October 2004

             Someone once said, "Democracy is being allowed to vote for the
candidate you dislike least." That surely applies in 2004. And that
venerable statesman, the late Sir Winston Churchill, offered his
opinion thusly: "The best argument against democracy is a five minute
conversation with the average voter."

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             Here we are at that time of year again when it's ok to set pumpkins on fire and scare the crap out of people by jumping out from behind anything you can find the dark side of.Me and the monkey will indeed be scaring each other at the Flynn's Lick/House of Pain haunted house on saturday night.So come on out and we will try to scare you too.

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, April 2005

Check out their trailors at
www.brooklynunderground.org

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             The Legendof Crazy George has applied to:

RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL
HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Sixth Edition
October 20-23, 2005
Deadline: August 15, 2005

The region's premiere and largest Horror Film Fest takes place in historic Providence, Rhode Island at the spooktacular Columbus Theatre and screens thrillers and titles that fit the horror genre. A side- bar of the acclaimed Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Fest accepts shorts, features & videos produced after 2002.

Categories include horror, thrillers, documentary, etc. Filmmakers may enter their films either in/out of competition. All films will be eligible for Fest Favorites awards. Awards: Feature, Animation, & Short Awards.

RHODE ISLAND INT HORROR FILM FEST

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The North American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival
Sept 1-5,2005 Seattle WA

Cascadia Con is pleased to announce the North American Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival. This festival is dedicated to discovering new, overlooked and upcoming talented artists. We are inviting all of the independent, student, and amateur film and video makers of fantasy, and science fiction related films and videos to participate. The weekend will be action packed with some of the finest unknown talent out there right now. Film makers who produce game videos in the SF/F or Horror genre are also encouraged to enter.

N. Amer Sci Fi and Fantasy Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The Fearless Tales Film Fest

Fearless Tales is devoted to the distribution and proliferation of independent cinema. We are proud to announce The Second Annual Fearless Tales Genre Fest, a very distinctive film and video festival for the spring of 2005.

The Fearless Tales Genre Fest’s jury will find the best new films that explore the genres of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, noir, or any combination thereof. Fearless Tales will actively seek distribution for all films selected for screening and are working to have representatives of several independent film distributors present at all screenings and committed to buying the rights to your films.

Fearless Tales Film Fest

Note: I've developed a crush on the cartoon poster for this festival so no one else can date her or go on any mad killing sprees with her.

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             Dear Mike and Family,

I have posted pics of the House of Pain Haunted House on the site at www.geocities.com/horrorhollow we start back tommorrow night at 6pm for our second weekend run, looking forward to more fun and fright

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NZ Fashion Week Indeed!

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             Well here is an update on the Haunted House remember next Saturday we have both the Haunted House and a AWA/IWF-TN Wrestling Show in Livingston.

Here are the frightening totals 2 - pissers 1 - vomit 2- broke into tears 3 - unable to finish the house 1 - made it to the entrance and turned back 5 ran out headed for their cars 3 of those passed up cars and looked for an alternate plan of escape 1 - person lost a shoe we are still holding the shoe.

Crowd totals are good for the first year and everyone seems to be enjoying the house several people have been thru twice even though we have been open only three nights.

We are open tonight at 6pm and stop selling tickets at 10pm then every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday thru and including Halloween.

Many people have said this is better then the slaughter house. George " Monkey " Furman and others from the Old Fright Factory came in for a visit and they were given the VIP tour. ALL were pleased with our efforts. George took pictures so depending on his schedule they should be on the website at www.geocities.com/horrorhollow soon.

Stop by and volunteer or pay $ 8.00 and take the tour. Have a Happy Halloween and see you at the house and of course see you in Livingston at the AWA/IWF-TN Show.

Paul

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             The House of Pain haunted house at the IWF-TN House of Pain in Flynn's Lick TN opened last night. We had a great crowd for the first night score is 1- Threw up, 1- pissed on herself, 1- broke into tears and was unable to finish the house.

Remember we are open every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday thru Halloween and of course Halloween night. We still need some volunteers and of course paying visitors are always welcome. One night down and eleven more to go.

Paul

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The Rural Route Film Festival has been created to highlight works that deal with rural people and places. While the term "rural" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as: 1) Of or relating to the country: RUSTIC 2) Of or relating to people who live in the country 3) Of or relating to farming: AGRICULTURAL, the creators of Rural Route Film Festival leave it up to you, the film and video artists, to explain your own definition of "rural." Whether it be a documentary about an organic turnip farm in West Virginia, a fictional backpacking drama set in Peru, or a personal/experimental work about life in a small town in Wisconsin, we want to see and hear what you have to say. Works that include alternative country, country western, and folk music are encouraged, as are those that play loud rock in cornfields.

This web site is worth hitting for the $12 (includes postage & handling) black T-shirt with a sketch of a white tractor. Text: Rural Route Films.

http://www.ruralroutefilms.com

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The 12th New York Underground Film Festival

What is 'Underground'?
We believe that's something best left for filmmakers to answer for themselves. When selecting films for exhibition, we seek to go beyond what mainstream venues show to present works of an innovative, experimental, subversive, uncompromising, and adventurous nature. The NYUFF exists to support and promote films that push boundaries and break new ground -- that challenge, entertain and provoke.

New York Underground Film Festival

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             A Great Victory And Omen From The Gods

On a Redneck Safari into the mountains of North Carolina I took refuge at a campground near the Cherokee reservation. I stopped at the Robbinsville BP Quick Mark, it’s a place where they sell live bait and an woman in her after-church dress offers brochures to join the Army. In the cooler at the back of the store I found six bottles of GRAPE NEHI! Somehow the Grape Nehi must have retreated into the mountains during the corporate raid, much the way the Cherokee did when Andrew Jackson’s boys came looking. It was a glorious day, I tell you! The Nehi had that old time taste, not too much sugar and not too fierce a carbonated fizz. A Glorious Nehi day!

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             My mate Josh On is a kiwi living in San Fran & working as a software delveloper / designer. He has produced the following quiz:

www.theyrule.net/mostimportantelection

The Most Important Election of our Time Indeed.

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             The Legend of Crazy George - English (Yankee)

Die Legende Verrückten Georges - German

La Légende de George Fou - French

La Leyenda de George Loco - Spanish

La Leggenda di George Matto - Italian

De Legende van Gekke George - Dutch

Легенда о Сумасшедшем Джордже - Russian

Legenden av Gal George - Norwegian

瘋狂的喬治的傳奇 - Chinese Traditional

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             As you can see from the entries below, the monkey has been a very busy boy. But all work & no play makes George a very angry bunny.

I found some pics as I was clearing out some old disks:




Also: New JibJab at Atom Films

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The 29th annual Atlanta Film Festival will be June 10-18,2005

The 28thannual Atlanta Film Festival featured 170 films from 17 countries and guest appearances by more than 100 visiting filmmakers, panelists, artists and media professionals from around the world. Festival jury members awarded over $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, and 2004 narrative short winner, Rent-A-Person, qualifies for Oscar consideration by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Atlanta Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

the Wisconsin Film Festival
7th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, March 31 – April 3, 2005

An annual four-day festival held in Madison, the Wisconsin Film Festival presents the best new independent film (feature, documentary, experimental), world cinema and new media; cultivates discovery through filmmaker talks and panels; and showcases the work of national, international and Wisconsin filmmakers. It is a public program of the UW-Madison Arts Institute.

In 2004, the Festival screened more than 140 films from 26 countries with record-breaking ticket sales of 24,000 and film critics and media from Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis in attendance.

Wisconsin Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:
RiverRun 2005
(April 21-24, 05)

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 Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

The Ashland Independent Film Festival is an exciting, five-day festival that actively promotes dialogue between filmmaker and audience in an intimate setting. We believe dialogue between the filmmaker and the audience is an essential part of the independent filmmaking process.

We request filmmakers whose work has been accepted to participate in the screenings of their work and to speak openly with audience members who seek a closer look into the creative process. We believe these screenings, and the discussions that follow, illuminate the human condition and explore themes or issues that are most relevant to our culture

Ashland Independent Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

48th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 21–May 5, 2005

The San Francisco International Film Festival, committed to celebrating the art of the moving image, has presented the best in world cinema since 1957. Now, the 15-day Festival presents nearly 200 films from over 50 countries and reaches an engaged audience of tens of thousands of film lovers, filmmakers, industry representatives and journalists with screenings in San Francisco, Berkeley and the Peninsula. The Festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution.

The Golden Gate Awards is the competitive section for documentaries, shorts, animation, experimental, youth-produced and work for television. Juries award cash prizes ranging up to $5,000 in ten of the 14 categories.

First features by emerging filmmakers are eligible for the SKYY Prize, which includes a $10,000 cash award and was established in 1997 by the Festival and premier sponsor SKYY Vodka to recognize a director whose film exhibits a unique artistic sensibility.

San Francisco Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to: the Ann Arbor Film Festival

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is a celebration for filmmakers and artists of the moving image from around the world. This is the festival that honors artists for their individual voice. The oldest festival of its kind in the country, its mission is to provide a worldwide public forum for independent and experimental moving image exhibitions, to encourage and showcase artists of the moving image, to promote the moving image as art, and to offer educational outreach. Founded by George Manupelli in 1963, the Festival caters to the works of independent artists from around the world. The thousands of entries that we receive allow us to continue our pledge to reward filmmakers for their expression of creativity and independence.

Created as an alternative to commercial cinema and mainstream film festivals, our annual week-long festival remains true to its original goal of promoting film as art and honoring the artists who make it all possible.

Ann Arbor Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has been submitted to:

NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL

For one week each April, over 10,000 fans jam the lower level of the Regal Green Hills Cinema 16 for The Nashville Film Festival, eager to select from over 150 feature-length, documentary, animation, experimental and short subject films. They also attend workshops and visit vendor booths set up by Kodak, Sony, Comcast, and many others, and mingle with such personalities as Matthew McConaughey, Robert Redford, Olympia Dukakis, James Cromwell, Lily Tomlin, Edward James Olmos, Oprah Winfrey, and John Waters.

It's not just another night at the movies.

Nashville Film Festival

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             The Legend of Crazy George has applied to:

3rd Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston
April 21-24, 2005


On April 21, 2005, the third-annual Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFB) kicks off its four-day celebration with lines of enthusiastic film fans wrapping around historic and independent theaters in Greater Boston day and night. Plenty of buzz will be generated around this collection of new independent films with coverage in the Boston Globe, ads on the subway, and posters covering the city.

The bustle and energy continues all weekend long as 20,000 attendees watch over 100 screenings unspool at venues like the Somerville Theater (five screens), the Brattle Theater (one screen), and the Coolidge Corner Theater (three screens). Each day filmmakers participate in post-screening Q&As, and each night, All-Access Pass holders, VIPs, and filmmakers mingle, drink and groove well past midnight at IFFB parties held in swanky Boston nightspots. And when the evenings finally wind down, filmmakers enjoy accommodations courtesy of sponsor hotels like Nine Zero (www.ninezero.com) and Hotel Marlowe (www.hotelmarlowe.com).

"I think your passion and enthusiasm will go a long way towards making your festival one to watch. Best wishes in the years to come." – Ondi Timoner, Director, DiG!

“Definitely one of the best-run festivals I have been to. Most are slap-dash efforts. IFFB seemed to have been at it for years.” – Bob Odenkirk, Director, Melvin Goes To Dinner

"Your festival was well programmed, well attended and well planned.” – Sarah Eaton, Sundance Channel

"I was really impressed with IFFB. The festival is one of the most filmmaker-friendly festivals I've ever attended. The staff were always attentive, and made sure that everything went smoothly, and people went home happy." – Aaron Matthews, Director, A Panther in Africa

Independent Film Festival of Boston

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