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Announcements
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"THE SURPRISE PARTY" WINS AWARD AT WORLDFEST-HOUSTON!
Enthusiastic Audiences and Awards Greet Expedition Films' Team in Houston.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - -- April 24, 2001 --- At its world premiere at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Expedition Films' "The Surprise Party" received accolades from film critics and audiences alike. Enthusiastically received, "The Surprise Party" won the silver medal in the Theatrical Feature Film category and was featured in local publications, including the Houston Chronicle and Houston Today. More...
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"THE SURPRISE PARTY" TO DEBUT AT WORLDFEST-HOUSTON!
Feature Length Film's World Premiere Slated for April 22
SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- March 26, 2001 -- Expedition Films LLC today announced that its first full-length feature film, "The Surprise Party" will make its world premiere at the 34th Annual WorldFest-Houston Film Festival. The film's debut will take place in Houston's Meyerland Plaza THX Theaters on Sunday, April 22 at 9:00pm. An encore matinee showing will be held on Tuesday, April 24 at 3:00pm. More...
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EXPEDITION FILMS PRESENTS
"THE SURPRISE PARTY"
Full-Length Feature is the First to be Edited with Apple Computer’s Final Cut Pro Software
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Expedition Films LLC today announced that it has completed editing for its first independent feature film, "The Surprise Party." The company also announced that its GenerationX romantic comedy is the first full-length feature film to be edited on Apple Computer’s recently released Final Cut Pro software. More...
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EXPEDITION FILMS WRAPS
"THE SURPRISE PARTY"
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Expedition Films LLC today announced that it has completed principal photography on its first full-length feature film, "The Surprise Party." A romantic comedy, this film is an ode to the maturing Generation X audience, who are stepping into the crosshairs of adulthood. More...
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The Surprise Party Press
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MACSLASH: GARRETT RICE, "THE SURPRISE PARTY" and FINAL CUT PRO.
Robert Daeley, MacSlash
Garrett Rice, Writer, Director, and Producer of the feature film "The Surprise Party" (from Expedition Films), has been good enough to participate in an interview with MacGeek Robert Daeley. Read on to discover an insider's look at the film industry from a desktop computing perspective, why Final Cut Pro is the bomb, how Apple is positioning itself for another technical revolution, and why Avid should be very, very scared. . More...
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The Next Big Deal: From Marketing to Movie Mogul – That's The Plan.
by Mike Cassiday. San Jose Mercury News.
GARRETT RICE always liked writing. He studied it in school. Got a degree in fiction writing from Duke. But like your mother might say, ``What are you going to do with a fiction writing degree?''
So, he got his MBA and went to work in high-tech marketing. Still, the writing never left him and even in Silicon Valley, he found brief pauses to noodle with narrative.. More...
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NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD?
by Jodi Mardesich.
Fortune Magazine (online edition).
Garrett Rice woke up the morning after his 30th birthday and started writing a screenplay. Through his two years as a channel marketing manager at Next Software, and the following year at Apple, he kept grabbing his laptop after work and heading down to Starbucks to tap away at it some more. More...
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On The Road to Successful (and Legal) Film Financing.
By Josh Farrar
You are a filmmaker and an artist, not an entertainment lawyer or a business mogul, but do you understand the basic legalities of independent film financing? For instance, do you know the difference between an active investor and a passive investor? Do you know what the initials "LLC" stand for? More...
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