THE “GOD, SEX & APPLE PIE” STORY: UNRELENTING FILM PRODUCER FINALLY LANDS MAJOR DISTRIBUTION FOR HIS MOVIE

(Los Angeles, CA, May 27, 2004) Unrelenting persistence, total commitment and unshakeable faith. That’s what it takes to make a film these days.

Independent movie producer/writer Jerome Courshon simply never gave up. Despite 26 Visa, Master Card and American Express cards to initially fund his 35-Millimeter movie, mounting debt and rejections from every distributor, he launched the movie himself in selected U.S. cities, and finally landed distribution with Warner Bros.

The movie he wrote and produced, GOD, SEX & APPLE PIE, is all about nine friends, who get together during a holiday weekend and grapple with life, love, relationships, and a pair of handcuffs. In a nutshell, all hell breaks loose. 

It’s a great, funny, joyful film. “A sharply-written and incisive ensemble film that is a terrific blend of comedy and pathos,” said Bill Zwecker of The Chicago Sun-Times.

Courshon explains how the movie was nearly doomed from the start. Unable to raise the $3-5 million needed for the production, he ended up using all of his credit cards to shoot the movie. His trials and tribulations included:

·        Directors committing to, then dropping out of the project

·        Actors dropping out because their lead role wasn’t big enough

·        A snowstorm on location during the filming of this "late summer" movie

·        The international sales company who funded $55,000 for post-production goes belly up

·        The movie’s Premiere on opening night at an important film festival results in disaster when the festival's projection equipment doesn't arrive

·        Every distributor rejects picking it up

·        A PR firm duplicitously promises a Roger Ebert review with the movie’s opening in Chicago

·        The New York theatrical run coincides with the terrorist attacks of 9/11

Despite the unending stream of obstacles after obstacles, Courshon raises financing 8 different times to keep the movie going forward, despite relatives telling him to “Get a real job!!” GOD, SEX & APPLE PIE won 3 Best Picture Awards, 2 Audience Awards and 1 Best Screenplay Award at film festivals. But major film distributors paid no attention. So Courshon raised more money to launch a “Do It Yourself” theatrical release, and recently finally landed a distribution deal with Warner Bros.

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