Released on = October 17, 2006, 3:00 am

Press Release Author = Temple Productions

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = \"The Legend of Boggy Creek\" is a cult classic of the
truth-or-hoax documentaries so fashionable in the 1970s. This film and others like
it are spoofed in \"The Top Secret UFO Project,\" R. J. Thomas\' mockrumentary about a
tiny town\'s unsolved UFO mysteries.


Press Release Body =
Charles B. Pierce may not be a filmmaker on par with the great Orson Welles, but his
first movie made a lot more money than \"Citizen Kane.\" In 1972, Pierce, an
advertising executive from Texarkana, made \"The Legend of Boggy Creek,\" a cheesy,
truth-or-hoax documentary about a Bigfoot-type monster who roamed the areas
surrounding Fouke, a tiny Arkansas town. The film, now a cult classic, is the
subject of parody in \"The Top Secret UFO Project,\" filmmaker R. J. Thomas\' valentine
to 1970s low-budget docudramas in general and UFOs in particular.

\"Those 70\'s thriller documentaries always promised the answer to some great mystery,
be it UFOs, Bigfoot, or the Loch Ness Monster,\" Mr. Thomas said. \"They were cheesy,
but fun, especially if you were a teenager.\"

Based on Mr. Thomas\' 2004 novella of the same name, \"The Top Secret UFO Project\"
chronicles the UFO-related events experienced by Jasper, a tiny Colorado hamlet
south of Denver. According to the film, the town dealt with one unusual event after
another in the summer of 1956. After a farmer saw a spaceship fly over his house,
scientists rushed into Jasper to investigate, reporters rushed in looking for
stories, and government officials rushed in to keep it a secret from the world.

Mr. Thomas plays a documentary filmmaker who, in 2003, discovered (by accident) some
top secret government films pertaining to the 1956 Jasper Incident. This inspired
him to make a documentary about Jasper\'s UFO story, and to discover the truth behind
what really happened that mysterious summer in Colorado.

\"The Legend of Boggy Creek\" put Fouke on the map, and the town took it all to heart.
There are monster T-shirts and stuffed dolls on sale and a yearly event called
\"Monster Days\" to celebrate the sightings of the mysterious creature. In \"The Top
Secret UFO Project,\" the town of Jasper takes advantage of its\' own truth-or-hoax
legend, with local businesses working UFO themes into their merchandising and annual
events honoring the strange encounters.

In 1972, Charles B. Pierce made \"The Legend of Boggy Creek\" with a borrowed 16mm
camera, a handful of high school students, and some non-thespian locals as actors.
He opened the film himself in Texarkana, and its\' instant popularity lead to
distribution across the country and a gross of $22 million.

\"My film is a tribute to Charles B. Pierce and people like him,\" Mr. Thomas said.
\"I saw \'The Legend of Boggy Creek\' at 15 in a theater full of teenagers and everyone
was screaming, especially the girls.\"

Mr. Thomas visited Fouke himself the following year, amused by all the
monster-sighting news articles pinned to the local gas station bulletin board. The
owner of the station told Mr. Thomas\' father, in a very serious tone, that the
monster had been seen the week before near the town church.

But does Mr. Thomas believe in the Fouke Monster or UFOs?

\"Oh, no. But everybody likes a mystery,\" Mr. Thomas said. \"Every town wants its\'
own legend.\"

\"The Top Secret UFO Project\" is available on DVD at
BooksAndSuchMart.com.

\"The Top Secret UFO Project (DVD Promo)\" is available for viewing on GoogleVideo.com.




Web Site = http://www.BooksAndSuchMart.com

Contact Details = CONTACT: R. J. Thomas
310-288-6605
rjt1976@yahoo.com
www.BooksAndSuchMart.com