Mon. 11:26 am – Film Update
April 20, 2015 | Comments | Joel Update
Ryan and I just got back from an amazing trip to New York. We visited to see the world premiere of Thank You For Playing, a documentary that was created about our family.
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I’ve had the honor of watching the beautifully crafted film three times now and each time the skillful cinematography and strong editing impress me. For almost two hours, I have my family back and I watch in awe at the love and joy we shared so easily. It makes me miss Joel, but it reminds me that his life still matters, and it was wonderful to see people introduced to him for the first time in this film.
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I wanted to let you all know that you will likely be able to see the film at a film festival near you. You can like the facebook page for continued updates about the schedule of the film. Please encourage friends and family you know in New York to buy a ticket to see the film this Tuesday or Thursday where it is in competition and audience members can vote for the film to win a $25,000 prize. I would love to see the filmmakers celebrated for sharing our story in such a touching tribute to Joel’s life. here are still two more showings, Tuesday at 6:45 pm at the Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5 and Thursday at 5:45 at the Regal Cinemas Battery Park, the Tuesday showing is $21.50 including fees and the Thursday showing is $13.50 including fees. You can purchase tickets to see Thank You For Playing at the Tribeca Film Festival here.
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Next week, the film will show in Toronto at the Hot Docs Festival, then on Tuesday May 5th, at 3:00pm the film will show at the first ever Bentonville Film Festival in Bentonville Arkansas. This Festival also offers a very large audience choice award so anything you can do to help spread the word to friends and family you have in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri would really help the filmmakers. I believe that anyone you recommend the film to will really appreciate the opportunity to see it (even though I know I’m biased.) Tickets for Bentonville are available here. These tickets are just $8 a piece with a $2 order fee so get a group together and save money on the order fee!
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I think this film is really something special and I hope you’ll help us make sure a lot of people get to enjoy it. A trailer of the film is available on the website (the first link in this post.) Here are a couple photos from Tribeca, the first is Ryan and I with the filmmakers at the Q&A after the world premiere of the film, and the second is Ryan and his business partner Josh giving a talk about the video game.
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