The Underdogs News Page

Meeting Tobe Hooper at the Fearless Tales Genre Festival in San Francisco! Very cool memory... The festival was great. Thanks to Michael Davidson and his team for organizing a great weekend and congratulations for making such a successful event.

If you are in the Philadelphia area in April you should check out Underdogs star Rodney Gray in "Dead Broke". It's a great short and proof of how great of an actor Rodney is. Details for the screening can be found here... Enjoy!

WEST COAST PREMIERE!!!
2004 Fearless Tales Genre Fest
San Francisco, CA 
March 11-14, 2004


2/19/04 
The Underdogs will be playing opening night at the 2004 Fearless 
Tales Genre Festival in San Francisco March 11th! It will be playing as 
part of the "Special Evening with Tobe Hooper" with a TBA double feature.
Tickets are available now! 

If you're in the Bay area March 11th, please come by to see a cool night of 
horror films. Click here for more info on the festival.


2/10/04
Nick Damici's big screen debut "In the Cut", is available now on DVD in
director Jane Campion's uncut version.


January, 2004
Jim  was in horror heaven from December to January, working as a 
grip on Dante Tomaselli's third feature Satan's Playground, starring
Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Ellen Sandweiss (Evil Dead), and
Edwin Neal (Texas Chansaw Massacre). 
Click here for Dante's website.


What is "The Phlebottomizer"?

Click here to find out...

The Underdogs will be showing at the Woodstock Film Festival at this weekend! Dates and times are on the screenings page. This is our biggest festival so far and you can check all the info at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com. Click on "Screenings" above for details and to order tickets.

July 10th: The review of "The Underdogs" is up at ArrowInTheHead.com, courtesy of John Fallon. Go to the Press page for a link. We are waiting to hear about six upcoming festivals... News will go up as soon as we hear about it!

4/6/03: The Awards ceremony for the 2003 NYU First Run Festival took place Sunday night, and The Underdogs came away with four of the prestigious awards!!! Congratulations to all films in the competition, and check the Screenings page for updates. The Underdogs won the following awards:

Best Producer - Chris Romano
Best Cinematography - Steve Huber
Best Original Score - Kevin W. Walker
Best Sound Design - Jim Mickle

3/30/03: We are, of course, extremely happy to report that "The Underdogs" won the 2003 I-Con Independent Film Festival's award for Best Independent Film over the weekend!!! Thank you to Leah Gustavson at the convention for the wonderful award (and trophy!) and for all who got to see the screening!

Next up for the film is the gigantic annual NYU First Run Festival in just over a week. Check the screenings page for more info. Also in the future is the Chicago Horror Film Festival and the First Look Student Film Festival, and more news from festivals as the days go by.

For those interested in a copy of the film on DVD (as well as a number of special features), please email me. The cost is just $10.00 per DVD, and with that comes the widescreen version of the film, two other short films, the trailer, deleted scenes, storyboard-to-film comparisons, and a stills gallery!

-"The Underdogs" will be having its World Premiere screening at this year's I-Con22 Sci-Fi/Horror convention in Stony Brook, Long Island! The convention will run from March 28-30. "The Underdgs" will be screened on Saturday the 29th, at 1PM. For more info, visit their site and go to Information > Schedules.

-The next screening will be at this year's NYU First Run Festival in New York City in April! The following screenings will be held at the Cantor Film Center on 8th Street, between Broadway and University.

-Also, the DVDs will be ready soon. As soon as they are, there will be an announcement here and we will send out copies. Thanks for your patience!

2/15/03: The film is completed! Sometime this month we will have DVD copies of The Underdogs with a bunch of added stuff:

-Deleted Scenes, Two other short films, Storyboard and stills gallery, the trailer, and audio available in Dolby 5.1. If you are interested in a copy, send an email here!

1/29/03: After several more months of re-cutting and reworking the sound design, "The Underdogs" is officially picture-locked for good!!! Kevin Walker at Millenium Sound will be completing the score this week, and we will have a finished, sound mixed film by February 6th.

"The Underdogs" will have it's official premier at NYU's First Run Film Festival in April in NYC. Thanks must go out to the Clive Davis Foundation for a generous grant to help cover the post-production sound and music. Copies of the film will be available in February. Check back for more updates...

5/10/02: NEW ARTICLE!!! Mike Watt's in-depth article about the making of "The Underdogs" is now on his site Hollywood is Burning! In case you haven't seen Mike's site yet, it is one of the best independent film web sites out there. Check it Out Now!!!

5/4/02: This week the new Videoscope Magazine comes out, with Debbie on the cover. She talks about her upcoming films, including "The Underdogs".

-I would also like to thank the Berks County Friends of the Arts Foundation in PA for their generous help with funding some of the post production process.

-We now have a second rough cut and it looks like music composer Scott Glasgow in LA will be arranging some temp music for our next cut!

4/25/02: Check the new double issue of Femme Fatales magazine for Debbie Rochon's article, including a section on "The Underdogs"! On News Stands Now!!!

-Thanks to all the new visitors who have kept this site very busy in the last week!

-The Underdogs has been added to the Internet Movie Database. The full cast and crew should be updated on it soon.

-The double issue of Femme Fatales magazine should be on news stands now. It features a piece written by Debbie about her work last year and includes a section about her work on the film.

-After a month and a half of being on-line, the trailer passed the 500 downloads mark last week!!! Not bad...

This Friday the 19th at 8PM, I will be showing the trailer for the Underdogs at the I-CON Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention in Long Island!!! I'll also be on a panel discussing the Independent Horror Film. If you're around, please come and support us!!! For more info check out the convention's website at: www.iconsf.org

-Also, The Underdogs should be mentioned in the upcoming double issue of Femme Fatales magazine in another article about Debbie! It should be out in the next week or so!!!

4/10/02: The Christian Science Monitor article is out and it's great! Click here for the link...

Also, check out the New York Observer this week. It's got a great article on Underdogs bartender and "New York's Scream Queen" Debbie Rochon! A must read for all her fans...

I got to see a rough cut tonight of the film and it looks great. It still needs music and a LOT of sound work but it's coming together beautifully...

4/1/02: Welcome back everyone. Some news...This Friday, April 5th, check the Christian Science Monitor for an article about low-budget filmmaking. The Underdogs is featured in it and sounds pretty sweet.

3/22/02: Editing is going well. The film is at a very rough cut now. We're planning on shooting the ending in a few weeks, when it warms up.

The page has been updated a bit. We're adding some concept art and storyboards. Some more pics have been added and some press material from our photographer Ricky Boyer is being added.

The article by Mike Watt looks great. I'll keep you posted as to where/when it will appear.

Also, an article by Jon Hart will be out soon in the Christian Science Monitor. Sounds like lots of good info on low-budget filmmaking.

For news and info check back soon and take a look at the links page for more info.

2/26/02: Sorry for the delay. The trailer is now available in a smaller file. We're working on getting a better quality copy up soon. In the meantime check this one out.

2/21/02: The trailer is up on the multimedia page. Check it out. Also, some pics have been uploaded. Check back for more stuff in the next couple days.

2/12/02: The first trailer is cut together and it looks awesome. Chris Magliozzo from Crew Cuts is editing it and doing a great job. We will be uploading a Quicktime trailer in the next day or two.


	March 26th , 2004 Fearless Tales Fest Wrap-Up 3/26/04 Meeting Tobe Hooper at the Fearless Tales Genre Festival in San Francisco! Very cool memory... The festival was great. Thanks to Michael Davidson and his team for organizing a great weekend and congratulations for making such a successful event. ALSO... Rodney Gray at the Philly Film Fest If you are in the Philadelphia area in April you should check out Underdogs star Rodney Gray in "Dead Broke". It's a great short and proof of how great of an actor Rodney is. Details for the screening can be found here... Enjoy! *WEST COAST PREMIERE!!! 2004 Fearless Tales Genre Fest* San Francisco, CA March 11-14, 2004 2/19/04 The Underdogs will be playing opening night at the 2004 Fearless Tales Genre Festival in San Francisco March 11th! It will be playing as part of the "Special Evening with Tobe Hooper" with a TBA double feature. Tickets are available now! If you're in the Bay area March 11th, please come by to see a cool night of horror films. Click here for more info on the festival. 2/10/04 Nick Damici's big screen debut "In the Cut", is available now on DVD in director Jane Campion's uncut version. January, 2004 Jim was in horror heaven from December to January, working as a grip on Dante Tomaselli's third feature Satan's Playground, starring Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Ellen Sandweiss (Evil Dead), and Edwin Neal (Texas Chansaw Massacre). Click here for Dante's website. What is "The Phlebottomizer"? Click here to find out... Sept. 17th, 2003: The Underdogs at the Woodstock Film Festival this weekend!!! The Underdogs will be showing at the Woodstock Film Festival at this weekend! Dates and times are on the screenings page. This is our biggest festival so far and you can check all the info at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com. Click on "Screenings" above for details and to order tickets. ArrowInTheHead.com's review of "The Underdogs" is here! July 10th: The review of "The Underdogs" is up at ArrowInTheHead.com, courtesy of John Fallon. Go to the Press page for a link. We are waiting to hear about six upcoming festivals... News will go up as soon as we hear about it! June 03: "The Underdogs" recently screened at the 2003 Chicago Horror Film Festival! 4/6/03: The Awards ceremony for the 2003 NYU First Run Festival took place Sunday night, and The Underdogs came away with four of the prestigious awards!!! Congratulations to all films in the competition, and check the Screenings page for updates. The Underdogs won the following awards: Best Producer - Chris Romano Best Cinematography - Steve Huber Best Original Score - Kevin W. Walker Best Sound Design - Jim Mickle 3/30/03: We are, of course, extremely happy to report that "The Underdogs" won the 2003 I-Con Independent Film Festival's award for Best Independent Film over the weekend!!! Thank you to Leah Gustavson at the convention for the wonderful award (and trophy!) and for all who got to see the screening! Next up for the film is the gigantic annual NYU First Run Festival in just over a week. Check the screenings page for more info. Also in the future is the Chicago Horror Film Festival and the First Look Student Film Festival, and more news from festivals as the days go by. DVD is Available! For those interested in a copy of the film on DVD (as well as a number of special features), please email me. The cost is just $10.00 per DVD, and with that comes the widescreen version of the film, two other short films, the trailer, deleted scenes, storyboard-to-film comparisons, and a stills gallery! FESTIVAL NEWS!!! -"The Underdogs" will be having its World Premiere screening at this year's I-Con22 Sci-Fi/Horror convention in Stony Brook, Long Island! The convention will run from March 28-30. "The Underdgs" will be screened on Saturday the 29th, at 1PM. For more info, visit their site and go to Information > Schedules. -The next screening will be at this year's NYU First Run Festival in New York City in April! The following screenings will be held at the Cantor Film Center on 8th Street, between Broadway and University. Main Festival Screening: Tuesday, April 8: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Additional Festival Screening: Sunday, April 13: 2:30 pm- 4:00 pm For more info on this festival, please visit their site. -Also, the DVDs will be ready soon. As soon as they are, there will be an announcement here and we will send out copies. Thanks for your patience! 2/15/03: The film is completed! Sometime this month we will have DVD copies of The Underdogs with a bunch of added stuff: -Deleted Scenes, Two other short films, Storyboard and stills gallery, the trailer, and audio available in Dolby 5.1. If you are interested in a copy, send an email here! 1/29/03: After several more months of re-cutting and reworking the sound design, "The Underdogs" is officially picture-locked for good!!! Kevin Walker at Millenium Sound will be completing the score this week, and we will have a finished, sound mixed film by February 6th. "The Underdogs" will have it's official premier at NYU's First Run Film Festival in April in NYC. Thanks must go out to the Clive Davis Foundation for a generous grant to help cover the post-production sound and music. Copies of the film will be available in February. Check back for more updates... 5/10/02: NEW ARTICLE!!! Mike Watt's in-depth article about the making of "The Underdogs" is now on his site *Hollywood is Burning! In case you haven't seen Mike's site yet, it is one of the best independent film web sites out there. Check it Out Now!!! 5/4/02: This week the new Videoscope Magazine comes out, with Debbie on the cover. She talks about her upcoming films, including "The Underdogs". -I would also like to thank the Berks County Friends of the Arts Foundation in PA for their generous help with funding some of the post production process. -We now have a second rough cut and it looks like music composer Scott Glasgow in LA will be arranging some temp music for our next cut! 4/25/02: Check the new double issue of Femme Fatales magazine for Debbie Rochon's article, including a section on "The Underdogs"! On News Stands Now!!! I -Thanks to all the new visitors who have kept this site very busy in the last week! 4/22/02: The I-Con 21 convention was great! A few updates... -The Underdogs has been added to the Internet Movie Database. The full cast and crew should be updated on it soon. -The double issue of Femme Fatales magazine should be on news stands now. It features a piece written by Debbie about her work last year and includes a section about her work on the film. -After a month and a half of being on-line, the trailer passed the 500 downloads mark last week!!! Not bad... This Friday the 19th at 8PM, I will be showing the trailer for the Underdogs at the I-CON Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention* in Long Island!!! I'll also be on a panel discussing the Independent Horror Film. If you're around, please come and support us!!! For more info check out the convention's website at: www.iconsf.org -Also, The Underdogs should be mentioned in the upcoming double issue of Femme Fatales magazine in another article about Debbie! It should be out in the next week or so!!! 4/10/02: The Christian Science Monitor article is out and it's great! Click here for the link... Also, check out the New York Observer this week. It's got a great article on Underdogs bartender and "New York's Scream Queen" Debbie Rochon! A must read for all her fans... I got to see a rough cut tonight of the film and it looks great. It still needs music and a LOT of sound work but it's coming together beautifully... 4/1/02: Welcome back everyone. Some news...This Friday, April 5th, check the Christian Science Monitor for an article about low-budget filmmaking. The Underdogs is featured in it and sounds pretty sweet. 3/22/02: Editing is going well. The film is at a very rough cut now. We're planning on shooting the ending in a few weeks, when it warms up. The page has been updated a bit. We're adding some concept art and storyboards. Some more pics have been added and some press material from our photographer Ricky Boyer is being added. The trailer has been downloaded 350+ times since the beginning of March! The article by Mike Watt looks great. I'll keep you posted as to where/when it will appear. Also, an article by Jon Hart will be out soon in the Christian Science Monitor. Sounds like lots of good info on low-budget filmmaking. For news and info check back soon and take a look at the links page for more info. 2/26/02: Sorry for the delay. The trailer is now available in a smaller file. We're working on getting a better quality copy up soon. In the meantime check this one out. 2/21/02: The trailer is up on the multimedia page. Check it out. Also, some pics have been uploaded. Check back for more stuff in the next couple days. 2/12/02: The first trailer is cut together and it looks awesome. Chris Magliozzo from Crew Cuts is editing it and doing a great job. We will be uploading a Quicktime trailer in the next day or two. 2/5/02: Web site is running. 1/30/02: Post-Production begins. 1/20/02: Did an interview with Mike Watt for "Femme Fatale" magazine. 1/13/02: Filming is completed.