// August 6th, 2011 // 10 Comments » // Indie Films, Interviews, John Alan Simon, Producers, Publicity
Writer/Director/Producer John Alan Simon and CoProducer Elizabeth Karr sit down with David Branin and Karen Worden on Film Courage LATalkRadio Sunday, August 7, Noon PST.
Film Courage just named “Top 10 Podcasts for Filmmakers.” by MovieMaker magazine! Listen Live on LATalk Radio – Channel 2
// April 25th, 2011 // 9 Comments » // Film Festivals, John Alan Simon, Philip K. Dick, Publicity
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH WINS SPECIAL JURY AWARD!
“Congratulations to John Alan Simon… It really is a great film with a hell of a script and a ton of heart.”
News, Analysis, and Philip K. Dick – Related Info Kipple Chronicled by a PKD Scholar
Total Dick-Head blogspot – Read the whole article.
// April 20th, 2011 // 8 Comments » // Film Festivals, Publicity, Reviews
Writer/Director/Producer John Alan Simon and CoProducer Elizabeth Karr at WorldFest.
The Houston Chronicle review of Radio Free Albemuth screening at Worldfest:
“A nice surprise for Philip K. Dick readers!”
“Imaginative visuals and a strong cast! ”
“A rare attempt to faithfully convey Dick’s writing”
// April 14th, 2011 // 6 Comments » // Film Festivals, Interviews, John Alan Simon, Philip K. Dick, Publicity
radio news and fine arts twenty four hours a day from houston, texas – npr
// March 1st, 2011 // 12 Comments » // Cast, Indie Films, John Alan Simon, Philip K. Dick, Publicity
QUIET EARTH EXCLUSIVE – FIRST TO UNVEIL RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH TRAILER
“Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, Radio Free Albemuth follows the awakening of record store owner, Nicholas Brady, through visions communicated from a satellite of unknown origins (though probably VALIS). Under guidance from his visions, Nick rises up against the world’s fascist government masquerading as the United States of America.
We’ve been following development on the film for a while now, and even reviewed a Work in Progress print that played at last year’s SciFi London. I’ve seen it too and can tell you it’s well done and faithful to Dick’s style and intentions. So yeah, we’re thrilled to finally bring you Dick heads the first trailer.”
~ Quiet Earth Website
// January 26th, 2011 // 6 Comments » // John Alan Simon, Philip K. Dick, Publicity, Reviews
NEWS, ANALYSIS, AND PHILIP K DICK-RELATED INFO KIPPLE CHRONICLED BY A PKD SCHOLAR, DAVID GILL.
// December 29th, 2010 // 13 Comments » // Articles, Indie Films, Philip K. Dick, Publicity
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH MAKES TOP 10 NEWS LIST FOR GNOSTIC INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL (GIT)
“Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth is released as a movie. Dick’s semiautobiographical novel was published posthumously in 1985. Dick never released this work because of frustration with his publisher, instead injecting its mystic themes in his exalted Gnostic Valis Trilogy. Set in an alternative reality where an alien, godlike presence attempts to aid humanity in overthrowing a fascist America and its own godlike ruler, Radio Free Albemuth could soon join the hallowed pantheon of Dick novels adapted to the big screen such as Bladerunner, Total Recall,Minority Report, Paycheck, and several others.”
// December 22nd, 2010 // 9 Comments » // Articles, Film Festivals, Indie Films, John Alan Simon, Publicity
“The ultra cerebral US-production Radio Free Albemuth was one of the festival’s big hits, winning the Director’s Choice Best Feature award for filmmaker John Alan Simon. Based on the novel of the same name by sci-fi master Philip K. Dick – composer of the tales that became Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall – Radio Free Albemuth made its international premiere at Fantastic Planet, while Robert Rodriguez’s Machete made its Australian debut. These were just two coups for the exceptionally diverse Fantastic Planet Film Festival.”
Science fiction and fantasy are genres driven by ideas, which were in abundance at Fantastic Planet. “There are obviously films within the festival that are the bigger action or effects box-ticking type films,” says Bertram. “But we program a lot of independent science fiction as well. Perhaps because those filmmakers are working with smaller budgets and they have to be dependent on ideas or a very strong story or performances, so it has to be more cerebral. They don’t have tens of millions of dollars to sell it just by blowing the audience away with special effects.”
Read the entire article at http://www.filmink.com.au/feature/to-boldly-go/
// December 5th, 2010 // 66 Comments » // Indie Films, Publicity
TWO MAJOR AWARDS AT SYDNEY FANTASTIC PLANET FILM FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE BEST FEATURE & BEST ACTOR for SHEA WHIGHAM
Producers are working on US Theatrical Distribution. 7 Arts is handling International sales. Let us know what city you want Radio Free Albemuth in theatres. Your comments welcome. Please subscribe to our Newsletter and join us on Radio Free Albemuth Facebook page for news and updates. If you’re on Twitter, follow us @RFAmovie.
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