WILDsound: The Film Podcast

October 11th - This Day in History:

1932 - First ever political telecast is held on CBC in New York City.

1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres. First guest star was George Carlin

2006 - The television show "30 Rock" premieres. Starring and created by Tina Fey

2020 - Watch & Listen Podcast. Watch the short dance film TAKE ME THERE: https://www.chantalncherry.com/take-me-there.html

Then come back and listen to the podcast interview with the director Chantal Cherry: https://www.chantalncherry.com/

Submit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

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Watch more festival videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildsoundFestivalMonthly

October 10th This Day in History:

1956 - The movie GIANT premieres, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. It marked the last appearance on screen for the late actor James Dean.

1966- The “Beach Boys” classic single “Good Vibrations” premieres.

2020 - Proud to have interviewed the winning screenwriter Michael Bruno about his animation script PIZZA CO..

Listen to conversation, with full 30 minute reading performed by professional actors of the short script.

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOCg8QH03L8&t=21s

Submit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Subscribe via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildsoundfest

Watch more festival videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildsoundFestivalMonthly

January 9th - This Day in History

1926 - NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) begins.

1986 - The Late Show with Joan Rivers premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the winning screenwriter of “ReView”, Jonathan Zarantonello

Watch the screenplay reading here: https://youtu.be/dvkStad_IW0

In a video message, a girl invites other women to have sex with her boyfriend, but only if they leave her a review after.

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CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Taylor: Kyana Teresa

Denise: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

This podcast is edited and produced by Kimberly Villarruel

This date in history October 8 2020

1927 - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS premieres. The first film for the comedy duo.

1942 - The comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show, marking the beginning for another iconic comedy duo.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo chats with David Sabbath : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3543330/

The WILDsound organization has performed two of David’s screenplays through the years.

Just recently, 53 Hours In Harpers Ferry: https://youtu.be/uneh9P2Zyrk

And last year, Dancing in the White Room: https://youtu.be/pxs4GvRTTmM

This podcast was produced and edited by Kimberly Villarruel

Watch & Listen Podcast:

First - WATCH the amazing Dance Short film EGO, presented by the Northern Ballet

https://vimeo.com/397946138

Then come back and listen to the podcast interview with director Dan Lowenstein.

October 7th this date in history:

1971 - The French Connection premieres. (Best Picture winner 1971 )

2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California

2008 - Spotify launches.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the talented filmmaker Dan Lowenstein

Summary of EGO:

Most of us have an alter ego hiding under the surface. We try our best to keep it in, but sometimes it escapes.

Take a front row seat into the psyche of a relationship. Using world class ballet, krump, popping & bboying we witness different moments played out in pure contrast by four incredible dancers. 

This is EGO, a Northern Ballet original dance film.

Directed & Developed by
Dan Lowenstein

Creative Director & Choreographer
Kenneth Tindall

Dancers
Antoinette Brooks-Daw
Kevin Poeung
Sam Amos
Jonadette Carpio 

This podcast is produced & edited

by Kimberly Villarruel

This day in history October 6th

1927 - The Jazz Singer premieres to the world. The first “talkie” film on screen that would forever change the history of film forever.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Kristen Anderson. Listen to the audio recording of her short story KISSING FISH, then hear the conversation between Kristen and Matthew.

Kissing Fish is about an intense connection with nature, one’s mother, and deep feelings of love, joy, and confidence. It is based-on a dream memory of mine and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did dreaming it! Visual Design & Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo Voice Over Artist: Allison Kampf

First: WATCH the Batman Fan Fiction Short Film CONFESSIONS OF THE BAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmMRtDG8JGc&t=6s

Then come back and LISTEN to the podcast interview with the director Ronnie Henry

This Day in History October 5th:

1962 - DR. NO, the first ever James Bond film premieres.

1969 - MONTY PYTHON airs for the first time on BBC.

The birth of two iconic British franchises.

And in 2020, Matthew Toffolo interviewed the director of the Batman Fan Fiction Short Film Ronnie Henry

Watch the Film. Listen to the Interview.

Today is Television Day. This day in history:

1957 - "Leave It to Beaver" debuts on CBS

1990 - “Beverly Hills: 90210” debuts on the new TV network FOX

2000 - The highly anticipated season 2 premiere of The West Wing: In the Shadow of Two Gunman, two hour special takes place.

This is today’s focus. The West Wing Season 2 Episode 1. There were gunshot fires during a President Bartlett rally as Season 1 faded to black. All summer long the question was - who was shot? A very network TV cliffhanger cliche on a very non-network television show.

Bradley Whitford (playing Josh Lyman) would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Emmy for this season, plus The West Wing would beat the powerhouse HBO show “The Sopranos” and win the Emmy for Best Television series.

20 years ago the TV landscape in comparison to today’s television world is completely different.

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This day in history on October 3rd

1941 - The Maltese Falcon" directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, premieres

1952 - The 1st video recording on magnetic tape occurs.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews Annika Freese, winning screenwriter of THE DETOUR. A recorded best scene of the script occurs after the interview

Watch the video screenplay reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXsF4-cBwSQ

When her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes, Accaila MacLochlann realizes she has no idea what she wants from her life. So, when the opportunity to drive across country to sell her parents’ truck and trailer in San Francisco arises, Accaila takes it.

CAST LIST:
Narration: Allison Kampf
SPENCER : Allan Michael Brunet
ACCAILA : Hannah Ehman

Read the blog interview with Annika here: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-screenwriter-annika-freese-the-detour/

Weekly WILDsound Film Festival events stream online every single Saturday night. Plus, submit to our upcoming festivals at www.wildsoundfestival.com

Today’s Film of the Day

63 years ago today the David Lean directed classic premiered.. The first of Lean’s “epic” movie series (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago the other two).

Matthew talks about his experience watching the War film without and battles. How if effected him.

A masterpiece of filmmaker. The film still hold up today.

Bridge on the River Kwai was the winner of 7 Academy Award Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (David Lean), Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music Score. It was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sessue Hayakawa)

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