New Dollar Baby
* All That You Love Will Be Carried Away short film
Liljas-Library.com writes: "The Cedar Lee theater will host the Cleveland Premiere of All That You Love Will Be Carried Away on Thursday, October 28th. Screenings will be at 7PM and 8:30PM. There will be a Q&A with the director, producers, and ACTORS following the 7PM show. Tickets are $7, which includes a ticket into the after party at Parnell's next door. Seats
are limited, so please RSVP by sending an email to BeCarriedAway@hotmail.com"
Thanks, Lilja!
21/04/04
* Joe Bob Briggs in new Dollar Baby "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away"
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1082539819115512.xml
New filmmaker hopes dollar Stephen King story pays off
Julie E. Washington
Plain Dealer Reporter
Aspiring filmmaker James Renner is giving birth to a Dollar Baby today in a Ramada Inn in Kent.
Renner, 26, is shooting a $5,000 short film based on a Stephen King short story. He bought the rights for $1, the price King charges aspiring filmmakers in a program for which he coined the term "Dollar Baby."
The bang has been worth Renner's buck. He was able to cast drive-in movie guru Joe Bob Briggs, "American Splendor's" Harvey Pekar and rocker Michael Stanley to assist in the delivery. Shooting, using a high-quality digital video camera, takes place this week in Lodi, Wadsworth and East Cleveland, as well as Kent.
"I certainly realize this is the biggest thing I've ever done. I'll probably puke the night before, but I'll probably be in the zone when we're on set. I think I'll be OK," said Renner, 26, a few days before shooting started.
Briggs said he took the part after reading Renner's adaptation. "A lot of guys don't really have it together. James is light-years above that," Briggs said during shooting on Tuesday. "James is very well prepared, very smooth, very professional."
King has sold dozens of Dollar Babies, said King's personal assistant, Marsha DeFilippo. The first one was sold to director Frank Darabont ("The Green Mile," "The Shawshank Redemption") who was then starting his career in 1983. King gets about 10 requests each month, she said.
Renner, a huge King fan, learned about King's Dollar Babies from a Web site. He was granted rights to his Dollar Baby, for the short story "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away," in August 2003. King stipulated that Renner must shoot the film within one year, and cannot release it commercially.
Renner read "All That You Love" about a traveling frozen food salesman who checks into a hotel with plans to kill himself when it was originally published in The New Yorker in 2001.
"I could see it completely. Something about the story stands out among Stephen King's usual writing," said Renner, who lives in Cuyahoga Falls and graduated in 2000 from Kent State University.
Renner found that Dollar Babies excel at getting their foot in people's doors. Director Mick Garris, who has filmed several adaptations of King's work, invited Renner to visit the Vancouver set of his new movie.
That helped Renner reach Briggs, who appeared in "The Stand," a 1994 King TV miniseries that Garris directed.
Briggs, former host of "MonsterVision" on TNT, agreed to appear in "All That You Love" only a few weeks before filming started. He'll play the despondent frozen food salesman.
"I'm like all comedians, I have a dark side. It's not hard to be suicidal," he joked.
"I think he's perfect for it," Renner said. "I really want this to stand apart from all the other Dollar Babies."
Renner is no first-time director. His short film was a semifinalist for "Project Greenlight," the contest that gives one young director a chance to make a big-budget film.
Pekar said he agreed to appear "just 'cause it's something different and you never know what will come of it." But, he added, "I'm not trying to build an acting career or anything."
The crew and cast are working for free, except that Briggs is receiving a stipend for travel and other expenses, Renner said. A major investor in the film pulled out at the last moment, but Renner was able to start filming on time. "It's going on the credit card right now," he said.
Renner hopes to have a local screening of "All That You Love" and submit it to next year's Sundance Film Festival.
He is required to send a copy to King, who reportedly has a shelf in his rec room devoted to Dollar Babies. "I know he watches them all," Renner said. "I hope he likes it and I hope he wants to work with me again."
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