Actual Reality Pictures NewsletterMARCH 2008
Flip That Restaurant Premieres Saturday, March 8th at 8PM on TLC
After nearly a year in the making, Flip That Restaurant premieres this week. Flip That Restaurant follows Akasha Richmond as she transforms a "straight out of Miami Vice" Italian restaurant into a modern, organic eatery featuring tasty and sustainable foods. This one-hour special for TLC condenses an intense six months of architecture, menu testing, and construction into a lively hour documenting the joys and challenges of opening a new restaurant.
Catch Flip That Restaurant this Saturday, March 8th, 2008 at 8PM E/P on TLC, preceded by an encore airing of Flip It Back at 7PM E/P on TLC.
Flip That House Season 4, TLC's most-watched show, returns March 15th at 8PM E/P on TLC and TLC HD.
America's Greatest Dog
At this moment, all across the country, our casting teams are seeking out the greatest dogs and dog owners for our new CBS series, America's Greatest Dog. Scheduled to air later this year on CBS, America's Greatest Dog will feature dogs and their owners as they compete in a variety of challenges. With a diverse group of dogs and owners participating, it promises to be a fun and exciting look at America's "best friends" and the owners who love them. If you're interested in participating, you can download a PDF application here or visit our online casting site at https://instacasting.com/.
Cutler Tapped for Grand Jury at Full Frame Documentary Fest
Our own R.J. Cutler has been invited to sit on the Grand Jury at this year's Full Frame Documentary Festival. Widely recognized as the premier documentary festival in the United States, Full Frame is scheduled for April 3rd-6th, 2008 in Durham, North Carolina and will feature selections from more than 1,200 documentary submissions received, a record year for the festival. For more information on the festival, visit the Full Frame Festival website.
30 Days Season Three: Coming this summer on FX
We expect Season 3 to premiere this summer on FX. This fantastic new season features Morgan Spurlock in several episodes, including a harrowing 30 day stint as a West Virginia coal miner.
Keep an eye on this newsletter and we'll let you know as soon as we have a specific premiere date and time for 30 Days. And in the meantime, check out Morgan's new documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, in theaters on April 18th.
Back to The War Room - 15 Years Later
On September 14th, 1993, The War Room received its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The film went on to play to sold-out crowds in theaters across America and the world, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed by cinema verite legends D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and produced by R.J. Cutler, Wendy Ettinger and Frazer Pennebaker, The War Room gave audiences a first hand look inside Bill Clinton's first campaign for the presidency and made political operatives James Carville and George Stephanopoulos household names.
Now in the midst of another historic election year, the War Room team has reunited to produce War Room Plus 15 for Sundance Channel. All of the film's original participants will be featured, reflecting on the way that American presidential politics has changed in the decade-and-a-half since the film's premiere. More information will be coming soon, so stay tuned to this newsletter and the Actual Reality Pictures website!
In Vogue: In Post-Production
The post-production team is hard at work in the editing room cutting the Vogue Documentary. Scheduled for release later this year, this feature-length documentary film follows Anna Wintour and the editors at Vogue as they prepare the September issue of Vogue magazine. Keep an eye on our website for the latest information on the Vogue Documentary.
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