Howdy!
The Doggie Diner movie was shown at the Roxie Cinema back in
April 2008. This is the archive information for the show.
HEAD TRIP (85 minutes)
Theatrical Premiere
A documentary film by John
Law and Flecher Fleudujon.
Produced by Central Services and Truth
Serum Productions In affiliation with Laughing
Squid www.laughingsquid.com
Filmmakers, John Law & Flecher Fleudujon "LIVE" INTERVIEW
/ Q&A by V. Vale
John
Law: is an original member of the Suicide
Club, charter member of the Cacophony
Society and co-founder of thes Burning
Man festival
Flecher
Fleudujon: is a film professional and co-founder of the The
Yard Dogs Road Show & Review.
Contact: john@laughingsquid.com 510-543-5054
FULL RE/Search Press Release:
RE/Search Publications,
20 Romolo #B, San Francisco CA 94133.
tel 415 362 1465. email: info@researchpubs.com
www.researchpubs.com
Subject: PRANKS
FILM FESTIVAL w/Live Interviews/Q&As
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Friday March 14th
RE/Search Publications
PRESENTS:
The First Annual Pranks Film Festival
April 1, 2, 3 at The
Roxie Cinema
3117 16th Street by Valencia, San Francisco CA 94133
Tickets $10 per day for all shows.
Ticket and other information:
www.pranksfilmfestival.com
Benefit for RE/Search
Publications and Todd Blair of SRL.
For interviews or more information please contact
RE/Search Publications
TEL (415) 362-1465
EMAIL: info@researchpubs.com
TUES, APRIL 1, 2008:
5PM SHOW
PRANKS SHORT FILMS: (100 min.)
"Best of Faux" selected shorts for Pranks Film Festival
Introduced by Faux Film Festival Director, Mike Shkolnik, Portland, OR
Titles of films:
12 Hot Women, Jimmy's House of Hugs, Superciliary Exercise Program, !The
Inedible Bulk, Truth In Advertising, The Strange Case of Ray Milland,
Zombie Vegetarians, New Testament, Reemco Atomic Broom, Zombie-American,
Torsten Kretchzmar - Entschlossenheit
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7PM SHOW
MAL SHARPE
PRESENTS:
COYLE & SHARPE PILOT (20 min.)The Impostors TV Pilot 1965 with host
George Fenneman (Groucho Marx's sidekick on YOU BET YOUR LIFE.)
Coyle and Sharpe were the early masters of street pranks and puts-ons.
Using hidden microphones, they clandestinely recorded their bizarre encounters
with unsuspecting citizens on the streets of San Francisco in the 1960's.
LIVE INTERVIEW / Q&A w/ MAL SHARPE by V. Vale (20 min.)
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8PM SHOW
ABEL RAISES CAIN: a documentary by Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett (82 min.)
Long before the deluge of reality TV dolts who drum up media attentionwith
acts of idiocy, there was Alan Abel, a culture-jamming comic wit a conscience.
The director of the 1970s cult films IS THERE SEX AFTER DEATH? and THE
FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT, Abel has made a name for himself several times
over with media stunts that are just ridiculous enough to be believable
– especially to a media that feeds on salacious, far-fetched stories.
Abel's mock-moral crusade "Citizens Against Breastfeeding" stirred
controversy in the late 1990s, just as his "Society for Indecency
to Naked Animals" had in the 1960s. Both groups made asinine calls
for morality in America, and while both were complete jokes, for long
stretches the only one in on the jokes was Abel himself and whomever he
had brought along for the ride. From time to time, that "whomever"
was his daughter, Jenny Abel. ABEL RAISES CAIN is Jenny's film, and it
is as much a biography of her father as it is an exploration of her family
life. What was it like to be raised by a man who always had a trick up
his sleeve, and whose tricks always brought the media vultures swirling?
Jenny was ostensibly in on the jokes, but, as we see in this oddly poignant
film, it was never easy being raised by the one throwing the punch lines.
(Patton Dodd, IFFB)
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9:30PM SHOW
PRANKS SHORTS From Faux Film Festival
(REPEAT of 5 PM show - see above)
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WED April 2, 2008:
5PM SHOW:
The Yes Men documentary (90 min)
The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com,
and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don't
notice the siteis a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for thereal
WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse andsoon find themselves attending
important functions as WTO representatives. Delighted to speak for the
organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set
out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global
free trade. Weirdly, the expertsdon't notice the joke and seem to agree
with everyterrible idea the two can come up with. Exhausted by their failed
attempts to shock, Mike andAndy take a whole new approach for one final
lecture. The Yes Men is directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, andChris Smith,
whose previous credits include the 1999Sundance Winner "American
Movie." It was released byUnited Artists.
Shorts ahead of feature: San Francisco experimental films: "Nectar
of the Cyclops" by Rock Ross, and "Hot Leatherette" by
Robert Nelson (total time 10 min.)
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7PM SHOW:
BILLBOARD LIBERATION FRONT / CULTURE JAM segment
CULTURE JAM: Hijacking Commercial Culture (50 min.)
CultureJam: Hijacking Commercial Culture" delivers a fascinating
rap on the 20th centurymovement called "Culture Jamming". Won
the AudienceChoice Awards at both the Vancouver and AucklandInternational
Film Festivals and was selected for over35 international festival screens.
Nominated for theprestigious Donald Brittain Award for Best SocialIssue
Documentary, it went on to win the Leo Award forBest Social Issue Documentary
& Best Editing. Aired on CBC Newsworld and Vision TV, Canada and TRIO
networking United States. Directed by Jill Sharpe.
BLF Guests: Blank De Coverly (CIO for BLF), and Milton Rand Kalman (chief
scientist for BLF) Live Interview/Q&A by V. Vale
Will be followed by:
PROGRAM OF SHORTS
"Art of Bleeding" by REVEREND AL (L.A. Cacophony Society) (3
min.)
"STINK" by DEAN SNIDER (5 min.)
"Army Girls Gone Wild" by Jihad Jerry of DEVO (4 min.)
PRANKS VIDEO from RE/Search: excerpt of Joe Coleman segment (8 min.)
Plus additional local experimental shorts (total time: approx. 25 min.)
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9PM SHOW:
CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING Feature Documentary by REVEREND BILLY (85 min.)
Produced by Morgan Spurlock and directed by Rob VanAlkemade, this docu-comedy
follows our trials and triumphs across the country as The Reverend Billy
and his choir preach and sing to help holiday-abused Americans find a
new Christmas without products. The film has played throughout the US,
bringing Fair Trade activists and Evangelical Christians together in darkened
movie theaters, emerging with new tools to BUY LESS and GIVE MORE!
Preceded by these short films:
- Taking the Night by FRANK DISCUSSION (3 min.)
- PRANKS VIDEO from RE/Search: excerpt of Frank Discussion segment (8
min.)
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THUR APRIL 3, 2008:
5PM SHOW:
ST STUPIDS DAY PARADE shot by Marian Wallace (20 min)
Joey Skaggs video collection from his press pranks (15 min)
The Not-Yet-Ascended Master of media manipulation, who recently appeared
on prime-time television for his invention: "The Bullsh*t Detector."
Harmon Leon Show (25 min) Harmon Leon will appear in person presenting
a representation of his media pranks. Harmon Leon is one of America's
top infiltrators and media pranksters. His films have appeared
at festivals all around the world. He is also the author of six books,
including the upcoming
Brother's Rjukerooka (RE/Search Books), and The American Dream
Santa Rampage 95 (10 min) by CHUCK CIRINO
A hilarious doc of the 2nd annual Santarchy event in SF. See the notorious
event that launched a million Santa’s. See Santa drink, see Santa sing,
see Santa cavort. See Santa arrested!
CAR HUNT by CHUCK CIRINO (10 min.) Car Hunt is the now legendary event
organized in 1995 where a group of friends took an Oldsmobile station
wagon and added steel re-enforcements, setup a system where they could
drive it via remote control and then "hunted" it down in a Nevada
desert using an assortment of guns while riding in chase vehicles.
PRANKS VIDEO from RE/Search, Karen Finley segment (8 min.)
Plus MORE!! PRANKS! on SCREEN!!
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7PM SHOW:
HEAD TRIP (85 minutes)
Theatrical Premiere
A documentary film by John Law and Flecher Fleudujon. Produced by Central
Services and Truth Serum Productions In affiliation with Laughing Squid
www.laughingsquid.com
Filmmakers, John Law & Flecher Fleudujon "LIVE" INTERVIEW
/ Q&A by V. Vale
John Law is an original Suicide Club member, charter member of the Cacophony
Society and co-founder of Burning Man festival
Flecher Fleudujon is a film professional and co-founder of the Yard Dogs
Roadshow & Revue
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9PM SRL PROGRAM:
**Todd Blair Benefit**
MAKER FAIRE, 2007, SRL machine demonstration video (10 min.)
SRL at LAB, 2003, SRL machine demonstration video (3 min.)
PRANKS VIDEO from RE/Search, Mark Pauline segment (8 min.)
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LIVE INTERVIEW / Q&A with MARK PAULINE or other SRL crew member TBA
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UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2007, DUAL SCREEN video of machine demonstration
(22 min.)
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CLOSING PRANKS / SRL PARTY Location TBA
