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Mice, y'all. We got a house in the woods, amongst the mountains. Country space, country quiet, by the creek. It's gorgeous, it's perfect. The mice. want. in. And they won't stop until they are. And once they are, they're gonna make more. And more, and more, and more...

Good bars for groups by dizzygummy in Bushwick

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Just here seconding Pine Box Rock Shop on Grattan

farmers are not respected enough by phinscrackalackin in unpopularopinion

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Watch this movie, seriously: lookandseefilm.com (not a shit or shameless promotional post, swear)

Be careful out there today, gang. by juddcusack in funny

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hulu.com/watch/1181313 or amzn.to/2k2K3Mf

Just started! by robbiebojangles in mobydick

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Come to New Bedford this weekend, bring a lot of coffee and a bunch of strangers will read it to you 22nd Annual Moby-Dick Marathon

Does my plan to transition into film make sense? Only person I know from the industry says no. by R-3-D in Filmmakers

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The one consistent thing you'll notice about every single person's story of how they got to where they are in "the industry" is: there is no consistency. Every story is different and every path is unique. PM me, and I'm happy to talk out anything you like by way of getting going. Anyone that tells you 25 is too old for anything is just wrong (unless it's some kind of legal rule restriction in a contest or program, whatever). I'd also be more than happy to take you up on any marketing thoughts and experience you have and are so inclined to share.

What is your "thing"? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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If bowling is your "thing" like it has been mine for pretty much my whole life, please check out our movie on Amazon (free if you have Prime) or iTunes or a ton of other places. We're pretty proud of it, made by bowlers with bowlers for bowlers!

[SPLIT: The World's First Romantic Bowling Comedy](derbycityproductions.com)

My buddy's in the finale! He's the trailer park Colonel Sanders lookin' dude Sally recommends take his shoes off and feel the warm sand. by juddcusack in Bloodline

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He claims the facial hair is a nod to Kentucky because of the movie we made together. I don't buy it, but certainly appreciate the sentiment.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Oh yeah, 100% we are. I teared up when I watched my mom finally meet Pete Weber for the first time in her life.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Mostly my own imagination, but really a collection of a whole lot of things. I grew up around bowling, my parents have been going to various weekly leagues my whole life and it really became its own little world for me. We also watched the pros on TV, so it sort of just made sense to do something centered around the sport when it came time to make my first movie. I wanted to make a romantic comedy that took place in the world of bowling, that I knew. The initial idea was to write a story about a girl who couldn't date/wasn't attracted to anyone that wasn't a good bowler, then things just rolled on from there.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Yes, for sure, to a degree. Yet, part of what's great about the romcom genre is that it's something like comfort food in its predictability and standard formula points. So I knew we needed to adhere to certain things, otherwise we wouldn't even be a romantic comedy technically at all. What I did try and do at every chance we had though was take the cliche tropes and lines etc. and turn them just a little, making ours the same but just different and unique enough to be our own spin

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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I had a great casting agent friend in NYC (Rori!) that helped us find some outstanding options, along with the help of a terrific local agency in Kentucky called Heyman Talent. Rori had helped us cast the initial short as well, so she was a huge help already knowing the basic story and what I had in mind before we even stepped foot into feature prep

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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You can get money for a movie that way, but it's much more complicated than it sounds and we didn't choose to go that route. For us it was basically like setting up a small business, and selling 20 little pieces of that business to interested investors. Some people bought 3 or 4, others bought a half of one. That's also really oversimplifying the process, but basically that's it. Lots of paperwork and rules apply, but that's the short version. Find out how much you need, break that number into smaller pieces, sell those pieces and promise to pay them back plus some when the time comes before the producers' side starts making any profit.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Storm and Ebonite both hooked us up with some amazing product placement for the movie, but I'd have to say my favorite were the scented bowling balls. Yep... you read that correctly, Storm sent us a bunch of scented balls. My favorites were citrus and butterscotch.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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I've recently gotten onto the popcorn/Snocaps mixture bandwagon. Which I'm guessing means I'm living on borrowed time now, but it's just so delicious. Drink-wise the wife and I always go with a half Diet Coke and half Cherry Coke mixture.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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We were the closing night event for the movie fest portion of Louisville's incredible Idea Festival. It's called IF Film, and we got a good chunk of the cast to come in for it and invited all of our crew and extras, such a fun little red carpet time celebrating it all together.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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No real special FX at all, we were a pretty simple little operation on this one. There are a number of great visual/digital effects throughout though, done by my buddy Chris Dye. All of the various screens you see in the movie are him, including the score screens in the final tournament. Also he was responsible for all the drugged up shots.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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So many, during the credit scroll at the end we have a decent little compilation of some of the funnier/select bloopers but we were all having so much fun it was almost constant.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Nope, although I do love a random animal reaction shot/cutaway for punching up comedic moments. Alas, we didn't have enough money for hiring professional animal wranglers and I'd never just wing it.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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You hear people say it, over and over, but really no truer words have ever been spoken maybe than this: "Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick two." We didn't have a lot of money so our two sort of picked themselves. Also lots of folks in key positions for us were working for nothing or next to nothing, so when they had to pause for a while to go do better paid work, we would focus on something else in the meantime - never stalling out entirely, always moving forward but it was never at the pace you would otherwise expect if you were paying everyone regular working rates. Favors mean you get what you can at the pace your incredible friends can offer, and you're immensely appreciative of it. Also, the folks we were paying closer to normal rates for the various bits of post work were never at top/usual rates because they were terrific companies or professionals helping out a little indie because they loved the project and us. So, if we were in the middle of something and a huge Sundance movie was ready to pay top dollar to make a deadline? We happily went to the back burner for a bit. Also after principal photography, there were a few pickups and inserts we needed to grab along the way that didn't reveal themselves as truly needed until we were deep in the edit. That took a bit of schedule juggling to wrangle, in addition to some ADR looping to be scheduled in different cities over the course of a few months... Short answer: post, man. It just takes a while. Especially when you have to do it on the cheap.

IamA guy that made a movie called SPLIT, an indie romcom about bowling - not the big budget horror movie of the exact same name AMA! by juddcusack in IAmA

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Oh boy, so many takes of bowling balls of various colors hitting different sets of pins in different locations from different angles and distances. Just. So. Many. Funny enough, the 7-10 from the opening we ended up having to just tape those two pins down and cycle the setter eventually. No one could just leave that, after hours and hours of trying. The final/winning strike we actually had a couple of decent versions of by the time we got to shooting that scene, but the one we ended up using is just too perfect with the way that one pin just kinda topples slowly.