Local Athens, Georgia Filmmaker Headlines Dixie Film Festival, October 17, 2009

    ATHENS, GA, October 11, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Local filmmaker Curtis Krick's mocumentary "Something Blue," is set to headline the Dixie Film Festival taking place in Athens, Georgia, October 16-18, 2009. The film follows the weeks leading up to a marriage between a beautiful Caucasian bride from an upper class suburban family and a blue-collar groom from the fictitious blue-skinned Antarctica Polar-American race. Co-directors Krick and long time collaborator Sean Dillon developed the film as a way of exploring a lot of weighty issues - race, class, gender, culture and age to name just a few - in a humorous yet insightful way.

Krick, currently based in Los Angeles, grew up in Georgia. "I have a deep affinity to Athens and the local area," he says. "I lived in the city from the age of eight to 13, then in Watkinsville through high school. As a teenager I was heavily involved with various local theatre companies including Athens Creative Theatre and the Town and Gown players."

The 90-minute feature film, made for virtually no money in San Diego, over 7 days with 34 speaking parts and 27 location changes, proved to be a tough logistical and fiscal test for producers Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, who also line produced the entire shoot with a small crew.

The film, shot without a conventional script, was improvised within a detailed scenario drawn up by Dillon and Krick. The directors' communication skills and interaction with the actors were key to the film's success. As always with film, casting was extremely important.

Said Krick, "The audition process was a rigorous one as we had to make sure we had the right group of actors that had the ability to pull this off."

Added Dillon of the auditions, "We were able to draw upon our extensive theatrical experience and devise a lot of improv games and exercises that put them to the test."

Covering that many location changes in just seven days with a more than limited budget was a stressful undertaking. Said Paterson, "Organizing that number of unit moves in such a short period of time using a handful of crew was a real challenge. We had seven location changes on the first day alone."

"How can you make a 90-minute feature for so little money? Pick up the phone for a start." Revealed Stokell, "Les and I saved thousands of dollars by making hundreds of phone calls to local companies and vendors in order to get free services, locations and top class food for the large cast and crew.

The film is a co-production of Dillon and Krick's Biscuits and Gravy and Stokell/Paterson's Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment Inc., production companies.

"Something Blue" is screening at 5 p.m. on Saturday October 17, 2009, in the Morton Theater, Athens, Georgia. The film was also an Official Selection at the recent Temecula Film Festival in California in September.

As directors, Dillon and Krick have won a number of Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Festivals with their unique approach to film making.

Stokell/Paterson, through Sliding Down Rainbows, have a number of high profile projects in the latter stages of development, including a new interpretation of the World War One classic novel, "All Quiet on the Western Front," for which they have the option.

Film details can be found online at www.interglacialromance.com

For more details contact producers Lesley Paterson (310-923-1052, [email protected]) or Ian Stokell (310-699-3021, [email protected]).

About Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment

Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment, Inc., is the film production company of writer-producers Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson. For further information, please contact us at (310) 699-3021 or (310) 923-1052

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