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-SEAVIPER THE MOVIE AND USS DRUM DOCUMENTARY ON CBS SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2008

-ENTERTAINMENT LEADERS AND VISIONARIES UNITE AT LANDMARK FLORIDA EVENT “THE BIG PICTURE”

 

July 18, 2008

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Seaviper the Movie and USS Drum Documentary on CBS Sunday, July 20, 2008!

 

Tim Large (Chief of the Boat: Frank Keenan), Michael Jacques (British POW Frederick Grey) and Director, Ralph Villani will appear on West Palm Beach, CBS Affilliate WPEC Channel 12’s “Morning News” Sunday, July 20, 2008 to discuss Villani-Rockhill’s upcoming feature film USS Seaviper and USS Drum Documentary.

 

South Florida based, Villani-Rockhill Productions in co-operation with Statusfilms, Shoreline Production Services, Saturn Sound Studios and TC Video will film eight scenes from the upcoming feature film, USS SEAVIPER, a World War II submarine combat film in south Florida. The story is about a U.S. submarine that discovers uranium on an island occupied by Japanese and German soldiers in the south Pacific, while the Navigational Officer and Chief of the Boat struggle for power, and USS SEAVIPER is hunted and depth charged by a Japanese destroyer.

 

A documentary about the USS Drum Submarine including interviews from World War 2 Submarine Veterans is also being produced in co-operation with Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama. Three of the USS Drum World War 2 Submarine Veterans featured in the Drum Documentary currently reside in south Florida.

 

The movie’s core, crew members are residents of south Florida: RalphVILLANI/DirectorProducer; MikeTEUTSCH/SpecialFXCoordinator; Jon SCHELLENGER/Director of Photography; Rob NORRIS/Producer- Chief Sound Mixer; Jane VEREEN/Line Producer; Greg JOCOY/Data Specialist; Bob Lutjen/Lighting Design; Jose HERRERA/Assistant Director of Photography; and Alejandro MEJIA/Assistant Sound Mixer. The script was written by Lynanne ROCKHILL, who also is a south Florida resident. Submarine Veteran Tom BOWSER and Museum Curator Lesley WATERS are the consultants on the ground in Mobile.

 

For more information on SEAVIPER the movie or the upcoming USS DRUM documentary, please contact Rob Norris at (561) 352-5052 or Ralph Villani at (772) 215-5695. Or visit us online at www.seaviper.net. Press release courtesy of SEAVIPER, LLC.

 

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Entertainment Leaders and Visionaries Unite at landmark Florida event “The Big Picture” February 21-22, 2009.

 

This revolutionary event will unite Filmmakers, Music Industry, Media and New Media to create new opportunities for the creation, marketing and distribution of sustainable entertainment at a time of change.

 

The highly successful New York City-based GEMS: Global Entertainment and Media Summit moves to South Florida and brings its revolutionary cutting-edge conference, exposition and experience to G Star Studios in West Palm Beach for the weekend of February 21-22, 2009. This landmark and unprecedented Florida event will bring some of the leaders and visionaries of the digital media revolution together to provide solutions for the entertainment and media worlds.

 

“As digital technologies have forever changed the ways we create, market, sell and distribute our projects, all artists and business executives from the worlds of entertainment and media must re-think their business plans,” says the events Executive Producer Steve Zuckerman. 

 

He continues: “As our industries continue to evolve, all creative talent and companies are forced to re-think their business plans and re-invent themselves in order to maintain sustainable careers.  The major record companies failed to evolve, and that is one of the key reasons they’re in trouble,” he admits.  As the producer of GEMS predecessor, The New York Music and Internet Expo, Zuckerman has been totally immersed in all areas of the changing environment where technologies have forced the industries to evolve.  “The Big Picture” will capture the true spirit of creation and promote new ideas, projects and companies dedicated to helping talent and the businesses around them create and maintain sustainable careers at a time of change.

 

The Big Picture will feature two days of high-impact keynotes, seminars, workshops and breakout sessions, a trade show are promoting new projects and companies and is dedicated to helping the creative communities effectively. Topics ranging from new opportunities for distribution to effective global collaboration, will provide all of its participants with high impact information dedicated to the advancement of its participants.

 

Some of our previous keynotes have included: Filmmakers Roger Corman, Hal Hartley, John Waters, Michael “Batman” Uslan, Larry Namer, founder of the E! Channel, Les Garland, Co-Founder of MTV and VH1, Promoter John Scher (Woodstock, Grateful Dead,) Producers Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Alice Cooper, Aerosmith,” Chuck D of Public Enemy, Ice-T, Danny Goldberg, Danny Schechter, Inventor/Innovators Les Paul and Ray Kurzweil,

 

 

The Big Picture Website: www.gemspresents.com  features all show contents, information, event photos and videos!

 

Friends of the Palm Beach Film and TV Commission will receive a 20% discount off the already low registration price when they register by September 15th. Please click this link to register!  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=161334

 

Media Exposure includes: New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, Wall Street Post, Wired, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, MTV, VH1, ABC, NBC, CBS News and many more! 

 

For speaking opportunities and/or promotional opportunities,   please contact Steve Zuckerman: gemspresents@comcast.net or by telephone at 561-455-4873.