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6:22PM
] [ monkey
] [ Toys for Tots
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Torture King and the IWF Wrestling Association, featured in "The Legend" will be doing a Toys for Tots benefit on December 4th at the Cookeville National Guard Armory. Admission is an unwrapped toy or $10 donation.
More info at www.iwf-tn.com
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6:21PM
] [ monkey
] [ What?
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3:19PM
] [ mccaleb
] [ censorship
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McCaleb has the full power & authority to delete, modify, edit all comments to this board.
Probably against my better judgement, I have decided not to delete the monkey's previous post - which is tasteless & vile & flat out wrong in it's attempt to compare the current american administration to the nazi's. (am i reading too much in to this? i think not. has monkey suddenly found a great interest in Adolf Hitler?) I do this in the interest of free speech - without which the third word & yea every other word afterwards in the legend of crazy george would not be 'fuck' - with several goddamns & a cunt thrown in for good measure. Monkey is obviously depressed that his goober of a candidate didn't win the election so with the lack of a reasonable arguement has been reduced to hurling baseless insults. Ours is not a political blog, it's a blog about our horror film. As most people haven't seen it yet, we are frequently off topic. mm
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9:47AM
] [ monkey
] [ Sports: Ultimate
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This is our first sports page on the web: It will come as a shock, but I could once run for 3 days and drink for 2 nights. I played the sport of Ultimate and at my best I was overwhelmingly average. One of my claims to fame is that I played with the Puffins from Bellport New York, which breed some of the finest Ultimate players in the world - I was not one of them.
Now, once again Scott Runkle has won the National Championships for I belieev the third time. A record which eclipses Puffin Jay Watson I believe. Here is the news from the Big Bird himself Nat Thompson: Scott Runkel, National Champion. Scott recently came back from the Ultimate Nationals this November. (by the way, Scott as already said that he plans to travel back east for the reunion in July). Here is his description of it: I was at Nationals with the masters team from Idaho and saw Dave. We finished 3rd the last two years and we felt like this was our year. We added some key players and felt like we had the chemistry to pull it off. Everything went like clockwork until the quarters. We had a tough game 15-12 and realized it wasn't going to be that easy. The semi's were no problem, 15-9 against the team that won two years ago. In the finals we matched up against, Old and In the Way, a Boulder team that had been in and lost the finals the three prior years. We beat them in pool play, 15-11 but they had a couple extra players that flew in for the last day. It was tight the entire way with both teams playing sloppy, tired ultimate. Game to 17 but it was capped at 15 after Old scored to go up 13-12. We scored to tie it up. Old scored to go up 14-13. We scored on a stalling 9, desperation huck to tie it at 14's. In the finals of regionals, we had been down 13-10 game to 14, and won 14-13 so we had been there before. With the score tied at 14, we pulled to Old. They got off a quick pass before the defense arrived and then a short swing that bounced off the receivers chest 15 yards from our endzone. We called a timeout, diagrammed a play and held our breath. With flawless execution, Toby threw a 20 yard inside out flick to our receiver. Goal and National Championship -15-14. Now I can retire for the last time. The only thing that will get me back will be a Puffin reunion squad. CONGRATULATIONS Scott!!!
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5:48PM
] [ monkey
] [ Hi/Lo Film Festival 2005
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
Hi/Lo Film Festival 2005 San Francisco and other cities in the Spring A: From humble beginnings at a sofa-saturated screening room in the city's North Beach District in 1997 to the posh theater at the San Francisco Art Institute, the hi/lo film festival has evolved into a major West Coast showcase for independent low-budget film makers. In the fall of 1997 Lobsters Paul Charney, Brian L. Perkins and Marc Vogl produced a short film called Space Chocolate and presented it at the group's first hi/lo film festival in conjunction with the works of other Bay Area and West Coast filmmakers who all had more ideas than they did money. The film was a success and has gone onto screenings around the world, and the festival sold out five times as well. Each year hundreds attend the festival, which receives press coverage from numerous local and national magazines and newspapers. hi/lo film founders Brian L. Perkins and Marc Vogl have appeared on local television and radio shows to talk about the festival and have explained to a very nice talk-show host in Australia why, when it comes to making movies, $40 million dollars can kill a good idea. Q: What sort of films do you screen? A: We don't screen any "sort" of film in particular, other than a work that is high in concept and low in budget. We've shown abstract, narrative, documentary and crochet-based animation films shot in a variety of formats including DV, Pixelvision, Super8, hi-8, 16mm, and 35mm. What matters most is a coveted filmic notion and a lot of gumption . We maintain that a borrowed camera and a good idea can combine to make a film that beats the tar out of the latest million-dollar debacle now playing down at the multiplex. If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand fucking times: $40 million can kill a good idea. Not only that, it can torture a good idea's family and key its car. Q: What exactly does 'low budget' mean? A: There is no specific dollar value that says 'low budget' to us. We understand that shooting on 35mm inherently means spending more on film than shooting on hi-8, that making a 90 minute feature will likely cost more than a 90 second short and that buying a cup of coffee for the friend of a friend who is up till four in the morning again mixing your sound track can jack up production costs, so even if your short film costs thousands of dollars it can still be 'low budget.' That said, use common sense: does your film embody a high concept/low budget spirit --- that's what we're really after. http://www.hilofilmfestival.com/index.html
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6:50PM
] [ monkey
] [ East Lansing Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
The East Lansing Film Festival The 2005 festival runs from February 25th through the 27th. The East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) is the largest and most diverse film festival in Michigan to screen independent and foreign feature, documentary, short and students films from around the world. The ELFF was created in 1997 in cooperation with the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University. Since then, ELFF has been dedicated to bringing quality foreign and independent films to the state of Michigan in order to expose our audience to diverse cultures, ideas, and creative works. The 8th annual East Lansing Film Festival will take place March 30th through April 3rd, 2005 and includes five days of screenings. On the final day of the ELFF, the Lake Michigan Film Competition will be held. This competition gives cash awards to the filmmakers whose film was either filmed or produced in the states that border Lake Michigan - Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan . The categories for the awards are Feature, Documentary, Short Film and Student Film. This very popular event was created to encourage, foster and help promote filmmaking in the Michigan and the neighboring states. http://www.elff.com
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4:20PM
] [ monkey
] [ Key West Indi Fest
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
The Key West Indi Fest April 7 - 10, 2005 Show casing the best indipendant film in the world by the sea. http://keywestindiefest.com/
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4:18PM
] [ monkey
] [ Telluride Indi Film Fest
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
Telluride Indi Film Fest August 31 - September 5, 2004 (Labor Day Weekend, Annually) http://tellurideindiefest.com/
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6:23PM
] [ monkey
] [ Flickerings Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
Flickerings Film Festival at the Cornerstone Music Festival Chicago June 30 – July 3,2005 Flickerings is more than just a film festival: it's a community of film makers, critics and serious buffs who come together once a year for a week of screenings, seminars, workshops, discussions, networking and vision-building, as a part of the annual Cornerstone Festival. Cornerstone is a large music and arts event held each July 4th weekend in Central Illinois, drawing 20,000+ of the most energetic and culturally-savvy music and arts lovers found anywhere, from across the country and around the world. Cornerstone made its reputation as an edgy celebration of the arts within a faith context. What that means for Flickerings is this: we're interested in honest grappling with the human condition, in narrative form or otherwise. We're interested less in answers than good questions: the same "flickerings" of reality and insight that appear in artworks of all traditions, stabs of recognition that surprise, awaken, inspire, provoke, and move us first of all as human beings. Our goal is to bring together makers and appreciators of film to challenge and learn from one another and grow. Since 2001, we've grappled with the moral vision of artists like Krzysztof Kieslowski, Michael Haneke, the Dardenne brothers; we've taken vows of stripped-down truth-telling with the Dogma '95 Movement; Iranian Cinema has broken up our expectations and expanded our vision. We've begun to explore the ideas of film theorist André Bazin, with an eye to shaking off falseness of the wider film culture and bringing together theory and praxis. Meanwhile, along with independent and international features, Flickerings is very much interested in short films. Our "Flickerings Film Showcase" presents an annual program of shorts featuring a range of genres, styles and visions, from professionals to students to underground filmmakers. http://www.flickerings.com/2004/index.htm
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5:48PM
] [ monkey
] [ VisionFest
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
VisionFest Film Festival New York , June 19-26,2005 MISSION & OBJECTIVE VISIONFEST 05 - THE OTHER FESTIVAL (VF)encourages and promotes domestic filmmaking. With guidelines that exclude the submission of foreign entries and focusing exclusively on U.S. based product, VF remains the only "domestic" film festival on the East Coast. VF brings attention to the American independent filmmaker with the same enthusiasm and effort that most other film festivals spend on their own "international" entrants. The long-term VF goal is to bring the American filmmaker abroad and around the world by bringing VF product to other international forums and into the hands of global media and overseas audiences. The VF mission is supported and driven by the Domani Vision Film Society, which itself was created to bring American visionaries together in an effort to introduce their work abroad. Founded and curated by U.S. based filmmakers, VF is loyal and supportive to its participants and is always ready to bring forth their works for extended or additional exhibition opportunities by way of its ongoing, archival library. VF participants become part of a family... and a family that stays together flourishes together. http://www.domanivision.org/
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12:15PM
] [ monkey
] [ Memphis Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has appled to:
The Memphis Film Festival Dates for 2005 Festival AnnouncedMark April 7th -10th on your calendars Now in its 6 th year, the MIFF is a competitive 4-day festival that features a diverse mix of local and global films bringing independent filmmakers, producers, directors, writers and other industry professionals to Memphis each year. I'm looking forward to this one because Memphis has the best ice cream sandwiches in Tennessee - the ones with the penquin on the box. www.memphisfilmforum.org
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3:30PM
] [ monkey
] [ Eerie Horror Film Fest, Great Lakes Indi film fest
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
The Eerie Horror Film Festival 2005, a part of the Great Lakes Independant Film Fest. Takes place Oct 2005 About the fest: Overlooked, underrated, and misunderstood, independent horror movies have been ignored and shunned by the mainstream film industry since it began more than a century ago. Through the decades, these films have entertained and thrilled audiences around the world and continue to grow in popularity to this very day. There is an incredible amount of talent in this field that goes unnoticed an unappreciated, and we are proud to announce that the Great Lakes Film Association hopes to reverse that trend. With the call for entries for the 2004 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, we expanded our categories to accept science-fiction and horror movies. Unlike many other film festivals, we felt that we were over looking a very popular and important genre. For many filmmakers, sci-fi and horror films are among the first projects that they produce. For the independent film community these films are often stepping-stones and several are high quality productions, worthy of placement at almost any film festival. When we expanded our call for entries to include sci-fi and horror films, we got such a great response that it was an easy decision to create a special Festival just to showcase these films. The EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL was established in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror /sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. The EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL will take place every fall in the great city of Erie, PA. at the Road House Theatre. Centrally located, Erie is only a short drive from the cities of Cleveland, OH, Buffalo, NY, and Pittsburgh, PA. www.eeriehorrorfest.com For additional information about the Festival, contact the Great Lakes Film Association 6851 Rt. 6N. West Edinboro, Pa. 16412 greg@greatlakesfilmfest.com 814-873-7074 (cell)
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2:18PM
] [ monkey
] [ The Black Point Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
The Black Point Film Festival will be back for it's fourth year on April 20-24, 2005. A five day festival of independent film, music and art. The opening party will be on Wednesday, April 20th and the film screenings will start Thursday afternoon, April 21st and run through the weekend until Sunday, April 24th. Many of the staples of the festival will still be intact including the opening party at Hogs & Kisses, the Friday night Art Gallery Walk, the awards ceremony on Saturday night and the best of the fest all day on the final day of the festival. Film submissions will run through January, 2005. 2004 was the festival's best year yet and plans for 2005 will continue on that path. Over 50 filmmakers participated from all over the country in this year's festival with Q&A's, parties and seminars. Attendance was great, and the music this year was the best ever thanks to Machine Records. So mark your calendars for next year and stay tuned for some major summer events and help us make the Black Point Film Festival an event to cherish for the Lake Geneva area. http://www.blackpointfilmfestival.com/bpff.html
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6:22PM
] [ monkey
] [ RiverRun International Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
RiverRun International Film Festival Winston-Salem April 21-24 ,2005 The RiverRun International Film Festival is one of the premier film festivals in the Southeastern United States. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, home of the nation's first arts council, the festival showcases a rich blend of works by independent, international and student filmmakers. The festival was created as a forum to encourage filmmakers and provide them with suitable venues for their work. RiverRun is dedicated to exhibiting the work of talented filmmakers from around the world and to the exhibition of new, independent, and foreign-language dramatic and documentary feature-length and short films. In addition to premiering new films, RiverRun also invites to Winston-Salem critically acclaimed works featured at the Sundance, Toronto and Cannes film festivals. RiverRun features a number of festival screenings and premieres, as well as workshops and seminars offering opportunities to delve deeper into the crafts of filmmaking. There are also numerous parties to celebrate the festival and welcome visiting filmmakers and celebrities. The weekend kicks off with a community street festival, continues with a glamorous celebrity premiere followed by a gala, and is capped off with a host of filmmakers' parties and a special midnight screening. An official activity of the North Carolina School of the Arts, RiverRun serves as a living laboratory for the more than 200 students attending the undergraduate program at the School of Filmmaking. http://riverrunfilm.com/home_2004.htm
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10:39AM
] [ monkey
] [ The Westcliffe Digital Film Festival
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The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
The Westcliffe Digital Film Festival Westcliffe Co August 26-28,2005 100% Self-Financed Films 100% of Profits from the Festival are given back to the Filmmakers as grants toward their next film. A GUERILLA FILM FESTIVAL Real Indie Filmmakers - Great Films Guest Speakers - Great Parties Sleeping under the Stars in the Rocky Mountains (Guess what? This ain't Sundance.) The REAL Independent festival showcasing Independent (self-financed) Digital Video Features & Shorts DEADLINE - May 31, 2005; LATE DEADLINE - June 30, 2005 The Legend of Crazy George has applied to: The Westcliffe Digital Film Festival 2005 Festival dates: FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 26-28, 2005 The Westcliffe Digital Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote independent, self-fiinanced digital films (shot on DV) that dissent radically in form, technique, or content from the "indie" mainstream and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations. http://www.downtownwestcliffe.com/westcliffedigitalfilmfestival/about.htm
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