How not to Invest in a Film or Movie
name recognition, the second lead was a great local actor who no one has heard off outside of Chicago, and third lead was an ex-name actor who was in the film for 5 minutes that they are giving top billing to.
And they didn’t even use legal counsel but downloaded forms off the internet.
Recently when one of the producers told me they did not get into Sundance, I suggested perhaps they call up CAA, Endeavor, William Morris, ICM, UTA, or Cinetic Media to help rep the film (no matter how bad it is), instead of them playing lottery and filling out applications for every film festival that calls themselves a film festival.
His response was looking and acting like he was going to cut my throat if I dare give him advice.
Heck, I even gave him the names of a few foreign sales agents to help him sell the film and he looked at me like i was
