge comedy about period in our culture so far ahead of itself that it's present is pass�.
DOT is the brainchild and debut feature production of Sneaky Kings�, a Chicago-based production company made up of local theater and independent film alumni, guerilla filmmakers and e-business veterans. Sneaky Kings producers Simeon Schnapper and Brett Singer shot the feature locally and cut it in-house with Apple�s Final Cut Pro.
You can buy DOT from Amazon.
Posted by Fuzzy at 5:24 PM
October 17, 2002
Four Dead Batteries
Up Past Midnight Productions sent me a note about their movie Four Dead Batteries, a feature film currently in production. The website is just a few production stills at the moment but they promise more in the future.
Their note inspired me to do some updates to the Videography page.
Posted by Fuzzy at 5:09 PM
August 1, 1999
Suckerfish
If you're awake and in the US, you probably already know that the movie The Blair Witch Project a) grossed a gazillion dollars and b) was largely improvised.
An improvised movie that did not gross a gazillion dollars is Brien Burroughs' Suckerfish, which had its Chicago Premiere this month at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. It stars members of Bay Area Theatresports, True Fiction Magazine, and Scratch Theatre. It's very funny.
Posted by Fuzzy at 12:00 PM