[Scpg] [hd-films-sb] Fwd: [Age-of-Stupid] Stupid opens for screenings anytime anyplace
bob banner
info at hopedance.org
Thu Oct 8 15:14:26 PDT 2009
we are doing it!!! go for it communities!!!!
hint: its about $150 per screening in a room that fits about 50-75
people...
bob
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Franny Armstrong <franny at spannerfilms.net>
> Date: October 8, 2009 9:43:22 AM PDT
> To: age-of-stupid at aos.dh.bytemark.co.uk
> Subject: [Age-of-Stupid] Stupid opens for screenings anytime anyplace
> Reply-To: postie at ageofstupid.net
>
> Me again,
>
> Thanks for all your lovely messages during our PTPD (post traumatic
> premiere disorder)... Normal enthusiasm levels have almost resumed
> as we're back in London and back on the case. Last night's message
> was written a few days ago and posted a little late if you're
> wondering how we nipped back from New York so quickly.... Speaking
> of flying, we've updated our carbon footprint calculation to include
> the promotion emissions as well as production. About 150 tonnes in
> total, which is much the same as 215 patio heaters for a month....
> Worth it? Guess we won't know till 2045 or so, when we find out
> whether we triggered runaway climate change or not. (Funny fact: the
> Met Office have just come out with new research saying that we're
> most likely going to hit four degrees between 2060 and 2070 (=TOTAL
> DISASTER = LOTS OF US DEAD), which is precisely the timescale Mark
> Lynas and I worked out on the back of an envelope in his shed (true)
> and then used as the basis of the Stupid future scenarios. Intuitive
> genius or lucky guess?)
>
> So the big news is that, as of yesterday....
> anyone anywhere* can now hold their own screening of The Age of
> Stupid.
>
> Head straight over to the Indie Screenings website to get going.
>
> Booking opens today, but the first date you can screen is October
> 24th, to tie in with the International Day of Action called by 350
> and loads of other biggies. We're aiming for 350 screenings on
> October 24th and will probably maybe definitely do a webcast that
> evening for a bit of extra sparkle, though there's a bit of a clash
> with my brother's 40th b'day party. Hmmmm. Anyway, this is how it
> works: you book in via Indie Screenings and pay a license fee which
> is set according to various factors (so a school in India would pay
> about a pound and a multinational oil company in America about
> 10,000), then you organise your screening (with lots of helpful
> advice available online), a DVD arrives in the post, you charge for
> tickets and... wait for it... you keep the money for yourself or
> your campaign. May not sound totally thrilling, but the small fact
> that people can profit from our film is one of the main reasons why
> commentators are saying things like "[Stupid] represents the future
> of film, film culture and film distribution and marketing".
>
> We launched UK Indie Screenings in May and there have already been
> more than 725 (725!!!) screenings.... So hold on to your hats now
> we're going global....
>
> * When we say anyone anywhere, there are restrictions in these
> countries:
> - Canada - Screenings can happen, but they need to be booked through
> Criterion: call 1-800-565-1996 ext. 260 or visit www.criterionpic.com
> - Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg - book through Chrisje Simon-van
> Oosterhout: cs at mgmc.nl
> - Poland, Former Yugoslavia (including Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia,
> Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo) - not possible, sorry
>
>
> In other Stupid news...
> -> The Spanner Trilogy DVD Boxset - starring The Age of Stupid,
> McLibel and Drowned Out, along with more than 9 hours of extras,
> spread over five shiny discs - is available now for your viewing
> pleasure. Gorge yourselves on Big Macs, big dams and climate
> change... 15 years of hard filmmaking labour for a mere 30 quid -
> jeez, two quid a year - it's a total bargain. But there's no box,
> that bit was a lie. We're not big fans of pointless packaging,
> funnily enough.
>
> -> The Age of Stupid DVD made it up to No 4 in Amazon's pre-order
> charts. Cor blimey. Please order your copy as soon as possible
> (preferably direct from our site as we get a much bigger chunk -
> well, all of - the cash). Sorry Canada, America and Netherlands, but
> you can't order yet, as you've got your very own special DVDs coming
> soon.
>
> -> Stupid has been nominated for Best Cinema Documentary in the
> super-prestigious Grierson awards (last year we won Best Green Doc,
> but this one is the biggie). Though we're up against Man on Wire, so
> not a hope in hell of winning. Ah well.
>
> -> Our solar-powered friends, Firefly, and tireless event managers,
> Unity, have won the top awards in their respective categories for
> Stupid's UK People's Premiere at a big PR bash. Well, that's what I
> understood from a rambling answerphone message that sounded as
> though it was recorded fairly late on in the evening's celebrations.
>
> -> Stupid launched in Canada last night, with a star-studded
> premiere attended by one of the Twilight actors, which my niece is
> very excited about. It's now on in about 10 cities, including
> Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax. Complete list here.
>
> -> Loved or hated the movie? Should you feel so moved, please
> write a review on the website.
>
> -> Volunteers needed at our office in Camden, starting yesterday.
> All sorts of exciting plans for Copenhagen afoot. Please contact george at ageofstupid.net
> if you can give a minimum of one day per week, preferably more.
>
>
> And from 10:10...
> -> Latest big-name sign-ups include O2, Microsoft UK, BAFTA and Pret
> A Manger, who will all be cutting 10% of their emissions next year.
> Bloody brilliant.
>
> -> Ed Miliband calls on all Labour Councils to sign up to 10:10 -
> "Labour-run Manchester city council last week became the biggest
> local authority to sign up, following 27 others, including Oxford,
> Coventry, Wirral and five London boroughs. But Miliband said he
> would be working closely with the Local Government Association,
> which represents 423 councils in England and Wales, to get all
> councils and Labour groups on board to support 10:10."
>
> -> Persuade your MP to sign-up to 10:10 - 38 Degrees have made an
> easy-peasy email form for you to bug your MP into signing up to
> 10:10. UK-only, clearly. There's 350 of the little darlings in
> total, not sure how many have already succumbed, but if you could
> spare two minutes, that'd be grand.
>
> -> Not signed up yet? Are you hiding your own spare planet capable
> of sustaining human life under the stairs?
>
> -> Look out for another Guardian 10:10 bonanza this Saturday...
> which happens to be the 10th of October = 10/10
>
>
> And in non-Stupid (and not stupid) news....
> -> Pete P can keep his OBE as the Kingsnorth coal power station has
> been scrapped. This from the Guardian: Ben Stewart, one of six
> Greenpeace activists who was cleared of causing £30,000 of criminal
> damage to a 200 metre Kingsnorth smokestack in one of the most high-
> profile direct actions, said last night E.ON's announcement was a
> "huge breakthrough". "It was two years ago tomorrow that we climbed
> the chimney," he said last night. "At that point they were
> indicating they were weeks away from pouring in the concrete. To
> hear this tremendous news shows that the huge coalition against the
> plans worked." "If you look at how the terrain looked a few years
> ago, the third runway at Heathrow and the coal power station at
> Kingsnorth looked inevitable. The turnaround was the result of a lot
> of people coming together, getting on the same page, and deciding to
> campaign."
>
> -> - Following hot on the heels of the Kingsnorth triumph,
> Greenpeace are currently occupying a tar sands site in Canada. Tar
> sands being the stupidest of all known fossil fuels, as they involve
> burning up loads of energy to squeeze a few drops of oil out of some
> oily sand, destroying eco-systems as they go and causing plenty more
> pointless emissions.
>
> -> Any young'uns (over 16 and under what I do not know) might like
> to join the PowerShift conference "bringing together experts to
> share the cutting edge techniques from the Obama grassroots
> campaign", starting tomorrow in London and a snip at 25 quid: www.powershift09.co.uk
>
> -> The Yes Men need help getting their gut-bustingly funny climate
> movie, The Yes Men Fix The World, out to the unsuspecting public. It
> opens in New York this week and across lots of US cities thereafter.
> (It's also still playing in some cinemas in the UK, I've just
> noticed). Complete screening list here. If you or your pals happen
> to be in New York, you can get free tickets by dressing up in the
> world's stupidest costume (http://survivaball.com/) and helping hand
> out flyers. To volunteer for this or other funny stuff, please write
> to wearaball at theyesmen.org
>
> Best ten bucks I ever spent....
> Went to a palm reader in New York in a moment of boredom whilst
> waiting for something or other... She concluded that I should a)
> stop spending so much time on myself and start concentrating on work
> and b) try working independently, as my current corporate job
> doesn't suit me....
>
> See you,
> Franny
>
>
>
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