From Michael Sellers
I just got off the phone with Scott Mansfield at monterey media who called to tell me that Eye of the Dolphin has been selected by Ingram Entertainment, the country’s largest distributor of DVD software, for the “Ingram Winner’s Program” — which is a special program wherein they select 6 independent […]
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From Michael Sellers
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with an investor who raised a good question that I would like to answer more comprehensively here.
The question was — if EOD cost $5M to shoot and promote, how can Way of the Dolphin, also budgeted at $5M overall, be accomplished within budget considering that […]
From Michael Sellers
Eye of the Dolphin continues to have a good extended “move-over” phase, with bookings in 3-5 theaters each week. This weekend one of the theaters added is in Louisville, plus some in Colorado. I will have details later today or tomorrow. One of the better bookings coming up is Minneapolis on October […]
From Michael Sellers
Ken Levasseur, the architect of the 3rd Phase Alternative program, will be visiting us in Los Angeles the week of August 1 for additional work in several areas. He will be working with Carly on underwater skills; plus doing research with a supplier who is helping design the monofin dol-fin suit for […]
From Michael Sellers
Elsewhere I’ve provided links to the articles from the NY Times on Ken Balcomb and the stranding of 17 whales and dolphins on Abaco and Grand Bahama in 2000 — an event which the Navy did eventually acknowledge was caused by Navy sonar.
Separately in my discussions with Ken Levasseur he talked […]
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From Michael Sellers
We are planning as part of our work going forward to create an internet “portal” site that would be content-rich and serve as a magnet for people who are interested in anything along the lines of underwater exploration; marine mammals; etc. The trick with something like this is to come up with […]
From Michael Sellers
Okay. I don’t want to make too much of this but I just re-read the Ken Balcomb story which is linked in the previous post and I found it just as compelling this time as I did a few years ago when it first was published. In movie terms — Balcomb is […]
From Michael Sellers
I’m starting to do some digging and thinking about story elements for “what comes next”. I’m not ready to start connecting the dots — but I am starting to come across some “dots” that are interesting. So — without saying that this is an area that will specifically figure in Way of […]
From Michael Sellers
Sometimes we have some super-intense thing going on and I don’t even mention it — then realize I should, just to keep you updated and give you a flavor for what this is like. Latest big scramble was getting the final DVD elements to Monterey. Believe it or not — for a […]
From Michael Sellers
BACKGROUND
This trip happened at the invitation of the Bahamas Film Commission who hosted a special screening of Eye of the Dolphin in Freeport for invited guests and media on September 13th. We took advantage of being in Bahamas to shoot a featurette for the DVD entitled “The Dolphins of UNEXSO”, […]
From Michael Sellers
Back when I was with the government we were always required to file a “trip report” after official travel and I think it’s a good idea to do so here. I have been sending back informal updates but this kind of report is more formal an substantive and helps us evaluate the […]
From Michael Sellers
Just a quick informal update on Saturday’s activities–our final day in the Bahamas. We were up at 7 and at UNEXSO Dolphin experience 7:30 for more filming around the pens and an 8:30 open water trip — this time with dolphins Exuma and Andros and world class underwater cinematographer Paul Mockler, who […]
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by Michael D. SellersJust got back from the Freeport, Bahamas Premiere for Eye of the Dolphin. It’s been a long 24 hours without sleep since leaving LA almost exactly 24 hours ago…. but worth it. Local Film Commission chief Donna Mackey put on a great show – they did a red carpet, the works — […]
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by Michael D. SellersA couple of months back I was contacted by a certain “Luciano Marzotto” of Milan, Italy, who said he represented a Russian “billionaire” who wanted to invest in film. “Marzotto” is, to Italians, a name on the level of “Rockefeller” here. He didn’t identify the Russian but said he was part of […]
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From Michael SellersMovieBank and Quantum’s Eye of the Dolphin has won the Honors Award from the National Association of Parenting Publications Awards in the fim/dvd division. This is a well established and quite prestigious award progam which will be one more “brick” in the structure we’re building for EOD’s longterm life. The NAPPA awards are […]
Year of the Spy Book Trailer
Above is the Year of the Spy Book Trailer — for my upcoming non-fiction book about espionage upheavals on the streets of Moscow in 1985.
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