Help Needed RE: Suburban Girl straight to DVD

[Kayako]

Hey all,

We all read that Suburban Girl is going straight to DVD, despite sold out screenings at Tribeca, awesome star power, and multiple other assets. Well I personally hate this decision, don't you? I got together with a few friends and we decided to do something.

Sarah said in an interview: "My mom always taught me to write a letter when I get mad, and I do."

So we decided to follow Sarah's advice and send an email to the production company (Odd Lot Entertainment) and the so-called distribution company (Image). Please help us express how disappointed and surprised we all are by sending the same email.

Here are the email addresses it should be sent to (it would be more effective if the email was individually sent to each address but a simple copy and paste of the whole list will do as well!)

deborah@oddlotent.com; gigi@oddlotent.com; linda@oddlotent.com; brian@oddlotent.com; boyd@oddlotent.com; info@oddlotent.com; Joe@OddLotEnt.com; michael@oddlotent.com; ssavage@image-entertainment.com; publicity@image-entertainment.com; acquisitions@image-entertainment.com; investors@image-entertainment.com; iemarketing@image-entertainment.com; license@image-entertainment.com; inquiries@image-entertainment.com; wholesale@image-entertainment.com; intl@image-entertainment.com; wholesale@image-entertainment.com; glee@image-entertainment.com; hr@image-entertainment.com; jframer@image-entertainment.com

The subject should be:
Odd Lot/Image disappointment re. Suburban Girl

And here is the email:

To Whom It May Concern

For any production company such as Odd Lot, the opportunity to sell a film with positive festival buzz and marketable stars must be a dream scenario. That a film of this type such as "Suburban Girl" has not been handled in such a way as to ensure a theatrical release is somewhat unfathomable. For a distribution company such as Image Entertainment which claims to be ready for friendly competition with the likes of Lionsgate and The Weinsten Co. to not take the bull by the horns with such a film and really prove that they are ready to play with the big boys by providing a theatrical release is equally baffling.

The book from which the short stories used as the basis for the script of this film were taken had sold 1.5 million copies as at July 2005. Immediately this provides a fan base that has a genuine interest in a theatrical release.

Similarly, the stars of this movie have shown on a number of occasions over the years that when they star in a film of good quality, moviegoers along with their followings of loyal fans are more than happy to pay money to see them in theaters. With the film and the performances of the cast having received a positive response from critics and fans alike at the Tribeca Film Festival this year (who also noted specifically that it would be relatively easy film to sell commercially), it seems there is little doubt that this film falls into that category.

Tickets for initial screenings sold out quickly for Tribeca making “Suburban Girl” one of the few films for which not one but two additional screenings were added and again quickly sold out. With the film and the performances of the cast having received an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and fans at the festival this year, there is little doubt that this film deserves a theatrical release. Is the film industry really so disjointed from the views of the public and the media alike that it will not facilitate the theatrical release of a film about which the following are only a few of the comments made:

"Cute, sexy and very funny, "Suburban Girl" has all the right ingredients to be a romantic comedy hit." -Scott Hoffman, www.moviepicturefilm.com

"It boasts two sellable stars, some bright comic moments and the always glamorous setting of Manhattan high society which will stimulate theatrical sales." - Mike Goodridge, www.screendaily.com

"[Baldwin] delivers a complex turn that is alternately amusing and moving, one that well reveals his character's underlying pathos. His superb work provides "Suburban Girl" with a complexity that goes far beyond its script." - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter

"All in all, though, it was one of the better films I've seen on the festival circuit."
"If Woody Allen had directed it, it would have been a classic, but this one's still sure to sell and see the light of day."
"First-time director and accomplished screenwriter Marc Klein delivers a wonderful romantic comedy that even a guy like me, who normally hates films of the genre, enjoyed."
-www.eonline.com

"Gellar and Baldwin both give wonderful performances and make their chemistry incredibly real and ultimately heartbreaking. Containing a ton of laughs and killer fashion that could give "The Devil Wears Prada" a run for its money, this movie has something uncommon in most romantic comedies."
-Scott Hoffman, www.moviepicturefilm.com

"The acting is top-notch" - John P. McCarthy, www.boxoffice.com

"Marc Klein (Serendipity), who wrote the script and makes his directorial debut here, elicits winning central performances from his May-to-December coupling of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin" - Mike Goodridge, www.screendaily.com

Regards,



You can also add this picture to your email:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4qxd...ic=4qxde8z&s=1
It's the line of one of the screenings of SG at tribeca. None of these people actually got in because the screening was completely full.

[sarahbrazilianfan]

Done !

[ohiofan]

I sent one to each address. Thanks for letting us vent!

[eadweard]

Great idea!!

[andrew r]

Blimey! Thanks for taking the time to do this and showing it to us. That's a well referenced letter too. Thanks once again for this.