World’s Greatest Critic Review

Our first review has just come in from J.C. Macek III also known as the World’s Greatest Critic.

Here are two snippets of what he had to say.

“The truth is that, ultra-indie or not, Branin’s third film (and first full-length feature) is a complex and deep work that easily transcends any initial impressions its subject matter might give.”

“Branin has written and directed a very smart and subtle film that shows he can make an engrossing and memorable movie.“

We certainly encourage you to read his entire review.  It does contain some spoilers.  Overall our film received a 4/5 stars with some great commentary.

The Full Review - http://www.worldsgreatestcritic.com/nightbeforethewedding.html

Appearance on LA Talk Radio

Writer/Director David Branin and Actor/Producer Gregor Collins stop by to talk about their fresh-off-the-presses first feature, “Night Before the Wedding.” David’s fiance and actress, Karen Worden, also stops by and adds some much needed female perspective.

The show is called In the Can hosted by Kip Brown on LA Talk Radio.

Kip was positive in his reaction to the film. As a matter of fact, he sent us this quote today.

“Night Before the Wedding is a funny film with a great cast and a storyline that is FULL of surprises”
Kip Brown, Radio Host LA Talk Radio’s In the Can

Hope you enjoy listening to this interview and finding out a little more about our story and hearing about Night Before the Wedding.

Here is the link - http://www.latalkradio.com/Kip.php
(Click on the show from March 14th, 2009)

Would love to hear what you think.

On the Set – Night Before the Wedding

We just uploaded this video. It is the first glimpse of what it was like to be on the set of my debut feature film, Night Before the Wedding.

Director David Branin provided the Cast and Crew a Mini-DV camera and told them they could film whatever they wanted. This video is the result.

‘Become a Fan’ – Night Before the Wedding Facebook FanPage
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Night-Before-the-Wedding/41419346181?ref=nf

‘Become a Friend’ – Night Before the Wedding MySpace Page
http://www.myspace.com/nightbeforethewedding

Would you like YOUR NAME in ‘Night Before the Wedding’ Ending Credits?

Well the good new is that it is not too late, though the window is beginning to close.

Here’s the overall update on our first feature film, “Night Before the Wedding.” This film is one that we have been working on since September 2007. We have put in a lot of energy and effort to see our dream of completing this first feature film.

We are proud to say that we are almost there having achieved picture-lock last week. That means all that remains is color correction, sound design and music. The credit roll at the end of the film will be finalized as well. We are aiming to have this work done by March.

We initiated a ‘Pre-Order’ DVD campaign before we shot the film. Those who are showing support and faith in our project, we are rewarding by thanking them in our film’s credits and on our website (which we are redesigning).

So if you would like to become part of this campaign, now is a great time. Another perk of ordering now is that it guarantees you will see the film before it reaches the mainstream. (Due to a variety of distribution factors, we cannot say when that will be.)

Everyone who has pre-ordered the DVD will receive a limited-edition DVD with the completed movie.

To pre-order “Night Before the Wedding,” please visit http://www.nightbeforethewedding.com/
Enter the site and click on the banner on top of the screen.

To order offline, you are welcome to send a $15 check
payable to Glimpse of Dreams, LLC.

Glimpse of Dreams Productions
8314 Jayseel Street
Sunland, CA 91040

If you cannot order a DVD at this time, you can also show your support by signing on to be a ‘Fan’ on our Facebook Fan Page. Just log in and click on ‘Become a Fan’
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Night-Before-the-Wedding/41419346181?ref=nf

And become our friend on Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/nightbeforethewedding

David Branin Launches Film Courage Blog

Here is an excerpt as to why Filmmaker David Branin created Film Courage.

Why this blog? Why now? The answer. My film career is at the crossroads. We will soon discover together what lies ahead. I debated what to call this blog for about a week now. No idea seemed to be right. Just moments ago, the words Film Courage popped into my head, and now this blog has begun. I owe inspiration for the title of this blog to a brilliant and talented actor friend of mine who is as passionate about his craft as anyone I know.

I dedicate my journey and this blog to all kindred creative souls. For the sacrifices, the daily rejection, the criticism and judgment. May we have it within ourselves to create our own magic to move mountains.

Here is the direct link, http://filmcourage.blogspot.com/

Film Synergy to Launch Interview Series with “Night Before the Wedding” Cast and Crew

Film Synergy is announcing today that it is launching an exciting new Interview Series with various members from the Cast of Crew of the upcoming indie feature film, Night Before the Wedding. This is part of Film Synergy’s initiative to provide top notch content in regards to Independent Filmmaking.

The premise of Night Before the Wedding is one that takes you inside a modern bachelor party. It’s not one of those over the top raunchy comedies. Not to say that the film doesn’t have a wild side.

Here’s the logline: “Before straight-laced William Shay weds his soul mate, he must get through one last wild night with his best buddies…but the party quickly turns serious when he finds himself alone with a real life porn star.”

From L-R – Actors Gregor Collins, John Keating, James Anthony McQuillan, Chad Davis, Frantz Durand, Zane Patterson, and Kevin Deen (on table) prepare for a scene in Night Before the Wedding.

The film was shot primarily in one location, a two-story house in North Hills, CA. It is an ensemble piece that features 17 actors and actresses, including a platinum selling rapper and an adult film star. The film is now in Post-Production and is expected to reach public audiences in 2009.

Stock Market crashing but not everything is going down…

While the financial crisis continues on Wall Street, there is positive news to be found in our realm.  Combined internet views of our ‘Extended Teaser Trailer’ for Night Before the Wedding has exceeded 5000 views.  Not too shabby.  This is great news considering we have not been able to really promote it, as we are submersed in the editing process.  Coming up for air to report this news, then it is right back to editing.

The ‘Teaser Trailer’ does not feature one frame of footage from the film itself.  So you do not have to worry about spoilers.  People have asked if the film is a documentary because the ‘Teaser’ is shot in documentary fashion.  No it is not a documentary.  It is a full fledged scripted feature film.  We will have an official theatrical trailer online as soon as we can.  We currently have Production Stills online and we are certain to have Screenshots in the near future.

We encourage you to view the trailer.  We would love your feedback.  If you like what you see, please help us spread the word by passing the trailer on.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6nEL5fgNw to leave your comment.

Original Girl Magazine features ’Night Before the Wedding’

There is a cool, simple story behind “Night Before the Wedding’s Exclusive Preview” in Original Girl Magazine’s Premiere Fall 2008 Edition.  Leading Actor James Anthony McQuillan sent out our ‘NBTW Teaser Trailer’ to his contacts.  One of those being Sandra Colton, Editor and Publisher of Original Girl Magazine.  Sandra loved the trailer so much, that she wanted to feature the film and the trailer in her magazine.  It is an awesome spread for us and the magazine itself looks like it is off to a great start.

For the full presentation which includes the NBTW Teaser Trailer, visit http://www.originalgirlmagazine.com/. 
Night Before the Wedding is featured on pages 54 and 55.

Feature Article – WorldsGreatestCritic.com chronicles NBTW Fundraiser…

Want to deeply thank J.C. Macek III aka The World’s Greatest Critic for this in depth run down of our “Night Before the Wedding” Fundraising Event and Cast & Crew Party that was held on August 15th, 2008.

We invited him to our party because we are a fan of his work and the way he writes.  Never did we suspect in turn he would be so generous with his time and his words.

Well, without further ado, as JC gives us plenty of reading material with this Feature Article.

http://www.worldsgreatestcritic.com/nightbeforetheweddingfundraiser.html

Night Before the Wedding Teaser Trailer Exclusive Premiere Tonight!

David Branin will debut his internet-only ‘Extended Teaser Trailer’ for his upcoming feature film, Night Before the Wedding tonight at midnight PDT. This trailer does not contain one frame of footage from the film itself. So there is no need to worry about any spoilers. It is simply meant to arouse and tease.

MovieSet.com is hosting the trailer’s exclusive premiere. So for everyone who wants a first-look at what this much anticipated film may bring, be by your computers tonight at Midnight, PDT.

 Night Before the Wedding is about straight-laced William Shay who is about weds his soul mate, but first he must get through one last wild night with his best buddies…

The trailer features cast members, John Keating, Kristen Sullivan, Gregor Collins, Chad Davis, Johnny Giordano, La’Rin Lane, Michael Shaun Sandy, Sarah Ronaghi, Kevin Deen, Frantz Durand, and James Anthony McQuillan.

About MovieSet.com: MovieSet™ is a next generation online platform that creates social networks around movies beginning in the production stage. Created by filmmakers, MovieSet™ provides fans with the authentic behind-the-scenes experience they want, without interfering in the production process.

Link to Night Before the Wedding MovieSet.com Page

NBTW Fundraiser this Friday 8/15/08

We are hosting a Fundraising Event for our upcoming Feature Film, entitled “Night Before the Wedding.” (http://www.nightbeforethewedding.com/)

The event is to take place on Friday August 15th from 8pm to 11pm.

Music Center 5th Floor
135 Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

We are doing our best to finish a film that has been almost a year in the making. We are almost there, yet still have quite a bit of money of raise to see it through.

The Fundraising Event itself will feature the talents of Annie “McFunny” McKnight who will serve as Host along with Femke Weidema, Brightmillion, Paula Lobos, Woah Gudda, Loy Simmers and Jordan Allen.

We will be unveiling the ‘Teaser Trailer’ to our Film. For those afraid of spoilers, have no fear as this trailer does not contain one frame of footage from the actual movie itself.

Special note – The film itself will certainly be Rated R, though everything related to this event will be a clean good time.

Tickets are $20, please RSVP to nightbeforethewedding@gmail.com
(Tickets include 2 Drinks from the Bar)
It will also be $8 for parking.

NBTW Teaser Trailer to Premiere Tonight at HollyShorts ‘08

Had a wild time at the Opening Night of the 4th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival last night.  Came away with some exciting moments.  We got our promotional items into the hands of Paul Haggis, Josh Brolin, and Larry Hankin amongst many others.

Also spoke with the Festival Organizers Theo Dumont and Daniel Sol.  They were inquiring about what I had in the works.  Let them know about our upcoming Fundraising Event on Friday August 15th and how we were going to have a special screening of the ‘Teaser Trailer’ for Night Before the Wedding.

They made the offer to screen it tonight at Club Nacional as part of the HollyShorts Film Festival and it was an offer I couldn’t turn down.  I turned in a copy to them today and they will screen the trailer tonight before their slate of Music Videos.  It is a FREE event that even includes some free drinks.  Just get your RSVP in to RSVP@HOLLYSHORTS.COM

The address is 1645 Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood, CA.  The event runs from 7pm to 11pm.  If you are in the area, get out and check it out.  Going to be a fanstastic night.  Let us know what you think of our ‘Teaser Trailer’ and for those of you worried about *spoilers*….don’t worry, there isn’t an ounce of footage from the movie itself in the trailer.

Pre-Order DVD Sales Over $1000 in Sales

We are proud to report that Pre-Order DVD sales for Night Before the Wedding have already surpassed $1000 in sales.  Pretty cool considering we haven’t even made the film yet.

We still have quite a bit of money to raise to be able to complete the film.  Yet this is a great start.  We are offering our DVD Buyers the opportunity to have their Names put into the Film’s Ending Credits along with Thanking them on our official site, http://www.nightbeforethewedding.com/special_thanks.html

You can help us get our movie made.  Ten out of 15 dollars for every Pre-Ordered DVD goes into our film budget.  You can order the DVD from our MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/nightbeforethewedding and from our official site, http://www.nightbeforethewedding.com/.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, we are throwing a Fundraising event on August 15th, 2008 in Downtown Los Angeles at the illustrious Music Center.  The event will feature performances by Host Annie ‘McFunny’ McKnight, Femke Weidema, Paula Lobos, Brightmillion, and Jordan Allen.  Tickets are $20 and include Two Drinks.  The event is scheduled to run from 8pm to 11pm.

NBTW now listed on IMDB!

We’ve just been added to ‘Earth’s Biggest Movie Database’ otherwise known as IMDB.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1265986/

You are welcome to stop by and take a peek.  We are still working on getting the page up to speed.

 

NBTW Teaser Trailer to be Unveiled at Fundraiser 8/15/08

We are throwing a party on Friday, August 15th.   Go ahead and mark you calendars.

It is a Fundraiser and Cast/Crew Party for our upcoming feature film, Night Before the Wedding (www.nightbeforethewedding.com).  The film is in production and we require more funding to see the project through to completion.

The night will feature LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, BAR, and the unveiling of the film’s EXTENDED TEASER TRAILER.  (For those afraid of spoilers, do not worry as there is not one frame of film footage in the teaser trailer.)

Location:   Los Angeles Music Center

                135 North Grand Avenue

                Los Angeles, CA 90012

Time:        8pm-11pm

Further details coming very soon.

 

Special Thanks to those Pre-Ordering our DVD

 

The list of supporters is steadily growing.

Maria V. Altmann – Vienna, Austria

Jose Amaro – Sherman Oaks, CA

Phil Begin – Los Angeles, CA

Jason Benjamin – Catonsville, MD

Josh Biondi –  Carlsbad, CA

Jud Bogard – North Hollywood, CA

Marie Botello – Claremont, CA

Tyshawn Bryant – Glendale, CA

James Butler – Knoxville, TN

Christian Collins – London, United Kingdom

Keith Collins – Washington, DC

Mary and Paul Collins – Boston, MA

Len Cordova – Burbank, CA

Blake Cox – Los Angeles, CA

Cam DeVictor – Venice, CA

Brian Erzen – North Hollywood, CA

Jennifer Frank – Van Nuys, CA

Kimshelley Garner – Lawndale, CA

Kathryn Grant – Reston, VA

Ivo Gerscovich -

Julie Gillespie –  Edgerton, KS

Bill Housekeeper – Price, UT

Nathan Irvine –

Gillian Jacob – VA

Jovial Kemp – Los Angeles, CA

Ezra Kramer – Hermosa Beach, CA

Roxie Lee – Hastings, NE

David Lincoln – Los Angeles, CA

Elliott Lozano – Pasadena, CA

Christopher McKalpain – North Hollywood, CA

Keven McQueen – Berea, KY

Salomon Medina –

Derek Mehn – Studio City, CA

Johanna Park – Washington, DC

Greg Phelan – Los Angeles, CA

Karl Schuhmacher – St. Charles, MO

Candice Schultz – Los Angeles, CA

Jordan White – Burbank, CA

Zachary Williams – Yonkers, NY

Randall Wright – Corona, CA

 

 

Final Casting of “Night Before the Wedding” Announced

Hollywood, CA — Glimpse of Dreams Productions announced today the final selection of actors for Director David Branin’s (Shoot-Out, Honey, I’m Home) first and highly anticipated feature-length film NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING.

John Keating (Identity Theft, “Mind of Mencia”) plays William Shay, a kind, innocent and clean-cut man who’s at the center of the story.

John Keating

Shay is joined by a group of colorful high school/college friends who congregate to celebrate his last night of freedom. Among them, Gregor Collins (The Society of Lost Causes, “Passions”) who plays Tom “Bronco” Patrick; Johnny Giordano (The Forest Demon) playing Bobby DeMayo; theater actor Chad Davis as Rudy Giovanni; Kevin Deen (Ray of Sunshine) as Norm Satyanaraya; James Anthony McQuillan as Corey Sullivan; Frantz Durand as Demetrius Winfield; Zane Patterson as Jake Spees; and Kristen Sullivan (“The Drew Carey Show”) as Will’s beautiful and unaware bride Beth Jankowski.

Gregor Collins

Joining the ensemble cast as the perilous and stunning enticers are newcomer Sarah Ronaghi (“Nip/Tuck”), embracing the role of Melissa Mercury and adult entertainer La’Rin Lane as herself. “The decision to cast a real life porn star was very much debated, but I wanted the film to have a true sense of authenticity and La’Rin couldn’t have been a better choice.” Said Branin, who also wrote the film’s script.

Sarah Ronaghi

The film also features a special cameo appearance by platinum selling rapper Mopreme Shakur.

“I’m very proud of the cast we’ve assembled. Each and everyone of them is extremely talented and brings exceptionalism to the characters I’ve created. I’m looking forward to an exciting filming process.” concluded Branin.

NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING starts filming this Summer and will be released on the 2009 Film Festival Circuit, theatrically in Los Angeles, and on DVD.

For all the details and for further updates please visit www.nightbeforethewedding.com

For interview opportunities contact the press department.

Press Contact:
Isandra Gonzalez
22 Entertainment
818-668-4718
isag22@gmail.com

Press on “Night Before the Wedding” Begins

Very pleased to report that our Production Press Release has been picked up by 5 outlets.  Our thanks goes out to these wonderful sites for helping us get the ball moving.

Update: Night Before the Wedding officially on Myspace

Check it out, http://www.myspace.com/nightbeforethewedding

Filmmaker David Branin to start production of sexy new film

Filmmaker David Branin to start production of sexy new film
NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
Introduces Pre-Order DVD Initiative

Hollywood, CA — Everyone—male or female—has either experienced first-hand or heard a crazy bachelor party story. For men, it is one of the marks of being a man. And just as a woman grows up with that fantasy of exactly how their wedding will look, down to the most intimate of details, men do the same with their bachelor party. That is the backdrop for filmmaker David Branin’s upcoming feature film NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film is scheduled to begin shooting this summer.

The idea for NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING was hatched when Branin was approached by a friend to shoot an HD short in one location in one day. With his mind turning, and also wanting to work with several actor friends, Branin put the pieces together and pitched a bachelor party story. But because of the size and scale of the idea it wasn’t feasible to shoot it in one day. Believing he had something special, Branin pressed on, and in three weeks manifested a first draft not for a short film, but a feature film.

The film while comedic by nature, ultimately deals with the serious, life-changing moral dilemmas even the most straight-laced of us must face during this night. Both the comedy and the drama of the film hit home with equal truth and weight. The movie will be one men can watch with a knowing eye and women can have a truthful, firsthand account of what really takes place at a bachelor party.

NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING will be distributed on the 2009 Film Festival Circuit, theatrically in Los Angeles, and on DVD. Audiences have the chance to get their name in the film’s credits through a pre-order initiative through the film’s website. A donation of $15 allows them to Pre-Order the DVD and simultaneously enhance the film’s budget. In return, their name will appear on the film’s credits and on the official website.

For all the details and for further updates please visit www.nightbeforethewedding.com
For interview opportunities contact the press department.

Press Contact:
Isandra Gonzalez
22 Entertainment
818-668-4718
isag22@gmail.com

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