CastOurMovie.com -- Audience to Choose Actors for Motion Picture; Indie Filmmakers Break New Ground On-Line.Entertainment Editors &Motion Picture Writers LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000 A movie produced by independent startup 2 Life! Films will be the first ever to have its stars chosen by the Internet audience. The movie's Web site, CastOurMovie.com has launched, and polling runs through March 20, 2000. CastOurMovie.com features actors competing for roles in the indie comedy &uot;Returning Mickey Stern Returning Mickey Stern is an independent comedy feature written and directed by Michael Prywes. It stars Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Renee Taylor, and Connie Stevens and was shot almost entirely on Fire Island, off the coast of Long Island, NY. ,&uot; which earlier this year received script finalist honors at both the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Independent Film Festival and the Long Island Independent Film Festival. Audiences will be able to access actors' headshots and resumes, video clips of actual casting room auditions and interviews, and share their expertise as &uot;armchair-filmmakers.&uot; The actor with the most votes for each role will be offered an opportunity to star in the movie (winners will be announced at The Yahoo! Online Film Festival in March -- www.onlinefilmfestival.com). The managers of 2 Life! Films are Michael Prywes, Victor Erdos, and Jason Akel. Erdos recently expressed the importance of the actor in the filmmaking film·mak·ing n. The making of movies. process. &uot;Many actors come so close but rarely receive the recognition they deserve, unless they actually get the part,&uot; said Erdos. &uot;CastOurMovie.com gives more actors opportunities to be seen by a wide audience.&uot; &uot;'The Blair Witch Project' involved the audience on the Internet after the fact; we want to involve them in the actual moviemaking mov·ie·mak·er n. One that makes movies, especially professionally. mov  ie·mak process,&uot; said Akel. According to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Prywes: &uot;The site is helping us to build community and excitement around the film. It parallels the ongoing convergence of filmmaking and new media within the entertainment industry.&uot; &uot;Returning Mickey Stern,&uot; a modern day fairy tale fairy tale Simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings. Fairy tales may be written or told for the amusement of children or may have a more sophisticated narrative containing supernatural or obviously improbable events, scenes, and personages written by Michael Prywes, is the story of an idealistic young teenager in 1950 who adores the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and dreams of stamping out Communism. Fifty years later, life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected, and Mickey spends his days wishing he could turn back time. When he returns to his hometown, he meets a teenage boy who is suspiciously similar to himself at that age, and has one week to change the course of 'their' life. &uot;Returning Mickey Stern&uot; is slated for principal photography beginning in April 2000. |
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