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A happy ending for a “lost” film…

In 1997, Sundance film festival audiences warmly received a movie entitled “Colin Fitz Lives!” from first-time director Robert Bella. The film had a great cast (William H. Macy, Martha Plimpton and John McGinty, among others) and an original story, and it seemed like the fates were aligning for something special. There was just one problem.

Robert Bella ran out of money.

Even after all the buzz surrounding the film came to a furor right after its debut at Sundance, none of the distribution deals Bella was offered would cover the expenses he incurred during its production. Bella had raised over $150,000, and had maxed out some 20 credit cards, in order to produce the movie. Under this crippling debt, Bella lost his film to creditors, became homeless for a short spell, and spent over 8 years getting his life back.

In the aftermath of “Colin Fitz Lives!,” Bella worked on and in a few movies, and dug himself out from under his massive debt. He managed to finally buy back his film from his debtors, was offered a distribution deal from IFC Films, and the theater hits screens in a limited run in August.

Sounds like the plot to a good movie, right? Hmmmm…

This post copyrighted 2010 of Dusty Fingertips Films, Inc. (If you make a movie about Robert Bella, just remember it was my idea first!)

Halo 2600!!!

This is too cool. Ed Fries (former vice president of Microsoft’s Game Publishing Division) decided that he would code an old school version of the mega-popular game Halo in the style on an old school Atari game. The result, titled Halo 2600, is exactly what you think it is… a boxy, 8 bit feeling version of the first person shooter.

A few lucky people actually got cartridges(!) of this coolness, but the rest of us will have to settle for playing it here.

The Avett Brothers new video

This song is just beautiful, and this video is fantastic. If you are not hip to The Avett Brothers, you should really jump on board. Every song is better than the last.

So excited about Thursday night!

Here’s why:

Here’s another reason:

This is a pretty good reason too:

Blitzen Trapper is the real deal, and I get the opportunity to rock out with them live at the Vogue Theater in Indy. Sweet. Get tickets early for 12 bucks and join me. Good times.

500 Days of Weezy

Some guy named My Sick Uncle mashed up the entire 500 Days of Summer soundtrack with Lil Wayne. Why this ever needed to happen is beyond me, but it did. Check the whole thing out here.

Now I, personally, am no longer that into Weezy. I liked how original sounding he was 3-4 years ago, but then he popped up on every single song ever made ever for the last two years (maybe a slight exaggeration), and I’m over it. He’s in jail and he is still dropping a song every week. How is that even possible?

At any rate, I listened to this and there are a few cool things going on. Check it out.