Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s singular animated doc Flee and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Summer of Soul will head into the 15th annual Cinema Eye Honors as the leaders in nominations, Cinema Eye announced today.
Flee led all films with seven nominations, with Summer of Soul claiming six. Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, Jessica Beshir’s Faya Dayi and E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s The Rescue followed with five noms apiece, with Todd Haynes’ Apple pic The Velvet Underground claiming four. HBO led all distributors with 16 nominations, with Hulu notching 12. Nat Geo and Neon followed with 11 each.
Of particular note with regard to the noms list was a newly introduced category for Outstanding Sound Design, which will see All Light, Everywhere contending alongside Faya Dayi, Flee, Summer of Soul and The Velvet Underground.
The award ceremony recognizing...
Flee led all films with seven nominations, with Summer of Soul claiming six. Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, Jessica Beshir’s Faya Dayi and E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s The Rescue followed with five noms apiece, with Todd Haynes’ Apple pic The Velvet Underground claiming four. HBO led all distributors with 16 nominations, with Hulu notching 12. Nat Geo and Neon followed with 11 each.
Of particular note with regard to the noms list was a newly introduced category for Outstanding Sound Design, which will see All Light, Everywhere contending alongside Faya Dayi, Flee, Summer of Soul and The Velvet Underground.
The award ceremony recognizing...
- 11/10/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2007 William Castle doc — featuring many of your favorite gurus — gets a very special edition DVD.
This news is a few weeks old, but it’s worth revisiting in advance of next week’s release.
It’s no secret that we’re William Castle fans around here. A look through our back catalog reveals quite a few of our gurus talking over the trailers to his films. So, if you haven’t figured out just why you should love William Castle, now’s your chance.
The audience favorite documentary, director Jeffrey Schwartz’ Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story, arrives on a loaded special edition DVD June 21.
Quoth the PR for a list of DVD features:
–> New Audio Commentary with producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, composer Michael “The Millionaire” Cudahy, graphic designer Grant Nellessen with a special guest appearance from the Great beyond…William Castle!
–> Larger Than Life: The Making Of Spine Tingler!
This news is a few weeks old, but it’s worth revisiting in advance of next week’s release.
It’s no secret that we’re William Castle fans around here. A look through our back catalog reveals quite a few of our gurus talking over the trailers to his films. So, if you haven’t figured out just why you should love William Castle, now’s your chance.
The audience favorite documentary, director Jeffrey Schwartz’ Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story, arrives on a loaded special edition DVD June 21.
Quoth the PR for a list of DVD features:
–> New Audio Commentary with producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, composer Michael “The Millionaire” Cudahy, graphic designer Grant Nellessen with a special guest appearance from the Great beyond…William Castle!
–> Larger Than Life: The Making Of Spine Tingler!
- 6/14/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
Fans of classic horror who just can’t wait for the release of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story can head over to the official Spine Tingler! Facebook page and enjoy as exclusive clips are revealed each day until the June 21 DVD release date. Additionally, fans will notice the presence of William Castle on Facebook... Is this page of the social networking giant haunted?
From the Press Release:
Join us in pulling back the magic curtain as Automat Pictures announces Spine Tingler! Sampler Platter: 13 Days of Bonus Feature Sneak Peeks in celebration of the June 21, 2011, DVD release of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here), the multi-award winning “docu-tainment” directed by Jeffrey Schwarz.
Beginning June 8, 13 special sneak peeks are being revealed on the Spine Tingler! Facebook page, offering fans a taste of the bonus features from the brand new Special Edition DVD. The first clip, an excerpt from bonus...
From the Press Release:
Join us in pulling back the magic curtain as Automat Pictures announces Spine Tingler! Sampler Platter: 13 Days of Bonus Feature Sneak Peeks in celebration of the June 21, 2011, DVD release of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here), the multi-award winning “docu-tainment” directed by Jeffrey Schwarz.
Beginning June 8, 13 special sneak peeks are being revealed on the Spine Tingler! Facebook page, offering fans a taste of the bonus features from the brand new Special Edition DVD. The first clip, an excerpt from bonus...
- 6/9/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
In a recently released press release (that was fun to say), Automat Pictures has announced Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story for DVD on June 21st. Even better, the disc will be absolutely packed with over 5-hours of extras. Take a look at them below:
“William Castle was a larger than life figure, so it’s only fitting that he gets a larger than life DVD,” says Jeffrey Schwarz, President and CEO of Automat Pictures. “I wanted to make sure Castle and the soon-to-be converted fans get plenty of Bang for their buck with this Special Edition release. And remember, everyone who buys this DVD might be insured by Lloyd’s of London for the possibility of death by fright!”
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here) is Buzzing with New and electrifying Bonus features available only on this DVD, which include:
New Audio Commentary with producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz,...
“William Castle was a larger than life figure, so it’s only fitting that he gets a larger than life DVD,” says Jeffrey Schwarz, President and CEO of Automat Pictures. “I wanted to make sure Castle and the soon-to-be converted fans get plenty of Bang for their buck with this Special Edition release. And remember, everyone who buys this DVD might be insured by Lloyd’s of London for the possibility of death by fright!”
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here) is Buzzing with New and electrifying Bonus features available only on this DVD, which include:
New Audio Commentary with producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Automat Pictures has announced a DVD Special Edition release of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story, the multi-award winning “docu-tainment” directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, will be released on June 21. To celebrate this momentous release in epic William Castle fashion, the DVD will include over Five hours of bonus features that have never, ever been seen anywhere before!
From the Press Release:
“William Castle was a larger than life figure, so it’s only fitting that he gets a larger than life DVD,” says Jeffrey Schwarz, President and CEO of Automat Pictures. “I wanted to make sure Castle and the soon-to-be converted fans get plenty of Bang for their buck with this Special Edition release. And remember, everyone who buys this DVD might be insured by Lloyd’s of London for the possibility of death by fright!”
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here) is Buzzing with New and electrifying...
From the Press Release:
“William Castle was a larger than life figure, so it’s only fitting that he gets a larger than life DVD,” says Jeffrey Schwarz, President and CEO of Automat Pictures. “I wanted to make sure Castle and the soon-to-be converted fans get plenty of Bang for their buck with this Special Edition release. And remember, everyone who buys this DVD might be insured by Lloyd’s of London for the possibility of death by fright!”
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (review here) is Buzzing with New and electrifying...
- 5/18/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
As funny and well-received as Adam McKay.s The Other Guys was, one of the main topics of conversation about the film is the end credits sequence. Playing while Eva Mendes and Cee-Lo sing .Pimps Don.t Cry,. the sequence is an animation that highlights some incredible statistics that give insight to the economic crisis we currently find ourselves in. Some say that it.s great, some say it.s out of place and some say that it.s too politically charged. To get the story behind it, I went to talk to the people that made it. Created by Picture Mill Studios in Los Angeles, three members of the team - Grant Nellessen, the art director, William Lebeda, the creative director, and David Midgen, the producer . were kind enough to sit down with me and talk about the animation, from its inception to people.s reactions. Watch the credits...
- 8/13/2010
- cinemablend.com
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