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“MAKE
YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE!” TO BE RELEASED BY ST. MARTIN’S PRESS
IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS 2002
Worldwide rights
for Troma President Lloyd Kaufman’s second book are available
in Cannes!
Cannes, May 15th-
Today at Cannes, St. Martin’s Press announced that Lloyd
Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment and creator of
the Toxic Avenger, has completed Make Your Own Damn Movie!,
the follow-up to Kaufman’s best-selling autobiography All
I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic
Avenger. The book will be in stores across the US this
Christmas, in time for holiday shopping. St. Martin’s also
announced that worldwide rights are available for the book
and can be discussed in Troma’s Riviera Sales Booth (#F13).
Make Your Own Damn Movie!
will feature a Preface by Trey Parker (South Park,
Cannibal: The Musical). When asked how the
new book would differ from the first, Kaufman said, “I’m
constantly being asked how to raise money for an independent
movie, how to get the most production value for what little
money you do have, and what the best way is to get people
to see your finished movie. This book will answer these
questions. I want to give young filmmakers a step-by-step
guide to making low-budget independent movies so that they
can use what works for us and learn from our mistakes…although
in Tromaville, we don’t call them mistakes. They’re impromptu
script deviations.”
Bringing cohesion to Kaufman’s
drunken ramblings are co-writers Adam Jahnke and
Trent Haaga. Jahnke was head writer for Troma’s
hit Channel 4 UK series “Troma’s Edge TV”. Haaga first
gained attention as one of the stars of Troma’s Terror
Firmer. Subsequently, he has hosted “Troma’s Edge TV”
and written the screenplay for Citizen Toxie: The Toxic
Avenger IV, which received its world premiere to rave
reviews at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Kaufman’s previous book, All
I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic
Avenger written with James Gunn, recently entered
its 3rd printing through Penguin/Putnam and inspired
Kaufman’s critically acclaimed movie Terror Firmer.
Gunn has gone on to pen the novel The Toy Collector
and the screenplay for the upcoming live-action movie Scooby-Doo.
Gunn also provides a forward for Make Your Own Damn Movie!.
In addition to book writing
and filmmaking, Kaufman and his partner Michael Herz run
Troma Entertainment, the oldest independent movie studio
in the world. Troma owns a library of over 900 titles, including
The Toxic Avenger series, Class of Nuke
Em’ High, Tromeo and Juliet and Terror
Firmer. Also, the early efforts of many mainstream
stars such as Vincent D’onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson,
Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, Billy Bob
Thornton and Trey Parker can be found in Troma’s
films.
For more information on Troma Entertainment and Lloyd’s
upcoming book please log on to Troma’s website at www.troma.com
or contact the following:
Doug Sakmann- CANNES CONTACT:
06 0725 8157
Troma Sales Office: Riviera
Booth # F13 –
Troma has moved from the
Carlton to the Riviera this year!
Troma Entertainment USA-
733 Ninth Avenue, New York NY 10019
PHONE: 212 757 4555 ext 25
FAX: 212 399 9885- EMAIL:Doug@troma.com
www.troma.com
- www.tromadance.com
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