HOLLYWOOD BOUND!

August 24, 2007

Tonight is the big night! Darius Goes West makes its theatrical premiere at the Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills. And the race for a coveted Oscar nomination begins!

Logan has left Sun Valley and arrived in Los Angeles today for this week of screenings. His mom, Barbara, will also be there to cheer him on--and to make sure someone takes pictures! This weekend will be like a reunion, with many longtime DGW supporters expected to be there--like Loreen Arbus, Jayme Brown, Jeff Schefftel, Margo and Jeff Barbakow, to name a few. Even William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman are expected to attend a screening!

We have finally escaped from "movie hell." A perfect High Definition tape of DGW is "in the can" and was overnighted to L.A. just in the nick of time. Thank you, Nathan Lewis and the incredibly talented and knowledgeable staff at VTA.com for pulling off a miracle!

Sun Valley was amazing (we've posted new pictures). The fundraising count to date is $23,000 and climbing. A record FOUR DGW "I am the thirteenth crew member" t-shirts were sold! Also, Charley Seckler learned how to ice skate! Woo-hoo! Thanks again to Theo and Carmen for rolling out the red carpet BIG TIME for Logan, Sam, Jason, and Daniel.

Other news: Two weekends ago, three of our friends from the Cleveland International Film Festival (Bill Guentzler, Debby Samples, and Sean Torkish) came to Athens to hang with the crew (they have been such huge supporters of DGW that they are truly part of the crew!). We had a blast with them and hope they'll come back soon.

Stacey Zimmerman (U.S. Navy, stationed in Japan) sent Darius two more packages. One was a big, beautiful collage of his trip west; the other was stuffed with CDs, magazines, and bubblegum. Stacey is quickly becoming one of our biggest fans, and she hasn't even seen the movie yet!

Also, we've received news that when Athenian Emma Clarke recently celebrated her ninth birthday, she asked for donations instead of presents and sent everything she collected to Charley's Fund! Now there's a 13th crew member in the making!

Finally, while in Sun Valley, a reporter from the prestigious Los Angeles Times saw our movie and fell in love with it. She subsequently spent three hours interviewing Logan for a piece that is scheduled to appear in this Sunday's "Entertainment" section.

Hollywood, here we come!

KNOW ABOUT IT!!!