Actual Reality Pictures Newsletter
May 2006
May 2006
An Amazing Four Months at Actual Reality
The last four months have seen a great flurry of activity at Actual Reality. Our feature documentary, THIN, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; our series Black.White. achieved record ratings during its six-week run on FX; our made-for-television documentary Oh Baby, Now What? premiered on A&E; and our film Shays' Rebellion: The First American Civil War was shown as part of the History Channel's series Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America. In addition, we're hard at work on the new seasons of 30 Days and Flip That House, as well as a host of new projects that we'll be premiering in the months to come. And to top it off, a whole bunch of our work is now available on DVD and through the iTunes Music Store. So far, 2006 has been a banner year!
Check out what we've been up to at www.arp.tv
Buy episodes of 30 Days and Black.White.
on iTunes
Starting immediately, the entire first season of 30 Days and all six episodes of Black.White. are available for purchase at the iTunes Music Store. Plus, we've included two special free items for Black.White.: Ice Cube's 'Race Card' video and a video about the casting of Black.White. Each episode is only $1.99.
- Buy episodes of 30 Days at the iTunes Music Store
- Buy episodes of Black.White. at the iTunes Music Store
Pre-order the 30 Days DVD set now
On July 11th, 2006 the complete first season of 30 Days will be released on DVD. This two-DVD set features every episode of the series and is chock-full of exclusive DVD extras like special commentaries from executive producers R.J. Cutler and Morgan Spurlock, as well as the participants and the production team. The set is available for pre-order at Amazon at a great price.
Making Dazed featured on the
Dazed and Confused Criterion Collection DVD
Dazed and Confused Criterion Collection DVD
The Actual Reality Pictures original documentary Making Dazed, directed by the wonderful Kahane Corn, is included on the Criterion Collection's DVD release of Richard Linklater's classic film, Dazed and Confused. This documentary reunites the cast to talk about the film and how it affected their careers, and features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film. As with most DVD's from the Criterion Collection, it's a stellar production and a must-have for pretty much everyone.
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THIN Wins Grand Jury Prize at BIFF
On April 21st, 2006, THIN, directed by our dear friend (and new mom!) Lauren Greenfield, won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Boston Independent Film Festival. Congratulations to Lauren and everyone involved. We appreciate the attention this powerful film has received. Look for THIN's premiere on HBO this fall.
Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War on DVD
from The History Channel
from The History Channel
Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War is now available on DVD. This animated documentary was directed and produced by R.J. Cutler and features animation from the legendary Bill Plympton, and was part of the History Channel series, Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America. It tells the story of the 1780s uprising that almost destroyed our young country but ended up leading to the creation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Quick clips
- Buy the Oh Baby, Now What? DVD at the A&E Store.
- Set your Tivos for the July 12th premiere of the second season of 30 Days