If you have been reading these Tips for long, you know that I am a huge fan of the Rocky movies, starring Sylvester Stallone. Six different Rocky movies were produced with Rocky Balboa being the final one. (More recently, the two Creed movies carry on the same theme of failure and success.) Each film is very interesting and Stallone’s portrayal of the character so memorable that I have sometimes forgotten that Rocky was simply a fictitious character created for the movies. One day I even caught myself thinking, “Was Muhammad Ali the heavy-weight champion before Rocky Balboa or after him?!” It just goes to show you how the human mind works; we can see something so many times that it becomes real to us.
I was recently watching an anniversary edition DVD of the movie, Rocky, in which Sylvester Stallone was being interviewed about how his memorable character came into being. He explained that he wrote the first script at a particularly difficult time in his life. He had no job, no money and the only acting he was doing was small parts as a gangster or playing an “extra” in a movie. His life and career were going nowhere. But, he had a dream in his heart and he was not willing to give up. He believed he could make it as an actor if he did not quit. He was always looking for an opportunity. You might say he was hungry!
One day, when Stallone was leaving a movie set, he mentioned to one of the producers that he had written a story about a boxer. The producer said, “Well, that sounds pretty interesting. Drop it off and I’ll take a look at it.” A few days later he dropped off the script and although it was in rough form, those who read it enjoyed it very much. He soon received an offer of $25,000.00 from the producer to buy it. That was a lot of money, especially to someone who was “broke” and often slept in his car. The only meaningful thing that he had in his life at that time was his dog, Butkus. He would feed his dog, even when he couldn’t feed himself. So, an offer of that much money seemed like a fortune to him.
In his discussion with the producers, Stallone mentioned that he wanted to play the part of Rocky. They laughed and told him that would be impossible. They already had in mind four possibilities: Ryan O’Neal, Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford, and James Caan, all of whom were stars at the top of their movie careers at the time. Although Stallone knew of those actors, he told them that he still thought he would be the best one to play the part. He was told they would think about it and get back to him.
When they called few days later, their offer was $100,000.00! Again Stallone turned them down, insisting that he play the part of Rocky.
The next call came with an offer of $150,000.00. He turned it down. Then $170,000.00 and again he refused the offer. Then $250,000.00 – a quarter of a million dollars! Even though he knew what a difference that much money could make in his life, he had a dream and he was looking for an opportunity. This was not it, so once more he turned down their offer.
In a few days, the offer jumped significantly – $330,000.00. In the interview Stallone said that at the time he couldn’t even count that high and that he couldn’t imagine seeing that much money! But, the lengthy discussion ended when he again told them that the sale was contingent upon his playing the lead role.
At their subsequent offer, he almost gave in. It was for $360,000.00. He said the only problem was, if the movie and the story he had written about Rocky turned out to be a success, he would never be able to live with himself, knowing that he had given up on his dream and the opportunity that he desired so intensely. “No,” was his answer.
A week later, they called him and asked him to come in for an interview. When he came in and sat down, they told him they would make him one last offer and he could be assured that this would be their final offer. They offered Sylvester Stallone the grand total of – zero, nada, nothing. They told him all previous offers to purchase his script were off the table, but they would allow him to play the lead role. He almost jumped out of his skin!! This was the opportunity for which he had been waiting!
So, Sylvester Stallone played the part of Rocky Balboa in the first Rocky movie for free, and the rest as they say, “is history.” Though he made absolutely nothing for his script, his career was launched and his life has never been the same. Neither has ours. The movie, theme song and many of the other characters have become part of our culture all because one man was looking for an opportunity.
What are you looking for in your life? Do you simply get up every day and deal with life as it comes or are you trying to make a difference in your life, your family, you company, or your business? Do you have secret dreams and visions and goals that you want to accomplish? Are you trying to live life in a proactive manner, making it better for yourself and others, or are you simply doing just enough to get by each day, hoping for enough energy to crawl into bed at night? I don’t know about you, but I find this thing called life to be an interesting experience. It may be crazy to live with dreams and hopes and visions, but to live without them is madness!
Take a lesson from Sylvester Stallone and his character, Rocky Balboa; stick with your dreams. Look for opportunities and do not give up until you have accomplished what you believe is the reason for which you were created. Everything in life is better when you are living your dream and fulfilling your destiny. I trust, hope and pray that is your attitude toward life – not only this week, but forever!
Da da toda da toda da da da da! (To the sound of ROCKY!)
Tip: Look for an opportunity!
Have a great week! God bless you!
Dr. Robert A. Rohm


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If you didn’t have a spare six hours to watch last night’s Oscar ceremony, here’s everything you missed in under two minutes.
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Comedy actor, writer and director Harold Ramis is best known for the 1984 film Ghostbusters, which he co-wrote and starred in along with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. Ramis had co-written and planned to star in the long-awaited Ghostbusters III — but did not get the chance. Ramis died Monday in Chicago from an autoimmune disorder. He was 69 years old.
Ramis co-wrote Animal House, Meatballs and Stripes. He co-wrote and directed Caddyshack, and directed Murray in Groundhog Day.
Today, we remember Ramis with excerpts from a 2005 interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross:
"I played a lot of weasels, a lot of cowards; sweating cowards was my thing. I used to play like hippies and, like, counterculture guys, and [John] Belushi kind of took that over, so I moved into the coward role. … The other thing I would always play was the character called "specs" or "the professor." I’d play the brainy guy, which I ended up doing, of course, in Ghostbusters.”
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RIP Harold Ramis
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Cutting Edge Post, a leader in Australiaís film and television post production industry, has developed a significant market for its services in India. The Queensland based company, with facilities in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, was founded by Managing Director, John Lee in 1992; it now employs over 80 full time staff. Cutting Edge Postís production services include telecine, editing, visual effects, sound design for cinema and video release. Initially its core business was the post production of television commercials but over the past five years the company grew to be Queenslandís leader in long form work incorporating feature films and television series. During this time, Cutting Edge Post was involved in the post production of many local and international productions including Scooby Doo, Flipper 3 and 4, The Lost World, Beastmaster and others.
Cutting Edge Post recently completed the post production elements of the Indian feature Aalavandaan. The feature was filmed in India with the majority of visual effects being completed by Cutting Edge Post in Brisbane.
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A movie is declared a hit when it earns revenues which equals at least twice the sum total of the following costs:
- The cost of promotion
- The cost of production
- The cost of distribution
- The cost of exhibition
A lot of money is at stake for various people such as the producer and the movie promoters. So, promotion activities are extremely important to help the movie in generating revenues.
Let us have a look at how various movie promotion activities are carried out:
Movie Trailers: In these, the interest-arousing portions of the movies are highlighted. These are shown as short audio-visuals on televisions and in movie theatres during breaks or before the scheduled movie show begins. They give the audience an idea of what they are likely to expect from a new/forthcoming movie with an attempt to highlight the central theme of the movie.
Trailer of Star Trek
Internet based promotion: Via the medium of the internet, a buzz or a hype is created around a forthcoming or new movie in the form of previews, early reviews, blogs and bulletin boards on online public forums. The main advantage of this channel is its cost-effectiveness and it is estimated that around 90% of regular internet users surf the net for movie related information. So this medium gives high visibilty at a low cost.
FM Radio: FM Radio is prominently used as a media partner to conduct on-air contests, to broadcast interviews with movie stars and for promoting songs/music of movies. The medium of radio generates a good deal of awareness about the forthcoming/new movies.


Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned Indian film actor, was born on October 11, 1942. He was born in the city of Allahabad, India. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh’s father, was a well-known poet of Hindi and Urdu. His mother’s name was Teji Bachchan.
Bachchan studied at Allahabad’s Boys’ High School, followed by Nainital’s Sherwood College, where he gained a degree in art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College in Delhi University earning a degree in science. When he was in his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting Kbc real.
In search of a career in acting, he left the job and moved to Bombay to find work as a film star. His all effort went in vain as film-makers preferred someone with a fairer skin and he was not fair enough to suit any role there. But the film industry did use one of his other assets, his deep baritone voice, which was used for narration and background commentary. Starting with the low key Saat Hindustani, Bachchan struggled through many roles and was relegated at times to doing voice-overs and in one instance playing a deaf-mute.
Amitabh was a friend of the late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. He got his break in Bollywood after a letter of introduction from the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the mother of Rajiv Gandhi. This is how Amitabh made an entry into Bollywood, starting with Zanjeer released in 1973, co-starred with his future wife-to-be Jaya Bhaduri, and since then there has been no looking back for him. He married Jaya Bhaduri, an actress in her own rights; he has two kids, Shweta and Abhishek.
He left films in 1985 to become a Member of Parliament from Allahabad constituency as a Congress party candidate, as a favor to his family friend Rajiv Gandhi – the then new Prime Minister of India. Amitabh had to leave midterm because of controversies; particularly after Rajiv and he were implicated in the now infamous “Bofors” case along with the U.K. based Hinduja Brothers. After a break of four years, he was back in the unsuccessful Mrityudaata in 1997, a comeback which the actor wanted to forget. Critics written him off but his career was saved with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan that was released in 1998. But four flops in 1999 and incurring debt of more than 90 crores rupees of his sinking company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL) saw him at an all-time low. To make matters worse, after the defeat of the Congress party, Amitabh lost considerable political support and the opposition party made him a target; his credit rating deteriorated to such an extent that one of the leading nationalized banks, Canara Bank, sued him for huge amount of loans.
He bounced back in 2000 when he was presenting the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire called “Kaun Banega Crorepati?” After a series of hits with Mohabbatein in 2000, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 and Baghban 2003 and his most recent Khakee in 2004, a 60-plus Amitabh is showing no signs of slowing down and proving the critics wrong once again.


ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – The book “The Secret Garden” helped generations of readers learn to cope with loss through the eyes of Mary Lennox. Now it’s a musical production presented by the Virginia Children’s Theater on October 7 and 8.
“This is a story of life. It’s a story of the circle of life. It’s love. It’s loss. It’s pain and it’s inspiration. It’s all these things that we go through every day,” says Virginia Children’s Theater Producing Artistic Director, Brett Roden.
Virginia Children’s Theater veteran Campbell Duff brings the character of Mary to life on stage.
“Mary is this girl. I believe in the book, she’s 10 years old. She lives in India and her parents die of cholera, so she has to go live with her uncle, Archibald,” says Duff.
From there, he meets other family members as he deals with his grief.
Duff says that to prepare for the emotional role, she looked deep within herself.
“His parents died. That’s something I’ve never had to deal with, and that’s hard. The loss is really hard. So, just pulling from that and then pulling from the sadness that I’ve experienced in My life is very powerful on stage,” says Duff.
For director Liz Piccoli, there were some challenges in bringing the beloved children’s tale to the live theater.
“Trying to cast in the perception, OK, I’m the flower. I’m the wind. I’m all these natural elements. I think it was a challenge, but a fantastic creative challenge. That shift to this magical reality. I was give chills every time,” says Piccoli.
What can give the audience chills is seeing this timeless story performed against the backdrop of a beautiful set and a live orchestra.
“Come with an open mind. And watch the show as a whole. And watch each character and see how amazing all the actors on the show are,” says Duff.
Click here for a link to purchase tickets.
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|Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee Members
|Alina T. Hudak, City Manager
|May 24, 2023
A DISCUSSION REGARDING FUNDING THE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT, WHICH SHALL REMAIN PROPERTY OF THE CITY, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000, FOR USE BY O CINEMA FOR THE DURATION OF ITS LEASE OPERATING THE MOVIE THEATER AT CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, HISTORIC CITY HALL
On February 22, 2023, the Mayor and City Commission approved a referral to the Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee sponsored by Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez to discuss authorizing the City Administration to purchase digital cinema package equipment, which shall remain property of the City, in an amount not to exceed $75,000, for use by O Cinema for the duration of its lease operating the movie theater at City-owned property located at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL.
In 2009, Living Arts Trust, Inc. (d/b/a O Cinema) was established as an arthouse cinema specializing in independent, first-run, foreign, art, and niche market films. Co-founded by independent filmmakers, Vivian Marthell and Kareem Tabsch, O Cinema is the largest independent non-profit cinematic arts organization in South Florida with a mission to advance diversity within the film industry. On July 18, 2019, pursuant to Resolution No. 2019-30827, the City and O Cinema entered into a lease agreement for approximately 2,523 square feet of City-owned property located at 1130 Washington Avenue, first floor south. Said lease having an initial term of five (5) years commencing on August 1, 2019, and ending on July 31, 2024, with two (2) renewal options of two (2) years each, at the City’s option.
O Cinema hosts over 50 screenings per month of award-winning local, national and international films on television, in libraries, theaters, and now, in virtual reality, serving up to 200,000 households at home, while offering neighborhood programs in its 75-seat theater located at Historic City Hall. In addition to hosting regularly scheduled film screenings 365 days per year, O Cinema hosts special events, workshops, and conversations within the African American, Hispanic/Latino, LGBTQ+, and Jewish communities of South Florida. With partners such as Oolite Arts, PBS WPBT Channel 2, SouthArts, The Wolfsonian-FIU, The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach Preservation League, FilmGate Interactive, Barry University, Miami-Dade Public Libraries, TransSOCIAL, National Film Board of Canada, O Cinema ensures that cultural diversity in Miami Beach and throughout South Florida is celebrated on screen.
Traditionally, O Cinema has been limited in their ability to showcase newer films as Regal demanded exclusivity from distributors. In addition, O Cinema lacks the industry standard Digital Cinema Package (DCP) equipment required to show many films from larger distributors. Up to this point, O Cinema has relied on getting films after their initial release and when (and if) they become available for their current exhibition system.
Installing the DCP equipment has been a cost-prohibitive investment for O Cinema. Consequently, they reached out to the City to support funding this request. The cost to outfit the theater with DCP equipment is approximately $70,000 (the Project). This Project is currently unfunded. Should the City consider funding and approving the purchase of the Digital Cinema Package, the equipment shall remain the property of the City, and would be available for the use of O Cinema during the term of their lease agreement.
Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends the Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee discuss the purchase of the Digital Cinema Equipment for the use of O Cinema. Should the Committee recommend in favor of this purchase, funding for this request will be submitted through the City’s budget process for review and consideration.
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Happy Holidays! I hope you all had a merry Christmas and will have a happy New Year’s Eve/Day later this week! This past week was very busy between shopping, visiting relatives, a LOT of driving, and more food than any doctor would ever condone.
I love the time with family and time spent eating yummy foods, but I’m not a terribly big fan of the gift-giving time. I know; I’m horrible. The kids love it, though, so it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Now that Christmas is over it’s time to take those slightly odd or uninformed gifts (to the person who gave me underwear two sizes too large, I’m looking at you.) and take them back to wherever and get them exchanged for something more usable.
Working on the comic has been difficult with all that’s going on; especially with movies like Star Wars VII coming out. I love Star Wars! I remember watching the original Return of the Jedi in the theater when I was a kid. The sequels, while cool, sadly didn’t have the magnetism that the originals did, and I must admit I was worried that a Disney-produced Star Wars sequel would also be less than preferred, but I have to say, they did a wonderful job of putting out something new and yet with the feel of the originals.
I won’t give any spoilers, but needless to say the movie was a veritable rollercoaster of emotions: nostalgia, excitement, grief and wonder. The movie left on a note of promise as well which really left you ready for whatever is around the bend for the characters involved.
Now, I’ve heard a few naysayers. Some of them are saying the movie is just a rehash of the originals, it offers nothing new, and that it should be better at standing on it’s own as a film. I would offer a few thoughts on this.
- There are some similarities/parallels in the plot, but the story is not remotely the SAME story. The conflict between the characters is going to look similar because the Sith/Empire/New Order are all organized on similar ideals, and are often started by survivors/adherents of the previous system. The Jedi, meanwhile, still haven’t recovered from being nearly wiped out. This, of course, will look very similar to the situation set up in the originals because the galactic situation hasn’t really had time/opportunity to change. The protagonists, however, are nothing like those of the previous movies and the difference in their perspectives and choices make for a very interesting plot.
- Saying the film has nothing new is a bit of a stretch, but this in some respects, this is true. However, in light of the fact that your seven films into a plotline stretching over multiple decades and generations, changing the formula too much at this point would be problematic. Many (including me) would say the prequels largely failed because they tried to change the formula too much.
- As far as standing on it’s own is concerned, I’d say that this expectation is a bit ridiculous. This isn’t a reboot, nor is it a parallel plot like the new Star Trek movies. As I’ve said earlier, expecting a movie not to need a bit of background for the viewer on the 7th installation in a series is quite literally ludicrous. That said, The friends I have that saw this Star Wars first without the other movies as a precursor have still been very impressed and are now interested in seeing the other movies. As far as I’m concerned that is the sign of a winner.
Okay, I’m off the soapbox, now. 🙂 Do you have a favorite Star Wars movie? Do you prefer Star Trek? Let me know in the comments. See you all next Monday!


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What’s better than working on the coolest car movie franchise - The Fast and Furious? Well, working with VFX Supervisor Kelvin McIlwain. If you don’t know Kelvin, check out this interview with the Art of VFX to hear more about the film, the work and his process! And check out The Fate of the Furious - it’s worth seeing it on the big screen!
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The play was a critical, popular, and controversial success in Paris. One of Samuel Beckett's main concerns is the polarity of existence. In Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Krapp's Last Tape, we have such characteristic polarities as sight versus blindness, life–death, time present–time past, body–intellect, waiting–not waiting, going–not going, and dozens more. The Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot is to go on the biggest tour ever seen in the country [Ireland].
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Parrots and Play: An Analysis of Monologue and Dialogue in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The Collected Shorter Plays Beckett Beckett, Samuel. Butik. US. New York En attendant Godot [Waiting for Godot] - Beckett, Samuel. Fast pris 167,440 SEK In this new recording for audiobook, John Tydeman, for many years head of BBC Radio Drama, takes a fresh look at one of the milestones in Western drama. It The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett's Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989), who lived in Paris and wrote his plays and novels in French, not because his French was better popular absurd play.
Possibly Beckett's most famous play, Waiting for Godot has a plot that centers around two protagonists, both bums who sleep on park benches at night. Vladimir and Estragon; Vladimir represents the intellect, or emotion, and Estragon the body itself. Estragon relies upon Vladimir to remember what happens to him each day because he has no memory.
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Molloy is a novel by Samuel Beckett first written in French and published by Paris-based Les Éditions de Minuit in 1951. The English translation, published in 1955, is by Beckett and Patrick Bowles This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s dramatic pieces includes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage play Krapp’s Last Tape evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday.
The dramatist of his time mostly focused on the action of the play. Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first novel, was published in 1938. Its work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in London, realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor. Murphy's lovestruck fiancée Celia tries with tragic pathos to draw him back, but her attempts are doomed to failure. Samuel Beckett’s Endgame (1957) Bare interior. Grey Light.
Breath is a play written by Samuel Beckett in the 1969. It considered as a smallest play ever written. It is only about 30 second play. It also considered as experimental play. This play can be interpretated many ways.
In his play Endgame, Beckett once again uses time as a heavy theme, but expresses slightly different observations than in other works. Endgame is a play that deals with endings – ending life, ending relationships, and yes, ending time. Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906 and graduated from Trinity College. He settled in Paris in 1937, after travels in Germany and periods of res.
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|King Kong character|
|First appearance||King Kong (1933)|
|Last appearance||King Kong (2005)|
|Created by||Edgar Wallace|
Merian C. Cooper
|Portrayed by||Robert Armstrong (1933)|
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Carl Denham is a fictional character in the films King Kong and The Son of Kong (both released in 1933), as well as in the 2005 remake of King Kong, and a 2004 illustrated novel titled Kong: King of Skull Island. The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake. In The Mighty Kong, he was voiced by Dudley Moore. Denham's function in the story is to initiate the action by bringing the characters to Skull Island, where they encounter the giant beast Kong. Denham then brings Kong to New York City to put him on display as entertainment, but he escapes and rampages through the city. The less faithful 1976 remake has an analogue character named Fred Wilson, portrayed by Charles Grodin.
The original Denham was based on Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong; both were brave men of action who made names for themselves filming nature footage in the most dangerous of territories. In some ways, Denham's travels in King Kong match the move that Cooper made when he shifted from documentary filming to narrative storytelling. While bold and willing to take risks, the original Denham is honest, putting his people in danger but never asking more of them than he does of himself. In The Son of Kong, he shows great remorse for what he has done and sorrow at the loss of Kong.
In the 2005 remake, Denham is much less sympathetic and more devious; characterized as a con artist willing to lie, steal, and cheat to get his film made, whatever the harm this causes anyone else. He cares for people only insomuch as they are of use to him, and has no respect for human (or any other kind of) life. He buys the starving Ann a meal only because he wants her for his film. After vowing to donate the proceeds of the film to the family of a colleague killed by Skull Island natives, Denham repeats the same eulogy for his cameraman Herb, killed later on by a Venatosaurus because Denham cared more for the camera's safety than Herb's.
Both incarnations of Denham are prepared to face all odds to make their films, going as far as to travel to the undiscovered Skull Island just to film on location, and showing absurd bravery in getting the footage they need in the face of extreme danger. In the 1933 version, Denham usually handles the camera himself, explaining that other cameramen cannot film large animals, as they are too frightened of being attacked. Similarly, in the 2005 version, he confidently films a herd of Brontosaurus while his lead actor panics.
As a film director, Denham had had some success, but he had always been told his films would be even more profitable if he had a woman present in the film. For that reason, he tries to get an actress to accompany him on his next documentary, but no agent will send him anyone due to the risks involved. Even his usual agent Weston could not supply him with anyone. Eventually, he discovers Ann Darrow on the streets. She is at first concerned about Denham's advances, but Denham reassures her that the job will involve no "funny business".
Denham had obtained a map of Skull Island and opted to produce his next film there. He had heard of the legend of the god or spirit Kong and set out to make a film about it, believing the legend must have some basis in fact. He is, however, very secretive of the nature of the film and their destination, keeping it from his crew until the ship is well on its way to Skull Island. During the voyage, Denham sees Jack Driscoll become tender towards Ann and suggests a love interest for the film’s theme, remarking, "Some big hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang - he cracks up and goes sappy".
Upon reaching the island, Denham attempted to establish peaceful relations with the natives, learning the native word for "friend". He was not particularly successful in this attempt. After the natives captured Ann and delivered her to Kong, Denham accompanied Driscoll and other crew members in a rescue mission. While searching, Denham and his team encountered various dinosaurs, with Denham being the first man to recognize the beasts for what they were. After surviving various attacks, Denham decided to switch his plan from producing a film to capturing Kong and sailing him to New York City. Denham expected this to be a very profitable idea.
After Kong escaped and rampaged through New York City, the creature kidnapped Ann once again but was killed by aeroplanes. Upon observing the creature's corpse, Denham famously rejected a policeman’s remarks that the planes had killed him, "Oh no, it wasn't the aeroplanes. It was beauty killed the Beast".
The aftermath of the Kong debacle was not good for Denham. He was bombarded with lawsuits to such a degree that within a month he was almost bankrupt. Eventually, he is approached by Captain Englehorn, his old friend who had captained the ship that originally went to Skull Island. He, too, is having financial difficulties and they decide to skip town together and start fresh somewhere else.
After travelling around a while, they come to an island where Denham discovers a beautiful young woman, named Hilda Petersen, singing for the locals. While he is instantly attracted to Hilda, he soon has a new purpose, as he gets word from a man named Nils Hellstrom (the same man who provided him with the map of Skull Island) that there was treasure on the island. Hellstrom is lying in an attempt to get away after having caused the death of Hilda's father, but Denham and Englehorn believe him and set out to return to Skull Island.
Following a mutiny, Denham, Hilda, Englehorn, Hellstrom and Charlie the Chinese cook find themselves on the island, where the natives are (obviously) none too happy to see them and drive them away. Landing on a different part of the island, Denham discovers another giant ape (much smaller this time), who appears to be Kong's son. Denham and Hilda befriend the ape, who helps them through several difficulties.
Eventually, Denham does find treasure on the island, but also realizes that it is sinking into the ocean. A desperate escape is made, but "Little Kong" is drowned while rescuing Denham. It was Denham's intention to split the fortune four ways (Denham, Hilda, Englehorn and Charlie), but Hilda convinces him that three ways is just fine, indicating that she is throwing her fortunes in with Denham for the long haul.
In the 2005 film, Denham is a two-bit film director on the verge of bankruptcy and treated with derision by every studio in New York, despite having delivered to them some stunning natural wildlife footage. He and his devoted assistant, Preston, obsessively searched for an actress to cast in his new project, eventually discovering Ann Darrow. Just as in the original, she first believes Denham is searching for a prostitute, but Denham convinces her the job will involve no "funny business".
Denham had obtained a map of Skull Island and opted to produce his next film there. This means abandoning plans to film on set, which had lost him in his studio's favour. They decide to take what footage he has and sell it as stock footage to other studios. This drives Denham to steal the equipment necessary to make it to the island. However, he has misinformed his crew that they were heading to Singapore, and only admits the truth to screenwriter Jack Driscoll, who is still working on the screenplay as they set off.
Upon reaching the island, Denham unsuccessfully attempts to establish peaceful relations with the natives by giving a native child a candy bar. The natives attack, two crew members are killed, and this ends up driving Denham and crew back to their ship. That night, Ann is captured by the natives and delivered to Kong. Upon returning to the island, Denham is the first of the crew, besides Ann, to see Kong. Denham, Driscoll, and other crew members set off on a rescue mission. He films the first dinosaur attack on camera and films the death of a crew member in the swamp in the extended cut (though this was by accident: he was running the camera to see if it still worked, and the last crewman out of the swamp happened to be killed in its line-of-sight). He survives the attack by a Ferrucutus in the extended cut (in which no one dies, but during which some are injured), the manic Brontosaurus stampede, the swamp journey of the extended cut, and the log chasm and insect pit, during which time he loses all of the footage he had been making, causing a brief period of berserker-like fury as he lashes out at the attacking bugs, this being what keeps him alive. After surviving the insect pit, Denham decides to switch his plan from producing a film to capturing Kong and sailing him to New York City after his camera is destroyed in the incident with Kong and the log. He persuades Englehorn to use the remaining chloroform to capture Kong, reminding him that they capture live animals. He expects to make a fortune showing off Kong, and makes conflicting promises to crew on how he will divide it.
Kong eventually escapes and rampages through New York City, captures Ann and is eventually killed by aeroplanes. Upon reaching Kong's body, Denham hears a bystander commenting the aeroplanes got him. He takes one last look at Kong and says, "It wasn't the aeroplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast".
The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island, published the same year, elaborates that Denham escapes lawsuits by blaming Kong's rampage on the company that made the chrome steel chains which failed to contain him. Denham returns to Skull Island to lead a scientific expedition in 1935, along with seven successive expeditions for the next decade, escaping before the island is finally swallowed up by the sea.
Kong: King of Skull Island
Authorized by the Merian C. Cooper estate, Kong: King of Skull Island is a prequel/sequel novel to D.W. Lovelace's novelization of the 1933 movie and ignores the existence of the film The Son of Kong (the novel had slipped into the public domain decades earlier, but the films had not). The story features Skull Island still in existence in 1957 and adds Denham having a wife and a son, whom he was forced to abandon to escape the Kong-related lawsuits and criminal charges. The novel's central character is Denham's son, Vincent, and Carl himself is in the story only at the beginning and near the end. The novel adds some detail to Denham's life, such as his year of birth (1896).
Carl Denham's Giant Monsters
In Frank J. Dello Stritto's 2019 novel, Carl Denham's Giant Monsters, an aged Denham is living in seclusion on Kotok, a small island in Indonesia. Two tourists stumble on him, and over the next two years, Denham relates his life story before, during and after Kong. As a young man, among his adventures are travelling the Amazon with Professor Challenger, and Theodore Roosevelt, and working as a newspaper reporter covering the Scopes Monkey Trial. After Kong, he was forced into hiding to evade US jurisdiction but did travel with Carl Maia and his team to the Amazon's Black Lagoon, and to the Himalayas with Tom Friend and John Rollason in search of the Yeti. The tale ends with him embarking on one last adventure.
In his review of the 2005 remake, film critic Roger Ebert remarked that Armstrong's performance was reminiscent of filmmaker Cecil B. de Mille, while Jack Black was reminiscent of Orson Welles. Ebert also noted that Black was criticized by other critics for being "not precisely hero material", but Ebert defended that casting decision, saying Denham was a director who did not need "big muscles".
- Joe, DeVito; Strickland, Brad; Michlig, John; Wallace, Edgar (25 January 2005). Kong: King Of Skull Island. USA: Dark Horse Press. p. 96. ISBN 159582006X.
- Goldner, Orville and George E. Turner, The Making of King Kong, Ballantine Books, 1975
- Ebert, Roger, "King Kong", Chicago Sun-Times, December 13, 2005.


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Guerrilla Shakespeare: Leave Your Expectations at the Door
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Upon first sitting down outside of a Starbucks, there is something readily apparent about Crystal Stewart. She is passionate about her beliefs and about using her talents to spark change. It radiates off of her. After spending some time with Crystal, there is no doubt she has a deep love for the stage, and it is hard not to be swept up in that love, even if you aren’t familiar with theater.
An Anderson University graduate, Crystal knew that she really wanted to pursue acting in the Upstate. So, she headed to Greenville where the theater community is growing rapidly. Her skills aren’t limited to acting; she has experience behind the scenes as well. “I actually have ‘back- stage fright. If I am on stage and mess up, I know it’s my fault.” From this statement, you can glean that Crystal really cares about those who are part of the productions with which she is associated. This compassion led her to the creation of Guerrilla Shakespeare.
Thou’s, Thine’s & Thy’s
Most people are familiar with the works of Shakespeare. Who doesn’t remember having to read Macbeth, Hamlet, or Romeo and Juliet in school? That being said, Shakespeare isn’t always the easiest to understand with thou’s, thine’s, and thy’s. This was the jumping off point for Crystal. “Micah (Miller, Crystal’s co-founder) and I realized there are so many ways to do Shakespeare. So we wanted to do plays for people who don’t typically go to the theater.” This meant taking a more fluid approach to the productions.
Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly one of the most iconic Shakespeare plays, and Crystal and Micah wanted to subvert the viewer’s expectations. When casting their production, they had the intention of being color blind and introducing an LGBT approach to Shakespeare and that started with the leads. Two women play the roles of Romeo and Juliet. In fact, this is a theme throughout the casting of the play. Almost all of the roles are filled by women and non-conforming individuals.
Crystal’s goal isn’t to shock people. “I want to encourage a dialogue.” At its core, Romeo and Juliet is a play about ideological differences. “It’s a reality of how life is.” The emotion in Crystal’s voice becomes deep and saddened. She speaks about kids committing suicide because they are made to feel bad about themselves, or told that what they want is wrong. “As a teenager, the worst thing that has happened to you is now. We can teach them to be better because of it. Things are so overwhelming for a teenager, they think ‘why should I try?’ They can’t have hope if they don’t know what’s coming is better, and no one is there to validate their feelings.”
This vision of Shakespeare is completely in-line with what the immortal bard would have wanted. “Shakespeare himself was pretty radical.” He included a diverse cast of characters in his works: there were women, men, men playing women, and even men playing women who were pretending to be men. “People get lost in the boring aspects,” Crystal expounds on how the message of Shakespeare can be muddled in old language and exposition. “A really good production can change someone’s outlook on theater.” The Guerrilla Shakespeare production of Romeo and Juliet promises not only to be “really good,” but also thought provoking.
“People are fighting even if they aren’t exactly sure what they are fighting for.”
“People are fighting, even if they aren’t exactly sure what they are fighting for,” Crystal speaks this phrase as not only a commentary on the Montagues and Capulets but on the state of the world in general. She has a feeling that some people in the audience might be uncomfortable while watching this production of Romeo and Juliet, but that is not her intent. “We actually want people to be comfortable. We’re not trying to be edgy. The only reason someone will be uncomfortable is if they [see something on stage and] confront a part of themselves or the world they hadn’t thought about.”
In A Way You Never Expected
At the end of the day, Crystal and Micah are setting out to give the “others” a voice. If Romeo and Juliet goes well, they plan on adapting even more of Shakespeare’s works. The fun doesn’t stop there. “We want to re-work more classic works with modern conflict, works that people think they already know everything about.” As they look towards the future, Crystal won’t lose sight of her mission. She sums up Guerrilla Shakespeare as, “people you have probably never seen before, performing a play you think you know, in a way you never expected.”
Guerrilla Shakespeare will be moving across Greenville to different venues. No matter where you catch Romeo and Juliet, Crystal wants you to “come with open hearts and open minds, and stay to talk.” She encourages the audience to stay after the show if they have questions or want to discuss the show. There will also be mental health resources available for guests to look over and take home with them. The show runs September 7th – 17th.


Meet Cute is a story about Jane and John who meet at a bus stop — could there be
romance? The show explores their conversation in three different ways using the same
text. One scene. Two actors. Three possibilities. Because the text is repeated in each
scenario, the focus shifts from behaviour to context and finally to intention. MEET CUTE
speaks to the notion of consent and explores not only what you say, but HOW you say it.
Margarita Valderrama – Jane
Margarita is a Colombian-Canadian actor born in Buenos Aires, raised in Bogotá,
Mexico City and Toronto. Margarita is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s
Drama Centre, trained at Canada’s National Voice Intensive, is part of the Factory
Theatre Mechanicals (2016-17) and is one of Cahoots Theatre Company’s 30 for 30
Theatre Makers. Margarita is currently co-creating, producing and performing in Post No
Bills, which will be presented at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. For more information
please visit www.margaritavalderrama.com.
Aldrin Bundoc – John
Aldrin is a Toronto-based theatre and television actor, dancer, and producer of
independent projects. He was born in The Philippines and at the age of 4, proudly
immigrated to Canada with his family. Aldrin studied classical theatre at the George
Brown Conservatory and continuously endeavours to strengthen and support the
presence of Filipino-Asian artists in theatre and Canadian media.
Erin Norah Thompson – Playwright
Erin Norah Thompson began her career as an actor, tackling some of Shakespeare’s
great ladies such as Lady Macbeth and Imogen (Shakespeare in the Square) and
performing in feature films like Mean Girls (Paramount Pictures). Since 2014, she has
become one of Toronto’s emerging playwrights, with the award winning shows SL*T
(Beer In A Glass Productions) and Meet Cute (ENTsquared). A feminist, her work strives
to create a focal point for discussions about sexual politics and gender dynamics.
Aaron Willis – Co-Director
Aaron Willis is an actor, director, educator, and co-founding artistic director of
Convergence Theatre. Aaron has taught with The Stratford Festival, the Luminato
Festival, Ryerson University’s ACT 2 Studio, and Humber Theatre School. He completed
the Michael Langham workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival, holds a
BA Honours in Drama from the University of Alberta, and is a graduate of George Brown
Jillian Harper – Co-Director
Jill is a Toronto-based theatre director and filmmaker and the co-founder of Cue6
Theatre. As a filmmaker Jill has directed a number of shorts films. She creates original
video content and acts as media consultant for Intermission Magazine and has created
promotional videos for a number of Canadian theatre companies.
Dana Paul – Stage Manager
Dana is thrilled to be returning to Roseneath Theatre. She is a graduate of the Theatre
Arts/Technical Production program at Sheridan College. Dana would like to thank the
cast, crew and the Roseneath staff for all their hard work.
Anna Treusch – Set and Costume Designer
Anna is a Set and Costume Designer and Scenic Painter based in Toronto. Anna was
nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award three times (Craftsperson in 2013, Design in
2014 and 2017), and the Virginia Myrtle Cooper award for Costumes (2017). This is
Anna’s first design for Roseneath Theatre.
Courtney Pyke – Sound Designer
Courtney is a Toronto based Production Manager and Designer. Courtney has toured
extensively throughout North America and into Europe and is currently the Production
Manager for Roseneath Theatre.


Rátneek is a cross-media collaborative from Slovenia.
- Award for The best of FeKK SLO film at the Ljubljana short film festival FeKK (2016)
- Special mention at the Architectural competition for Water sculpture in Ljubljana (2016)
- Award Vesna for the best student film at the 16th Festival of Slovenian film (2013)
- Award Restart for the best student film at the 16th Festival of Slovenian film (2013)
- Plečnik and Prešeren students team awards for architecture – building of School in South Africa (2011)


Companion Name: Polly Wright
First Appearance: Episode 1, The War Machines 25 June 1966
Last Appearance: Episode 6, The Faceless Ones 13 May 1967
All the missing stories are available through fan channels on audio only, Macra Terror and Power of the Daleks have been released commercially by the BBC. The existing episodes of Moonbase have been released on video by the BBC as part of Cybermen: The Early Years.
Polly was one of the first Doctor's last companions. Along with the irrepressable Ben, she watched the first regeneration of the Doctor.
Joining the Doctor in London in 1966, and eventually leaving the same day, Polly's adventures with the Doctor could be seen as a temporary vacation from reality. Indeed, you might wonder that Ben and Polly believed that their adventures were real.
Polly joined the Doctor in the story The War Machines, in which London was taken over by the Post Office Tower. The War Machines is the only complete story with Ben and Polly, and thus the only story by which they are often judged.
Their next story was The Smugglers, which is one of many completely missing stories. The plot involves Pirates running around the Cornish coast.
Their third story is the truly interesting one, however. The Tenth Planet is a story whose name is known to all fans as the Holy Grail of the missing episodes. Only one episode of this story is missing, the last. The last episode of this story contains the regeneration of William Hartnell in Patrick Troughton, the First incarnation of the Doctor into the Second. Rumors of the existence of this story have haunted fans for years, and once a film cannister was "returned" to the BBC that supposedly contained it, but the film inside was blank. All fans of the show hope for its eventual return.
This is the character sketch for Polly, as quoted in "Doctor Who - The Sixties" (buy a copy, it's good).
24, private secretary to scientist. Father, country doctor in Devon, four brother (one older - three younger). Happy and conventional middle-class background, she has never been tied to her mother's apron strings - they never know when to expect her home but when she arrives they are happy to see her. Has been, in turn, a travel courier - done a small amount of modelling (which she found irksome to her intelligence and feet).
She loves sports cars, watching motor racing, skiing, clothes, swimming - pet hates: pomposity, deb's delights, conforming and officials (police to ticket collectors).
Intelligent, imaginative, impulsive, inclined to act first, think later. She is totally undomesticated, cannot sew, knit or cook.
The original documentation of Polly's name has been revealed to be "Wright", never used because of possible confusion with Barbara's name. In the Lofficier's excellent reference books, her last name is given as "Lopez". (In "The Faceless Ones" (1966) Polly`s double is given the name Michelle Lauppi, and a corruption of this, "Lopez" seems to have been given as Pollys surname, probably by over-eager fans listening to a dodgy version of the soundtrack.) Anneke Wills has stated that Polly's last name should be "Brettingham-Smith", an appropriate name for the character as portrayed, also the last name of some of Anneke's close friends.
So which is it? Well, I've bowed to the possible canonicity of the Missing Adventure series of novels, and to the original name of Polly given in some of the original documentation on her character. In "Invasion of the Cat-People", Polly's last name is given as "Wright". So until further evidence proves me wrong, that's how it will be for this fan club.
But hey, I still like Brettingham-Smith...
Reference materials used in the construction of this page (check 'em out): "Doctor Who - The Sixties", Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) issues 133, 218-220, "Doctor Who - Time Lord", "The Discontinuity Guide", "The Doctor Who Programme Guide", "Doctor Who - The Universal Databank", and "Doctor Who - A Celebration".
Thanks to S D Hunt for info on the origin of "Lopez".


Michael Duff is an award winning photographer and film maker with more than a decade's experience producing engaging media in 23 countries. Michael has worked with leading production companies and organisations such as BBC, Channel 4, VICE, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, PBS, UNICEF, The World Health Organisation, The World Bank and many others.
Michael's versatility and real world experience means that he can work confidently and comfortably in a range of diverse and challenging environments. Michael is a problem solver able to hit the ground running, allowing more space for creativity and storytelling.
Michael's work has seen him travel the Mekong River from source to mouth, hike through the jungles of Burma with rebel soldiers, cover the entire Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, motorbike across Cambodia, investigate human trafficking in China & Malaysia, explore water issues across 4 continents, follow diamond dealers in Sierra Leone, and many, many more.
His background and professional experience in post-production as an editor and a broadcast designer (as well as a film projectionist) adds to his tool belt of skills and talents as a filmmaker. Michael can reliably manage media, deliver rushes, edit in the field, colour manage and troubleshoot video tech issues.
Please click through to view a selection of photography and film work.


Several weeks ago, we posted about a film project called Left to Tell that our friend Mary Beth is working on. The film documents the story of Immaculee Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the amazing power of forgiveness. Mary Beth is mobilizing 1,000,000 people around the world to pray for the making of this film, but she took some time out to tell us a bit more about the project.
4word: How did you get involved with the film project Left to Tell?
Mary Beth: I first got involved with film in the summer of 2010, because I had friends whose story I thought needed to be told. I kept praying over this, and I felt that God was asking me to take steps of faith to turn their story into a short film. So I went to friends in the film business in Austin and asked, “What’s the first step in making film?”
They said: “Hire a director.” So I did. Then they said, “You need funding.” I prayed about that, and God led me to someone who wrote me a big check the next day. I thought, “Okay. I guess God wants me to do this!” I kept going, and I learned how to produce a film as I went.
Then in April 2011, I was invited to be the guest of a friend of a friend at the Dallas International Film Festival. While I was there, I bumped into the producers of one of my favorite movies, Bella. We had some mutual friends, and over lunch one of them told me about their production company, M Power Pictures. Their company produced The Stoning of Soraya M. What came to my mind while we were talking was a book my parents had given me called Left to Tell. I asked if he had heard of it, and he looked at me and said, “I can’t believe you just said that. We’re producing that film right now.”
It felt like a very significant moment, and I could tell that God was orchestrating something. One week later, the CEO called me and asked for my help with the making of the film, and I said yes.
4word: So what is your role with the film project?
Mary Beth: I am a consultant for their production company. This summer, I was thinking and praying about the project. It struck me that the way Immaculee survived was by praying, the way the CEO heard about the film was by praying, and the way my short film was made was by praying. At that time, I was at Crusade’s staff conference, praying about the next step with Left to Tell, and God put on my heart to mobilize one million people around the world to pray.
4word: Wow so that’s a huge marketing campaign right there. What are you doing to accomplish this?
Mary Beth: True, but my heart behind it wasn’t marketing. It was really just to have prayer support, as telling this kind of story through film is challenging. I asked a few friends for help because I didn’t really know what to do. They set up a Facebook page and a Twitter account for me. We all prayed that it would go viral, and after two weeks, 20,000 people had liked the page.
It was totally God doing it, but He used a friend of a friend who knew how to use Facebook. My friend was inspired by it and ran with it. We have almost 53,000 likes on the page now who have indicated that they are praying. There are thousands of people all over the world and in my mom’s generation who are praying too, but of course we don’t have a way to quantify that.
4word: What, specifically, do you want people to pray for?
Mary Beth: Pray that God would be glorified through every step of making the film and that one million people around the world would come together to pray. Also, pray that God would use this film to bring about forgiveness and reconciliation between people.
4word: How else can people help or be involved with the project?
Mary Beth: Pray and then do whatever God tells you to do. That’s what I tell people who ask that question. No matter how crazy you think His response is, do it! Also, spread the word and invite others to pray. If there’s something specific, an idea you have or a talent you want to share, you can email me at email@example.com.
Would you join us in praying for Left to Tell? If you’d like to learn more, you can follow the film on Twitter or like the Facebook page. Mary Beth also shared with us a great “thank you” video from Immaculee to all of those praying. And, if you’d like to learn more about Immaculee’s story, you can visit her website: immaculee.com.


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“Which Die Is That Again?” is a fantasy comedy web series about a misfit group that comes together to play a table top role playing game.
“He Said Through Text” is a character driven drama of loss and love about a young woman whose only communication with the one she loves is through text message. In a world where technology is meant to bring us closer together, what if all you had left, were text messages? With the way the world has been lately, there are a lot of people grieving.
I hope this film can help at least one of you.
El Camino: A Tale of Brotherly Revenge is a feature length Grind House style revenge flick, written by Nathaniel Grauwelman. The script is for sale and the trailer was shot as a marketing tool for this end. It’s creation involved 24 filmmakers, actors, artists and musicians. It was shot in eight locations across four cities in and around the Cincinnati area.


Forty years ago, a homeless Korean immigrant built an Orlando martial arts empire. In 1987, he recruited his devoted students to act as amateur cast and crew for his ill-fated action movie, Miami Connection, which follows a TaeKwondo themed synth rock band in their battle against drug-dealing motorcycle ninjas.
In 2012, midnight moviegoers are crazy about the 80s music, hardcore action, and story of true friendship.
However, 25 years ago, it was dead. In 1987, every Hollywood distribution company said it was trash. Movie critics named it the worst movie of the year and audiences rejected it, so it died at birth. The powerful resurrection of the action movie epic the Miami Connection has begun 25 years after its death.
Producer; writer, director and star Y.K. Kim said, “At the 2012 summer premiers in New York & L.A., I was astonished when I saw the audience going crazy with a never ending torrent of cheers, applause, laughter and screams like a riot throughout the entire movie. Many viewers even cried during a tragic moment in the film. After the movie was finished and the lights came on, nobody wanted to leave. They seemed to want to make the good feeling last. I have never seen a movie audience react like this in my life. I thought I was dreaming , so I pinched my arm... but it was not a dream, it was real! I feel like I am watching a dead body walking. It’s like a miracle.”
- Martial Arts World, November 2012
On Nov. 2 Drafthouse Films will rerelease an obscure ;80s martial-arts action film called Miami Connection in the hopes of turning it into a midnight-movie-style cult phenomenon. But when cast member Y.K. Kim met Drafthouse Films director Evan Husney before a screening at the New York Asian Film Festival this past July, the taekwondo master seemed pessimeistic. Says Kim, “I asked him, first thing, ;Why did you buy this trash?’” Miami Connection has long been a source of shame for Kim. This awkwardly scripted, amatuerishly acted film about synth-rock band called Dragon Sound - whose members are black-belt Martial artists and communally dwelling adult orphans, represents a rare but painful defeat for the taekwondo instructor, motivational speaker, and self-help author, who was unable to help his self-financed movie become a hit when it was orignally released in 1987. Born in South Korea Kim moved to the U.S. in 1976 and established the first of what became a successful Florida-based chain of martial-arts studios. In the mid-’80s, he appeared on a TV show in his homeland and was contacted by Korean action director Woo-sang Park about a possible collaboration.
The pair agreed to join forces for a film that , shot in Orlando, would showcase the benefits of a taekwondo and a star Kim, his teachers, and his students. The martial-arts guru, his students call him Grandmaster Kim - funded the budget, which ballooned to a near-bankruptcy-causing $1 million. He also signed on to produce the movie, despite knowing precious little about the film busiess-or, for that matter, films. “maybe once a year I watched a movie,” says Kim, a trim sixty something given to apologizing for the deficiences of his English. “I was too busy.”
-Renn Brown, Film Critic
Kim recalls the shoot being “a nightmare”. I was in hell. To make movies, money flies so fast and it requires alot of work. But I couldn’t stop because I told all my students, ‘I will show you this movie in the theater.’” Kim who plays Dragon Sound’s rhythm guitarist, claims he tried to sell the movie to more than 100 studios and distributors. “every single person said, ;Hey,Y.K. Kim, this is trash,’” he says, tears welling at the memory. “But I couldn’t stop. No way!” With Park back in South Korea, Kim tried to improve the first cut of the film by shooting new scenes himself. But he still failed to sell Miami Connection and ended up self-distributing it in eight Florida theaters. Reviews were withering. The Miami Hearald described it as “hopelessly bad,” while the Orlando Sentinel sarcastically praised the film for being in color. As for the folks who actually put down hard cash to see it, “some asked for money back for ‘that junk movie you showed,’” says Kim. “I let my students down. It was terrible.”
Miami Connection might have languished in obscurity forever were it not for Zack Carlson, a programmer at the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse theater chain. Forever on the hunt for unknown cinematic gems for the Drafthouse library. Carlson paid $50 for 35mm print of the film on eBay in 2009. In april of the following year, he screened, sight unseen, just the first reel at a Drafthouse event. “People went completely bananas,” he says. “Most of the action movies made in that era werze attempting to cash in. There are uncountable Rambo knockoffs, a million Road Warrior knockoffs . But Y.K. Kim had no concept of what was popular. Miami Connection is so beautifully innocent. That is what makes a movie a cult classic.” However, when Husney Cold Called Kim’s office about re-releasing the film through the Alamo Drafthouse’s distribution and production arm, he got the brush-off. “They thought it was a prank call,” he says. “it was literally like , click.” Eventually , Kim signed on the dotted line, and since witnessing the film’s rapturous reception at the July showing in New York - “Nonstop cheering, screaming, laughing!” he says, beaming- the Grandmaster has become a determined, and colorful, advocate for the film. Before the screening at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, he delighted attendees by slicing open a watermelon balanced on Carlson’s chest with a samurai sword. So does Kim still think his film is trash? “Anybody who is looking for drama, romance-I dont think they should watch this movie,” he says. “However, anyone who loves music and exciting action and true meaning of friendship, they’re not just gonna love, they will be crazy about Miami Connection.”