Crushed Planet Launches ``Daily Dose of Reality'' At Sundance; www.crushedplanet.com.Entertainment Editors PARK CITY, Utah--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2000 Acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. Independent Filmmakers Offer Five &uot;Unedited Documentary&uot; Series, Launch With Sundance Site Demo and Press Reception Jan. 26 Acclaimed independent filmmakers Joseph and Harry Gantz, whose award-winning &uot;Taxicab Confessions&uot; took reality-based documentary programming to new heights for HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , will bring their unique documentary style to the World Wide Web with the launch of their Internet network Crushed Planet at the Sundance Film Festival. The site goes live on Jan. 26, 2000. The filmmakers will celebrate the network launch with a media reception and demonstration in their suites at the Lodge at Mountain Village, 1415 Lowell Avenue #352 (RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. to B/W/R at 818/317-4997). Filmmakers and media can also arrange site demos and previews by calling Susan West at 206/571-8135 in Park City. &uot;Crushed Planet presents the most intense, raw and original entertainment on the Web,&uot; promised Harry Gantz. &uot;We produce cutting-edge programming about people's lives, loves, relationships and sexuality. The Internet gives us an outlet to present our work without censors This is an incomplete list of censors of the Roman Republic
Why launch at Sundance? &uot;Sundance has grown to encompass the entire worldwide independent production community,&uot; explained Joe Gantz. &uot;Further, by accident or by design, this is the well-documented year of the Internet at Sundance, and here, we hope to reach the widest possible, most appropriate audience. We're looking forward to building a community of both like-minded filmmakers as well as site visitors whose tastes are varied, uncompromising and well outside the mainstream.&uot; For this special viewer, Crushed Planet initially offers five programs. In &uot;Couples Arguing,&uot; the Gantz brothers put a crew on beeper beeper - pager call 24 hours a day to capture real arguments between couples. When the couple felt an argument coming on, they beeped the crew and retreated to separate rooms and waited for the crew to arrive to capture the argument in progress. &uot;First Apartment&uot; features couples in two California apartments where four full-motion cameras track the action live, streamed, 24 hours a day for three months. &uot;Eavesdropping&uot; expands on the &uot;Taxicab Confessions&uot; paradigm with hidden cameras in a dating service, wedding chapel, hair salon A hair salon (also called 'Hairdresser' and 'Hair Parlour')is a place where one goes to get their hair cut, as well as styled, highlighted or coloured. There are many different types of hair salons that one can choose to go to. , prison visiting area and sex toy sex toy Sexology Any device used during sexual activity to enhance pleasure Examples Chains, dildos, special condoms, edible undergarments, whip Per Cicero O tempora! O mores! party. In each location, the filmmakers captured people during their most unguarded moments. &uot;24/7&uot; chronicles seven friends coming of age in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Spanish Harlem Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. Spanish Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. , following real people making friendships, falling in love, and finding independence. Finally, &uot;The War on Comedy,&uot; filmed at M&'s Soul Food Kitchen in South-Central LA, battles to bring viewers the most original and intense comedy -too raw for cable- to the Internet. While all current programming on Crushed Planet is produced and directed by the Gantz brothers and their production team, ultimately, Crushed Planet will solicit and review contributions from other filmmakers. While &uot;Taxicab Confessions&uot; (winner of an Emmy Award Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. and nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for both an Emmy and Cable Ace Award), now in its fifth season on HBO, is perhaps their best-known work, The Gantz brothers founded their production company View Film in 1984. They are currently in production on &uot;Sex with Strangers,&uot; a feature-length documentary on the &uot;swinging&uot; lifestyle. Outside the scope of their collaborative work, Harry Gantz was an actor in the New York experimental theatre for five years. His brother Joe is a successful writer, screenwriter and photographer, and author of two non-fiction books about the emotional lives of children. |
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