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November 26, 2005

In the Schwimmer: marketing an indie drunk

Michael Booth in Denver Post has a nice lede before having to talk about Duane Hopwood: "When marketing a $1 million independent film, a downbeat tale of an alcoholic stumbling through the gray winter of Atlantic City, the entire strategy hangs on David Schwimmer's familiar chagrined look and three-day stubble. Literally... Writer-director Matt Mulhern sits in a Denver restaurant and watches his marketing budget go from Schwimmer's fork to his mouth. "We blew it on that chicken roll," Mulhern says with a shrug. "That's the budget, right there."

Posted by pride at November 26, 2005 11:37 AM

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