Happy Birthday, Harris Malden will be playing the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas on Wednesday May 6th at 7:00pm. Q and A to follow. For more information check out www.launitedfest.com or to buy tickets in advanced click the link below:

http://losangelesunitedfest.bside.com/2009/films/happybirthdayharrismalden_losangelesunitedfest2009

Everyone’s favorite moustachio’ed movie is playing at the Ashland Independent Film Festival in Oregon.  The movie will screen once a day from April 2 – 6, 2009.

[ Showtimes and More Info ]

“Good solid acting, some amazingly professional camera work, and a quirky story set it apart as an indie that will hopefully gain some ground and pick up distribution along the way.”

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Matt and Eric travel to San Antonio to show Happy Birthday Harris Malden at Robert E. Lee High School. They visit The Alamo, take a Greyhound Bus to Austin, ride a unicycle with Emily, and head home.

Matt and Eric travel to San Antonio to show “Happy Birthday Harris Malden” at Robert E. Lee High School. Matt eats Puffy Tacos at a local Mexican restaurant.

Matt and Eric travel to San Antonio to show “Happy Birthday Harris Malden” at Robert E. Lee High School. The folks at the high school send over a limo to pick us up. We are dropped off at a promo event with many kids and a megaphone.

“Sweaty Robot, I loved Harris Malden. It was great to have you come down to San Antonio to screen the film at our school. Looking forward to your next feature film and any shorts you produce in the meantime.” – Sam Tussing

Thanks guys.

Matthew Sanchez and Eric Levy will be there for an hour long Q&A after each screening.

San Antonio // NESA Presents…

[ Facebook Event ]

Date: February 25th, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location:
Robert E. Lee High School
1400 Jackson Keller Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78213 [ Map ]

Cost: $8 for General Admission, $4 for Student with School ID

Austin // AFF Presents…

[ Facebook Event ]

Date: February 26th, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location:
Alamo Drafthouse: Lake Creek
13729 Research Blvd,
Austin, Tx 78750 [ Map ]

Cost: Free for AFF members/$4 for non-members

Date: February 26th, 2009

Time: 7:30 pm

Location:
Alamo Drafthouse: Lake Creek
13729 Research Blvd,
Austin, Tx 78750

[ Map ]

Date: February 25th, 2009

Time: 7:30 pm

Location:
Robert E. Lee High School
1400 Jackson Keller Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78213

[ Map ]

Attention New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut:
Tune your televisions to WNET, Channel 13.
They’re presenting Harris Malden as a part of their Reel 13 Indies program.

Schedule:
Sat. Feb. 21 11:05 PM
Sun. Feb. 22 2:35 AM
Wed. Feb. 25 1:00 AM

We’re on TV.

[ Pop Candy Article ]

“Happy Birthday Harris Malden” is out on ITunes. The preview movie is in HD and looks fantastic. You can rent it for $3.99 or own it for $9.99.  I am excited!

Maybe this means it’s time for you to buy the movie.  Everyone else seems to be doing it.  Even Zach Braff.  Thanks Zach.

In the cafeteria, Levy joked about how high school memories came flooding back, ironically tying in to the main theme of “Harris Malden.”

“It almost brings back the insecurities,” he said, laughing and adding that his former teachers showed him a film he made in his Tomahawk days. “I wanted to curl up in a ball and die.”

We ate school lunch.  It was actually pretty good.  Big ups to the crispy chicken sandwich.  To read the full article, travel to the Telegraph’s website.  [ Nashua Telegraph Front Page Story ]

(Nashua Telegraph staff photo by Bob Hammerstrom.)

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Date: December 5th – 11th

Time: 12:10a 2:30 p 4:30p 6:30p 9:10p

Location:

Cinemagic Hooksett Imax

www.cinemagicmovies.com

1226 Hooksett Rd
Hooksett, NH 03106
(603) 644-4629
Get directions

I look forward to this show every week, more for the Bobby than the Short Films.

Please click on the movie until YouTube pops up, and leave ol’ Robert a comment.  Also, would it kill you to rate the movie?  It’ll take like two seconds, pal, just do it.

[ Philadelphia Citypaper Article ]

Molly Eichel of the Philadelphia Citypaper wrote an article about Sweaty Robot and “Happy Birthday Harris Malden.”

“The real trouble with the climate of [film] distribution is the model is broken,” says Sweaty Robot’s Matthew Sanchez. “We’re forward thinking enough to take advantage of this new media and [are] finding new outlets for our films and future projects.”

Here’s what you can do:

RATE and REVIEW the movie on Amazon.  Also TAG it.  Use words like this: happy birthday harris malden, independent film, indie film, comedy, funny. That way, it’ll show up better in searches.

While you’re at it, please do the same on our IMDb Profile.

If this embedded movie isn’t working, you can see it here [ YouTube Link ]

Everyone coming from Indymogul.com, thanks for visiting!  We had a great time working with Erik and our old friend Bobby, while getting covered in fake blood this past weekend.  Just to tell you something about us: we made our first feature film this past year on a tiny, tiny budget, small crew, but with a lot of heart… awww.  Right now the only way to see it is if you purchase a DVD and if you liked the indymogul test film, we can guarantee that you’ll like “Happy Birthday, Harris Malden”.  Occasionally we have screenings and we’re just about to have our internet debut, so check in periodically for news or favor Harris Malden on Facebook for updates.  Thanks for the support!

If you came to our site because you saw this video, and you’re looking for our feature film, Happy Birthday Harris Malden…well, click it.

Alum Returns With Film Premiere

“I was out in L.A. and we decided to make this movie so I came back and we made it in Philadelphia,” Davidow said. “The movie is based on the character [from the documentary], but it’s very different from the original documentary.”

You can read the whole thing here. [ Full Article Link ]

Dave McLaughlin’s “On Broadway” and Rob Epstein’s “The Times of Harvey Milk” are two of the titles debuting this month on Amazon Video on Demand in the wake of a new partnership with Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) that will bring independent films to audiences via Amazon and CreateSpace DVD on Demand. The deal between CRM and Amazon will place about twenty films on Amazon each month, one debuting exclusively each month. Others on tap for Amazon this month include Sweaty Robot’s “Happy Birthday, Harris Malden,” Curt Johnson’s “Your Mommy Kills Animals,” and Vern Oakley’s “A Modern Affair.” Additional November films have not yet been announced. “Audiences are no longer required to live in a specific city to see new and classic independent film,” CRM’s Matt Dentler said today, in a statement. “All they need now is an Internet connection.” “On Broadway,” profiled yesterday by indieWIRE, is November’s CRM exclusive on Amazon. [Eugene Hernandez] 

Internet, here we come.  [ Link to IndieWIRE Article ]

Date: November 13, 2008

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Bozarth Hall Theater, Glassboro, NJ.

Absolutely amazing! see it!, 20 October 2008

I just saw this tonight and I’ve gotta say that it could not have possibly been better as far as I’m concerned. It could be compared to something like Super Troopers, only this movie didn’t need to use weed and compromising situations in order to be funny, don’t get me wrong I love Super Troopers, I even liked Beerfest, but this movie was so much better!!!!

The camera work was very straight forward with a great awareness of composition, none of that Guy Ritche type over stylized shifty camera work (and don’t get me wrong, I love that style, it just has no place being in this kinda film) the characters were flawless and incredibly entertaining, but what really made this one was the acting and just the overall delivery of the lines. All of the players had such great chemistry with each other, it was defiantly apparent that they had been acting together for a while by who comfortable they are with one and other when they say there lines…

See it the first chance you get, I believe that they said that it was available or was going to be available on some internet site, search it….

Two thumbs up! Amazing! And did I say it was quite possibly the best thing that I saw this whole film festival? because I think that it just might be!

Thanks, oneloveamc.  That’s very nice of you.

I’m so enamored, I’m trying to help spread your work with the ferociousness of smallpox…Keep up the excellent work, guys.

That’s the kind of get up and go that Harris Malden needs.  Good for you, ls1armgedn, we think it’s a terrific cause.  Earlier today, I tried to spread my butter with the ferociousness of smallpox, and I ripped my toast.

[ UWishUNu ]

In it, we meet Harris Malden, a regular guy on the eve of his twenty-fifth birthday — well, regular except that he wears a fake mustache that makes Groucho Marx’s pre-Love Happy grease-paint whiskers look convincing. – JOEL FRANKE, UWishUNu

[ Phillyist: Can't Miss This! ]

[ Drexel Triangle Interview & Preview ]

[ Philly Edge: Movie Watch ]

While living together in New Jersey, Gregorio and Levy decided to borrow a camera from their job editing wedding videos. Having written some material already, the two punched out their first short film in a single night.

[ Read the Entire Article Here ]

The film was great guys. There were plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and quotable lines. I also liked how the more dramatic main story about Harris was balanced with the hilarious side story about Melvin. This felt to me like a Michel Gondry film, who is one of my favorite directors. I hope this and your future films get picked up for wide releases and I wish you guys luck in the future.

[ From a comment on this blog after CineVegas ]

They’re both on sale!

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Nobody beats the Wiz!

[ Listen to the Interview Here ]

I have a big smile on my face right now.  It’s just fantastic hearing our movie talked about that way.  Fresh Air with Terry Gross, here we come.  Awesome, awesome, awesome.

The ‘Harris Malden’ poster is available to fans today.

You can get it a couple of different ways…

If you don’t have a good printer, follow this link, and buy it ($10 – $35).
If you do have a good printer, then save this really big image, and print it yourself.

Date: October 23, 2008

Time: Doors @ 7pm.  Movie @ 7:30pm.

Location: Bossone Auditorium, 3128 Market St, Philadelphia, PA

Date: October 18, 2008

Time: 5:15 pm

Location: Alamo Drafthouse Ritz

Date: October 20, 2008

Time: 10:00 pm

Location: Dobie

Time: 9:45pm

Location: Upstate Films I

Date: October 04, 2008

Time: 10:00 pm

Location: Woodstock Town Hall

Date: June 14, 2008

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Brendon Theaters, Palms Hotel & Casino

Date: June 16, 2008

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Brendon Theaters, Palms Hotel & Casino

“Happy Birthday Harris Malden” will screen for it’s first time in Philadelphia at Drexel University.  Come on our for the free screening

Where: Bossone Auditorium // 3128 Market St. // Philadelphia, PA
When: Thursday, October 23rd.  Doors @ 7pm, Movie @ 7:30pm.

We’ll be there to introduce the film and do a Q&A afterward.

If you’re a Facebook user, and you plan to attend, please RSVP to the Event.

He also reviews Kevin Smith’s “Zak and Miri Make a Porno.” I am a fan of Kevin Smith’s oratory as well, and I listen to SModcast whenever it comes out.  You can watch Kevin’s acceptance speech for the Maverick Award at the Woodstock Film Festival on the YouTube Machine.

Kelly Williams, the programmer for the Austin Film Festival, asked us to screen our film in the Comedy Vanguard, which highlights “new voices in comedy,” in this year’s festival.  We are excited and honored to announce we’ll be playing two dates in Austin.

[Screening Dates and More Information]

[Other Comedy Vanguard Films]

We’ll be joined by another CineVegas alum, the movie, “Visioneers.”

Upstate Films I – 10/03/2008

Woodstock Town Hall – 10/04/2008, 10PM

Tickets are $8. The movie will be projected in HD. See you there!

ABOUT THE WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
The 9th annual Woodstock Film Festival takes place October 1-5th, 2008. The “fiercely independent” festival in the colony of the arts will include more than 150 films, panels, concerts and special events featured at venues in Woodstock and the neighboring towns of Rhinebeck and Rosendale. For more information, visit www.Woodstockfilmfestival.com

Since 2000, the Woodstock Film Festival has established itself as one of the foremost independent film events in the country by premiering exceptional films; hosting the most talented emerging and established professionals in the movie industry; presenting A-list concerts, parties and panels, and creating stimulating, innovative programming year-round.

The screening dates have not been officially announced, but it’s rumored we’ll play nights on Oct 3rd and Oct 4th. Tickets go on sale September 10th.

Don Lewis from FilmThreat.com writes…

“…the film is really funny as long as you realize there’s a kind of straight-faced silliness to the whole affair much like the films of the Zellner Brothers or even Charlie Kaufman. If you enjoy that kind of off-the-wall humor, “Happy Birthday, Harris Malden” can’t miss.” [Read Full FilmThreat review here]

Eric D. Snider from Cinematical…

But most of the jokes do work. As you might expect given the film’s premise, the Sweaty Robot guys are fond of absurd, surreal humor, though they’re careful not to let the movie become too bizarre. [Read the full Cinematical review here]

Cal Kemp at Collider…

Somehow, “Harris Malden” is both down to earth and over the top. It’s sweet, funny and real in a way that only fiction can be. [Read the full Collider review here]

David Cornelius with eFilmCritic…

I admire the way the filmmakers manage to have so much going on at once, with natural, overlapping dialogue filling each scene with an Altman-esque collage of story and character. [Read the full eFilmCritic review here]

Even the bloggers got into the fray…

LOVED this movie!! LOVED IT! this is the 2nd film that really made me happy to be at CineVegas. [Read full review here]

Interviews
[Collider Interview]
[ReelzChannel Interview]
[Fox Las Vegas Video Interview]
[eFilmCritic Interview]