Interpreter needs a quarter million to finish Brother Brigham’s film

[drumdude]

I’m worried the release will be so small that no cinema near me will be showing it. This may be the obsession board but I doubt any of us are going to travel just to see it.

Those are entirely valid concerns, drumdude. I confess that I’m a bit of a cinemaphile (it doesn’t hurt that my soulmate majored in film), so I will likely undertake a pilgrimage, if needed, to see it. However, I doubt that more than a handful of my ward neighbors would make the same sacrifice. They’re not as faithful as I am.

We have that in common! I noticed according to IMDB the film is supposedly shot in a 2:1 aspect ratio, a very en vogue artistic choice if true. All of the best directors are eschewing the traditional 1.85 and 2.39 ratios these days.

[yellowstone123]

Must be tough to have competition with Martin Scorsese as he is now getting ready to start filming THE SAINTS.

[Tom]

This seems to be a recurring strategy (with inflation), from the Interpreter.

$250,000 more is needed in 2024, beyond the donations already given, and after filming is finished, to complete the project:

..Gifts from generous donors have paid for filming, but there are still considerable expenses to prepare Six Day in August as a finished project ready for theatrical release.
Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to help us raise the $256,000 we need to fund post-production efforts, associated with cutting raw footage, assembling that footage, standardizing and enhancing the color of the footage, adding music, dubbing, and sound effects.
We seek your support now to help us cross the finish line to bring this entertaining, informative, and inspiring story to hundreds of thousands of people....

And $200,000 more was needed in 2020, beyond the donations already given, and after filming was finished, to complete the project:

...the theatrical film is pretty much finished...He recommended a substantial additional investment–roughly $200K. If we want to get beyond the “Mormon corridor” at all, we’re going to need something like that amount. And fairly soon.

But, thus far, we don’t have that additional money. And I agonize over that. If Brandon Purdie is right — and he is, by universal consent, the expert on the distribution of LDS-oriented theatrical films — we may underachieve even with a very good film. And the thing we want most, once the film is done, is for it to have as wide a positive impact as it can possibly have...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... 5184211333

Also known as the Sunk Costs Appeal. Both times.

The original appeal was for $256,000 for post-production work. Today the Proprietor writes:

By the way, we’re still attempting to raise funds for post-production of Six Days in August, for publicity and distribution, and for the projected docudrama that we hope will follow it. We’re really far along, but some additional money would not be amiss.

I’ve advised the Relief Society sister in Parowan to hold on any donations until the Interpreter Foundation is transparent about this project. Or at least until we see a trailer. We know that the Foundation apparently needs $256,000 for post-production. How much more does it need for publicity/distribution and for the docudrama? $200,000? $300,000? $400,000? More than $400,000?

[drumdude]

The film is nearly complete, but they wouldn't balk at someone throwing a few hundred grand their way just for good measure!



I can assure you, if they're already booking the film for October that they don't need any extra money to finish the film. They just might have to cheap out on the CGI effects of Brigham's Transfiguration.