Interview -- Part 1
Interview -- Part 2
Interview -- Part 3
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( 3 / 136 )Thank you old Riverside Cafe, Brian for helping out, all the wonderful individuals who came down to audition and my son Jude for entertaining himself without complaint...
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( 3 / 133 )Thanks again to KX News...
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( 3.1 / 153 )Thank you to Nathan Smith for donating the space, my sister Gretchen, mom Susan and niece Peri for helping out and all the wonderful folks who contributed to NoDak Films and came down to audition...
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( 2.9 / 142 )Thank you to Ray Lutheran Church, my father Steve for helping out and all the wonderful folks who contributed and auditioned...
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( 3 / 158 )...And you sign up to win over $300 worth of items donated by NoDak Films Business Contributors. The basket will follow Nate around to each casting location
The basket is comprised of an eclectic mix of items that will be raffled off to anyone who contributes the month of February:
Chug A Lug Bar, Landa ND (Gift Certificate) -- $25
Minot Garage Door, Minot ND (Gift Certificate) -- $100
'Lefse: A Scandinavation Delicacy' Book -- $12
4 Bottles of Wine, Casselton ND (Maple River Winery) -- $56
Honey and other Products, Linton ND (A Touch of Honey) -- $30
Hats and shirts, Bismarck ND (Mad Knuk Enterprises) -- $40
'A Good Dose Of God' Book -- $15
Office Express Inc., Killdeer ND (Gift Certificate) -- $20
Dakota Steel Art Spinner, Mantador ND -- $15
Nate West CD's, various ND locations -- $16
Twin Buttes Trading Post, Twin Buttes ND (Gift Certificate) -- $25
Let everybody know
Thank you so much to all the businesses who are a part of the basket.
Over $300 worth of items for anyone who contributes $100 the month of February in honor of NoDak Films first Casting Call....
A $100 contribution means you get to see yourself, friend or loved one, your business or your town in a scene, in a movie set in and inspired by North Dakota...
PRODUCTION BEGINS SOON, MOVIE HISTORY FOLLOWS
You can contribute through NoDak Films website a number of different ways:
PayPal Account
Confirmation Form
Give the Gift of NoDak Films to a friend or loved one through our Gift Form
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( 3 / 138 )So we begin casting in North Dakota on Thursday, February 11th, the schedule is as follows:
Thursday, February 11
Ray Lutheran Church -- Ray, ND (11:00am - ?)
Friday, February 12 & Saturday February 13
Basement of Rick's Jewelry -- Downtown Minot, ND (9:00am - ? -- both days)
Sunday, February 14 (HAPPY VALENTINES DAY)
Sister's Restaurant -- Linton, ND (9:00am - 7:00pm)
Monday, February 15 & Tuesday February 16
The Old Riverside Cafe -- Bismarck, ND (8:00am - 6:00pm -- both days)
Friday, February 19
Campus of UND -- Grand Forks, ND (8:00am - ?)
Saturday, February 20 & Sunday February 21
Zandbroz -- Downtown Fargo, ND (Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm -- Sunday, 12:00pm-5:00pm)
The question mark (?) means there is no set end time. As long as individuals want to come in and audition, the room is open...
Also, you DO NOT NEED to be an actor to act in our movie. This movie is about North Dakota and North Dakotans so be yourself and you might be perfect for this movie...
No need to bring in a headshot or acting resume -- we are taking pictures of every person that auditions and if you are right for a role, it doesn't matter how many plays you've done or commercials you've been in...
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( 3 / 163 )Here we are...
Minot...
Bismarck...
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( 3 / 208 )The names are all the same...
In, from or finding themselves in North Dakota...
www.nodakfilms.com (click to go Home)
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( 2.9 / 178 )NODAK FILMS WANTS YOU, AND YOUR MONEY by Robert Morast
From Friday November 20 edition of the Fargo Forum
If you’re from North Dakota and give $100 to NoDak Films, Nathan Anderson says he will put you in a movie.
Some people will read that and instantly think “this sounds like a scam.”
It kind of does.
But Anderson isn’t a Nigerian e-mailer with alien grammar asking to get into your bank account. And he’s not trying to sell his “clout” with movie stars to star-struck Prairie people.
Anderson’s just a North Dakota native trying to make a movie about, in and featuring the state’s people without the help of Hollywood.
His business model is simple. He’s asking for 1,889 people (get it, North Dakota was founded in 1889) to donate $100 toward the production of his movie, “Last Summer for Boys.”
In return, every person who contributes a C-note to his movie will be featured in the film about a guy who returns to the small town of his youth after leaving big-city life.
Businesses and small towns (population of 5,000 or less) can also contribute and be seen in a scene.
But whether you’re a civilian or a city, you have to be from North Dakota. Anderson says there won’t be any Minnesotans, South Dakotans or Canadians sneaking into his movie – unless, they were originally from NoDak.
It’s going to be all North Dakota all the time. And, despite the fact that our state feels like it’s a million miles from Hollywood, that’s exactly the way Anderson wants it.
Anderson knows California. After earning a degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead, the Plaza, N.D., native who graduated from Minot High School in 1997 moved to Cali to teach high school English.
But rather than realize his movie dreams in the Golden State, Anderson returned home (kind of like his movie’s main character) to make a film that reflects the state where he grew up. He wanted the essence of the film to be “North Dakota,” down to the characters and the set locations.
“If you sell your screenplay to Hollywood you can really lose the integrity of what this was,” Anderson says. “The integrity was and is a North Dakota vision.”
That’s why he’s going with the homegrown grass- roots approach for funding. But even if he raises enough money (he says he’s about
10 percent there) before the scheduled start date of next summer, there’s the question of whether anyone who paid to be in the film will ever see themselves on the big screen.
Because, talking to some friends in the Los Angeles film scene, I was told the hard part isn’t making or fundraising for a film, it’s getting a movie studio interested in distributing it. And my friends say without big-name stars, Hollywood won’t care about “Last Summer for Boys.”
Anderson isn’t too worried about that mindset.
“No, that’s one of the problems with independent movie makers. They will make a movie and rely on Hollywood to sell it,” Anderson says. “We’re actually including (film) distribution into our funding.”
He says the plan is to release the movie in North Dakota first – with a spring 2011 target date, then grow it into other markets before releasing it on DVD. Assuming it goes well, sells tickets and DVDs, Anderson will use the profits to fund another film that will probably be made in North Dakota.
“We just want to make movies that are inspired by and have North Dakotans in them,” Anderson says.
Anyone interested in being part of Anderson’s Dakota pride can contribute through the NoDak Films Web site,
www.nodakfilms.com.
Here’s hoping “Last Summer for Boys” does much, much better than “Wooly Boys.” North Dakota’s still embarrassed by that state-endorsed film flop.
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