Dec
17
Help bring “Do It Again” to TV
Good news. Weâve been offered a chance to create a 57-minute version of the film for a nationally syndicated series of broadcasts. But there is a downside. This is for public television, which doesnât pay very much. (But does offer us a chance to show the film to lots and lot of folks.)
Cutting an 85 minute documentary to 57 minutes will take some work. We anticipate two, very intense weeks of 20 hour days in the editing chamber. To broadcast, we also have to get something called error and omissions insurance and pay to lay our new cut onto an HDCam tape.
I estimate the whole thing will cost between $7,000 and $10,000.
Iâm not going to create a Kickstarter campaign for this sum because I want to reserve that idea for a larger need. What’s that? Our major hope is to get approval from the record companies to license âDo It Againâ for DVD/download and wider broadcast. Weâre waiting on our request.
In the meantime, we want to create this shorter cut.
Can you help? If so, Iâm going to accept paypal contributions at gedgers@mac.com or checks at my home address. (Write me at gedgers@mac.com for that.)
What can you gain? Weâre going to offer a few of our collectibles and, much in the spirit of Kickstarter, an awards system.
$50 gets you a signed, 12-by-18 âDo It Againâ poster OR a limited edition, signed 45 record (it plays!) of âVictoria/Big Skyâ recorded by Figgs leader Mike Gent. The record also includes original art by our poster man Dave Plunkert.
$50 also gets you a signed DVD if âDo It Againâ is released on DVD. I donât want to mislead anybody. There is a chance itâll come out on DVD. Thereâs a chance it wonât. If you contribute to this, youâll have to accept thereâs a chance we donât get released. (And you can always turn your reward in for another gift.)
For $75, you get a signed copy of my Beatles or Elvis childrenâs books for kids, ages 8 to 12.
For $90, one of our remaining “Do It Again” t-shirts. I only have about three medium and two large left.
For $200, Iâll add your name to the credits for âDo It Again.â Just beware⌠we may not get long credits for our TV cut. If thatâs the case, Iâll add you to our IMDB listing.
For $300, you get one of our 10 remaining, full-size âDo It Againâ posters. Iâll sign it or I wonât. You decide.
For $1,000 â and airfare, lodging â I will bring âDo It Againâ and outtakes from the film to your home for a private screening. We did this in Los Angeles earlier this year and it was great fun. Iâll even put you in touch with Steve, who hosted us, to give a full accounting of the experience.
For $1,000, you can get a one-of-a-kind, full size âDo It Againâ poster signed by Sting and Zooey Deschanel.
For $1,500, you get the acoustic guitar that Dave Davies plays in âDo It Again.â
For whatever you can give – $1, $10, $100 – we remain eternally grateful.














