Dine with General George Washington
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| Photo copyright, Henry Pospieszalski |
"Washington" is actor John Koopman III, an expert on our first President and the person we have selected to play Washington in America's First D-Day.
We are limiting the guest list to 20 people so everyone has a chance to speak with the "General." All reservations are made in advance via the film's website and our "Rally to the Cause Paypal link in the right hand column at AMERICA'S FIRST D-DAY.
If you wish to attend click on that link and it will open a new window. You can put in the amount of $500 and submit and we will be notfied by the Greater Phila Film Office and confirm your reservation.
Hopefully you will wish to join us for what promises to be a very entertaining evening! It is a great way to kick off 2012.
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Robert Child options screenplay of NCAA Championship Team, Cloud Ten Pictures to Distribute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Crossing, PA December 30, 2011 – Producer, director, Robert Child, has optioned the completed feature screenplay, WE BELIEVE, from Los Angeles, CA, based writer, Daniel Drennon. The script is Drennon's eighth feature length screenplay since moving to Los Angeles after graduating from Duke University. He previously optioned CAR WASH 2 to Universal Pictures and UNDER COLOR OF LAW to the Mount Kramer Company. WE BELIEVE, originally under consideration by faith-based market leader, Cloud Ten Pictures, Inc., (LEFT BEHIND, THE MOVIE) has now been put on the fast track.
André van Heerden, President of Film Production at Cloud Ten, maintains a strong interest in seeing the project come to market and has inked a letter of intent with Child’s production company, Rob Child & Assoc., to potentially produce and spearhead a platform release for the film "It's a wonderful true story that Daniel has translated well on to the page," says van Heerden. "We're excited about Robert taking it on and being part of the process."
A riveting, HOOSIERS meets FACING THE GIANTS sports drama, WE BELIEVE, is the true story of the Barton Bulldogs remarkable 2007 NCAA Division II national championship season. The team, led by Coach Ron Lievense, a man of tremendous personal faith, featured first-team All America player Anthony “Ant” Atkinson, a lightning-quick 5’ 10”, 140 lb. point guard who was not offered a scholarship by any elite Division I basketball program because of his size. The Barton Bulldogs recovered from a devastating overtime loss to the eventual national champion Winona State Warriors in the 2006 Elite Eight playoffs, to become a team of destiny the following season winning a record nine overtime games with no losses. In a dramatic rematch the Bulldogs again faced undefeated, #1 ranked, Winona State for the 2007 national championship.
“I had been looking for a “basketball story” to direct for several years after I had written the treatment for 13 RULES about the origins of basketball. Basketball is a game founded in faith. James Naismith, its originator was an ordained minister and taught at the Springfield MA, YMCA. So the fact that WE BELIEVE is a faith-based story seems completely natural to me”, Child said.
Child and Drenon will travel to North Carolina in early January to meet with Barton officials, coaches and many of the players from the 2007 championship team. They will begin identifying resources and establish the groundwork for the project. “I hope to work with as many local area resources in North Carolina as possible and intend to film in as
many of the actual locations as we can. There is no substitute for staying as true to the story as possible and I know the support and enthusiasm from the local community for this movie is huge”, Child commented.
About Robert Child
Originally from New England, Child has won numerous filmmaking awards including the GI Film Festival’s Founders Choice Award (The Wereth Eleven), five Telly, two CINE Golden Eagles, Best Director at the New York Independent Film Festival, and Special Jury at World Fest Houston. In 2011, Child was selected to receive the highly coveted Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts from the Bucks County Chamber of Commerce. His work has also been named as an “Official Selection” at major United States film festivals including the New York Independent Film Festival and the Washington DC Independent Film Festival. Click here to view Child’s Director Reel.
About Cloud Ten Pictures, Inc.
Cloud Ten Pictures was founded in 1996 by brothers Peter and Paul Lalonde. The company is a market leader in the production and marketing of faith-based films. It's 2000 release of LEFT BEHIND: THE MOVIE, was the top-selling independent video of that year and opened in theaters on 850 screens. Cloud Ten has produced and distributed 8 successful feature films, numerous documentaries and acquisitions and has strong distribution arms through E1 Entertainment and CNI as well as through Cloud Ten Church Cinemas. The Financial Post labeled it “one of the most successful independent
studios in the English-speaking world.”
For press information, contact:
Rob Child & Associates, LLC
www.robchild.net
(215) 369-1453
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Walmart Requests The Wereth Eleven
I just wanted to share some great news from the past week. I got an email from Betsy Van Ost, part of our distribution team at Janson Media and she said they had just received an order for The Wereth Eleven from Walmart. "This has never happened before this fast. Trust me, never has this happened. Usually it takes weeks -months to get this company to add a DVD title to their site", she said.
So I wanted to share this development and point folks to the Walmart link.
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Hollywood Post Alliance Awards - Wereth 11 Nominated
Tomorrow Night in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Post Alliance honors what they refer to as "the best of the best" and Wereth is among them - nominated for an Outstanding Editing for Television Award. Fellow nominees in the category include; Dexter, Downtown Abbey and Rescue Me.
HPA President Leon Silverman stated, “We are proud to be able to honor the incredibly creative work and the artistic achievement of our HPA Awards Nominees. With more submissions than ever before, this year’s nominations represent the best of the best. These awards shine light on the amazing work that post production contributes that is too often overshadowed by the focus on other deserving aspects of the filmmaking process. With the HPA awards we are able to focus on the deep contributions that post production makes to help tell the stories that move audiences. We congratulate our nominees and celebrate the work of the entire post production industry.”
The Wereth Eleven Goes Hollywood
The screening will happen at Chaplin Studio within the Raleigh Studios complex at 5300 Melrose Ave in Hollywood. The one-day event will feature an evening reception where it looks like ALL of the Executive Producers of the Wereth Eleven; Joseph Small, Robert Child and Frederic Lumiere will be there to greet the public. We hope to see you there. To purchase tickets click here.
HOLLYWOOD POST ALLIANCE AWARDS
In a rare move the Hollywood Post Alliance has chosen to nominate The Wereth Eleven in the category of Best Editing for Television. Wereth, according to our editor, Frederic Lumiere is the ONLY documentary nominated in the category which includes prime-time series stand outs, Dexter, Rescue Me and Downtown Abbey. This is a monumental achievement for Wereth and a recognition of the standard the film sets. The awards will be announced at a gala event in Los Angeles on November 10th at the Skirball Center. Frederic will be there and we wishe him all the best.
Wereth can now say, "I'm going to Hollywood!"
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Hamilton Declared "Official Screenplay Finalist"
Los Angeles - My screenplay, Hamilton, was just declared and "Official Finalist" in the 2011 Hollywood Screenplay Contest in the Biography and Historical category. See listing here.
The Story:
About Hollywood Screenplay Contest:
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| ALEXANDER HAMILTON |
Hamilton is the
revealing action-adventure story of the brash 20-year-old soldier-patriot,
Alexander Hamilton who will stop at nothing, including threatening to overthrow
Congress, to secure his place in history during the American Revolution.
Early Coverage:
SCRIPT SHARK COVERAGE:
"It’s pretty clear this isn’t a first draft. The
descriptions are concise and clear.
The dialogue manages to evoke a time long since past without sounding
stilted and archaic and the writing manages to balance the action scenes with
the character moments. It’s easy
to see that there’s a lot of talent behind this script."
I am quite proud of this recognition by the Hollywood Screenplay Contest as I researched the story over a period of four years and the screenplay took about another year to craft. I believe there are great stories within our nation's founding that if, told well, will connect with a modern audience. And that is what I believe this honor represents.
The Hollywood Screenplay Competition is judged by a broad variety of
qualified and professional screenplay readers, many of which are current
working professionals in the film and entertainment industry with years
of experience evaluating screenplays for major production companies,
producers, and literary agencies. Our judges are experts in recognizing
and evaluating the integral components of a well-written, quality
screenplay, including story, plot, structure, pacing, dialogue,
character, and marketability.
Mission and Objective
Our aim, quite simply, is to discover and recognize the brightest new talent and original voices in storytelling from around the world. We identify emerging talent and place top new writers firmly on the industry’s radar directly in the heart of the motion picture capital of the world.
Our aim, quite simply, is to discover and recognize the brightest new talent and original voices in storytelling from around the world. We identify emerging talent and place top new writers firmly on the industry’s radar directly in the heart of the motion picture capital of the world.
Blood Betrayal by Robert Child Declared Semi-finalist in Screenplay Competition
July 20, 2010 – Los Angeles – Today, July 20, 2011, screenplay semi finalists were announced in the 27th Write Movies International Writing Contest and my mafia script, BLOOD BETRAYAL, was among the winners. See list.
“We received nearly 1000 screenplays, books, plays, short stories and articles from the following countries: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Belgium, India, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Italy, Greece, Nigeria, Georgia, Mexico, Japan, South Africa and The Cameroon. The overall standard was very high, hence the large number of writers we found to be eligible for the final rounds.” Write Movies Competition.BLOOD BETRAYAL is based on the true story and the memoirs of retired FBI Agent, Charles B. Warner. He is main character, Frank Murray, in the script - a hard driving, Boston-Irish federal investigator who is despised by the Philadelphia mob. Murray ignites a one-man crusade that costs him his wife, his kids and nearly his life but leads to the take down of an entire mafia crime family in Philadelphia including kingpin, Nicodemo Scarponi, (Scarfo) in the late ‘80s. It was the first time in American history that an entire crime family was put on trial and put away under the federal RICO laws. Much like a modern day Untouchables – BLOOD BETRAYAL pits one man, Frank Murray, against the mob and the mob never knew what hit ‘em.
The screenplay has received excellent coverage in Hollywood and below is an excerpt from a top story analyst.
“I thought it had a very compelling opening, and after a couple of pages, I had that feeling of ‘I’m in good hands,’ and eager to see where this is going. I felt lots of intrigue, stakes, and conflict right from the outset, with a clear, terse writing style that drew me in right away.” —Erik Bork, Emmy Award winning screenwriter, Band of Brothers.
It took us a more than a year of writing, hundreds of hours interviewing Bud at his home as the mafia world was all new to me. It is very much a secret world a true sub-culture and I had to start from basically zero. I wanted the dialog, the locations and the intensity to all ring true. I wanted the reader to fully immerse himself or herself in this dangerous world and care about Frank Murray and his crazy mission to defeat an entire crime family.
Thank you “Write Movies” for this recognition it is sincerely appreciated!
About Write Movies:
Celebrating 12 years of helping writers succeed, worldwide!
Out of close to three hundred "contest sites," WriteMovies is one of only a handful that has produced movies from winning projects. "THE LIST", was written by WriteMovies winner Marcus Folmar and acquired by Warner Bros. In addition, former winner Jon Rosten has parlayed his success in the contest into getting his project," VALLEY OF ANGELS" produced. Hundreds of others have had their scripts optioned and bought and have found representation. Several novels have also been published and plays produced. Production companies, studios and agencies contact us all the time about our winners. The founder of the company discovered Andrew Niccol who wrote & produced The Academy Nominated "THE TRUMAN SHOW" amongst others.
For more information please visit: www.writemovies.com
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Robert Child to Direct 150th Gettysburg Commemorative Film
The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee that has operated the annual reenactment for nearly 20 years stated, "We are thrilled to have Rob rejoin our team after the fine work he did at the 140th Gettysburg with the award winning Gettysburg: Three Days Of Destiny. With Rob's experience, professionalism, background and film making philosophy, this year's film, 150th Gettysburg: Final Measure Of Devotion, filmed entirely at the event, not only promises to be action packed; but satisfying and informative to the historian in each of us. 150th Gettysburg: Final Measure Of devotion will be filmed entirely in high definition with a Remembrance Day premier and delivery. Both the Gettysburg 140th & 145th were delivered on time as promised. To watch the video trailer go to www.gettysburgreenactment.com and go to 150th DVD. As we have done in the past - we will ship the video out in order received. We are also in the planning stages with Rob to Live Stream Pickett's Charge so that you or your friends can view it in Live Time or view it later."
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(On left Robert Child with actor, Pat Falci)
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