I spoke with Tony Kaye tonite (4/27/11) at a screening of his new film, "Detachment." He says that "Black Water" has not yet been completed because of production company's financial problems. He's "hoping and praying," however, and certainly hasn't given up on it.
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Here's an article about it:
Tony Kaye Says Unreleased ‘Black Water Transit’ Is “Not Finished Yet”
Monday night was the world premiere of Tony Kaye’s “Detachment” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Our heads are still buzzing from the strange and experimental film—you can check out our review here (but this writer strong disagrees with the take). But, lost in the shuffle of “Detachment” finally reaching audiences is the fact that Kaye has another completed film on the shelf, the 2008-shot thriller, “Black Water Transit” starring Karl Urban, Laurence Fishburne, Brittany Snow, Stephen Dorff and more. The crime drama follows the divergent agendas of criminals, cops and lawyers as they collide over a shipment of illegal firearms and a double homicide. Earl Pike (Urban), a criminal, tries to get his family’s illegal gun collection to a safe haven, while attempting to get his junkie son freed from prison. While ‘Transit’ is involved in a similar situation as David O. Russell’s “Nailed,” being from the same financiers, Kaye seems optimistic about the film seeing a release soon.
“It’s about characters in New Orleans after the flood,” said Kaye. “The movie is not finished yet. And me and David O. Russell and a few other filmmakers, we got caught in a hurricane. The poor company that financed it [Capitol Films], they had big ideas. And for us, the ideas were too big. Unfortunately, they just stretched themselves too thin. But they are gonna [finish it] at some point, and I’m praying that [‘Detachment’] will do well.”
It was just one of many intriguing moments during a typically-bizarre public appearance from Kaye, who wore a long grey beard and seemed more than a tad disheveled. When he was introduced to the audience before the film, he would not speak, instead grabbing a guitar and performing a song he had written, featuring lyrics like, “This is the worst dream and the best nightmare that I ever had.” The song closed with a passage that said, “If I could only see it, I would not fight with you, with you, with you, with you, with you, with you, with you,” as he repeatedly pointed into the stands.
He later explained that the song was “about ego” and how to deal with the “opponent inside.” As the famously-contentious director exclaimed, “If I could only see my opponents, I wouldn’t fight with you, or you, or whomever I was fighting with during the course of the movie!” Mmmm, ok, then.
So, we’re guessing we’ll see “Black Water Transit” probably around the same time we see “Nailed”—which means, don’t hold your breath.
Gabe Toro posted to Directors, Tony Kaye, Film Festivals, Tribeca, Films, Detachment at 2:20 pm on April 28, 2011
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/tony_kaye_claims_unrel eased_black_water_transit_is_not_finished_yet/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Y-AG5BNiM
What does he mean exactly when he says it isn't finished? Surely after 3 YEARS principal photography must be finished. So I guess he is talking about editing, special effects, music orchestration? From what I read the real issue is that this film was trapped in a legal quagmire where multiple parties were all suing each other over who owns it and during that time to make things worse the film rights were sold multiple times as companies went out of business. This latest statement just furthers adds to the confusion and tragic drama associated with this much anticipated film :( I was under the impression the film was done and only legal problems were holding up them getting a distributor to finally release it. But maybe whoever owns the rights are not happy with the way film currently stands and want scenes re-shot, additional scenes shot? Sigh.
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I can't imagine that it's not finished though it's possible. It's more likely that there are scenes to be reshot or added, that I can see. But I too thought that the delay of release was due to legal troubles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Y-AG5BNiM
Yep my feelings too.
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It's January 2012 now, and Black Water Transit is still impossible to see. I read -- and was blown away by -- the Carsten Stroud novel in 2001 and have been waiting for years to see this thing become a film. I think Karl Urban is an inspired choice for Earl Pike, and wish the damn movie would get a release date already!
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moulmein,
Please speak with him again.
Any news on this film? Is is done? If yes, has it been uploaded in streaming somewhere on the web (FYI, I can't see Netflix)?
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Just checked Netflix, it's not on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Y-AG5BNiM