VIFF 2009

Thanks to everybody who made it out to The Red Rooster’s World Premiere at The Vancouver International Film Festival last night!

One more show, today (Oct 10th) at 4pm.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

We’ll have them in stock VERY SOON! We’re just waiting on the factory.

They’re $19.99 each (which turns into $24.99 shipped to North America or $29.99 shipped Internationally).

They include: The ENTIRE first season (all 22 Episodes re-edited together, in a row with individual credits, etc…removed), Behind the Scenes Featurette, Cast interviews, Commentary from cast and crew, trailers, and SO MUCH MORE!

The Ennead Season 1 DVD

Shipped to North America $24.99 Shipped Internationally $29.99

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

SEASON TWO

All the information to help us make Season 2 is here!

A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS

If you would like to keep up to date with what is happening with the brand new feature film by Terry Miles called A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS…

Here you go! A production blog and so much more:

http://anightfordyingtigers.com

THE RED ROOSTER

Getting it prepared for it’s film festival debut.

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD

Working on some things (hopefully a DVD is just around the corner).

THE ENNEAD

Working on the DVD for Season One and plans for Season Two

YOU, ME, LOVE

Finished the DVD artwork. Just working on the special features.

I’m only one dude, so these things take time, but it’s coming along!

Are you almost ready for your DVD? It’s almost ready for you…

We need to find about $80,000 to fund a new feature film. Somebody wants to play the role of Film Producer, right? Casting, planning, sitting in a canvas-backed chair and wearing a cool hat on set?

Please email if you’d like more info.

cinemanovel (at) gmail.com

Jesse Manderson, Tara Pratt, and Casey Manderson in THE RED ROOSTER.

THE RED ROOSTER

- waiting to hear about our festival possibilities & plans for 2009

ACTORS

- if you’ve sent a headshot to Cinemanovel Films regarding TERMINAL CITY LIGHTS, rest assured we’ve got it and we will be in touch.

- Terminal City Lights is on the back burner as we prepare THE RED ROOSTER for it’s festival run, and our new feature film for production.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the actors who sent in headshots! We have a file of folks we’ll be calling for sure. We haven’t emailed anyone because there are so many actors and we’re really short on time at the moment. So, we’ll be in touch when we’re ready for auditions.

VIEWFINDERS

- The brand new feature film script is ready to go. We’re just waiting to hear if we’ll have a budget, or if Terry has to find a way to open another line of credit.

- We’ll have a new website for VIEWFINDERS with a production journal (Terry’s first REALLY in depth production journal).

now we dolly back / now we fade to black

http://redroosterfilm.com

I’ve put up a little flash website for the film, THE RED ROOSTER.

I’m sure I’ll update it with a little “magic,” maybe a blog link, etc…but for now, it’s something.

Our little second film now has a home on the world wide web.

Jessica Duong is SALLY in THE RED ROOSTER

THE RED ROOSTER

We started filming THE RED ROOSTER on June 8th, 2008.

One year later, as I’m getting set to screen this film, I can finally see exactly how close I came to realizing the initial vision.

I had the idea for THE RED ROOSTER while out on a run through the woods by my house. I wrote the script very quickly, and tried to keep the dialogue to a minimum.

I wanted to capture something of the atmosphere of Hong Sang-Soo’s South Korean narratives, something I’ve never felt in a North American film, and also, I wanted to follow the uniquely North American path that Bob Rafelson took while shooting Five Easy Pieces on and around Vancouver Island. The geography of that film has stuck with me from the very first time I saw it. When I found out where a lot of it was shot, I knew that I had my setting.

For whatever it’s worth (and time will tell), I did manage to make that film, a film I felt was missing from my collection.

So, for whatever it’s flaws (and, of course there are flaws), THE RED ROOSTER is a success in a least one regard. I know that it’s possible to make the film that I set out to make.

Perhaps one day I’ll set out to make something with at least a modicum of commercial potential…who knows.

I have no idea what people are going to think about THE RED ROOSTER, but, as the character Terrance says in the film, “I did my best.”

VIEWFINDERS

My next feature film script is ready to go.

I’m just thinking about cast and waiting to hear about the budget.

This is by far the best script I’ve ever written, but your newest stuff should always be an improvement, I suppose.

I read it again last night (and made a few tweaks of course).

It’s the first time I’ve written a screenplay that reads like a novel/story, and by that I mean only that the screenplay itself stands as a form of entertainment. With my other features, I’ve always felt that I’d flesh everything out in the filming. VIEWFINDERS is simply a blueprint for a film, like every other script, but I believe that it can be read as a piece of entertainment on it’s own, and I think that’s going to be really helpful when it comes time to shoot.

I can’t wait to start shooting VIEWFINDERS. It’s the film I’ve been preparing myself to make since I first saw Woody Allen’s MANHATTAN way back when.That’s the film that started it all for me, led me to Bergman and the world of cinema.

THE RED ROOSTER

I’m just watching the newest version of the film, getting it ready for viewing. I think I’ve taken it as far as I can here in my bedroom, and now it’s ready for some funded post-production colour correction and sound polishing magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88JKImj7Ywo&fmt=22