athan - re: OT: Secret of the Cave: my brother's movie

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Off topic or not, I'm commenting on this one, athan!

Anything Irish is " on topic " (at least in my book!), with cinema being way

up there near the tippy-top o' my list. ;-) I've always appreciated the

massive efforts involved in filmmaking (I've a nephew in that business), & I

confess to reading alllll credits (as a way to pay my respects, but now, to

see my nephew's name & be the proud auntie!). Anyhoo, I just went to the

" Secret of the Cave " website, & lo & behold, the name Robin popped up

as " Second Second Assistant Director, " " Boom Operator " & an asterisk,

denoting student status. Any relation to you, or your brother ? :-)

Independent movies can be amazing, in their quiet, rich-in-character way.

Most of my all-time favorite films have been Indies. You didn't mention the

name of your brother's Film School... by any chance is it Watkins?

I try to watch every " Irish " film I can put my hands on, so thanks for

sharing w/this group, athan, -- after watching the trailer, I put it at

the very top of my Netflix queue. I'm truly looking forward to seeing it!

All the best to you & your family,

Maureen

PS - the idea of a transplant documentary sounds great, even if " the whole

world " doesn't get a chance to see it... & for this post to be a bit more

" on-topic, " that idea certainly goes hand-in-hand with () Redford

( Redford's son), who was himself diagnosed w/UC & , later, with PSC,

then transplanted (twice!) in 1995, experiences which in turn led him to

found the Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness. JRI produced an

award-winning documentary " The Kindness of Strangers " in 1999 for HBO (as

well as 2 others, including " Flow, " a " touching depiction of an encounter

between a donor family member and a recipient, " btw). I'm sure you probably

already know this, but " The Kindness of Strangers " has something very

special in common with " The Secret of the Cave " ...it was ALSO the recipient

of the Crystal Heart Award! Anyone interested in 's bio can go to:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714853/bio. Additionally, JRI's website at

http://www.jrifilms.org/ has a link to help " connect " people about

transplantation & organ donation (http://www.jrifilms.org/connect.html)

OT: Secret of the Cave: my brother's movie

Hi all,

I know this is completely off topic, but I just had to mention it.

" Secret of the Cave " , a movie my brother co-wrote, produced, and was

cinematographer for, has just come out on DVD...

For more info on it you can look at

www.secretofthecave.com

athan

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Maureen White wrote:

> the name Robin popped up as " Second Second Assistant Director, " " Boom

Operator " & an asterisk,denoting student status. Any relation to you, or your

brother ? :-)

>

Yes, Robin is my cousin, and another cousin (Robin's sister Melody) also

worked on the project. For a while there were quite a few s

running around that school, since a couple other cousins were there too

(although not in the film program).

> You didn't mention the

> name of your brother's Film School... by any chance is it Watkins?

It's Southern Adventist University, here in Tennessee. It's a full

(although by most standards small) University, but the art department

has a film school, which my brother heads. I'll have to admit I'm

awfully proud of him. He's my little brother, but he's done things I

don't think I'd ever be capable of...

> -- after watching the trailer, I put it at

> the very top of my Netflix queue. I'm truly looking forward to seeing it!

>

Thanks! My brother just told me that he got the first week rental

figures back, and it was rented 74,000 times, which is pretty good for a

movie with no advance publicity at all.

> " The Kindness of Strangers " has something very

> special in common with " The Secret of the Cave " ...it was ALSO the recipient

of the Crystal Heart Award!

I didn't know that! I'll have to mention it to my brother. I'm sure

he'd be interested.

As far as a documentary or something about me, I'm really not sure what

plans he has for the footage he's shot, but since he was shooting with

his personal video camera I doubt he's planning on a very large

audience, and I guess I personally don't know that it would be that

interesting of a documentary. I'm really a pretty boring person ;-)

And now I'll get back on topic!

athan