22nd
A Really Great Movie
Last night I went to the screening of Erin’s newest movie Ramona and Beezus based on a series of books written by Beverly Cleary. I am definitely not the target audience but it was really fun and the movie had a great flow to it.
Erin worked really hard on this movie, it was a project that was many years in the making. In Variety (a prominent industry magazine) they said, “Ultimately, helmer Allen credits the Fox 2000 team — particularly Gabler and Siminoff — for championing the little film that could.”
This film was made for peanuts, reportedly $15 million. In relation to the world that I work in (tech startups) this was a very bootstrapped. But even with that low budget they were able to pack the movie with big talent and create a A+ product.
If I sound proud, well sorry but I am. While of course there was a team of people involved to make this movie a success, she definitely was a major driving force and that is awesome.
The movie comes out tomorrow, it is your duty to go see it and donate to what will hopefully be a HUGE opening weekend!
