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Hey guys.  The premiere was a blast.  Got lots of create comments.  Had people coming up to me all evening at the after party commenting on the music.  The audience really enjoyed the film.  I have some pics up at my site's blog page that are different than the WireImage pics.  But not many with the premiere crowd or anything.  Things were just so busy that it all went by fast and my girlfriend and I just did not get all the pics we set out to get.

There is one.  Towards the bottom.  But They chose the pic with one of my smirks.  Which is now immortalized forever on WireImage.  Oh yay! 

Hey folks.  If you go to the official GRAD website and in the window where the trailer plays...there have been some new options added.  Including the ability to preview a scene from the film.  Under the movie...click on the video selection you want to stream...the trailer...or the scene.  There is also a re-stating of the synopsis and some of the press kit photos (which you all have already found elsewhere) that will also play in that same movie window. 

Enjoy!

New official website:  www.graduationmovie.com  :dancing:

Along with the new Magnolia Pictures trailer. 

GRADUATION Facebook page is up.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1164467374

Let's try to get everyone we know on Facebook to add them.

Brian

First of all...did you check your email Deb?

It is a great story.  One I am VERY proud of having a musical contribution to. 

I think Magnolia has a very good strategy from what little I have learned so far.  The film is in the right hands in my personal opinion.  Time will tell if it has worked out...but Magnolia has been great from my very limited perspective on them. 

Over the long haul...the numbers don't support that.  The fans are EXTREMELY important of course.  Don't get me wrong.  But the marketplace is very diverse.  It won't survive on those core fans alone.  They have to get people who know nothing about them to want to buy it too.  And hopefully make new fans out of them.  A lot of Chris & Chris fans...and Riley and Shannon, etc...will of course buy it the day it gets released anyway and that is great and what the film needs.  But 2-10 years from now???  It can not just be marketed to only those fans.  Of course, if any of their film careers really take off (which could happen with any one of their films)...GRADUATION becomes more valuable.

Not that I know of unfortunately.  But you can search the net for ballboy and I am sure you will find a lot of stuff. 

The CD with the original version of "Where Do The Nights Of Sleep Go To When They Do Not Come To Me"
is called "A Guide For the Daylight Hours" and can be found on Amazon.com here:  http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Daylight-Ho … 702&sr=8-2

Another song in the film (over the beginning of the end credits) is called "Keepin' You Head Up" by a great Los Angeles band called The Ringers.

Their website is www.theringersband.com and they also have a MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/theringersband where you can hear the song if you scroll down their little music player list. 

I strongly encourage you all to support these independent artists when searching out their music by actually purchasing their music tracks when you find them.  I know the Ringers sell their tracks through MySpace at only like $.69 for an MP3.

But hopefully we can get a soundtrack out there soon as well.  We are working on it.  It would be a great CD, that is for sure.   And would be a great 'one stop shop' to find all of the great GRADUATION music by many independent atists.  And...we may even get a little bit of the score on there as well. 

Oh....there is lots more you will learn.  Like I said...I will let Magnolia release that info on their own time table.  I don't want to spoil their plans at all. 

And thanks for looking forward to the score too.    There is just under an hour of score that I composed for the film.  It was a challenge to keep the score young and not get too overly sappy or dramatic....but at the same time, evolve as the story of the heist evolves into something more adult and serious. 

There are also a lot of great songs in GRAD, some of which were specifically written for this film.  One song from the Scottish band ballboy called "Where do the nights of sleep go to when they do not come to me (2002)."    The band has been very cool and Gordon McIntyre worked with the director to completely re-write the song to be a ballad (that sounds very different) to be played in one segment of the Prom scene in the film.  This ballad version of the song has never been heard before or released.  And the original version is also in the film over a small montage sequence.  So...lots of cool stuff going on with the music.  There is also some Iggy Pop music in the film...as Chris' character Carl is a huge Iggy Pop and the Stooges fan.

Well...ummmmmmm....soooooooo....now that it is out there.....:D

That promotional one sheet is a little old though.  The tag line is different in the final.  So....not sure where TeeJay got this one. 

And as you can see from that cover....the ummmmmm....film is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures.  Which is a great thing.

But I would rather leave other things to Magnolia Pictures to announce on their own time table and schedule.  So...I probably won't be putting out any more info you all are not digging up yourselves.  :applause: 

I am sure you all will enjoy it when you see it.

Ummm....that photo is from a deleted scene.....???   

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I don't believe I have built up anything to be big at all.  Just that the info posted on IMDb was incomplete and a bit ahead of itself. 

No worries though.   The patience everyone has had (fans and producton team alike) will soon show to have been worth it.

when things are ready to be announced publicly...they will be.  I know it is hard to wait.  But details for these typs of things change frequently (and already have many times) and when they get released before they are ready...things usually end up very different and start going south.  So...unfortunately...no.  But I promise when I can say something more concrete, I will.  I probably have already alluded to too much already.

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