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GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – THE ART OF PITCHING

By | April 2011

I’m a non-violent guy, but if I ever went into a war situation, I’d go in with more than one bullet. Survival is key. Thus, think of selling your pitch as going into war: you need far more than one “bullet” to survive…

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GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – THE ART OF

One of the most difficult crafts to master in the Hollywood universe is the art of the pitch. Like other challenging tasks, “pitching” is practiced by...

J.X. WILLIAMS’ CINELEAKS: THROWING UP GOTTI

There’s been a lot of brouhaha over the interwebs lately about the John Gotti biopic in development. A number of people are asking me stupid questions so...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: A HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS DOUBLE FEATURE

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GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – SEVEN TERMS

Greetings. I hope everyone had a wonderfully productive week. If not, I hope your week was at least less tragic than the week Greg Mortenson had. Greg is...

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GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – MPAA RATING

Believe it not, there are travesties in the world of entertainment greater than Pia Toscono getting kicked off of American Idol, and Tiger Woods continuing...

THE TOP 50 LOST FILMS OF ALL TIME, V2.0

In the past year, the cause of lost films received significant attention thanks to the discovery of long-missing U.S. silent films in New Zealand and...

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