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WHERE IS THE POOL?????

posted 16 years ago by Bootes
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Seriously. This is turning into a tragedy of epic proportions. I saw it at Sundance and fell in love with it, and hyped it up to friends and family and total strangers on the street, and I NEED to see it again. I need to OWN it. I need a shiny DVD copy sitting on my shelf. It reminded me of the Apu trilogy, sort of. At least Panther Panchali. It had the same tone.

Hey, Chris Smith. If you read these little insignificant blurbs, I met you in the hallway of the main building at Sundance. You were with Ayesha from the movie (that was her name, right?). Anyway, I was a slovenly hungover mess and probably smelled like death, but you still shook my quivering paw, and hid your disgust very well. I kid, but I met a couple other directors and film folk and you were the only one that took time to chat for a minute.

Anyway, whats the status, homeboy? This movies needs DVD distribution STAT. I'll even settle for a release date. Anything.

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[–] Bootes 16 years ago

I am just some guy that liked The Pool.

[–] gregbarnes 15 years ago

You're not the only one. I saw it at Sundance. There was a showing of it at the University of Utah and Chris Smith was there to answer questions afterward.

I was looking forward to seeing it in the theaters and owning the DVD. I don't know a whole lot about how movies are released, but my uneducated guess is that he can't find a distributor. Why? I have no idea. The movie is great. It won an award at Sundance. Isn't that enough for someone to take a chance on it? If I hit the lottery, I'll buy the distribution rights or whatever it takes to get it out.

My other uneducated guess is that Chris Smith is more upset than we are. He put a lot of time and money into The Pool, all for it to be sitting on the shelf for what seems like forever.

P.S. Ayesha was there, too? Did you get to meet her?

[–] Bootes 15 years ago

Yea, she was with Chris when I bumped into them. Very striking.

[–] gregbarnes 15 years ago

I can imagine...

[–] gregbarnes 8 years ago

It's always interesting to stumble across my old posts years later.

[–] Geek4687 14 years ago

Hey I have a dvd of it let me know if your still interested

[–] Geek4687 14 years ago

Hey I have a dvd of it let me know if anyone is still interested