Director's Cut
Last uploaded: Sunday, May 17, 1998

Playing catch up this weekend

Thanks to everyone who's been sending me their thoughts regarding my last issue of "Director's Cut" concerning the differences between the Deep Impact that's in theaters and the original draft I read. Of the hundreds of emails I've received, the most often asked question is: "Where can I get my hands on the original script?"

I won't be posting any scripts on CA due to two reasons: one, CA isn't the best place on the 'net to read scripts, and two, the people and companies that purchase said scripts may be a little bit upset if I suddenly post their owned copyrights. Your best bet is to look for a store that sells scripts in your town. If that's not possible, or the store doesn't have the DI script, you can purchase scripts through companies that specialize in selling movie scripts. I don't want to recommend any places because I don't know what their service is like: the scripts I get are either through friends or anonymous contributions sent my way.

Whatever you do, remember to look for the *original* draft of Deep Impact and not the revised filming draft. The earlier draft will have the scenes and dialog that were removed from what you saw in theaters.

The official "The Horse Whisperer" site is in full swing

Touchstone Pictures contacted me this weekend regarding their The Horse Whisperer website and invited me to check it out. With the film now in wide release (and #2 at this weekend's box office), Touchstone said they've just done a final upload and opened all areas of the site to the general public. Now, I've never read the book and don't have much of an interest in horses but if a studio is going to invite me to check the site out, hell, I'll do it. (The film got the ol' thumbs up from my significant other this past weekend, who thought it was actually a better work than the book, which she mildly recommended.) The site features what you can usually find on most official movie sites: photos from the film, biographies of the stars, video and sound clips from the film all on a slick presentation backdrop, but there's also a really cool idea the site developers came up with. There's a section on the site that's actually devoted to what a real 'horse whisperer' actually does along with a fairly-extensive listing of horse-related links. There's also a chat room, bulletin board, and a contest where you can enter to win a vacation (free stuff is always great, in my opinion.) It was a pleasant surprise to see because most studios still have fairly un-interactive sites; most are merely online press kits for any Internet surfers that happen to stop by. For someone who isn't really too interested in horses, I found it to be a fun diversion (thus there's a couple of new film pages that didn't make it online tonight) and I recommend checking it out.

Demographics: an ugly word, but worth major points in "Scrabble".

Right now there's a survey form on the web at www.ourgeneration.org. Basically, the survey asks you for information on what products and films you consider important to your lifestyle. While we can't let the cat out of the bag right now, we will be making an announcement shortly that will involve some of that information taken by the survey and CA.

I wouldn't be asking you to take the survey if I didn't think there was a point, but I feel that CA's audience is incredibly diverse. I continue to take some pride in seeing a high number of emails sent by people all over the globe, by professionals and fans of movies, by both men and women. A lot of people think that the classic computer user is a young white male working in the computer industry and I'm happy to say that's just not the case with CA readers (even though this is was written by a young white male who is presently employed by the computer industry -- yeah yeah, ha ha.) Instead, based on the email I've read, there's a wide variety of people who are interested in seeing many different types of films, and I think that's a strength that should be acknowledged.

And there's bait: the people putting together the survey are offering prizes (including the chance to win 100 videocassettes of your favorite movies.) Oooo, free stuff!

If it's up your alley, go for it. If not, it's not a big deal. Either way, thanks!

ATTENTION INDIE FILMMAKERS! Here's your break!

Are you still looking to sell your first script? Then this email that was sent my way may be of interest to you...

"Tyler James Entertainment, a partnership started by Ron Bova, an institutional muni bond salesman for A.G. Edwards, announces its incorporation with Denise Gallison of Gallison Productions to start the Tyler James Funding Group. The Tyler James Funding Group will maintain offices in New York and Los Angeles for the purpose of funding high-quality, low-budget films. The scope of budgeting the Tyler James Funding Group is looking for, are scripts with viable budgets in the $2-$5 million range. The Tyler James Funding Group is also encouraging investors who are looking to become more involved in the movie-making industry.

The intention of the Tyler James Funding Group is to raise and administer $8 to $12 million dollars, but not limited to $12 million dollars. The monies raised are for the financing of feature films for domestic, foreign, and television distribution. The Tyler James Funding Group will raise the necessary monies by selling limited partnership interests (units) at a level of $25,000 per unit.

All inquiries can be made to either:

Tyler James Funding Group
Ron Bova
P.O. BOX 2605
No. Babylon, NY 11703
516-254-9755

Tyler James Funding Group
Denise Gallison
10560 Wilshire Blvd. Suite#401
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-246-1446

There you go. If you know of anyone who'd be interested in this, spread the word to them. If you get it greenlit, well then, time to make a page for your project. Good luck!

Patrick Sauriol
Creator, Chief Content Writer & Director
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Got some neato items from the shoot? Parking passes, photos from the set?? Poster images, or the latest hot script making the rounds???
That's why we're here.

Send them to our mailing address:

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