Author Topic: HELP SUPPORT THE MOVIE CANDY - WIN GREAT PRIZES SUPPORTING HEATH AND THE FILM! (Read 33039 times)

theresa · « **on:** Jul 08, 2006, 01:46 AM »

Hi FOLKS:

My name is Theresa and I am the owner/administrator of two of the affiliates of ennisjack.com, Heath Ledger Central and Addicted To The Movie Candy.

I am part of a campaign to help Heath and the Movie Candy be released for us to see all over the world. We desperately need your help. Right away. This is very serious and whether or not you participate as a Heath fan, WILL make a huge difference.
The movie Candy and Heath need your support or we aren’t going to get to see the film hardly anywhere. The release is more limited than the original release of Brokeback. Right now only 2 theaters in the USA. LA and NY. It is smaller and less commercial than BBM so it doesn’t have the advantages of being in wider release without help. If you want the opportunity to see this movie anywhere in the world we have to have your help. Sorry this email is so long but we just want to explain the situation.
We have been in contact with the movie companies, executive producers, and film distributors and they tell us that if we want to be able to see this movie we have to convince the exhibitors there are enough people to make it worth putting it in wide release to support it. The exhibitors are the most important. They are the people that choose whether or not to buy the right and show the film in their theaters. NO MASS EMAILS OR PETITIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED EXCEPT FROM THE ADDICTED TO THE MOVIE CANDY ORGANIZATION. We have a consultant to us who works purchasing these films for one of the biggest exhibitors in the country. This person keeps us informed of everything that is going on in the industry with this film and right now the news is bleak for anyone not in NY or LA. And then only 1 to 2 theaters in those two cities and a maximum of 2 weeks if things go according to plan. That would leave out about 99% of you from the USA from being able to see this film. We are fighting for the right of the movie going public to have a choice here. Candy can set a precedent. The exhibitors are the ones most interested and important in our numbers. We have been cautioned off as writing or emailing or petitioning as fans at this point. We don't have the numbers yet to back ourselves up. We would blow it. We need to stand in solidarity.

This site ATTMC is not only a Heath site. This is a site that has members from every fan club and fan site for every person involved in this film. We have support here in Hollywood as well.

Please help us. All you have to do is register. If you want to post and participate that is fantastic, if you don't, that is perfectly fine. We won't push you. We are just so grateful for your registration. You have to register though because just visiting will not raise the numbers. They literally are watching the numbers, they have told me this straight up. We can make a change here!
Guys this is so serious, if we don’t do this, we don’t see the film unless you live in huge cities around the world and then for only about 2 weeks.
As fans, Heath has given us so much, this is the least we can do in return. It only takes a second.

We deserve a say in what films we have the opportunity to see! I personally am not content to just visit my favorite forums and listen to other people who were given the choice of seeing a Heath film tell me what it was about because some industry person decided that I don't have the right to see it for myself. So I end up only seeing it, eventually, on dvd. Way after the fact.

We can make or break this project. Please stand with us. We REALLY need you.
Thank you so much
Theresa

Addicted To The Movie Candy
http://www.addictedtothemoviecandy.com

*Froggy* · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 08, 2006, 07:15 AM »

Thank you Theresa.

frances · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 08, 2006, 01:06 PM »

Thanks, Theresa.
Nice to have you here.
I know both Heath Ledger Central and Addicted To The Movie Candy. Amazing sites

theresa · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 08, 2006, 01:55 PM »

Thank you so much. We are starting to add more interesting things to ATTMC as it has been so hectic getting it going, but it's getting more and more really interesting stuff on it. Please visit every chance you get.

It's wonderful to be here I've been suggesting this site to folks like crazy because I've just been so impressed with it.

*Froggy* · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 08, 2006, 02:26 PM »

As a Heath fan I will support this campaign...I cannot believe that with all the hype Heath gor from BBM this is not being more advertised or even considered by the movie business.

I won't enter the competition but would love one of our members to get it!!!

tpe · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 08, 2006, 06:47 PM »

Thanks Theresa.

I see Froggy has thrown her support. Thanks Froggy!

theresa · « **Reply #6 on:** Jul 09, 2006, 12:33 PM »

Ok sounds great. First, I want to let you guys know that the purpose of giving prizes is a thanks. It's not for commercial reasons at all. We are asking for a lot of support and we want all of you to know that we appreciate you more than we can say. So it's not in any way a bribery thing it is all about thanking you. We are asking you for support and in return we want to show you how much you and that support mean to us. Several amazing gifts have been donated to me by the theater exhibitors, the studios and the executive producer of the film in their appreciation of our efforts and our belief in this film. They keep calling us the little train that could. They've been just precious.

Anyway, until I know where you guys think would be the best spot to put this for the entire forum, I'll put it here and ask that you please spread the word, or even feel free to move the post if you think that is best to a more appropriate space since I'm new to the forum.

The two original full size movie theater posters from opening night for Brokeback Mountain (12/9/05) have been donated to Addicted To The Movie Candy. I am going to give as a prize one of these posters to a randomly chosen Brokeback Mountain fan. ONLY fans from Brokeback Mountain sites and forums that register on the Addicted To The Movie Candy Support Forum will be eligible. No one else. These posters are not only movie memoribilia, but they are movie history. Treasured and taken care of, over time they will be of great value and will be able to be authenticated due to their size and who printed them as only the official studio posters were printed by this company.

To win you must register on the forum. If you wish to participate and support us further, naturally that is most welcome, however if you don't that is fine as well. We do not want to make anyone participate that doesn't wish to. We ask that you realize the forum is for fans from everywhere and every celebrity as the site is about protecting the rights of the public to have a voice in their right to at least have the choice to see a movie if they so choose. At this point that right is being taken away from us. Brokeback Mountain being the breakthrough that it was has opened the door for us by setting a prescedent in indie films and their importance to the world.

What you need to do is pm me either here or on the Candy forum and let me know that you are a BBM fan and what forum you are from in order to validate your registration in the contest. All names of these registrants will be printed out and we will cut strips with each having one registrants name on it. They will be put into a barrel, mixed up and a neutral party will reach in and pull out the name of one person who will be the winner.

Please bring as many BBM fans to this contest as possible. The exhibitors (who it is we have to prove our numbers to) are watching this forum very very carefully from around the entire world and what we do here will definitely influence their decision as to whether or not we will be seeing this film in our home towns and also as to whether or not we will have any choice in seeing future indie films that are of importance in our lives for any star. We are trying to get them to quit looking at the commercial and $ end of it and give these vitally important films a chance and your voice COUNTS. The BBM Oscar situation is what prompted me to start this campaign. We had no voice then, but as a result of the outrage it caused we certainly have a voice now. Please help us use it. It must be done through the ATTMC forum though as we are being recongized by the powers that be, there is safety and a bigger voice in numbers.

CONTEST ENDS AUGUST 15, 2006 AT MIDNIGHT PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

Thank you so much

Theresa

tpe · « **Reply #7 on:** Jul 09, 2006, 03:33 PM »

Thank you Theresa. And yes, this is an apt place to post this, IMO.

To the ennisjack.com members: respond as the spirit moves you.

christie wood · « **Reply #8 on:** Jul 09, 2006, 05:32 PM »

Thanks Theresa for starting this thread and for the latest news on the competitions over at ATTMC......those Brokeback Mountain posters sound amazing, that is such a brilliant prize.

*Froggy* · « **Reply #9 on:** Jul 09, 2006, 05:38 PM »

Quote from: tpe on Jul 08, 2006, 06:47 PM

Thanks Theresa.

I see Froggy has thrown her support. Thanks Froggy!

Yes I have, I registered and will start posting again on IMdb...will also let members know here too

NoReins · « **Reply #10 on:** Jul 10, 2006, 04:08 AM »

Hey Theresa - I've registered too. Read the book while on holiday and loved it - and I have to see the movie.....

theresa · « **Reply #11 on:** Jul 10, 2006, 04:42 PM »

Didn't you just find yourself begging them to stop. I did. What a book.

LuvJackNasty · « **Reply #12 on:** Jul 10, 2006, 08:30 PM »

I registered.

theresa · « **Reply #13 on:** Jul 10, 2006, 08:46 PM »

Thank you so much.

NoReins · « **Reply #14 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 02:19 AM »

Quote from: theresa on Jul 10, 2006, 04:42 PM

Didn't you just find yourself begging them to stop. I did. What a book.

Yes, absolutely.

christie wood · « **Reply #15 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 03:43 AM »

Quote from: theresa on Jul 10, 2006, 04:42 PM

Didn't you just find yourself begging them to stop. I did. What a book.

The book is incredible. I have just started reading it again for the book discussion group and its even better the second time round - its addictive and intoxicating.

tpe · « **Reply #16 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 07:27 AM »

Quote from: christie wood on Jul 11, 2006, 03:43 AM

Quote from: theresa on Jul 10, 2006, 04:42 PM
Didn't you just find yourself begging them to stop. I did. What a book.

The book is incredible. I have just started reading it again for the book discussion group and its even better the second time round - its addictive and intoxicating.

It is a great help and incentive -- having a book discussion group. It is always a richer experience, IMO.

theresa · « **Reply #17 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 04:46 PM »

We are incredibly excited about it. Can't wait! I can't tell you how much goes into a book discussion on line that includes time zones that are actually as much as a day and some odd hours apart. But we are determined to be together and get this done. LOL! It's been a great experience.

Feel free please to join in whether you've read the book or not you are certainly welcome.

Theresa

chameau · « **Reply #18 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 06:21 PM »

I registered too

tpe · « **Reply #19 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 06:24 PM »

Let us do everything we can to get this film in more cities and in more threatres within the US and around the world.

chameau · « **Reply #20 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 06:26 PM »

Quote from: tpe on Jul 11, 2006, 06:24 PM

Let us do everything we can to get this film in more cities and in more threatres within the US and around the world.

I'll check with the AMC and the Ex-Centris, they are about the only decent art theaters remaining here in Montreal, I'll send Emails to them.

theresa · « **Reply #21 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 07:16 PM »

Please don't do things as individuals. They have asked that we do it as the group ATTMC. They being the distributors. The individual theaters don't have a choice in getting the films, they are given the films they see by their distributor. A few emails are fine, but we need to be sure that we send from ATTMC. They have explained to us that they will not respond to en masse email. They say they don't have the manpower to do so. There is is safety in numbers and within an official group. ATTMC is a copyrighted official organization with it's roots in the entertainment industry and with insiders advising us so we have more chance of being heard if it goes throught the organization. They know us and have agreed to deal with us.

Thanks for all your enthusiasm. This is fantastic.

Theresa

theresa · « **Reply #22 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 07:19 PM »

Sorry for the double post. I'm so thrilled to see Montreal here. We really need Canadians at ATTMC. There is no distribution set for your country yet. None at all. That being the case, I just started asking on the forum for Canadians to please pm me at ATTMC so we can start getting involved. I know who your distributor is and I have a relationship with them, the problem is you have no exhibitors as yet. We need to make that change ASAP. But I need your help. Please if you can spare just a few minutes a day, pm me at ATTMC and lets get Candy to Canada other than TIFF.

Hugs
Theresa

*Froggy* · « **Reply #23 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 07:32 PM »

Yes please, this is one fight that needs to be united...through ATTMC at the moment, because this is were the industry is looking.

Thank you very much for all the info Theresa

x Froggy

theresa · « **Reply #24 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 09:05 PM »

Thank you guys.

Now for some really fun news!

We have sent some t-shirts to some of the folks I know in the industry. We have sente Addicted To The Movie Candy T-shirts to the following people along with a card to them with the names of all the registered members on the site.

Jake Gyllenhaal
Ellen Degeneres
Jay Leno

I have also sent Addicted To The Movie Bumper Stickers To:

Executive Producers of the Film
Luke Davies, the author of Candy and of the film
Neil Armfield, the Director

These people have the link and visit the site and the forum and blog. They have been kindness itself in their support of us and are constantly sending their thanks for our support. Such fine fine people.

Theresa

hpv · « **Reply #25 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 01:31 AM »

I registered

*Froggy* · « **Reply #26 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 04:24 AM »

THankx for the update (fantastic Idea!!!)...if more want to register please do so here:

http://heathledgercentral.net/Addicted_To_The_Movie_Candy_Forum/index.php

frances · « **Reply #27 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 04:42 AM »

I did one week ago.

(OT : Just checked the Candy Audio section. I'm absolutely in love with the "Song to the siren" cover version in Candy.)

*Froggy* · « **Reply #28 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 05:03 AM »

Quote from: frances on Jul 12, 2006, 04:42 AM

I did one week ago.

(OT : Just checked the Candy Audio section. I'm absolutely in love with the "Song to the siren" cover version in Candy.)

Is this the same song from Moonlight Mile?

frances · « **Reply #29 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 06:04 AM »

Quote from: Frog123 on Jul 12, 2006, 05:03 AM

Quote from: frances on Jul 12, 2006, 04:42 AM
I did one week ago.

(OT : Just checked the Candy Audio section. I'm absolutely in love with the "Song to the siren" cover version in Candy.)

Is this the same song from Moonlight Mile?

Yes. Same song.

I am puzzled as the newborn child
I am troubled at the tide:
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Should I lie with Death my bride?
Hear me sing, "Swim to me, Swim to me, Let me enfold you:
Here I am, Here I am, Waiting to hold you