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If you live in the Syracuse or Buffalo areas of Upstate NY (or, for some odd reason are planning a visit to these two cities), you'll have a chance to see "Waiting on Alphie" on the BIG screen! We are planning our final two screenings of our feature and you're invited (after three previous...

I agree and apologize. Do NOT try this on your own set. Seriously. We were left with an 11th hour solution and reverted to a technique we developed when we were in high school. I, in NO way, encourage the use of dangerous and illegal exposives in any setting and hope that anyone reading this...

That was brilliant. Actually makes the original movie seem worth watching!

The pain is actually minimal, We tested the rig on our SFX guys a few times before we proceeded. Essentially, when you have a metal lid, double-sided tape (holding the lid to the ...) attached to a canvas vest you mostly feel pressure and not pain. The MOST important part of the whole formula is...

I left out one detail. The noise of the explosion is so loud that the actor will get the %^&* scared out of them. Which is also good. We did it three times but used the first take. You have it right. Remove fuse ... insert ignitor ... run to battery and BAM. The Karo to food color ratio is...

Nothing beats a good old-fashioned firework We attempted to use compressed air for our gunshot and wasn't (excuse the pun) blown away. So ... we went old school and rigged up two firecrackers onto a babyfood jar lid and ignited them with the electric ignitors for hobby rockets (9 V switch)...

I know I know ... never pay a rep a retainer (especially one that is over $10,000). All the advice I've been given is that you should never pay a Producer's Rep a retainer. Having been "rejected" by two already for our release, I was wondering what this board thought about the one rep who says...

I'm probably not along in wanting SOMEONE with a real resume to review our movie. It is now at Sundance, Slamdance, Miami, Tribeca and in-and-out of various reps hands. All-in-all it is more well-traveled than I am. HOWEVER, I have no idea what a reviewer (or known director, etc) would think of...

Having wrapped full production on our feature film, "Waiting on Alphie" we are now looking for outside sources of original (read = interesting ideas never before seen) screenplays in the horror/ghost story genre. Specififcally we are looking for a story that features a 22-25 year-old man in the...

I laughed my butt off at the ending and the trailer gave me wood (get it?). It was really well done. Could use a bit more "drama" through music/slower vignettes, etc. Maybe build up with drama (to surprise the viewer on what the movie is about) before the reveal. I can see where you're headed...

In case anyone's interested ... the premier was a huge success. Packed house. The audience laughed where they were supposed to laugh and were surprised at the ending (which was also a desirable outcome). The stresses of producing this and showing it to the executives, cast and crew (and nearly...

Couple of quick responses. The entire move does take place IN the cafe. Short of going to the bathroom, Gus and Alphie pretty much stay in their seats for 12 hours waiting for the phone to ring. This is a VERY dialogue driven script. As the movie progresses you find out more and more about Gus...

In preparation of our Sunday (matinee) invite-only premier this weekend, we've put together the trailer for our feature, "Waiting on Alphie." You can watch the Windows Media files (two sizes) from these links: http://www.harkproductions.com/media/alphie/alphie-trailer-hi.wmv (8.4Mb)...

It's playing at Cinemapolis. The movie actually takes place underground so having it screened underground is going to add to the entire experience.

"Waiting on Alphie" is going to have it's regional, invite-only, premier on Sunday, August 14th at 2 PM at an underground theatre in Ithaca NY. We have already oversold the theatre (by about 20 seats ... just banking on some people not attending) and have a corpoate sponsor for the event and a...

We have finished our rough (Waiting on Alphie) and are in the last weeks of producing our feature length movie. I have put together a kick &*(# press kit (that includes a 20-song soundtrack) that is going to get the attention of ANY acquisition rep. Trouble is ... I'm coming up short on names...

We're not ready to post the trailer for "Waiting on Alphie" just yet but DO have the opening credits roughed together featuring the hit song, "Remember" by the Tampa band, Anevis. Let me know what you think about the credits so far (and if this somehow peeks your interest in the movie). We are...

We are 30-minutes into editing a 90-minute feature and taking advantage of this time to shore up our marketing (and soundtrack). We are going to present a full-on marketing kit to the top 50 distribution companies in the country and will continually attack them until they call me back. I'm going...

Artists from around the country appear on movie soundtrack [ITHACA, NY] Enter Gus. A hitman sent from Chicago to either whack Alphie or let him go. The order will come on the café payphone, affixed to a wall only 10 feet from where Alphie sips his coffee. Alphie, straightening his flatware as...

We are about ready to shoot "Waiting on Alphie" and still have the fundamental question of using real guns or fake guns for our characters. The fake guns we have look too fake but the real ones are .... well, real. Is it legal for our actors to handle real guns? Is it legal if someone on the...