Confirmed: The MythBusters Support PBDG. What’s stopping you?

The Mythbusters

Big thank you to Grant Imahara, and more than 80 other supporters for donating to Pinball Donut Girl. Have you donated yet?

I have four days left in my indiegogo campaign.

What does that mean?

Confirmed

Confirmed: I have scheduled principle photography in San Francisco for a week in November, we are holding final auditions on Sunday, and I am hiring the crew.
The film will be shot.

BustedBusted! It’s a myth that we have all the money needed. Currently I don’t have sufficient funds to edit the resulting footage or rent the best lenses for filming (especially the pinball games themselves), and there are some FX that we can’t currently afford.

Busted! It is a myth that I will not be able to use the money raised so far if I don’t make my goal.  My partners Indiegogo and Fractured Atlas allow me to use any funds I raise.  I’ll just have to make some compromises if I don’t find support for the full amount.

Plausible
Plausible: Please Donate today and get the word out to other pinball and film friends; we can still raise the full budget amount and make the best possible Pinball Donut Girl. And you can get tax benefits, great perks, and help spread the word about the coolness of pinball.

Join Grant Imahara and donors PAPA ($5,000), Jeri Ellsworth ($1,000), Gary King ($1,500+), Ashley Ringrose ($1,000) and make it happen. I’m grateful for your help.

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Looking for Donations…in the Washer?

We’re scouting for locations and scouting for donations. Please donate today so we can make the best possible film, pay the crew, rent the gear.

As of this morning, I am several thousand short of my goal.  Please help out!

Speaking of locations, here’s a pic from a recent laundromat scout. This place had a Funhouse and a sadly beat up Elvira.

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PBDG cast member Mark Floyd gets in a little 80s arcade action on the side....

 

Catch up with Jane Wiedlin

PBDG star Jane Wiedlin was interviewed at the Entertainment Media Show in London. Check it out and catch up on her many activities, including her comic Lady Robotica.

If you are in LA on October 23, join Jane at Bowling for Boobies, a fun charity event to raise money for women fighting breast cancer. Or just donate to this great cause.

Jane Wiedlin bowling for boobies

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Jeri Ellsworth at Pacifc Pinball

Jerry Ellsworth pinball Hellacopters

photo by Jeff Bradley, CC

Jeri Ellsworth, my favorite real life pinball girl, will be featured in PBDG.

You can see more photos of Jeri in the Pinball Donut Girl gallery on indiegogo.com. Consider supporting PBDG while you’re there. Skip your latte, and become a filmmaker instead!

Jeri Ellsworth Pinball Hellacopters

photo by Jeff Bradley, CC

All the photos were taken at Pacific Pinball Expo 2011. The game, of course, is Wade Krause and Dirty Donny’s custom pin Hellcopters.


Jane Wiedlin is back from the Go-Go’s tour and ready for PBDG

jane wiedlin the gogos star trekI’m excited to share that Jane Wiedlin will have a starring role in Pinball Donut Girl.

Jane is just back from an amazing tour with The Go-Go’s.  This summer was the 30 year anniversary of “Beauty and the Beat,” and she crisscrossed the country, performing live.

When released, “Beauty and the Beat” was the first number one album on the Billboard 200 by an all girl group that wrote and performed their own material. The album stayed at number one for 6 weeks and ultimately went multi-platinum, opening the door for many other new bands. No wonder Jane and the girls were honored with their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this summer.

I was lucky enough to catch Jane at The Go-Go’s sold out show at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco.  I had a great time!

Working with Jane again will be an intergalactic treat for me.  I first met her on the set of Billy Clift’s  I Want To Get Married (premiering this week in Palm Springs). The beautiful Ms. Jane is a great actor and a blast to work with.

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On the set of I Want To Get Married, photo by raymond doan

Brian J. Patterson, PBDG lead See Brian in Heart of a Soldier

The crazy talented Brian J. Patterson, who stars as Matt in Pinball Donut Girl, is on stage now in the world premiere of Heart of a Soldier. 

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Brian J. Patterson on stage in Heart of a Soldier

The opera is based on the story of Rick Rescorla, hero of September 11.

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Rescorla in Vietnam, 1965

The story of Rescorla’s heroism during the World Trade Center attacks is the stuff of opera, a hypertheatrical medium that holds a magnifying mirror up to nature. So it’s not entirely surprising that Rescorla’s story will materialize on the stage of the San Francisco Opera in the form of “Heart of a Soldier” beginning on Saturday, the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Read more from the NY Times article

Pinball Artist Wade Krause

More photos of my visit to Wade from Paul Breski. Wade was one of the originators of Circus Punks — you can see some of them in his office.

Each vintage  backglass in Wade’s office is beautifully and perfectly restored.  I’ll have photos of those tomorrow.