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Rest of screenings cancelled

Due to low attendance, remaining 6 screenings of Date Numeber One at Aeon Logic have been cancelled.

DNO will be available on DVD later this month, will post info. here.

Thanks!

- Sujewa

Promo flier & poster design

Quotes

Quotes from several audience reactions to the movie:

"Date Number One is quite funny...twentysomethings and occasional thirtysomethings looking for romance recall Richard Linklater's philosopher slackers and Jim Jarmusch's minimalist attention to conversation...also a subtle, thoughtful film...might be understood as the anti-Crash depiction of life in the city...depicts a comfortably multi-ethnic community...I'd happily recommend it."
- Chuck Tryon, media professor & blogger,The Chutry Experiment blog http://chutry.wordherders.net/archives/005873.html
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"I found the characters and the premise sexy, sexy, sexy."
- Jerry Brewington, Hollywood Is Talking blog, on Story 3 of Date Number One http://hollywoodistalking.com/Blog/508/
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"...witty...often inventive...and, even better, airy: characters are given time and space to spell out their views...views that never bear the artificial markings of a Hollywood screenwriter's compulsion to reduce them to sound-bites."
- David Hudson, Editor, GreenCine Daily blog http://daily.greencine.com/archives/002353.html
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"FIVE really entertaining, fully realized romantic interludes...a shamefully rare achievement"
- Tom Kipp, Seattle audience member,former film reviewer for Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger http://diyfilmmaker.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-with-seattle-audience-member.html
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"Heartfelt...poignant...I loved it!"
- Jon Moritsugu, award winning filmmaker
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"...somehow, someway, in the end, the love of the characters, the positiveness of the film, and Sujewa’s disregard for conventions wins you over. The act of making this film wins you over. There is only a positive through line in this film, and that is rare to see, especially when dealing with characters in their late to early thirties."
- Amir Motlagh, director of the popular '04 Atom Films' short Still Lover & upcoming feature Whale
http://stilllover.blogspot.com/2006/10/date-number-one-review.html

Story 1 (of 4) of Date Number One

Start Over - Date Number One Story 1 from Sujewa Ekanayake on Vimeo.

Screening dates, time & other basic info

Can be found here.

THANK YOU Kickstarter backers!

Special thanks to everyone who is supporting this project on Kickstarter, here is a list in progress:

Rumur

Amanda Haynes

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Go to Kickstarter on more info on supporting the Date Number One December 2009 Distribution Project.

All the Dec shows related pages

The number of pages & links related to the Date Number One Dec shows are multiplying fast, so here is a place to keep track of them all:

All the info re: shows at DIY Filmmaker blog post

Kickstarter fundraising project page for the shows

Pitch video for Kickstarter project (at DIY Filmmaker blog, on YouTube)

Facebook events page

Blog/site for the screenings (this blog)

Blog/site for the film

Kickstarter project to support Date Number One December 2009 screenings/distribution work is alive!

Check it out & support if you can (great rewards for backers):

Essential info post at DIY Filmmaker

Get screening dates (every wed & fri in december, except for fri 12/25), times, location info & relevant links re: the Date Number One screenings at Aeon Logic in December here at DIY Filmmaker blog.