[Scpg] [hd-films-sb] Fwd: [Age-of-Stupid] Stupid opens for screenings anytime anyplace

bob banner info at hopedance.org
Thu Oct 8 15:14:26 PDT 2009


we are doing it!!! go for it communities!!!!
hint: its about $150 per screening in a room that fits about 50-75  
people...

bob


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Franny Armstrong <franny at spannerfilms.net>
> Date: October 8, 2009 9:43:22 AM PDT
> To: age-of-stupid at aos.dh.bytemark.co.uk
> Subject: [Age-of-Stupid] Stupid opens for screenings anytime anyplace
> Reply-To: postie at ageofstupid.net
>
> Me again,
>
> Thanks for all your lovely messages during our PTPD (post traumatic  
> premiere disorder)... Normal enthusiasm levels have almost resumed  
> as we're back in London and back on the case. Last night's message  
> was written a few days ago and posted a little late if you're  
> wondering how we nipped back from New York so quickly.... Speaking  
> of flying, we've updated our carbon footprint calculation to include  
> the promotion emissions as well as production. About 150 tonnes in  
> total, which is much the same as 215 patio heaters for a month....  
> Worth it? Guess we won't know till 2045 or so, when we find out  
> whether we triggered runaway climate change or not. (Funny fact: the  
> Met Office have just come out with new research saying that we're  
> most likely going to hit four degrees between 2060 and 2070 (=TOTAL  
> DISASTER = LOTS OF US DEAD), which is precisely the timescale Mark  
> Lynas and I worked out on the back of an envelope in his shed (true)  
> and then used as the basis of the Stupid future scenarios. Intuitive  
> genius or lucky guess?)
>
> So the big news is that, as of yesterday....
> anyone anywhere* can now hold their own screening of The Age of  
> Stupid.
>
> Head straight over to the Indie Screenings website to get going.
>
> Booking opens today, but the first date you can screen is October  
> 24th, to tie in with the International Day of Action called by 350  
> and loads of other biggies. We're aiming for 350 screenings on  
> October 24th and will probably maybe definitely do a webcast that  
> evening for a bit of extra sparkle, though there's a bit of a clash  
> with my brother's 40th b'day party. Hmmmm. Anyway, this is how it  
> works: you book in via Indie Screenings and pay a license fee which  
> is set according to various factors (so a school in India would pay  
> about a pound and a multinational oil company in America about  
> 10,000), then you organise your screening (with lots of helpful  
> advice available online), a DVD arrives in the post, you charge for  
> tickets and... wait for it... you keep the money for yourself or  
> your campaign. May not sound totally thrilling, but the small fact  
> that people can profit from our film is one of the main reasons why  
> commentators are saying things like "[Stupid] represents the future  
> of film, film culture and film distribution and marketing".
>
> We launched UK Indie Screenings in May and there have already been  
> more than 725 (725!!!) screenings.... So hold on to your hats now  
> we're going global....
>
> * When we say anyone anywhere, there are restrictions in these  
> countries:
> - Canada - Screenings can happen, but they need to be booked through  
> Criterion: call 1-800-565-1996 ext. 260 or visit www.criterionpic.com
> - Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg - book through Chrisje Simon-van  
> Oosterhout: cs at mgmc.nl
> - Poland, Former Yugoslavia (including Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia,  
> Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo) - not possible, sorry
>
>
> In other Stupid news...
> -> The Spanner Trilogy DVD Boxset - starring The Age of Stupid,  
> McLibel and Drowned Out, along with more than 9 hours of extras,  
> spread over five shiny discs - is available now for your viewing  
> pleasure. Gorge yourselves on Big Macs, big dams and climate  
> change... 15 years of hard filmmaking labour for a mere 30 quid -  
> jeez, two quid a year - it's a total bargain.  But there's no box,  
> that bit was a lie. We're not big fans of pointless packaging,  
> funnily enough.
>
> -> The Age of Stupid DVD made it up to No 4 in Amazon's pre-order  
> charts. Cor blimey. Please order your copy as soon as possible  
> (preferably direct from our site as we get a much bigger chunk -  
> well, all of - the cash). Sorry Canada, America and Netherlands, but  
> you can't order yet, as you've got your very own special DVDs coming  
> soon.
>
> -> Stupid has been  nominated for Best Cinema Documentary in the  
> super-prestigious Grierson awards (last year we won Best Green Doc,  
> but this one is the biggie). Though we're up against Man on Wire, so  
> not a hope in hell of winning. Ah well.
>
> -> Our solar-powered friends, Firefly, and tireless event managers,  
> Unity, have won the top awards in their respective categories for  
> Stupid's UK People's Premiere at a big PR bash. Well, that's what I  
> understood from a rambling answerphone message that sounded as  
> though it was recorded fairly late on in the evening's celebrations.
>
> -> Stupid launched in Canada last night, with a star-studded  
> premiere attended by one of the Twilight actors, which my niece is  
> very excited about. It's now on in about 10 cities, including  
> Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax.  Complete list here.
>
> ->  Loved or hated the movie?  Should you feel so moved, please  
> write a review on the website.
>
> -> Volunteers needed at our office in Camden, starting yesterday.  
> All sorts of exciting plans for Copenhagen afoot.  Please contact george at ageofstupid.net 
>  if you can give a minimum of one day per week, preferably more.
>
>
> And from 10:10...
> -> Latest big-name sign-ups include O2, Microsoft UK, BAFTA and Pret  
> A Manger, who will all be cutting 10% of their emissions next year.  
> Bloody brilliant.
>
> -> Ed Miliband calls on all Labour Councils to sign up to 10:10 -  
> "Labour-run Manchester city council last week became the biggest  
> local authority to sign up, following 27 others, including Oxford,  
> Coventry, Wirral and five London boroughs. But Miliband said he  
> would be working closely with the Local Government  Association,  
> which represents 423 councils in England and Wales, to get all  
> councils and Labour groups on board to support 10:10."
>
> -> Persuade your MP to sign-up to 10:10 - 38 Degrees have made an  
> easy-peasy email form for you to bug your MP into signing up to  
> 10:10. UK-only, clearly. There's 350 of the little darlings in  
> total, not sure how many have already succumbed, but if you could  
> spare two minutes, that'd be grand.
>
> -> Not signed up yet? Are you hiding your own spare planet capable  
> of sustaining human life under the stairs?
>
> -> Look out for another Guardian 10:10 bonanza this Saturday...  
> which happens to be the 10th of October = 10/10
>
>
> And in non-Stupid (and not stupid) news....
> -> Pete P can keep his OBE as the  Kingsnorth coal power station has  
> been scrapped. This from the Guardian: Ben Stewart, one of six  
> Greenpeace activists who was cleared of causing £30,000 of criminal  
> damage to a 200 metre Kingsnorth smokestack in one of the most high- 
> profile direct actions, said last night E.ON's announcement was a  
> "huge breakthrough". "It was two years ago tomorrow that we climbed  
> the chimney," he said last night. "At that point they were  
> indicating they were weeks away from pouring in the concrete. To  
> hear this tremendous news shows that the huge coalition against the  
> plans worked." "If you look at how the terrain looked a few years  
> ago, the third runway at Heathrow and the coal power station at  
> Kingsnorth looked inevitable. The turnaround was the result of a lot  
> of people coming together, getting on the same page, and deciding to  
> campaign."
>
> ->  - Following hot on the heels of the Kingsnorth triumph,  
> Greenpeace are currently occupying a tar sands site in Canada. Tar  
> sands being the stupidest of all known fossil fuels, as they involve  
> burning up loads of energy to squeeze a few drops of oil out of some  
> oily sand, destroying eco-systems as they go and causing plenty more  
> pointless emissions.
>
> -> Any young'uns (over 16 and under what I do not know) might like  
> to join the PowerShift conference "bringing together experts to  
> share the cutting edge techniques from the Obama grassroots  
> campaign", starting tomorrow in London and a snip at 25 quid: www.powershift09.co.uk
>
> -> The Yes Men need help getting their gut-bustingly funny climate  
> movie, The Yes Men Fix The World, out to the unsuspecting public. It  
> opens in New York this week and across lots of US cities thereafter.  
> (It's also still playing in some cinemas in the UK, I've just  
> noticed). Complete screening list here.  If you or your pals happen  
> to be in New York, you can get free tickets by dressing up in the  
> world's stupidest costume (http://survivaball.com/) and helping hand  
> out flyers. To volunteer for this or other funny stuff, please write  
> to wearaball at theyesmen.org
>
> Best ten bucks I ever spent....
> Went to a palm reader in New York in a moment of boredom whilst  
> waiting for something or other... She concluded that I should a)  
> stop spending so much time on myself and start concentrating on work  
> and b) try working independently, as my current corporate job  
> doesn't suit me....
>
> See you,
> Franny
>
>
>
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