DVD Release/Wrap Party!!!

To all those who are interested....

Quixotica, Inc. and Spring Valley Pub will be hosting the "Back-Lot Insiders" DVD release party on the 9th of September starting at 9pm. And since we didn't get to have a wrap party - this will serve a dual purpose.
1.) Get your free Collector's Edition DVD.
2.) Get wasted!

Spring Valley Pub (the location for the "Barstool" scene) is located on Flamingo and Jones (in the Smith's shopping center).

Don't forget -- 09.09 at 9pm! See you there!!!

p.s. If you take 9.9 @ 9 and you flip it upside down you get 6.6 @ 6. oooh... 666. creepy... LOL

... to the Tune of Progress

Director's cut DVD update:

The extended interview scenes are in the can... Production stills are in... outtakes are being assembled.

Stay tuned for further updates. LOL. (for anyone in the "breaking news" field, that's funnier than it sounds)

Peace out.

Marching On...

Damn, this shit is harder than it looks!

The director's cut DVD is in full swing production. No, it is not a myth. Copies should be available next week.

Way too hard!

Thanks for being so patient. It took 48 hours to make the short mockumentary, "Back-Lot Insiders". It has taken nearly two weeks to figure out how to get the thing posted on the web so it looks halfway decent.

If the movie isn't playing below, you may need the latest Quicktime. You can also search on YouTube.com or Google Videos for a smaller file size version.

If you are watching this, please pass it on to everyone you know.

Thanks again,
Aaron

Watch the movie....

Aaron has gotten the movie posted on YouTube thanks to the help of Kenny and especially Halley.



Movie Links

YouTube.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKelNDbDDB0

Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5267844819357734111&hl=en
smaller file: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7451430866248781868&hl=en

From the Director's View

What can I say except I had the best crew ever! After the shoot was done, I was talking with some of the other groups. It seemed as though the majority of horror stories came from the crew. I heard about people who only had three people helping them at random times over the weekend. We had 17 or 18 people with us, pretty much the entire weekend.

I heard about one group that had a writer do a seven page script, then their director left and a new one was brought in. He refused to direct someone else's script so he wrote an eleven page opus. The rest of the group rebeled and so that director left. They brought in someone with very little experience (that was my whole secret method). I am so glad we didn't have to deal with that kind of drama.

I was so happy to be able to say to the other groups, my crew was awesome! This was the first time that I have ever directed anything with grown-ups. For my other productions, my cast and crew were 10 to 13 years old. This was much better. It was so cool to be able to ask somebody to do something ONE TIME and it got done.

I can't wait to do this again. I hope that all of the cast and crew had as good of a time as I did. I owe everyone big time!

-Aaron

They like me!...

...They really, really like me! LOL

48 HFP posted the audience picks for best in group... We won the Audience Award for Group B!! We beat out a cute little black and white silent film, an old white dude's ass, a hot mama slut who's screwing her own husband, and an acid trip. They never stood a chance against the power of the Coppola Fiasco!

To our cast and crew: This is all you, baby. Oh yeah, you know who you are. ;)

What I Remember - Chuck Wagon

• I remember the phone call from Aaron telling me I wasn't allowed to make plans for Aug 4,5, and 6.
  
• I remember our first team meeting (that I went to) one week before the contest. It was fun getting to know everybody, and everybody drank all my beer. ;-(
  
• Brainstorming with Yiorgo while waiting for the rest of the team to show up. Uttering the phrase "Hola Bitches" about 372 times.
  
• 1am run to the Grocery store because needing food was not anticipated. Pizza would have taken over an hour to be delivered.
  
• Waking up on Saturday morning with about 3 hours of sleep and thinking "I am too old for this shit". Krispy Kreme cured this feeling.
  
• I remember Evo on his hands and knees cleaning Aaron's carpet. And no, that is not a euphemism for something.
  
• I remember the lady at the bar that ended up in our shot because she was on a hot streak and refused to move. I remember her hitting on me. eww.
  
• Loosing two lights in our first shoot and leaving the bar an hour late. Not a good start.
  
• Laying on the hot pavement waiting for Aaron to call "cut". He took his time... bastard.
  
• Changing in the studio bathroom. Three of us there in our boxers. Then some of the studio staff walked in. What did they think?
  
• People molesting my "balloons" during the car commercial scene.
  
• Aaron wearing the same clothes for three days straight. This is not a fond memory.
  
• Mel passed out in a chair Saturday afternoon.
  
• I remember how all of us thought the idea of a porn scene was great, but when it came time to cast it; everybody scattered. LOL... I took one for the team. I am in it. Now I can always say I got my start in porn and mean it.
  
• Sitting on Yiorgo's porch during the hotest part of the day in direct sun. Then Aaron goes "Hey... We need to get a reflector on him too!". Great... as if I wasn't hot enough to begin with.
  
• Trying to be funny on camera and not getting any laughs at all. If it wasn't for the cute quiet one "Mylissa" there was no reaction at all.
  
• During the scene above, Aaron breaking into silent song and dance off camera to the tune of "My neck. My back. Lick my...." etc.
  
• Having a serious conversation in one room and then hearing the two music guys grunting in the other room and wondering "What the hell?!?!". (They were working on the porn music... I am not sure if that makes it ok though)
  
• Sitting at the bar at 7pm waiting for Mel and/or Aaron to show up and turn in the movie. 7:05.... 7:10.... Um... guys?
  
• Having a beer with my friends after the movie was turned in and basking in the exhausted glow of a weekend spent making a movie. Wouldn't trade that weekend for the world. Ok... maybe I would trade it for like one million dollars... Ok... really maybe like 25k.... Anyway... good weekend!
  

--Connor "Chuck Wagon" Hagood

Into the Great Unknown

Well, as the first project to be submitted to a scrutinizing audience of our peers, "Back-Lot Insiders" came a long way in 48 hours...

It was a hot and stormy night... nah, j/k! :)

It all started with an idea, a notion, a dream - to make a movie in 48 hours! The best damn movie to ever be made in 48 hours! We told our friends, our family, our co-workers, the gas station attendant. It grew from an idea to a twitterpating flitter of excitement to a full-blown production with a crew of 17 people!

What emerged was a 7 minute slice of inside jokes, pissing, porn, and don't forget, "Hola, bitches."

Much love to each and every one of you...