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By Patrick McGilvray Entrepreneurial production team from Sacramento created film for $55,000 and is partnering with pioneering online video rental service
SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) – "The Bill Collector" by executive producer Bruce Blumen starring Jason Bortz as John Black is a disturbing thriller set amidst our debt-ridden modern American society. It's an edgy and violent thriller about a debt collector run amok and, thankfully, the gore factor is not a central part of the movie, unlike movies that might cost one hundred to one thousand times the budget of this locally-produced film. Yes, that's right. One thousand times what it cost to make this movie would be $60,000,000. I have no doubt a director could have spent that amount of money on turning Blumen's screenplay into a film, but this version was memorable, jarring and made for just $55,000. The producers hope to recoup that and make a profit in the next year because of a partnership with Google's YouTube Rentals fledgling online video-on-demand rental service. Hollywood Beware! |
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By Patrick McGilvray SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) — Former governors Howard Dean and Sarah Palin will appear October 15, 2010 at the Sacramento Convention Center for the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce's Perspectives 2010. “We are pleased once again to bring dynamic speakers whose current contribution to our nation’s political dialogue will captivate the Perspectives audience,” commented Matt Mahood, president & CEO of the Sac Metro Chamber. Other speakers on the lineup will be announced soon. |
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Local "Cycle Chic" Event Aspires to Build Community Around Eco-Friendly Clothing and Human-Powered Transportation Choices
By Patrick McGilvray SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) – Local cycling activist, landscape designer and blogger Lorena Beightler (www.SacCycleChic.com & www.LorenaBeightler.com) loves fashion and bicycling in equal measure and has planned a community building event next month in downtown Sacramento to help celebrate two of her passions. Her brainchild - Vélo & Vintage - a cycle-chic themed fashion show in which gorgeous models wearing stylish clothes will be actually riding bikes in the show itself on a runway that runs through the already swanky Hot Italian at 16th and Q Streets. |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OBSNews.com) – A combination of factors was negative for mortgage markets this week, and mortgage rates ended higher. Large budget deficits and economic troubles in smaller European Union nations made bonds less attractive to global investors. In addition, stock market gains sent the Dow to an 18-month high, which pulled funds out of fixed income investments. Finally, with just one week remaining for the Fed's MBS purchase program, comments from Fed Chief Bernanke about potential future MBS sales added to the pressure in mortgage markets. |
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