Over the next few months, as we prepare for the theatrical premiere and DVD release of "The Elephant King," I'll be blogging periodically to introduce you to this film and the people who made it. Because this is a small, independently financed film, we don't have the enormous advertising budget that the big studio films (with which we'll be competing on opening weekend) use to lure you to the theater. In fact, we don't have any advertising budget. What you're reading right now is our advertising. How can we possibly get people to see this movie?
I don't know. Can you help?
"The Elephant King" is a good movie. It's won three film festivals and its score and acting have won awards at two others. We shot the movie in Thailand in six weeks, and in the New York area in a week. Unison Films, which produced the movie, has a unique approach to filmmaking. The company allows first-time filmmakers to make the films they want to make: personal stories that don't shy from complexity and ambiguity the way some Hollywood films do.
I hope that if you visit this site, and get to know the people who made this film, you (and your entire social network) will come see it on opening weekend. I'll periodically post behind-the-scenes footage from the movie, and we'll have some guest posts from the cast and crew. As we get closer to the premiere date, I'll let you know when and where you can see it, and how you can get the DVD.
Until then, I'll leave you with this video, by way of my own personal introduction:
The behind-the-scenes videos online here are shot primarily by Jittama (Jayme) Brabbs, our 2nd AD in Thailand.
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"THE ELEPHANT KING" is a new feature film written and directed by Seth Grossman, produced by Unison Films, in association with DeWarrenne Pictures, Thailand. We hope you'll go see it.
