I would like to welcome you all to the official Stuck Like Chuck blog. I will be abandoning my Myspace blog, which I barely ever used anyway, and will try to start posting frequently on here. It is just one of the many changes going on with the film. Here are some of the others…
The Trailer
After 1 year of posting a promo video each month, I finally gave in and created an “official” trailer. When I say “official” I mean it is structured like a usual film trailer and actually contains footage from the movie. If you have not already seen it, here it is.
As you can see, I still did not completely sell out to Hollywood…yet. This trailer does not feature all the best scenes from the movie nor does it give too much away. That’s right; I’m saving all the car chases, shootouts and crazy sex scenes for the film itself.
You can still check out all the cool promo videos I made on www.AreYouStuckLikeChuck.com and on all of our usual video sites. I believe there is now more than one hour of Stuck Like Chuck video goodness online so there is a lot to enjoy. As always, share the videos with your friends, family, enemies and even complete strangers, but only if they have candy.
Twitter is more addictive than cigarettes, heroin, coffee and using wacky catch phrases…combined. Don’t believe me? Then you aren’t on Twitter. It may just be a new fad but I am on it several times a day. Follow me and be sure to say hi. I mostly just tweet about Stuck Like Chuck and We Are Movie Geeks but I find myself opening up more and more. It used to be something didn’t happen unless it was recorded. Now something doesn’t happen unless someone tweets about it.
The Website
I recently cleaned up the website, changed the layout and added some really cool new pages. I added a press section where you can find more info about the film and I split the media section to now have a page for the videos and a page for photos. I will be posting some more photos soon but for now I have 3 posters and 9 behind the scenes/publicity stills. In addition to the Press Info, I have a main publicity page with links to some stories/sites online featuring Stuck Like Chuck. There’s a few other changes also and a lot more info about the film overall. When you have some free time, play around on the site to see for yourself.
We Are Movie Geeks
I’ve posted about this a few times before but I have been the NY Editor for wearemoviegeeks.com for about 6 months now. So far my experience has been amazing. A few of the people I’ve interviewed in the last few months are Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka, Paul Rudd, Bruce Campbell, Judah Friedlander, R.W Goodwin, Dan Lauria, Don Murphy, Michale Graves, and the casts of Dead Like Me and Krod Mandoon. I have been attending press screenings and getting screeners for some really awesome films, and I’ve been given some pretty cool swag. I recently covered Comic Con and I plan to cover the Tribeca Film Festival in April. I have learned a lot from this and I am so honored to be a part of such a great site.
http://wearemoviegeeks.com/author/jerry/
The Budget
Some of you may have noticed that the budget for the film is now listed as being $2,500 instead of under $4,000. The reason for this is simple; I screwed up the first time. I did spend close to $4,000 for the film but I didn’t take into account that I never used some of the stuff I bought. For instance, I used less than half of the $750 worth of tape I purchased and I bought a $300 dolly that was unfortunately impossible to use in such a small classroom. I also purchased some programs for my Mac that I never used on Stuck Like Chuck and am only now starting to learn. I always included it in the budget but I recently released that I was selling myself short. When you see the film, you are seeing $2,500 worth of stuff. And that includes the $1200 I paid Joe, Jocelyn and Patrick, the $200 I paid for some of the film’s music, and the $500 I paid for food/travel. The rest of the money went to the tapes, making Patrick’s wardrobe awesome, making the classroom look cool and turning my Grandma’s den into a dorm room. It’s not really a big deal but I wanted to keep things accurate.
Film Festivals
When I started this film, I promised myself and the 4 of you who read my blogs that I would be open and honest through the whole process. It is with that complete honesty in mind that I would like to tell you that Stuck Like Chuck has a perfect track record of being rejected from every festival I’ve submitted to. I believe my 16th rejection came in yesterday in the form of an email from the Tribeca Film Festival. There are still a few festivals I am waiting to hear from but breaking into the festival circuit is far harder than I thought it would be.
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There is probably some other stuff I am forgetting but this post is getting really long so I will stop now. I will try to update soon and I look forward to hearing from you. Now is a critical time for this film, so please try to spread awareness in any way you can. Until next time, keep watching movies.
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