Playback Magazine 9/17/01: Karen Cliche
Price shoots Summer
DIRECTOR/producer Phil Price of new prodco Philms is shooting his first feature, Summer, a story compared to John Hughes' evocative teen films from the 1980s - a slice-of-life drama about friends fresh out of university forced to deal with their impending futures.
Leads include Montreal talent Amy Sloan, Michael Ribenfeld, Joe Cobden and Karen Cliche. DOP John Ashmore is originating on 35mm film. Oliver Sasse is doing the music, which includes great pop acts like Bran Van 3000, Moist, turntable artist Kid Koala, Miguel Graca, Jaffa and Skyjuice.
The 22-day shoot is budgeted at just over $500,000, with a surprise $200,000 "award" coming from Telefilm. Price won't reveal the name of the film's Canadian TV rights buyer and says he's negotiating theatrical and foreign sales.
The young filmmaker has an upbeat take on the market. "Summer is a Canadian film that won't feel too 'Canadian.' Everything about it is Montreal, except that it is geared to a general North American audience and that it will be diffused, marketed and blitzed throughout the continent."
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