Playing Indians

If I have one fault, it is that I am too optimistic. I remember telling the cast and crew of THE PROMISE KEEPERS, as well as all of the fine men and women who donated money to help fund the project, that we were looking at a three week shooting schedule, with the film slated for release in early August. Now here we are, four months in, and we still have at least two days of full-cast filming, some pick-ups, and post. Yikes. The good news is that we have a much better film on our hands than we would have had otherwise, and the even better news is that making this film has been one of the best experiences of my life. The people that I have met and the friendships I have made are on their own worth the budget of the film, but then to have this movie, this piece of art that we have all created together... Well, it is simply magical.


(Driving around in drag with Sophie)


I have made this claim before, but really, we are close to being done. We have a few more full shoots, then pick-ups, and then we enter post-production. I have been editing the movie as we go, so most of it will piece itself together pretty quickly when we are done with filming, but we have a lot of sound design to worry about, and then marketing, and then of course touring the country.

(Dave and I going over storyboards)

We recently wrote and recorded voice-over for the official trailer slated for release by August 10th, maybe sooner if we can find the right font. The trailer is pretty rad, and it makes me excited for the movie in a new way. I am so close to every aspect of production that it is often difficult for me to think about it as an outsider, but the trailer allows me to do that, and every time I watch the rough cut I think, 'Man... I wanna see that movie!' I think you will feel the same way (let's hope!).


(Our friend Luke, held against his will)

In other news, we have a twitter account now for Gunther and Dolores, the two main characters in the film, which, if you twitter, you can access by following this link - http://twitter.com/Dolores_Gunther


(Some of our beautiful ladies getting ready for a shot)

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been supporting this film, and our cast, and just us in general. We really appreciate it, so, so much.


(Oh, you'll know what this is soon enough)