PRESS RELEASE
May 31, 2004

Contact: Shane Snipes
indieville@indieville.net

Indieville Sundance 2004 Episode Slated for Multi-City Broadcast

Indieville's Sundance 2004 episode will be broadcast in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago in June 2004. The show promises to scrape the wittiness out of every bit of indie film news that's out there. The episode also showcased a teaser for Paola Morrongiello's short film, Rockets, Fruitbaskets & General Grandhasel. The entire episode is also online at http://indieville.net/screeningroom.

The comedic segments include coverage of Sundance 2004, an interview with Brad Wensley of Studio57, and highlights from the Show biz Expo in New York City. Sundance interviews include One Point O, Directors- Jeff Renfroe, Marteinn Thorsson; Harry and Max, Actor- Cole Williams; Good Bye, Lenin! Director- Wolfgang Becker; Woodsmen, Director- Nicole Kassell, Actor- David Alan Grier; Down to the Bone, Hugh Dillon; Napoleon Dynamite, Haylie Duff; Just a Clown, Capturing the Friedmans David "Silly Billy" Friedman; BAADASSSSS! Director and Actor- Mario Van Peeples; The Corporation (Featuring Michael Moore), Chris Barrett; November, Director- Greg Harrison; LADJ, Tim Scarne & Thomas Ian Nicholas American Pie 1-3, Rookie of the Year, Stealing Sinatra, Rules of Attraction; Memron (Slamdance), Director and Actors- Evie Peck- Gilmore Girls; My Big Fat Independent Movie, Actor- Brian Krow; Naked Brown Men, Dante Brasco- "Hook", "But, I'm a Cheerleader", Darion, Derek and Dion Brasco and Adam G; Easy, Director- Jane Weinstock.

And the The We-Just-Can't-Get-Enough-of-Ourselves Award during our Sundance press coverage goes to... Easy cast - Marguerite Moreau Queen of the Damned (2002), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), The Mighty Ducks 1-3, Brían F. O'Byrne Intermission (2003), Naveen Andrews English Patient, The (1996) Chippendales Murder, The (2000) Emily Deschanel (Zooey's Sister). Thanks for whining.

The production team for the show included award-winning director of photography, Michael Huss and director Gregg Simon, a semi-finalist from Project Greenlight. Huss' work has received the recognition of his peers by virtue of awards for work he has done in both film and video. He has won a Clio award, as well as prizes in the Houston International Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, the Marco Island Film Festival, and Cinerail, among others.

Studio57 is a full-service production facility on Long Island, New York just one hour east of Manhattan. They offer great deals to indie productions. Visit http://studio57online.com for more information.


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