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UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS BERKSHIRE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL FLYOVER FILM FESTIVAL |
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ISSUE PROJECT ROOM + STEVE BUSCEMI BRUNCH Actor, writer, film director Steve Buscemi will talk with WNYC’s John Hockenberry about creating unforgettable characters that ultimately drive a film’s narrative and impact. The brunch, which is presented in collaboration with SAGIndie, will feature film clips from the actor’s career and will be held at Bussaco located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The event is a fundraiser for the Brooklyn experimental arts organization ISSUE Project Room. “Actor as Auteur” Brunch To Benefit ISSUE Project Room SEATING IS LIMITED. |
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UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL BERKSHIRE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
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HAPPY 2010 + UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS Happy New Year!!! We're looking forward to a great 2010 during which UNIONDOCS GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL BERKSHIRE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
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FESTIVAL SCREENINGS! Come see CON ARTIST! TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL |
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MORE FUN PRESS - STARZ DENVER FESTIVAL On the Opening Night red carpet, VIPs wore Hugo Boss, Gucci, Alexander Wang, Balanciaga, Louboutin and many more designers. Meanwhile the Denver Post decides to print this classy fella: DENVER POST - STYLE SECTION 13 NOV 2009
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UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS! Come see CON ARTIST! CINETECA DI BOLOGNA SLC FILM CENTER / SLC ART CENTER STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL |
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ROME FILM FEST - A TRANSFORMATIVE EVENT! After the hugely successful international premiere of his docu-comedy feature film CON ARTIST, Filmmaker Michael Sládek was transformed in to this guy: How did this miracle occur, you ask? Through the genius of the Italian media: IL MESSEGGERO NEWSPAPER - 24 OCT 2009 - ROME, ITALY TRANSLATION: NOTE: |
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UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS! Come see CON ARTIST! HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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MORE FESTS + INVESTOR SEARCH + NEW TRAILER! CON ARTIST will travel to the Hamptons and Rome Film Festivals this fall and the Plug Ugly team is currently gearing up for these events. In the meantime, we're actively seeking capital investment to finish the licensing of music and media. A business plan with Executive Producer terms are available and anyone leading us to financing is eligible for a commission as well as a producer credit. Contact us if you'd like to know more: Request@PlugUglyFilms.com. And check out the brand new trailer posted on our web page: www.ConArtistTheMovie.com Happy Summer! - oi! |
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TRIBECA PREMIERE WRAP-UP After a whirlwind few weeks we're finally able to report on the premiere screenings of CON ARTIST at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival: - Check out the web page for links to tons of great Press! - We sold out all four screenings! - The film received a Special Jury Mention at the awards ceremony presented by Rachael Ray. - Films Transit International has signed on to represent the film for domestic sales! Please contact Diana Holtzberg with any inquiries. - Attorney Roz Lichter has joined up as well as our production counsel. - Other festivals have asked to screen the film. We'll have announcements about where we're heading to next very soon!! Festival inquiries can be sent to Denis Jensen. ** MUCH THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT & TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US GET THROUGH THE FESTIVAL!! ** |
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIERE! CON ARTIST has been invited to have it's World Premiere at the 2009 PREMIERE SCREENINGS: Tuesday 28 April 2009 - 4:45 pm TICKETING INFORMATION: - Advance packages are on sale now ACCREDITED PRESS SCREENING: Click here for our PRESS RELEASE. |
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SIGOURNEY WEAVER & PRAYERS FOR BOBBY Michael hosted Sigourney Weaver at a screening of her new Lifetime Channel film Prayers for Bobby at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts last night. SAGIndie (for which Michael serves as NY liason) and the SAG Foundation put the screening together just a few days prior to the movie's 24 January premiere on Lifetime Channel. Sigourney introduced the film and then sat for an impassioned Q&A session with SAG members and students from the AADA. |
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CHRIS FARLEY MEMORIAL FOOTAGE We just put together a short reel of bites culled from footage shot last year for client Penguin / Viking at an event honoring the late commedian Chris Farley. The footage was shot for a stringer reel to be used upon the release of the biography The Chris Farley Show by Tanner Colby and Tom Farley. Have a look at the select quotes from SNL cast members and more by clicking here. |
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HIP HOP'S CROWN JEWELS VIDEO Our video for InterviewMagazine.com and the Philips de Pury Hip Hop's Crown Jewels Auction is up on our site. The auction was postponed until Spring '09 but have a look at the bling-laden video here!
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HOMETOWN HOTTIES VIDEO Shot (but not directed, produced or edited) by Michael Sladek, one of the Maxim Hometown Hotties / Airborne behind-the-scenes videos is now up on the website. Click here to have a look. |
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SLADEK ON SAG PANEL 2 OCT. IN NYC Michael will be representing client SAGIndie on a panel for Screen Actor's Guild members at the union's offices in Manhattan. The subject for the evening is working in indie film and will feature SAG board members, indie producers and indie filmmakers. |
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CGI YEAR FOUR: 23 - 26 OCT |
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L.A. SHOOTS / IFP INDIE FILM WEEK / NEW TRAILER Michael came back from a very successful shoot in L.A. Huge thanks to Trace Kirkpatrick, James Stanek and Dan Gold for their help making things happen! Our meetings and work-in-progress screening at IFP's Independent Film Week were amazing! We met and pitched some some great people and companies and had excellent reactions to the first fifteen minutes of our rough cut. Much thanks to our pals at IFP for programming our project and for running such an excellent event. Watch the new TRAILER!! |
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IFP INDIE FILM WEEK WORK-IN-PROG SCREENING We'll be screening approximately twenty minutes of our new feature film as a work-in-progress at IFP's Independent Film Week in NYC as we seek further financing and distribution options. If you'll be at the event, please come have a look: Wednesday 17 September 2008 at 3pm |
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HIP HOP JEWELRY AUCTION VIDEO New client InterviewMagazine.com has commissioned Plug Ugly Films to produce a web video on an upcoming auction of Hip Hop's Crown Jewels at Phillips de Pury & Co in New York. The video will feature pieces commissioned and worn by artists such as Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Puffy, Rick James, Pharrell, and more... Check back for a link to watch the finished video soon! |
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KYLE BORNHEIMER STARS IN NEW TV COMEDY DEVILS ARE DREAMING co-star Kyle Bornheimer is staring in the new CBS sitcom 'Worst Week'. Congrats to our favorite porn fan!!
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SLADEK ON IFP INDIE FILM WEEK PANEL Michael will be representing SAGIndie again on a panel at this year's Sunday 14 September 2008 at 10am |
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NEW EDITOR - EXEC PROD - IFP INDIE FILM WEEK After completing an initial rough cut we've just brought on editor Also, acclaimed producer Gill Holland has just come on board as our Co-Executive Producer. And we just found out that the project has been accepted as a work-in-progress in to IFP's Independent Film Week this September. More updates to come!!!! |
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FANTASPOA FESTIVAL IN PORTO ALEGRE BRAZIL Our first feature film DEVILS ARE DREAMING has been invited to screen on August 6th & 8th at the 4th Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre Brazil. Check out their website: http://www.fantaspoa.com/ |
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MORE MAXIM HOMETOWN HOTTIES Sladek shot more footage for web client Maxim.com's "Hometown Hotties" Verizon Wireless ad campaign. A link to the final videos will be here soon, so check back! |
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MAXIM HOMETOWN HOTTIES BEHIND SCENES Last week Sladek shot footage for the first of a few behind-the-scenes videos of photo shoots with Maxim's "Hometown Hotties" for a Maxim / Verizon viral ad campaign. The final videos are being produced by Maxim in-house but all the video shooting is a Plug Ugly affair. Check back for a link to the final videos soon! |
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TRIBECA & SYRACUSE FILM FESTS This past weekend was all about festivals for Plug Ugly client SAGIndie. Michael spent two days representing at the Syracuse International Film Festival and our SAGIndie Cast Bowling Party at Tribeca was a huge success. www.SAGIndie.com |
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SAG SAYS WE CAN DISTRIBUTE!! It's finally official: the Screen Actors Guild has just informed us that Check back for updates in the Fall of 2008! |
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CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY Having started in this function at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) itself, Sladek has been regularly working the event every year. www.ClintonGlobalInitiative.org |
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NEW FASHION WEEK DAILY VIDEO: THE BANK JOB Click here to watch it! |
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INTERVIEW SUBJECT BAIRD JONES FOUND DEAD Click here for more about his passing. |
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CLIENT SUED BY YOKO ONO OVER HER OWN NAME Check out our EPK's by clicking here. Check out a FoxNews.com story on the suit by clicking here. |
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VIDEOS FOR FASHION WEEK DAILY Shot and edited by Michael Sladek, the first three videos are live on the well-traveled fashionista megasite. Check out the CUSTO BARCELONA show, a video on SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT MODELS and a video on NATALIE PORTMAN's new shoe line. Doing God's work here, kids, God's work..... Click here to watch them!
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SHERYL CROWE INTERVIEW FOR BLENDER Michael just shot a Blender.com interview with singer / songwriter Sheryl Crowe. it's not a Plug Ugly production but have a look by clicking here. |
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FASHION WEEK FOR IMG WITH ACME PICTURES
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BACKSTAGE WITH BLENDER: WE ARE SCIENTISTS Michael just shot an interview with the indie rock band We Are Scientists for Blender's music series Backstage With Blender. Note that the client produced and edited, not Plug Ugly. Click here to watch it. |
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MAXIM / SOCO NIGHT INSTITUTE VIDEOS LIVE Two of the viral ads produced for Maxim and their client Southern Comfort are live on SoCo's Night Institute website. These videos were shot at a Blender Theatre party, featuring lots of random drunk people forced to perform for our cameras per subjects chosen by Maxim. Click here to check out the "Man Hugs" video and the "Pick-Up Lines" video. |
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FOUR MORE SOCO VIDEOS Michael has been hired to direct and produce four more web videos for Blender.com and Southern Comfort featuring the indie rock bands The Pierces and The Honorary Title. Check out a sampling of the first four ads which were from a behind-the-scenes shoot with the two bands in Summer 2007 by clicking here. |
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ROME IS IN THE CAN / INVESTORS OFFER Michael just returned from ten days of whirlwind production in Rome Italy. We are, however, still seeking investment capital!! If you're interested in investing please contact us right away. Investors will be Executive Producers on the project and have very favorable terms on their return. if you're interested in helping us find investors we're offering a 5% commission and Associate Producer credit to anyone leading us to finances. |
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CHRIS FARLEY EVENT AT SARDI'S Plug Ugly Films shot interviews at a star-studded event on 1 October honoring comedian Chris Farley and the upcoming release of a new biography. The event at Sardi's follows a memorial for Farley being held at St. Malachy's Church wherein luminaries from Saturday Night Live past and present will be in attendance. The footage will be compiled in to a Stringer Reel for use in electronic press kits once the book is out in the Spring. For more about the book check out "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts" by Tom Farley & Tanner Colby on Amazon.com or on the Viking / Penguin website. |
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SLADEK TO MODERATE SAGINDIE PANEL IN NYC Michael Sladek will be moderating a SAGIndie / SAG Foundation panel discussion on making your first film. Participants will include Mark Friedlander (Director of New Media, SAG), Perry Grebin (Director / Producer, "American Cannibal"), Josh Green ( VP Distribution, Emerging Pictures), Talia Lugacy (Director / Writer / Producer "Descent"), Mark Steele (Technical Director, Tribeca Film Festival). THE INDIE FILM – Creating the Winning Formula! RSVP to: http://www.sagfoundation.org/liferaft/20071003ny PLEASE NOTE: All events are purposely overbooked to ensure a full house. A reservation is not a guarantee of seating, which is provided on a first-come basis, and is subject to availability. |
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CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE Michael Sladek will be providing production support for the third year at the Clinton Global Initiative general meeting over the next three days in Manhattan. The event brings together CEO's from the world's major corporations with heads of state from all over the globe and the heads of NGO's and non-profits to help solve the world's problems via hard commitments. Via clients WCTV and Weber Shandwick, Sladek has worked as a Production Coordinator in the Press Production since the inaugural meeting. Click here for more about CGI. |
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ROME ITALY: CREW NEEDED FROM 12-24 OCT We're looking for a DV cameraman with video and audio gear who resides in Rome Italy to shoot footage for us on Sept. 23rd of an event in Velletri, just outside of Rome. Also, we're looking for a Production Assistant in Rome who speaks italian and English to assist Director/Producer Michael Sladek when he travels there to shoot for a few days in October. Experience is a plus but not necessary depending upon the person. Could be a good opportunity for a student or young person just starting out! Contact Michael directly via Michael@PlugUglyFilms.com and reference |
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FANTASPOA FESTIVAL IN PORTO ALEGRE BRAZIL Our Willowz video has been invited to screen at the 3rd Fantaspoa Festival in Brazil which takes place between September 28th and October 7th! Screening: |
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SOCO PRINT AD BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEOS Two of the four behind-the-scenes ads produced for Blender.com and featuring the indie rock bands The Pierces and The Honorary Title are on our website now. Check them out by clicking the photo on the left. |
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Our Willowz video will screen followed by a Q&A with Director Michael Sladek and Editor Joseph Krings: FREE!! Artscape is America's largest, municipally-produced arts festival that remains free and open to the public. |
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WEB VIDEOS FOR BLENDER & SOUTHERN COMFORT "Great Friends, Legendary Nights" is an advertorial campaign for Southern Comfort hosted by BLENDER.COM. Michael Sladek has been hired to direct / produce a few videos revolving around a print ad shoot with the bands The Pierces and The Honorary Title. Check back for more. |
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Thursday 7 June 2007 at 7:30pm Saturday June 9th at 1pm |
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MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS |
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DOCUMENTARY TEASER IS ON OUR WEBSITE Our feature documentary about artist / provocateur / game show host WATCH the teaser: www.PlugUglyFilms.com/conartist.cfm |
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SPIKE & MIKES FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION This internationally renowned traveling animation festival just licensed our video for THE WILLOWZ!! Check back here or on their website for exact locations, dates, venues and times. |
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THESE ARE POWERS MUSIC VIDEO DEBUT Plug Ugly Joseph Krings premieres his music video "Silver Lung" for Brooklyn art-punk band THESE ARE POWERS at a show featuring live bands and films curated by Tim Reardon. FREE |
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SHORT OF THE WEEK MYSPACE UK FILM PAGE |
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ENTIRE UNDERGROUND ONLINE WEB SERIES IS UP It’s a follow-up to our 2006 series Roots of Rock. WATCH some of 'em: WATCH all of 'em:
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DOCU-COMEDY IS OUR NEXT FEATURE FILM We're excited to announce our next feature film will be a documentary comedy about artist / provocateur / game show host MARK KOSTABI. Production has already begun even though we don't have financing as of yet. Michael Sladek is directing and producing. We've also teamed up with |
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2007 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD We had two great screenings and walked with a second place award at this top indie film festivals which takes place in Park City Utah alongside SUNDANCE. Much thanks to the voters and to everyone at SLAMDANCE!!! We had a blast! |
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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS & VOTE Michael & Joe will be in Park City for Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals next week. Our video THE WILLOWZ: WE LIVE ON YOUR STREET is in competition in Slamdance and will screen on the following days: January 23, 2007 at 11am Anarchy Shorts VOTE for the video and/or buy screening tickets at www.SLAMDANCE.com |
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WEB SERIES FOR UGO.COM ROLLS OUT NOV 28TH It’s a follow-up to our 2005 series ROOTS OF ROCK , and each of the five videos will roll out over the next five weeks. Check them out! |
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ROOTS OF RAP WEB SERIES FOR UGO.COM We've been hired to produce another web series for Underground Online as a follow up to our 2005 series ROOTS OF ROCK. This one is called ROOTS OF RAP and will feature five hip hop acts. Check back for more!! |
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WE'RE GOING TO SLAMDANCE! Our music video The Willowz: We Live On Your Street won the Slamdance Anarchy online shorts competition! This means we'll be screening the video in competition at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City Utah in January 07! Thanks so much to all who voted!! Check out the video: www.PlugUglyFilms.com/weliveon.cfm |
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VOTE FOR OUR VIDEO IN SLAMDANCE ANARCHY From July 1 - 31 2006 you can view and VOTE for our MUSIC VIDEO for THE WILLOWZ song "We Live On Your Street" in the SLAMDANCE ANARCHY online film festival!! Please help us win!! |
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NEW MUSIC VIDEO ON WILLOWZ DVD COMPILATION Our brand new music video for THE WILLOWZ song "We Live On Your Street" is currently available in record stores on the band's DVD "SEE IN SQUARES". The DVD includes videos by the likes of MICHEL GONDRY and numerous other talented directors. You can WATCH THE VIDEO on this website. |
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WEBSITE MESSED UP - DELETED ALL OUR NEWS That's right. We had some kind of strange meltdown that deleted all our news on this page. So, if you're interested in what went on before Spring 2006 you'll either have to ask us or just look through our website!
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