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JUMP! on Showtime

December 1st, 2008 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags

Eegads! I just got an email that a film I enjoyed very much is going to be on Showtime on this Sunday at 5 PM ET/PT. I search my blog for my post about the film, assuming I wrote one, and no go. Big mistake. In JUMP!, filmmakers Helen Hood Scheer and Scott B. Morgan follow champion jump ropers (seriously, this ain’t the playground game of our youth) as they practice and eventually compete in the World Championships. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been feeling likewatching feel-good films these days, after the intensity of the past few months. JUMP! fits the bill nicely. Not only are these kids unbelievablely impressive in their ability and drive, but there’s the highs of winning and sorrows of losing. Don’t worry, they still come out all right even when they lose.

If you can, I encourage you to catch the film, and if you happen to have kids, be sure to have them watch too. They will be inspired by these amazing young people. Watch the trailer>>

Bird’s Nest: Get It While You Can!

August 14th, 2008 • Agnes Varnum • 1 comment • Related Posts • Tags

Got a great message from Jonathan Miller over at Icarus Films about a special promotion they are running for an intriguing-looking film, Bird’s Nest by Christoph Schaub & Michael Schindhelm. The film follows the 5-year effort of architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuronto as they build the new 100,000 seat stadium for the Olympic Games. The cool part is that the film had its US premiere at Silverdocs in June, and normally wouldn’t be available to consumers for a while, but Icarus is making it available on Amazon Unbox for the duration of the Olympic games. So, if you are consuming all things Olympic, here’s another vantage point.

I dig the interesting things people are doing to find audiences, and the trailer looks wonderful. Lemme know if you’ve seen the movie.