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Monthly Archives: September 2009
If You Love Dogs
…And you love sports and Jimmy Buffet, then this film is for you: Sundogs. Watch this one. It is a story of great humanity, a fun story. You will smile and laugh. It will make your day.
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And the Emmy Goes to…
…Nanking!
So said presenter Campbell Brown of CNN in the category of Best Historical Programming.
We are so humbled and honored and grateful.
Thank you to HBO Documentary Films for working so hard on our behalf. Thanks to Sheila Nevins and Sara Bernstein, two amazing executives and the best friends a filmmaker could ever have in these dark days for independent film.
It was such a pleasure to be at the Emmy Awards last night and witness Walter Cronkite, Barbara Walters and Don Hewitt all being honored and recognized for their life’s work. It was so wonderful to be with my family; our director Bill Guttentag; my college roommate who served as a producer Michael Jacobs; and other key team members.
Indulge Me
If you can’t make the Washington Capitals preseason game tonight and you have time to kill, wish us luck at the Emmy Awards and then click on Nanking and watch it on SnagFilms.com.
Nanking has been recognized with many awards and tonight it is up for three more. But to be honest, the reason this film is so powerful and moving is because it focuses on the heroics of Westerners and the Chinese people who found a way to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
The film is dedicated to the memories of the heroes who saved all of those people; the survivors of Nanking; and to Iris Chang.
Wish us luck.
The Queen
Guess who sat next to us at dinner on last night at Cafe Milano here in DC?
Helen Mirren - The Queen; the Academy Award winner; actress; and a woman of grace and style. She floated into the place. Everyone stopped talking and stared. She is regal and quite nice. She is in town for a while performing at the Shakespeare Theatre.
I wanted to invite her to tonight’s Washington Capitals game but my wife kicked me under the table at that notion.
My Sharona
She lives! She is real. She sells real estate in L.A. The song is now 30 years old and perhaps the greatest one hit wonder of all time from The Knack. Now I can’t get that song out of my head.
“It is an Honor Just to Be Nominated”
On Monday night the Emmy Awards for News and Documentary will be presented.
Our film Nanking is up for three Emmys for Best Documentary; Best Historical Programming; and for Craft: Research.
It honestly is just an honor to be nominated.
But what is a thrill is that my son, Zachary, has his own nomination for an Emmy Award in the Craft: Research category. Zach was 16 years old when he jumped in to help us on the film. He worked diligently at the US Archives and Library of Congress and found a treasure trove of information and a long forgotten atrocities film that we used in our movie.
Wouldn’t it be something if our film won an award in this category?
And in keeping it in the family, we are hard at work at completing a new documentary film and my daughter, Elle, has been working on it with me.
It is so much fun to work on “Filmanthropy” oriented projects and to have my entire family deeply involved. Makes a father proud!
Caps Win in Another Fun OT Game
We are now 2-0 in preseason play with two OT wins.
We aren’t dressing many of our star players yet. We are letting many of our prospects play to earn the right to play minutes in the NHL this season. Last night’s game against Chicago in Chicago was played in front of a sold out crowd and was a great learning experience for many of our players.
These are “teachable moments” and winning in OT is a wonderful experience for all of our players. It is just preseason so I wouldn’t read anything into these games but we do want to have expectations that we can win in OT games; that we have some destiny working on our behalf; and that we will have good fortune shine on us now.
The preseason is flying by. Camp is fast-paced. The season opener in Boston is right around the corner. Get ready for the puck to drop. Go Caps!
Mystics Lose in OT to End Season
A great game but a bad result and our season ends in overtime against the best team in the East. I am proud of the progress we made as a franchise this season. We became very competitive as a team. We qualified for the playoffs and our team is now on its way to ongoing and consistent positive results.
Our new General Manager and Coach helped to change the culture of our team. They are demanding; pay attention to details; and are positive that our team can compete for a championship if we adhere to our master plan. We have to build and maintain the core group of players; draft well; teach team concepts; run the ball; and have lots of depth.
Our players also like one another. There is good team chemistry. We are a young team and we will improve year after year.
I am satisfied with our progress. We have the best and most passionate fans in the WNBA. Thanks to all of you for being so supportive and understanding during our reboot as a team. Part of the team’s success flows directly from your ongoing support. Onward.