It’s been quite a long time since Gary Busey was taken seriously as an actor of considerable talent, but back in 1978 he almost took home an Oscar for his spectacular portrayal of Buddy Holly in director Steve Rash’s controversial bio-pic, The Buddy Holly Story. Playing a 19 year old kid from Texas on the cusp of making rock and roll history at the age of 33, Busey lost a considerable amount of weight to embody the 146 pound front man, and more impressively, performed all of the songs sprinkled throughout the film live with a fictionalized version of Holly’s backing band, The Crickets. Though Busey’s portrayal was lauded, the film itself was harshly criticized not only for this fabricated characterization which reduced his real life three piece band, featuring Niki Sullivan, Joe B. Mauldin and J.I. Allison, to a fictional drum and bass duo in Jesse Charles (Don Stroud...
- 9/2/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
I just added several projects to Filmmaker‘s curated Kickstarter page. They include Galileo, a cool new device that adds remote control functionality to your iPhone; The Miracle Mile Paradox, an Arg (alternate reality game) set in both viritual space as well as L.A.’s museum strip; The Man’s Guide to Love, a fiction feature film developed from the filmmaker’s two-year old website containing short-form doc content on men in love; The First Hope, a UCLA film student’s short about a young boy’s romantic life beginning when he sees Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia kiss; Brendt Barbur’s The Commentator, a doc featuring an all-star of collaborators, including d.p. Al Maysles and composers Blonde Redhead; and, finally, Leghead Loves Koek NYC, an art publication featuring Filmmaker photographer Richard Koek, who you’ll know from our 25 New Faces each year, and artist Leghead. Also, one past posted project,...
- 3/25/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Road movies have always held a place in my heart and I am a huge supporter of independent film. Check out this trailer and some cool movie stills from the film Everything Must Go, by acclaimed Grateful Dead filmmaker, Len Dell’Amico.
Here is a synopsis of the film:
After getting fired from his job and losing his girlfriend, Mac (Jake Lyall) craves hard drugs and asks slacker Bobby (Ross Turner) to make a buy. A string of comic screwups ensues, but the comedy turns scary as the biggest screw-up of all threatens everybody’s capacity for denial.
Check out the trailer and stills below:
For more information about Everything Must Go visit:
www.everythingmustgothemovie.com
http://www.facebook.com/EverythingMustGoTheMovie...
Here is a synopsis of the film:
After getting fired from his job and losing his girlfriend, Mac (Jake Lyall) craves hard drugs and asks slacker Bobby (Ross Turner) to make a buy. A string of comic screwups ensues, but the comedy turns scary as the biggest screw-up of all threatens everybody’s capacity for denial.
Check out the trailer and stills below:
For more information about Everything Must Go visit:
www.everythingmustgothemovie.com
http://www.facebook.com/EverythingMustGoTheMovie...
- 10/27/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
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