SAN ANTONIO, TX, October 17, 2009
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WHO:
Film Classics Productions
WHAT:
Doctor "S": The Movie
Screening at 23rd Leeds International Film Festival
WHEN:
Saturday, November 7, 11:30 PM
Thursday, November 12, 12:00 AM
WHERE:
Hyde Park Picture House
Brudenell Road
Leeds, LS6 1JD
United Kingdom
Film Classics Productions is proud to announce that its debut feature film, 'Doctor "S": The Movie', has been selected to screen at the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival. This screening will mark the film's United Kingdom premiere.
The horror comedy, written and directed by Bryan Ortiz and produced by Michael Druck, centers on a mysterious scientist (Rick Carrillo) and a cheerleader (Alicia Shaddeau) who battle a zombie outbreak in the town of Crystal Oaks. Originally written and shot as a fictitious trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse trailer competition, and then expanded to feature length, the film recently won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2009 San Antonio Film Festival, the First Feature Award at the 2009 Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival, and the award for Best Comedic Horror Film at the 2009 Chicago Horror Film Festival. With screenings across the U.S., 'Doctor "S": The Movie' has developed a devoted cult following, with the website Quiet Earth declaring, "We demand a sequel!"
"The U.K. has produced some of the most popular zombie movies in recent years, like '28 Days Later' and 'Shaun of the Dead'," says Ortiz. "So it's a real thrill to be bringing 'Doctor "S"' to Leeds and to take part in the horror scene there."
Even as they invade the U.K., the zombies of Crystal Oaks will continue their march across the U.S., as 'Doctor "S": The Movie' will also screen at the B-Movie Festival in Syracuse, New York on Saturday, November 7.
For more information on 'Doctor "S": The Movie', please visit the film's official website, http://www.doctorsthemovie.com, or find the film on MySpace, Facebook, and the Internet Movie Database.
FACTS:
* Film Classics Productions was formed in 2006 by writer/director Bryan Ortiz, then a student at the University of the Incarnate Word, and producer Michael Druck, then a talent agent.
* In just three years, the company has produced a series of popular and award-winning films; in addition to 'Doctor "S": The Movie', other fan favorites include the short films 'Compose', 'Spiral' (winner of the Independent Spirit Award at the 2008 Seguin Film & Arts Festival), 'Goodbye Digital or The 5 Stages of Grief in Digital Dating' (winner of the NALIP-SA Spring 2007 Film Slam, the Student Film Competition at the 2007 Seguin Film & Arts Festival, and the Latifilm.com Valentines Film Contest), 'Last Chance' (winner of two awards in the San Antonio 48 Hour Film Project in 2007), and 'Four Minutes Till The End' (which, in addition to winning numerous awards, recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival).
* Individually, Ortiz has been spotlighted on television (on KENS's Eyewitness News and KABB's Fox News at Nine and Fox News First), on radio (on KSYM), and in print (in the Austin Chronicle, Conexion magazine, the San Antonio Current, the San Antonio Express-News, and the Logos, the student newspaper of the University of the Incarnate Word); Druck has appeared in the San Antonio College campus newspaper, The Ranger. Together as the Film Classics team, they were recently featured on the cover of 210SA magazine to promote 'Doctor "S": The Movie'.
* For more information on the Leeds International Film Festival, including a schedule of films, screening times and venues, and information on ticket prices, please visit http://www.leedsfilm.com.
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