Contact: John Craven, A Morhead Production
Cell: 954.560.2916
Email: crave@morheadproductions.com
Date: February 23, 2009
For Immediate Release
To celebrate the completion of the movie “Fast Food”, there will be a private screening held Sunday March 8th, 2009 at Cinema Paradiso (www.fliff.com). The general public can win tickets to the private event by logging onto www.FastFood-movie.com and signing up for the Fast Food Newsletter. “Fast Food” stars Josh Lamboy, Anthony E. Valentin, Ricky Cruz (2008 Best New Comedian South Beach Comedy Festival), and the trumpet skills of Emiliano Torres (of 2009 Grammy Nominated group Locos Por Juana).
“Fast Food,” is a dramatic comedy about the life of an ambitious musician who becomes homeless on the streets of downtown Miami. “A movie about finding strength against all the odds, and what it’s like to follow your dreams into reality,” says director John Craven. A message that is very important especially during these tough economic times. The movie was filmed all over Miami and South Florida.
This is director John Craven’s first full-length feature film. At the age of 14, Craven started making films of his friends’ rollerblading. Eventually getting world-wide distribution, but then he decided to venture into narrative storytelling at the age of 21. “Fast Food” is partly based on the homeless people he encountered and interacted with while skating in the streets of South Florida.
Filmmaking 2.0: From Australia to Indonesia and back to Miami and the USA, the internet helps make low-budget filmmaking big budget style. Creating the original score, receiving input, creating the marketing materials, etc., the director was able to utilize the internet’s endless supply of resources throughout the post-production of the film. The original score, composed by Adam Starr along with 6 other musician’s, was completely produced in Australia. Only the trumpet score by Emiliano Torres, member of Locos Por Juana, was made locally.
Notes from Production: Honing his craft to transform into a homeless man, lead actor Josh Lamboy had to get gritty to play the role. While the production was shot “guerilla” style, the crew easily blended into the hectic city lifestyle giving Josh the ability to blend in to the point where he was often mistaken by the public for a real homeless person.
For more information and to watch the trailer log onto to http://www.fastfood-movie.com
Press Kit and photos can be downloaded at: http://www.fastfood-movie.com/press.html