Last night I attended the fifth (extended by
popular demand) and final screening of "Resurrect
Dead - The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles" in
Philadelphia in a packed theater of 360
people. It was followed by rapturous applause
and an extended Q&A with the Sundance
Award-Winning Director Jon Foy. Some people
asked questions about shortwave and the SWLfest, which is featured in the film.
The website http://www.resurrectdead.com/ lists
upcoming screenings at (mostly non-commercial)
theaters across the U.S. It's also available via
iTunes. The DVD should be available early 2012,
with extra features--including shortwave stuff.
Cheers,
-Ed Cummings
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Chicago, IL
September 23-29, 2011
Facets Cinematheque
http://www.facets.org/
Chicago, IL
September 29, 2011
Block Cinema
Northwestern University
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/index.html
Palo Alto, CA
September 29-October 2, 2011
Palo Alto International Film Festival
http://www.paiff.net/
Los Angeles, CA
September 30-October 6, 2011
Downtown Independent
http://www.downtownindependent.com
Albuquerque, NM
October 3-6, 2011
Guild Cinema
http://guildcinema.com/
Savannah, GA
October 9, 2011
http://www.musesavannah.org/
Columbus, OH
Oct 14- 20, 2011
Gateway Film Center
La Grange, OR
October 20-22, 2011
East Oregon Film Festival
Provo, Utah
October 21, 2011
Brigham Young University
Documentary Film Series
Portland, OR
October 21-27, 2011
Clinton Street Theatre
http://www.clintonsttheater.com/
Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2011
University of Southern California
School of Cinematic Arts Film Series
http://cinema.usc.edu/events/
Seattle, WA
December 16-22, 2011
NorthWest Film Forum
http://www.nwfilmforum.org
Booking info: www.argotpictures.com
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PAST SCREENINGS
Sundance Film Festival 2011, World Premiere
Monday, January 24th, 3:00p.m.
Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City, UT
Tuesday, January 25th, 5:30p.m.
Prospector Square Theater, Park City, UT
Wednesday, January 26th, 4:30p.m.
Broadway Center Cinema IV, Salt Lake City, Ut
Thursday, January 27th, 9:00a.m.
Yarrow Hotel Theater, Park City, UT
Saturday, January 29th, 12:30p.m.
Holiday Village Cinema II, Park City, UT
True/False Film Festival
Thursday, March 3rd, 10:30p.m.
Big Ragtag, Columbia, MO
Friday, March 4th, 7:00p.m.
Blue Note, Columbia, MO
Sunday, March 6th, 8:30p.m.
The Globe, Columbia, Mo
Stranger Than Fiction NYC Documentary Series (season opening)
Tuesday, March 29th, 8:00p.m.
IFC Center, NYC
Visions du Réel Festival international de cinema
Monday, April 11th, 9:00p.m.
Théatre de Marens, Nyon, Switzerland
Tuesday April 12th, 3:00p.m.
Théatre de Marens, Nyon, Switzerland
Full Frame Film Festival
Saturday, April 16th, 7:20p.m.
Durham Convention Center, Durham, NC
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
Thursday, April 21, 7:00pm
St. Anthony Main Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, April 30, 9:30pm
St. Anthony Main Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Hot Docs Film Festival
Tuesday, May 3rd, 9:00p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox 2, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, May 4th, 11:45p.m.
Bloor Cinema, Toronto, ON
Saturday, May 7th, 9:15p.m.
Cumberland 3, Toronto, ON
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Friday, June 10th, 9:00p.m.
Odeon, Sheffield, England
Saturday, June 11th, 4:40p.m.
Odeon, Sheffield, England
AFI Silverdocs
Friday, June 24th, 5:15p.m.
AFI Silver Theater 2, Silver Spring, MD
Saturday, June 25th, 10:45p.m.
AFI Silver Theater 3, Silver Spring, MD
New Horizon International Film Festival
Friday, July 22nd, 1:15p.m.
Helios, Wroc aw, Poland
Saturday, July 23rd, 4:00p.m.
Helios, Wroc aw, Poland
Melbourne International Film Festival
Monday, July 25th, 11:00a.m.
ACMI 2, Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday August 2nd, 9:00p.m.
Greater Union Cinema 4, Melbourne, Australia
New York City
September 2 -8
IFC Center
Q&A with director Jon Foy, Justin Duerr, Colin
Smith, Steve Weinik, and Doug Block on Fri. Sept. 2nd & Sat. Sept. 3rd.
Philadelphia
*Extra screening added due to popular demand!
September 8, 10, 11, 12, 13*
International House
Ticket/venue info
Q&A with cast/crew at all screenings
At 08:39 AM 9/11/2011, you wrote:
This film is listed in Netflix, but only with
the "Save" option, rather than for DVD or
streaming. I assume this means it's on their
radar, but it hasn't been released to Netflix for delivery yet.
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> 1. "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this week (Richard Cuff)
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> 3. Re: "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this week
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> 5. Re: "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this week (bernieS)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:10:02 -0400
> From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]>
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this week
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> If you are in the Philly region and missed the special screening of
> the Sundance award-winning documentary "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of
> The Toynbee Tiles" we had at the Fest in March, you have a chance to
> see the film over the next few days - there are showings today
> (Saturday) through Monday at the International House on Market Street
> in University City. The review linked below touches on the shortwave
> radio connection in the film; the 2006 Winter SWL Fest appears in a
> pivotal sequence.
>
>
http://origin.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/toynbee-tile-investigators-jon-foy-and-colin-smith,61093/
>
> Those of you distant from Philadelphia might want to create a Google
> News Alert to flag when the film may be coming to your city.
>
> Thanks to Kim Elliott for the heads up!
>
> Rich Cuff
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:50:45 -0400
> From: bernieS <[email protected]>
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this
> week
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> Hmm...did my post about this on Tuesday Sept 6 not make it to the
> list? Anyway, on Thursday the (Sundance Award-Winning) documentary
> film director Jon Foy asked me to give a short presentation during
> the Q&A after the Philly film premier--so I talked a bit about pirate
> shortwave broadcasts and brought in an E.F. Johnson Viking
> transmitter and matching TVI filter to show the audience. (The
> subject of the film was a mysterious individual who reportedly used
> such a transmitter on 6250 KHz in the mid 1980's to promulgate their
> bizarre message to the world.)
>
> One thing documented in this film is these strange broadcasts were
> heard coming through people's TV sets in Philadelphia. The
> filmmakers and I have had an ongoing discussion about whether this
> was intentional TVI or not. They thought yes, I thought no. But the
> night before the film premier and presentation it occurred to me that
> the 10th and 13th harmonics of 6250 KHz nicely line up nicely with
> the audio carrier frequencies of *both* KYW-CH3 and WPVI-CH6 in
> Philadelphia. This seems beyond coincidence to me, so it made for a
> good discussion at the Q&A.
>
> The theater was sold out with 350 in attendance, and I told them
> about the SWLfest and suggested they check it out the website. At
> the reception afterwards several people approached me and asked for
> more info, so I'm hoping this film will bring
more people into our community.
>
> If you can't come to Philly and see this excellent film on Sept 10,
> 11, or 12th, it's available on Video On Demand (check the website
> below for more info) and should be out on DVD sometime this
> winter. It was screened at the IFC theater in New York City last
> Friday (Sept 2) and got good reviews in both The New York Times and
> Village Voice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Ed Cummings
>
>
>
> >Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:37 -0400
> >To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> >From: bernieS <[email protected]>
> >Subject: SWLfest film "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee
> >Tiles" screening in Philly
> >
> >For those of us not too far away from Philly, you might want to come
> >into town for a screening of the excellent documentary film you
> >enjoyed (or missed!) at the SWLfest this year: "Resurrect Dead: The
> >Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles." It won Best Director of Documentary
> >at Sundance this year! The Director Jon Foy chose the 2011 SWLfest
> >as the premier (private) screening venue as a Thank You for all the
> >help we gave him and his staff for making the documentary a success.
> >
> >Much of it was filmed at the 2006 SWLfest, and it features some of
> >our inimitable characters there--as well as an intriguing story line
> >that includes mysterious pirate shortwave broadcasts. Definitely
> >worth seeing, even if you saw it before. It's playing at
> >International House (3701 Chestnut Street in Phildelphia) on Sept 8,
> >10, 11, 12. See you there!
> >
> >http://www.resurrectdead.com
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >-Ed Cummings
>
>
>
>
> At 11:10 AM 9/10/2011, Richard Cuff wrote:
> >If you are in the Philly region and missed the special screening of
> >the Sundance award-winning documentary "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of
> >The Toynbee Tiles" we had at the Fest in March, you have a chance to
> >see the film over the next few days - there are showings today
> >(Saturday) through Monday at the International House on Market Street
> >in University City. The review linked below touches on the shortwave
> >radio connection in the film; the 2006 Winter SWL Fest appears in a
> >pivotal sequence.
> >
> >http://origin.avclub.com/philadelphia/article
s/toynbee-tile-investigators-jon-foy-and-colin-smith,61093/
> >
> >Those of you distant from Philadelphia might want to create a Google
> >News Alert to flag when the film may be coming to your city.
> >
> >Thanks to Kim Elliott for the heads up!
> >
> >Rich Cuff
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:24:33 -0400
> From: Frank Decker <[email protected]>
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this
> week
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> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:26:06 -0400
> From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]>
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this
> week
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> It did indeed make the list...I had forgotten you had already posted
> the heads-up - there goes the memory...!
>
> Thanks for planting the SWL Fest flag, Ed, and promoting the hobby!
>
> Rich
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:50 AM, bernieS <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hmm...did my post about this on Tuesday Sept 6 not make it to the list?
> > ?Anyway, on Thursday the (Sundance
Award-Winning) documentary film director
> > Jon Foy asked me to give a short presentation during the Q&A after the
> > Philly film premier--so I talked a bit
about pirate shortwave broadcasts and
> > brought in an E.F. Johnson Viking transmitter and matching TVI filter to
> > show the audience. ?(The subject of the
film was a mysterious individual who
> > reportedly used such a transmitter on 6250 KHz in the mid 1980's to
> > promulgate their bizarre message to the world.)
> >
> > One thing documented in this film is these strange broadcasts were heard
> > coming through people's TV sets in
Philadelphia. ?The filmmakers and I have
> > had an ongoing discussion about whether this was intentional TVI or not.
> > ?They thought yes, I thought no. ?But the
night before the film premier and
> > presentation it occurred to me that the
10th and 13th harmonics of 6250 KHz
> > nicely line up nicely with the audio
carrier frequencies of *both* KYW-CH3
> > and WPVI-CH6 in Philadelphia. ?This seems beyond coincidence to me, so it
> > made for a good discussion at the Q&A.
> >
> > The theater was sold out with 350 in
attendance, and I told them about the
> > SWLfest and suggested they check it out the website. ?At the reception
> > afterwards several people approached me and asked for more info, so I'm
> > hoping this film will bring more people into our community.
> >
> > If you can't come to Philly and see this
excellent film on Sept 10, 11, or
> > 12th, it's available on Video On Demand (check the website below for more
> > info) and should be out on DVD sometime
this winter. ?It was screened at the
> > IFC theater in New York City last Friday (Sept 2) and got good reviews in
> > both The New York Times and Village Voice.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -Ed Cummings
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:37 -0400
> >> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> >> From: bernieS <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: SWLfest film "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles"
> >> screening in Philly
> >>
> >> For those of us not too far away from
Philly, you might want to come into
> >> town for a screening of the excellent documentary film you enjoyed (or
> >> missed!) at the SWLfest this year: "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the
> >> Toynbee Tiles." ?It won Best Director of
Documentary at Sundance this year!
> >> ?The Director Jon Foy chose the 2011 SWLfest as the premier (private)
> >> screening venue as a Thank You for all the
help we gave him and his staff
> >> for making the documentary a success.
> >>
> >> Much of it was filmed at the 2006 SWLfest, and it features some of our
> >> inimitable characters there--as well as an intriguing story line that
> >> includes mysterious pirate shortwave
broadcasts. ?Definitely worth seeing,
> >> even if you saw it before. ?It's playing at International House (3701
> >> Chestnut Street in Phildelphia) on Sept 8, 10, 11, 12. ? See you there!
> >>
> >> http://www.resurrectdead.com
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> -Ed Cummings
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:10 AM 9/10/2011, Richard Cuff wrote:
> >>
> >> If you are in the Philly region and missed the special screening of
> >> the Sundance award-winning documentary "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of
> >> The Toynbee Tiles" we had at the Fest in March, you have a chance to
> >> see the film over the next few days - there are showings today
> >> (Saturday) through Monday at the International House on Market Street
> >> in University City. ?The review linked below touches on the shortwave
> >> radio connection in the film; the 2006 Winter SWL Fest appears in a
> >> pivotal sequence.
> >>
> >>
> >>
http://origin.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/toynbee-tile-investigators-jon-foy-and-colin-smith,61093/
> >>
> >> Those of you distant from Philadelphia might want to create a Google
> >> News Alert to flag when the film may be coming to your city.
> >>
> >> Thanks to Kim Elliott for the heads up!
> >>
> >> Rich Cuff
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Swlfest mailing list
> >> [email protected]
> >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest
> >>
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> >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL
> >> shown above.
> >>
> >> For more information on the Fest, visit:
> >>
> >> http://www.swlfest.com
> >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com
> >
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:10:25 -0400
> From: bernieS <[email protected]>
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this
> week
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> Just a heads-up; the film's director advised me his movie is unlikely
> to screen at commercial movie theaters because their management is
> loathe to screen films that are already available via Video On
> Demand. Not even the Ritz theaters in Philadelphia (known for
> promoting local films) would screen it for this reason--despite its
> being a local film that won "Best Director of Documentary" at the
> Sundance Film Festival. Go figure...
>
> So, Google Alerts are very unlikely to alert you to this film showing
> in your town--unless it's Philadelphia tonight through Monday.
>
> -Ed Cummings
>
>
>
> At 01:24 PM 9/10/2011, you wrote:
> >Thank you for suggesting Google Alerts; never used that feature before.
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> >http://www.swlfest.com
> >http://swlfest.blogspot.com
>
>
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