Team Picture on DVD

Terrific film. For more info: http://www.myspace.com/teampicture

A studio in Nashville?

Here's a story in the Tennessean about some investors wanting to build a sound stage in Nashville. An excerpt:

Picture this: a film studio complex and public entertainment venue in Nashville that would capture the look and feel of Universal Studios Hollywood — only without the rides and with a project pipeline loaded with films targeted at heartland audiences.

That's the pitch being made to redevelop the Tennessee State Fairgrounds by Woodland, Calif.-based Tower Investments and Nashville's 821 Entertainment, whose projects include a forthcoming film about the life of the Rev. Billy Graham, as well as a biopic on music legend Hank Williams.

But whether that studio concept turns out to be one of the four ideas selected by the fair board to revamp the 117-acre site doesn't seem ultimately to matter to Tower Investments Senior Vice President Alex Marks and 821 co-founder Eric Geadelmann.

What matters most to the partners is being able to secure a suitable spot in the Nashville area that allows them to tap into what they said is intense interest from well-heeled potential tenants who want to see movies added to Music City's entertainment portfolio.

Perry Gibson, executive director of the Tennessee Film & Music Commission, said that without a sound stage that's built to accommodate film projects, movies probably will continue to look to Tennessee primarily for its combination of incentives, locations and available crew.

That's where Marks and Geadelmann said their project comes in.

By building what amounts to a film-studio lot — which would include retail, a hotel and a 5,000-7,000-seat indoor music venue, as well as an attached film school — the pair hopes to make Nashville as much of a destination for movies as it is for music.

ArtsMemphisTV with Live From Memphis

From Sarah Fleming:

Christopher and I launched our latest project yesterday. It's called ArtsMemphisTV. This project is a joint venture between Live From Memphis and ArtsMemphis, and is basically a series of webisodes that will highlight our local arts scenes. We're super excited. At the moment ArtsMemphis has committed to doing 6 episodes with us... one every other Monday.

It's excellent ... check it out.

Nothing But the Truth: Sept. 8 at Toronto Film Festival

From John Beifuss in today's CA:

“Nothing But the Truth” — the political thriller with Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon and Alan Alda that was shot in Memphis last fall — will have its world premiere Sept. 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Festival officials are scheduled to make the announcement today. The movie will be part of the event’s prestigious “Gala Programme,” a high-profile showcase for North American and international films that are screening out of competition. ...

According to Variety, the Toronto International Film Festival is “second only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars and market activity.” A Toronto screening often marks the start of a picture’s Oscar campaign.

After its Sept. 8 premiere, “Nothing But the Truth” will open Dec. 19 in New York and Los Angeles, to be eligible for Academy Awards consideration. It will open in Memphis and other cities in early 2009. A special preview screening for local cast and crew members likely will take place before its Memphis opening.

The full story is here.

Extras/concert for '$5 Cover'

This will be the final large show for Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover," so if you haven't come out yet, Tuesday is the day to do it.

Film showcase in November

From Marguerite Roberts:

My friend Dorv, who had the first TLS last April, has moved to California for the next year so has asked me to take over the next showcase coming up in November. I know it seems like this is an advance-advance notice, but I tell ya, there is alot to do! My friend David Tankersley (aka Tank), has volunteered to help with this.

So, this is the first of a few notices and this time I am going to tell you what it is we need and when. So, we will be showing shorts to "mini features" anywhere from 5 minutes to 25 minutes. These should be "viewer friendly" which simply really means NO PORN.

What we will need is a preview copy on DVD. Now, we can return these IF you send a self addressed stamped envelope. The latest we need these is Oct 20th and you can email me privately (daisyscreations57@yahoo.com) to get the address. We will be setting up a PO box in a bit, but when you email me, I will give you my personal address until the box is set up.

We are doing this the same as last time. It will be at Malco on the Square. It will be FREE. It will last 2 hours with a 10-15 minute intermission. This is NOT a competition. This is for filmmakers to see their creation on the big screen. We PACKED the theater last time. I was personally overwhelmed by the support and it was the coolest night!!!

We will have press releases later on this.

Young performer needed

Looking for a 14-16 yr old male that can play guitar/sing and has appealing good-looks.

Please pass the word for me. They need to email me at lisalax@mac.com or call

246-8249 to set up an appt.