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OCTOBER 2005: A MONTH OF HORROR, TERROR AND GENERAL MAYHEM AT THE TWO BOOTS PIONEER THEATER
KINDRED MEDIA GROUP PICKS UP "JAILBAIT"
PREMIERE OF 17000 BLOCK THE MOVIE
KINDRED MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO "PHREAKER"
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September 16, 2005
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OCTOBER 2005: A MONTH OF HORROR, TERROR AND GENERAL MAYHEM AT THE TWO BOOTS PIONEER THEATER
Join us for month-long banquet of blood featuring the best of horror films new and old, including a multicultural zombie retrospective and an all-night vampire movie marathon with a special panel of vampires and vampire hunters on October 28!
October 1-31
MONTH OF HORROR
Presented in association with Professor Reinhardt van Nostrand. Dr. van Nostrand is Professor Emeritus of Schlechtendingen at the University of Wurms, Germany, and a special consultant to the Pioneer Theater on matters of the Paranormal and the Occult.
Contact the Professor at dr.reinhardt.van.nostrand@gmail.com
October has always been a month dedicated to darkness, and the Pioneer once again brings you the best in movie horror. From October 1 through the unholy night of Halloween, join us in the Crypt du Cinema for some of the greatest, goriest, ghastliest films ever made! Highlights include weeklong runs of ZOMBIE HONEYMOON, THE DARK HOURS, and ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, as well as a special survey of multicultural zombie films, including ZOMBIE, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, TRAPPED BY MORMOMS, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, and more.
The MONTH OF HORROR will also screen classic horror films including THE EVIL DEAD, DEMONS, HORROR HOTEL,THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, CASTLE OF BLOOD, RE-ANIMATOR, THE TINGLER, A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER, and Pioneer favorite THE GHOST, as well as new discoveries including SATAN'S PLAYGROUND, EYE OF CRUELTY, FAMILY PORTRAITS I. ZOMBI, INCIDENT AT BLOOD GORGE, BRAINIAC, SHOCK-O-RAMA and a special preview screening of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s PULSE.
On Friday, October 28, hosts its annual all-night horror marathon, this year dedicated to Vampire movies, particularly movies about New York City Vampires. The all-nighter will also feature a discussion between some of the city's leading Vampires and Vampire Hunters, speaking in a controlled, peaceful situation for the first time ever. (At least, we hope it will be a peaceful situation.) And on October 31, the Pioneer presents a special Halloween double-bill of Dario Argento classics – THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and DEEP RED. For a complete schedule of films, showtimes and descriptions, visit our website at http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/monthly_programs/2005-10.htm
Special Month of Horror Event
ZOMBIE PARADE: A CULTURAL SURVEY
The Month of Horror is pleased to present ZOMBIE PARADE, a multicultural retrospective celebrating the rich diversity of zombie culture. Few among us realize that zombie culture is more than just slow-moving, pale-skinned, dim-witted, middle-class, formerly-Christian zombies. In this celebratory film program, we meet Afro-Caribbean zombies (ZOMBIE), Mexican zombies (ALL SOULS DAY), Evangelical Appalachian burn victim zombies (I, ZOMBIE), and a multicultural community of prison inmate zombies (SHADOW: DEAD RIOT). And in TRAPPED BY MORMONS, we also take a look back at the emergence of the Mormon zombie community, which is today the fastest growing zombie community in the world, and revisit some of your basic pasty white guy zombie movies as well.
October 4-14
ZOMBIE HONEYMOON
"The first truly romantic flesh-eating corpse movie" - John Landis
"In sickness and in health, till death do us part." So vowed newlyweds Denise and Danny before heading off for an idyllic honeymoon retreat on the Jersey shore. But while basking on a beach, the couple’s bliss is interrupted by a mysterious figure who inexplicably emerges from the waves and mauls Danny. Rushed to the hospital, pronounced dead on arrival, Danny suddenly awakes... a changed man. >> read more here
October 13-19
THE DARK HOURS
Dr. Samantha Goodman (Kate Greenhouse), an attractive psychiatrist in her thirties, joins her husband and sister for a weekend at a winter cottage when an unexpected guest arrives. Harlan Pyne, a violent sexual offender, is convinced that Samantha conducted unethical experiments on him while she was his doctor. >> read more here
October 20-26
HABITACIONES PARA TOURISTAS (ROOMS FOR TOURISTS)
When five city girls miss their train connection, they are forced to spend the night in San Ramon, a small town west of Buenos Aires, where they get to know the dark side of local hospitality. Director Adrian Garcia Bogliano channels influences from classic Hitchcock to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in this chilling story of lies and consequences, choices and repentance. >> read more here
October 28
ALL NIGHT VAMPIRE-MOVIE MARATHON AND VAMPIRE HUNTER SUMMIT!
7:00 p.m. till dawn!
On Friday, October 28, the Pioneer hosts its hosts its annual Horror All-Nighter, this year dedicated to Vampire movies, particularly those about New York City Vampires. Starting at 7:00 p.m., join us for 578 minutes - 9 hours and 40 minutes - of vampire movie mania! Titles to be featured include Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Habit, Dracula: Pages From A Virgin’s Diary, Vampire’s Kiss, Vampyres, and New York Vampire. >> read more here
Tickets for the marathon are $20 and include all films. Tickets for individual movies are $6.50, available at showtime only, and subject to space. Schedule TBA. Please visit our website at http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer for details.
October 31
DARIO ARGENTO DOUBLE FEATURE: THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and DEEP RED
Join the Pioneer for a classic double-bill of Seventies horror from Italian director Dario Argento. Argento’s directorial debut, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970), is the story of Sam, an expatriate American writer living in Rome who witnesses a murder attempt on the wife of the owner of an art gallery. The murderer is suspected of being a notorious serial killer, and Sam launches an investigation of his own, searching the streets of the Eternal City for the madman to the sound of Ennio Morricone’s haunting score.>> read more here
More MONTH OF HORROR films and events to be announced. For an up-to-date schedule of films, showtimes and descriptions, visit our website at http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/monthly_programs/2005-10.htm
The Two Boots Pioneer Theater
155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A)
New York, NY 10009
Tel. (212) 591-0434
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September 13, 2005
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Kindred Media Group Picks Up "Jailbait"
Pitt and Guirgis Portray Gripping Claustrophobia in Award Winning Film Being Brought to Screen.
September 13, 2005, West Hollywood, CA – Kindred Media Group announced today it has acquired universal distribution rights to "Jailbait", to handle the film's theatrical, DVD, and foreign rollouts. The film stars Michael Pitt ("Last Days", "The Dreamers", "Dawson's Creek") and Labyrinth Theater Co. playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, who made his feature acting debut in Todd Solondz's "Palindromes".
Pitt, who recently received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Kurt Cobain in Gus Van Sant's "Last Days," portrays a young man sentenced to a California maximum-security prison under the three-strikes law, who becomes cellmates with a man (Guirgis), convicted of murdering his wife.
The film, which features the screenwriting / directing debut of Brett C. Leonard, debuted at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, has appeared in numerous other festivals, and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival. The film was produced by Dan O'Meara, Brett C. Leonard, Corbin Day and Belladonna's Linda Moran & Rene Bastian.
Kindred intends to release the film theatrically in the US in April of 2006, with home video to follow shortly after the film's theatrical run.
Jeffrey D. Erb, President of Kindred Media Group said, "This is a captivating film that draws you in and holds you in your seat. It explores inner demons and male sexuality in the small confines of a prison cell. We look forward to exposing this film to a wide audience."
Deal was negotiated by Jeffrey D. Erb for Kindred, with Josh Braun of Sumbarine and Jonathan Gray at Spinak & Gray representing the producers.
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September 10, 2005
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Cosa Nostra Films & JBig Bizz Entertainment
cordialy invite you to the premiere of 17000 Block The Movie
Passes are required
Where:
Star Theater Southfield
When:
Sept. 22nd 2005 Thursday
7:00 p.m. Red Carpet
7:30 p.m. Showtime
Arriva Early
How:
For ticket info listen to Hot 102.7
or visit Simply Casual on the corner of 7 mile & Wyoming in Detroit
or email Nicole@17000blockthemovie.com
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August 10, 2005
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Kindred Media Group Acquires Distribution Rights to "Phreaker"
Techno-thriller slated for 2006 release
August 10, 2005, West Hollywood, CA – Kindred Media Group announced today it has acquired universal distribution rights from Tasty Pixels, Inc. a production company out of Charlotte, NC, to the independent feature film, "Phreaker". Kindred plans a limited platform theatrical release of the film in select cities in early 2006.
"Phreaker" stars Eric Wippo of MTV's "Boiling Points," and chronicles the shady activities of a digital-age entrepreneur, who lands in hot water with both the law and a vicious thug.
The film has received critical praise for its clever story and compelling acting performances, and has won awards at several film festivals, including Best Overall Film at Southern Exposures, and the Audience Choice Award at the Asheville Film Festival.
Jeffrey D. Erb, President of Kindred Media Group said, "We're excited to have the opportunity to release 'Phreaker,' and it fits in well with our growing initial lineup of releases we are scheduling for 2006."
"Phreaker" is one of the first feature films to be shot with the digital camera developed by the Sony Corporation and used by George Lucas in the "Star Wars" episode "Attack of the Clones".
Mark Young, the writer and director of Phreaker, has been making movies for more than a decade. The film was shot in Charlotte, North Carolina using a Sony camera loaned to Young as new technology, under one condition: the full-length film had to be shot on less than a month's notice. Young wrote the script and cast the film in several weeks, and "Phreaker" was shot in 17 days.
Young says, "We shot roughly 90 scenes on 40-odd locations over 17 days... quite a feat for a low-budget film! In spite of the rigorous schedule, the production was very smooth, thanks to my producer John Merrick, and my director of photography Chuck Bludsworth, and an incredibly professional, enthusiastic crew."
About Kindred Media Group:
Founded in 2004, Kindred Media Group is a boutique film distribution company that enables film makers to reach a wide audience both domestically and internationally. Kindred's focus extends to films that are both large studio productions as well as small independent productions, the key ingredient being quality. The company distributes all genres of film, large or specialized releases, with broad or niche audiences.
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