Hallelujah!!!
The screening went very well! Very well indeed.
I was going nuts last night when Rob called and said that the film had just started and that he would call me back as soon as it was over. I kept looking at the clock every two or three minutes it seemed, then Gregg called, said he was doing the exact same thing. I mean, we were confident in the film, but you never know with these things. Maybe we were just being delusional.
But Rob called after an excruciating hour and a half and said that everyone dug it pretty good. They had a few notes but they were pretty happy with the results. They gave us a grade of A-, whatever the hell that means. And that’s before our final cut, sound mix or music. I was very pleased with the results. Made my night.
Reed then called and said he couldn’t believe the difference between this and the last cut he saw back here in MD. He said that Amy Smart and some of her family were there and that Amy’s mom cried at the end! That’s kind of cool, eh?
So we have another screening on Sunday with a few close friends, most of them filmmakers, to give us the final read on any notes. Should be a good night.
Then Cronin and I digest the notes and get back to work on this thing. We have two weeks to lock it down and lock it down GOOD. Yeah.
I need to go to sleep. But we did it! We may actually have something good here! Hot-diggity-dog!
Peace.
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