By Buzz McLaughlin ( January 29, 2010 at 3:07 pm) · Filed under Independent Film, David Strathairn, Elisabeth Waterston, film distribution, film distributor, Ian Somerhalder, Monterey Media, the sensation of sight
As described in my last post, our theatrical world premiere opening night at The Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH was a big success.
We sold out the nearly 1000-seat house and turned hundreds away. We were fortunate to have our congressman Paul Hodes join us along with the state’s first lady Susan Lynch, Keene’s mayor and many other dignitaries. The local daily paper carried the event as their lead front page story. Our spotlights beamed through the sky and our red carpet was rolled out in style for actors David Strathairn, Read the rest of this entry »
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By Buzz McLaughlin ( January 21, 2010 at 6:21 pm) · Filed under Independent Film, David Strathairn, DIY, Elizabeth Waterston, film distribution, film premiere, Ian Somerhalder, Peterborough NH, The Colonial Theatre
From the beginning of this project we were fairly certain that one way or another we going to have a special premiere for the film here in New Hampshire.
After all, the film was entirely shot in Peterborough—the same town Thornton Wilder used as his model for his wonderful play “Our Town”—and we raised roughly 90% of our financing in the state. In a very real sense, the production was a grand partnership with many NH people and organizations and we knew we wanted somehow to celebrate that fact when the film was finished.
With no indie distributors knocking on our door offering us a decent deal, we finally decided to take matters into our own hands Read the rest of this entry »
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By Buzz McLaughlin ( January 8, 2010 at 5:49 pm) · Filed under Independent Film, film business, film distribution, film distributors, film festivals, independent feature film, indie filmmakers
As our festival run got underway with San Sebastian, we were already thinking in terms of finding a distributor.
I have to say at the outset of sharing this part of our journey that the timing for us with this film in terms of what was beginning to happen in the industry in general for indie filmmakers was not the most advantageous.
A retrenchment among distributors of indie films was at that time already quietly underway—a retrenchment that surfaced big time about a year ago with the demise Read the rest of this entry »
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