On
Jan. 26, Michael Mulholland received the Gold Medal for Artistic
Excellence at the 5th annual Park City Film Music Festival for his
musical score and end credits song for the short film Reflections.
The Park City Film Music Festival takes place in Park City, Utah and
runs concurrently with the world famous Sundance Film Festival. This is
the only film festival in the world singularly recognizing the
contribution of composers and their music to film, and the first of such
festivals in the
Americas
. Awards are given in the categories of Best Use of Music in Full-Length
Feature Film, Best Use of Music in Documentary Film, and Best Use of
Music in Short Film. The first major film festival to recognize film
music as part of the awards lineup since 1985 is the Flanders
International Film Festival -
Ghent
, which currently draws over 80,000 devotees.
Film music, whose broad appeal continues to gain prominence in the music
marketplace, has stood for a long time recognized only at the very
highest levels: the Academy awards, the Emmys, the Grammys, and a few
others. The growing stature of film music is exemplified in the
announcement in 2005 of the Pulitzer prizes qualifying film music for
the first time after over 60 years.
The pcFMF burst on the scene in 2004 and is the brainchild of Ms. Leslie
Harlow who has been operating the Park City International Music Festival
for over 23 years. A Juilliard graduate, she and her husband, festival
director Russell Harlow, a member of the Utah Symphony, are both
prominent classical artists. This year's festival featured 102 films, 66
of which were short films.
Safehouse Films presents
"REFLECTIONS"
Michael was recently tapped to compose the score and original music for
the upcoming film, "Reflections." Written by Mark
Garbett and directed by Barry Caldwell. Featuring Adrienne
Wilkinson (Xena: Warrior Princess, Angel, Charmed, ER), Matt
Long (Jack & Bobby, Ghost Rider), Louis
Lombardi (The Sopranos, 24, The Usual Suspects, Spiderman 2), Jim
Beaver (Deadwood, John from Cincinnati, Supernatural, Adaptation), James
Morrison (24, Jarhead, Catch Me if You CAn, The X-Files,
Millennium, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, CSI: Miami), Ana Harrison
(Wassup Rockers, Felicity, and Love’s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet
Murders), Zoe Bell (star of Double Dare and Quentin Tarantino's
Grindhouse, stuntwoman for Kill Bill 1&2, Catwoman & Xena)
Wanda
K Productions presents
"Through
Their Eyes" Explore
the Vietnam War
through the experiences of those who experienced it. These
interviews with veterans from all branches of the armed forces will
serve to provide a comprehensive look at this war that cost thousands of
lives and tested this nation like no other military engagement in this
modern era. This documentary shares the long overdue story of a
war by those whose faces have been invisible, whose voices have been
silent, and whose sacrifices were never fully appreciated. It's time
they had a chance to tell their story.
Michael performs Motley Crues "Shout At The Devil" for Line 6
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From Safehouse
Films
"REFLECTIONS"
Written
by Mark Garbett
Directed
by Barry L. Caldwell
When
Carol looks into a mirror -- any mirror -- she sees images that horrify
and repulse her.She's not a
Medium, she's not a Ghost Whisperer, she's a frightened young woman on the
edge of madness.Will the
handsome stranger who offers to help turn out to be her salvation, or her
final vision of terror?
CAST: Adrienne Wilkinson is
best known for her two year stint on the worldwide hit, Xena:
Warrior Princess, where she played the dual role of Eve and Livia,
Xena’s grown daughter. Afterwards, she was cast as the female lead in
UPN’s As If.Since then, she has guest-starred on the following series: Angel,
Charmed, ER, Eyes,
Sweet
Valley
High, Saved by the
Bell
: The New Class, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Undressed and Days
of Our Lives.She has also
carved out a side career doing voices for video games, working on the
following titles: Kill Switch, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, EverQuest II, Dead to
Rights II, Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, Saints Row, and The
Sopranos: Road to Respect.She
was a member of the early ‘90s all-girl pop group S.L.A.M.M. and has
toured with several national dance companies, including Pride Theatrics
and New Sensations.She was
recently cast as the role of
Alice
in Patrick Marber’s hit play, Closer.
Matt
Long was the star of the WB
series, Jack & Bobby,
playing the older brother, Jack McCallister.He co-stars with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming feature film, Ghost Rider.He has also
starred in the cable movie, Deceit and
is currently in
Florida
filming Sydney White and the Seven
Dorks, a remake of the classic tale set in the modern-day college
world.
Louis
Lombardi got his start playing
tough guy bit parts in such films as Beverly HillsCop 3, Natural Born Killers, The
Usual Suspects, Suicide Kings and Father’s Day before landing his first series, the 1998 remake of Fantasy
Island
.From there he was cast in
the first season of The Sopranos,
playing FBI agent, Skip Lipari.Then
he landed the role he is best known for, that of computer tech Edgar
Stiles on the smash hit, 24,
where he worked for 3 seasons.He
has also appeared in the films 3000
Miles to Graceland, The Animal, The Hot Chick, Confidence, Wonderland,
Deuces Wild, Spiderman 2, Ed Wood, Beer League, Chasing 3000, as well
as guest starred on CSI, The Handler, EZ Streets, Falcone, The Huntress, Yes Dear, Philly,
NYPD Blue and Oliver Beene.He recently wrapped production on the feature film, Dough
Boys, which he wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in.
Jim
Beaver is a veteran actor with a resume
that goes on forever.He is
best known for playing Ellworth on the HBO series, Deadwood.He has also recently appeared on Day
Break, The Unit, Supernatural, Big Love and CSI.His TV credits stretch back into the 1970s, starting with Dallas
, and continuing non-stop for the next two decades. His feature film work
includes Silkwood, Turner &
Hooch, Sister Act, Sliver, Magnolia and Adaptation.
James
Morrison can currently be seen
every Monday at
9pm
playing Jack Bauer’s boss, Bill Buchanan, on the hit show 24.Prior to that James starred in the 1995 sci-fi series, Space:
Above & Beyond.His TV
guest work includes The X-Files,
Millennium, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, CSI:
Miami
, Brooklyn South,
L.A.
Law, 10-8: Officers on Duty, Prey and Quantum
Leap.He can be seen in
the feature films Jarhead, Catch Me
If You Can, American Gun, The One, Wilderness Survival for Girls and Abilene
.
Ana
Harrison was most recently seen
in the feature film Wassup Rockers.She was previously featured on the WB series, Felicity
and has been in several made for TV movies, including The
Three Lives of Karen and Love’s
Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murders.She recently starred in Safehouse Films’ short film, Night’s
Necromantic Rose.
Zoe
Bell is one of the world’s
leading stuntwomen, having doubled for Uma Thurman in the Kill
Bill movies.Working as
the stunt coordinator on Reflections,
she stepped in to play The Woman in the Mirror when the other actress
pulled out at the last minute.Zoe
doubled Sharon Stone in the Catwoman
movie, as well as doubled Lucy Lawless on Xena.She makes her big screen acting debut in Quentin Tarantino’s
upcoming film, Grindhouse.She was also featured Double Dare, a documentary about stuntwomen.
Safehouse
Films was formed in 1997 by Barry Caldwell, Kathleen Diehl and Lynn
Loschin to write and develop feature films. Our focus has since shifted
into becoming a full-fledged production unit, with the goal of seeing each
project through from inception to final cut.Like everyone else in the business under the age of 40, we were
inspired by Star Wars and the
seemingly endless possibilities afforded to storytellers in the modern
age, if you use the technology and don't let it use you. We also draw
inspiration from the recent slate of films that were made for little or no
money but went on to great success, which proves a huge budget isn't
necessary to tell a good story. Safehouse Films' most recent
production, Night's Necromantic Rose,
was a 35mm short produced for director Brian Nohr.It premiered at the Dances With Films festival in
Santa Monica
and was an official selection at the Tiburon and Big Bear Lake Film
Festivals in
California
and the Leprecon Film Festival in
Phoenix
,
Arizona
.
Other projects currently in development at Safehouse Films include a short
film based on Dorothy Parker's The Game and the psychological espionage thriller Lazarus
Girl.They also have over
a dozen feature scripts in development, ranging from horror to sexual
politics to straight thrillers.
The
Michael Mulholland Video
The
Camera Eye, a Santa Monica-based production company, recently partnered
with Michael Mulholland to break in their new Music Video Division.
Produced in conjunction with Dead Men Don't Play Poker, and directed by
Barry Caldwell, the video "Candy Coated Kisses," which features
a live performance by Michael and his band at the famed Cafe Fais Do-Do
club in Los
Angeles and a haunting storyline about a marriage gone seriously wrong
(featuring Anita Curran "The Princess Diaries" and Pete Panos
"East of Hope Street"), is currently in post-production.
The video was shot by cinematographer Keith J. Duggan (MTV's
"Becoming" and the upcoming feature film "Bachelor
Man") and also features the camerawork of award-winning filmmaker
Evan Stone (MTV's "FM Nation"). The Camera Eye (www.thecameraeye.com)
currently provides production support for several series on MTV
(Becoming, Dismissed, Making The Video, and
others.) From pre-production services (budgeting & scheduling),
equipment rental, a full crew, and a post-production facility complete
with editing, graphics, multimedia & website design services, they
also have several feature films in development.
