Released on: October 2, 2007, 12:31 pm

Press Release Author: Pose Down

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The indie art house film Pose Down (2007, 90 mins) was shot
last year in South Florida. Featuring many actors & bands originally from North,
Central and South Florida such as Orlando Native ADAM NEE (Sex & the
City), teen actress AMANDA HOOTMAN and comedian KEITH HUDSON with music by
Jacksonville\'s Beggar Weeds and south Florida\'s Charlie Pickett & the Eggs.


Press Release Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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US PREMIERE

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Miniaci Theatre for the Performing Arts
Sunday, Nov. 4th 7PM & Monday Nov. 5th 5PM

LONDON PREMIERE
Portobello Film Festival, August 2007

FEATURING:ADAM NEE, BRIAN SLATEN, KRISTIN DISPALTRO, RICH SOMMER, COSMO PFIEL, MOT
FILIPOSWKI, KATHRYN ROSSETTER

(NEW YORK - NY) POSE DOWN is a dark comedy set in Southwest Florida revolving around
three former high school classmates -THE BODYBUILDER, THE GOOD OL\' BOY and THE
HOMECOMING QUEEN - whose lives become entangled after the airing of a tabloid news
program. It\'s 1995; cell
phones, email and i-chat have yet to change the channels of
communication. A tall Southern tale involving a doppelganger, \'roid
rage, remembrances of things past, murder and beauty pageants.

POSE DOWN\'s twisted journey begins with a MacGuffin about a Killer
Bodybuilder BRIAN DECK and slowly shifts into a story about his high
school sweetheart, MARLENA GATE, who returns to her hometown to bury
both her estranged mother and her past. POSE DOWN - one element of a
bodybuilding competition where all the competitors face off against
one another simultaneously - becomes a metaphor for the characters
living and working in a small Southwest Florida town, particularly for
our main protagonist, Marlena, who must literally \"pose down\" her past
in order to look to a better future.

POSE DOWN continues along a similar thematic journey with
writer/director ERIKA YEOMANS\' other short films and videos (Paging
Dr. Freud, Chubby Buddy, The Forgery, In Search of Bas Jan\'s
Miraculous). Ms. Yeomans creates a world that is both familiar and
foreign - constantly shifting between humor and pathos.

The soundtrack for POSE DOWN blends alt-rock indie artists of the 80\'s
and 90\'s (Maria McKee and Florida bands such as Beggar Weeds and
Charlie Pickett) with alt-rock indie artists of today (Earl Greyhound,
Smog, Six Organs of Admittance and Corn Mo) to create a rocking
tapestry of music that further underscores the film\'s
thought-provoking imagery.
Over the years, Ms. Yeomans has created an extensive body of work in
theater, mixed media and film. As the co-founder and artistic
director of the performance company Doorika, she collaborated with
various artists (Casey Spooner of FischerSpooner, Jon Langford of The
Mekons and award-winning experimental filmmaker Ken Kobland of the
Wooster Group) to create multimedia and theater projects in Chicago
and New York. Since 1999, Yeomans has focused primarily on filmmaking.
Her videos and films have won grants and screened at film festivals
and art institutions around the world, including: London\'s ICA,
Lincoln Center\'s New York Video Festival, Los Angeles\' Disney
Hall/REDCAT Theater, Berlin\'s Transmediale, Silver Lake Film Festival,
Amsterdam\'s Stedelijk Museum, Cinematek at the Danish Film Institute
and New York\'s Anthology Film Archives. In January 2007, New York
City\'s THE TANK programmed an evening of her films and videos.
Currently, her experimental film CHUBBY BUDDY (13 min, super 8, 2003)
is touring as part of a group arts show LATITUDE - Minneapolis,
London, New York and IN SEARCH OF BAS JAN\'S MIRACULOUS (40 mins,
montage, 1997) is part of the Dutch Kultprom tour in Russia. Ms.
Yeomans\' newest art video PAGING DR. FREUD (16?mins, multi-framed,
2007) was in the official selection of the 20th Annual Dallas Video
Festival 2007.

POSE DOWN was shot in 22 days on Super 16 mm in the spring of 2006.
An ultra low budget production, POSE DOWN is Ms. Yeomans feature film
directorial debut and was produced by AARON S. LEVINE. The production
garnered tremendous business and community support from the city of
Fort Myers, Florida and its residents. The production had the full
support of the Fort Myers Fire Department, The Mayor of Fort Myers
office, the Lee County School District and the Lee County Sheriff\'s
Department, who even allowed the production to cast real deputies as
the police officers in the film. The project was awarded a
pre-production grant from New York State Council on the Arts. POSE
DOWN was photographed by award-winning cinematographer BENJAMIN
KASULKE (Walking to Werner, Guy Maddin\'s Brand Upon the Brain, 2006
Slamdance Kodak Vision Award Winner) and edited by SANDRA MONTIEL
(Nashville, MTV\'s Laguna Beach, The Martha Stewart Story, Punch Drunk
Love).

The film features emerging young talent including ADAM NEE (Filmmaker
Magazine\'s \"25 to Watch 2006\", The Last Romantic), BRIAN SLATEN (The
Tourist, Law & Order: Special Victim\'s Unit), CHRIS STACK (Rodger
Dodger, The School of Rock), COSMO PFEIL (Descent, Shotgun Stories),
KRISTIN DISPALTRO (Transit, Margarita Happy Hour, The Hill) and RICH
SOMMER (Mad Men, The Devil Wears Prada). Color, S16mm, RT 86 min.,
2007.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BIOS
AARON S. LEVINE (PRODUCER) is an independent producer based in New
York City. In 1998, he produced Erika Yeomans\' 35mm short film
\'Hardhead Flair\' and her theater group DOORIKA\'s 1998 theatrical
production \'The Forgery\' at NYC\'s Ohio Theatre. Mr. Levine produced a
broadcast video inspired by the production of \'The Forgery\' (2000)
with video artist and Wooster Group Associate Ken Kobland. Also in
2000, Mr. Levine spent the year working as production supervisor at
Independent Digital Entertainment (InDigEnt), a partnership between
Sloss Special Projects and the IFC. At InDigEnt, Mr. Levine assisted
in the production of a number of digital video features including
Richard Linklater\'s \'Tape\', Ethan Hawke\'s \'Chelsea Walls\' and Bruce
Wagner\'s \'Women In Film\'. In the summer of 2002, Mr. Levine acted as
Director of Operations and helped to produce the first annual
Manchester International Film Festival in Manchester, Vermont. More
recently, Mr. Levine has produced the television show \'Crib Notes\' for
Todd Oldham and MTV; associate produced the children\'s television
program \"Reading Rainbow\" for PBS; production supervised the reality
program \"FilmFakers\" for AMC; and, production managed the feature
films \"State Property II\" for Lion\'s Gate Films, \"West 32nd\" for CJ
Entertainment and \"Chatham\" starring David Carradine, Bruce Dern and
Rip Torn.

BEN KASULKE (CINEMATOGRAPHER) studied film at the internationally
known Filmova a Televizni Fakulta Akadmie Muzickych Umni in Prague,
Czech Republic. In 1999, Mr. Kasulke obtained a Bachelor of Science
Cinema Production degree, cum laude graduate, from Ithaca College
where he was honored with the Best Senior Film Award. His most recent
work, the 2005 35mm feature film \"We Go Way Back\", premiered at the
2006 Slamdance Film Festival where the film took home the Grand Jury
Award for Best Narrative Feature and Mr. Kasulke\'s work as
cinematographer was singled out and awarded the Kodak Vision Award for
Best Cinematography. Mr. Kasulke also shot Guy Maddin\'s 2005 feature
film \"The Brand Upon The Brain\" which has been pre-selected to
premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. His other works have
screened at a variety of international film festivals including the
Seattle International Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film
Festival, the Cardiff Screen Festival, CinemaTexas, the Northwest Film
& Video Festival and the Best Of the Northwest Film & Video Festival
Tour. Currently, Mr. Kasulke is the Staff Director Of Photography with
the Film Company based in Seattle, WA, an active non-profit film
studio where he is a key collaborator on all Film Company productions
and responsible for the production of motion pictures on a variety of
formats: 35mm, S16mm and Super 8mm film, and digital video.

SANDRA MONTIEL (EDITOR) credits as an editor include Erika Yeomans\'
\"Chubby Buddy\", the ABC television film \"Dynasty\", the NBC television
film \"Martha INC.: The Story of Martha Stewart\", and the CBS
television film \"Behind the Camera: The Story of Three\'s Company\". She
was also the first assistant editor on Paul Thomas Anderson\'s
\"Punch-Drunk Love\" and Roman Coppola\'s \"CQ\". In addition to feature
work, Ms. Montiel has edited several music videos and MTV projects
such as the OutKast music video \"I Like the Way You Move\", \"Stand: The
Making of Jewel\'s Video\", \"Autumn Eve: A Tribute to Woody Herman\", and
a DVD feature on the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Currently, she is editing
MTV\'s reality program entitled \"Laguna Beach: The Real O.C.\". Ms.
Montiel is a member of the I.A.T.S.E. Editors Guild and was named
Hollywood Reporter Young Editors to Watch 2005.

HEATHER PRIEST (COSTUME DESIGNER) has a MA in fashion design from the
Art Institute of Chicago and has costumed theater productions in
Chicago and New York with award-winning companies such as Steppenwolf
Theater, Remains Theater and New Crime Productions. She designed
costumes for several theater and video productions for the acclaimed
performance art collective DOORIKA such as \"The Forgery\", \"Akogari No
Pari\", \"Dear\" and the Jon Langford musical \"Bathe Me!\", which have all
played in various venues throughout Chicago and New York. She was the
Assistant Costume Designer on various feature films such as Woody
Allen\'s \"Sweet and Lowdown\", \"Telling Lies in America\", \"Once Upon a
Time In Mexico\" and \"Burn Hollywood Burn\".

BOLAND-EGGMANN CASTING (CASTING DIRECTORS) have cast a number of
independent feature projects including \"Confess\", \"Best Thief in the
World\", which went to the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 and
\"Wendigo\", which won an award at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001.
Ms. Boland\'s credits also include work for Warner Brothers Studios
where she cast over 60 pilots including \"Everwood\", \"Smallville\",
\"Gilmore Girls\", and \"George Lopez\". Also while at Warner\'s, Ms.
Boland served as a Casting Associate for \"Third Watch\", \"Witch Blade\",
and NY casting for \"ER\" and \"The West Wing\". Prior to Warner Brothers,
Ms. Boland was a Casting Associate at Walken/Jaffe Casting where she
worked on the first two seasons of \"The Sopranos\" as well as a number
of feature films. Ms. Eggmann\'s credits in casting include the feature
films \"The Mothman Prophecies\", \"Chelsea Walls\", \"Happy Accidents\",
\"Riding in Cars with Boys\", \"Autumn in New York\" and Woody Allen\'s
\"Celebrity\", and, the television series \"Queens Supreme\". Currently,
Mary Clay Boland serves as the Casting Director for daytime drama \"As
The World Turns\" for which she received the 2005 Daytime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Achievement for a Casting Director. Katharina Eggmann
currently serves as the Casting Director for the primetime drama \"Law
& Order: Criminal Intent\".




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