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4 Steps Toward Making and DistributingYour Independent Film
You know all those things that filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors bemoan about here on Stage 32?
Can’t raise the finances to make a movie.
Can’t get distribution.
Can’t get a break.
‘Getting Grace’, a film starting Daniel Roebuck, on a film scroll in a movie theater.
Well, I know a guy who would disagree with you and is proving anything is possible.
And not just any guy, but the man who played the second lead of Cliff Lewis on Matlock, Dr. Leslie Arzt on LOST, movies like The Fugitive, and in six of my own productions. Yes, I’m talking about Daniel Roebuck, my good friend who has an extremely recognizable face with some real juice in Hollywood. However, he’s also a man who is strong in his Catholic faith and very approachable.
Many actors in Hollywood often are. That’s why you take your shots with actors, producers, directors, and film financiers where you can.
Jeff Lewis took that shot about eight years ago when he got a script called Bending Spoons to producer Mark Rupp, who, unbeknownst to Jeff, got it to Roebuck. Screenwriters pay attention, because Danny has experience and a recognizable face, he has connections in Hollywood, just like any other…