In two weeks, I'll be having a table reading of Sam Bailey up at Unified Pictures. Since sending the word out, I've had a tremendous outpouring of support from my actors. This is a quick note to express my appreciation and gratitude.
Conventional wisdom suggests that the marketability of this film, particularly when it comes to foreign licensing, rests in the hands of one or two name actors who believe in the project enough to take a ginormous pay slash and sign on. Most films in this budget range make their money overseas, and take what they can get when it comes to domestic distribution. Foreign sales are about cast, cast, cast.
My intent is to use my viral campaign and the relationships I have to bring Sam Bailey to domestic theaters first, and let the box office be the star that drives foreign revenues. This allows me to bring my cast into the limelight with the film. Films like Bottle Rocket, Sideways, and Napoleon Dynamite have done it before, but the risk can't be ignored.
The plan works if the film is excellent, and if the marketing takes hold. Both of these elements depend on the active involvement of wonderful collaborators like these, and of people like yourself.
If you haven't yet, please head over to www.8sidedfilms.com, click on "Sam Bailey", and click on "Who is Sam Bailey" or "I am Sam Bailey" to help spread the word!
My deep thanks go to the amazing, beautiful actors who are making this possible, and to you for the same reason!
Again, that site: www.8sidedfilms.com
Yours truly,
Tennyson E. Stead
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