 In 1995, filmmakers Justin Holstein and Chad Calek began documenting
Calek's band, 35 Inch Mudder, in hopes of making a documentary on
trying to make it as a band from the most unlikely off all places, Des
Moines, Iowa. But Calek nor Holstein could have guessed what would take
place over the next decade. In a town that barely had a local music
scene, much less a genre specific metal scene, a local radio station
war occurred, pitting Calek's rap metal 35 Inch Mudder against another
then rap-metal band named Slipknot.
Slipknot would go on
to sell millions of records and become the most successful metal band
in the world today. 35 Inch Mudder, due to the local commercial radio
support and high-octane live show, would become the leaders of the then
exploding Des Moines, Iowa local metal scene - a scene that in less
that a year had grown from near non-existance, to being praised by many
national publications and industry experts as the "The Next Seattle".
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 TV RATING: TV14-VSLD
SHOWTIME ADVISORIES: Brief Nudity, Mild Violence, Adult Language, Adult Themes
STEREO / CCAP
1 h 30 m
Distributor: Allumination Filmworks
Cable: Showtime Networks Inc.
Zeke Lareau, known by many as "The Player", and Auggie Jacobs, the
simple one who has never caused a problem, are two college seniors who
have never met. Both are only a semester away from graduation, or so
they think.
Teaming up to do a class project, a simple documentary about something
they truly believe in, they realize that even though their
personalities are night and day, they share a common trait in standing
up for what they believe.
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IN POST-PRODUCTION
 Every April, an intense and competitive
subculture explodes throughout the United States with the seasonal
opening of men’s slow pitch softball. Tens of thousands of registered
teams begin their leagues in aljost every city and town across America.
For many of these players, the season means recreational sport,
camaraderie, beer and entertainment.
For a select few,
however, the word "recreational" does not apply to their brand of
softball. With their eyes set on the September Worlds Tournament some
players are engaged in a personal quest for greater validation and the
Ultimate Victory. Just as 44 Core represents the designated density of
softballs to be used in regulation and tournament play, these players
are the core substance in a multi-million dollar industry that is
uniquely American.
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 IN PRODUCTION
A blooming rock star... an eccentric, genius rap artist, a U.S. Marine
Sniper and an undiscovered accoustic solo artist who is making his run
for stardom at the age of 52 after the end of his thirty year
marrige... what do they have in common? Their last name.
Step inside the lives of father, RS Fenimore and his
three sons; Paxton, Spencer and Joe and you will be convinced once
again that truth IS stranger than fiction.
Paxton works with his father removing trees and is
usually fired at the end of every day, where he returns to his one room
'crib' and pet squirrel...Spencer is a college student, national guard
reservist and lead singer of an up-and-coming band called Mindrite and
Joe is a U.S. Marine sniper currently serving in Afghanistan. They have
all taken different paths in life but they all have one common thread
that ties them together other than being family...music.
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Mushroomhead
"Simple Survival "
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10 Years
"The Autum Effect"
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Black Flood Diesel
"Into the Light "
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Black Flood Diesel
"Take the Pain "
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Index Case
"Deserver"
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Bleeding Through
"On Wings of Lead"
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Curt Smith
"Addict"
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10 Years
"Through the Iris"
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Aria
"Beauty"
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Dayfeed
"Permanent Disguise"
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Index Case
"Thisisim"
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Mindrite
"Everything"
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Thirty Seconds of Shame
"Reason to Hate"
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White Knuckle Trip
"Devine Message for a Deaf Ear"
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Destrophy
"Why I Hate Goodbye"
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Index Case
"You're the Reason"
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Albino Fly
"North Field"
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Sign Of One
"Slip"
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Nuisance Crew
"Migrate"
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Josh Boots
"No Show Socks"
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Meachie Mac
"Getcho Weight Up"
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Impac
"Heel Toe"
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Albino Fly
"Edgerton Road"
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Even X
"Chills
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Akream
"I Push You Push"
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Jess
"Home"
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Todd Herzog
"If I Only Had the Words"
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 True Player Entertainment produced three commercial film projects for Pepsi/Mountain Dew/AMP Energy Drink whiched aired on MTV2 and MTV2.com last year.
The projects, titled the Amp Video 6Packs, were part of a download competition on MTV2 between the nation's top 'up-and-coming' acts called the Amp Bands Video Brawl.
The three projects produced by True Player were Taking Back Sunday (Victory Records), Index Case (True Player Records) and Dynamite Boy (Fearless Records). The band that had their AMP Video 6Pack downloaded the jost won a sizeable budget to shoot their own full-length music video for rotation on MTV2.
View the programs in windows media by clicking on the picks below.
Taking Back Sunday
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