Date:         Sat, 5 Mar 2011 15:54:35 -0330
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Circle the Wagen
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Two different VW van movies in the works at the same time???

That's sort of incredible!



Joy



On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Jim Arnott <jim@wetwesties.org> wrote:

> There's been a bunch of discussion on the WetWesties list about the
> movie Circle the Wagen.
>
> <http://www.circlethewagen.com/>
>
> So I wrote the production team.... <see below:>
>
> Can anyone help out? I know that there was a site in South Africa that
> had a bunch of commercials on it. Does anyone happen to have the URL?
> Does anyone have any film? I have a couple old Castrol films from the
> 60s, but nothing VW.
>
> Jim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
>
> This is about all our friends!
>
> WetWesties would REALLY like to screen this at one of our gatherings.
> Any chance of a DVD being available? Any chance you could come spend a
> weekend camping with us and share it? We'd supply the projector, the
> screen, the food and the beer!
>
> This is really good. The extended trailer captures the essence of what
> VW owners are all about.
>
> Jim Arnott
> Founding Member
> WetWesties
> http://wetwesties.org
>
>
>
> From: Charlie Pecoraro <Charlie@charliepecoraro.com>
> Date: March 5, 2011 1:08:35 AM PST
> To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
> Subject: Re: Circle the Wagen
>
> Hi Jim,
>       What a wonderful, encouraging email to get. And what a fantastic
> offer. I'm excited to say that we are in post-production right now &
> are on schedule to finish the film this year w/ an early 2012
> premiere. And here's a point of interest for you & the WetWesties;
> what we really need right now is vintage film stock. If any of your
> members have old films stock, high quality footage of VW commercials,
> factory footage, any of those great industrials VW put out in the 60's
> & 70's, that's really what we're looking for to finish the film. After
> we do that, I obviously can't say for certain, but personally
> speaking, I would love to hang for a weekend, meet the WetWesties
> family & screen our film. If you would, could you pass on that need to
> your members & see if anyone would let us borrow that footage. We
> would, of course, pay for shipping to & fro as well as include a
> digital copy of their footage upon return as we'd be digitizing it for
> our use.
>
>       I'll keep your info & keep you posted.
> Thanks much, Jim,
>
> -=Charlie
>
> Charlie Pecoraro
> Tasty Pudding Productions | www.TastyPuddingProductions.com
>
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