Albert Pyun's detractors have said "Who keeps hiring this guy? He ruins movies"
Nobody hires Albert Pyun He creates his movies from first thought to delivery. He raises his own financing but never manages to raise enough to make the movie he envisions. One film critic said it best: "Albert Pyun's inimitable style is Shoot really fast before you run out of money".
But those of us who love his movies love them just as much for the punishment he took to get them to us. His single interest since he was 10 years old was to make movies no matter what he must endure.
Still he always hoped for a decent budget and to be able to screen his films in a decent venue to a full capacity audience.
That's what this campaign is about. Now that Albert has MS and cannot keep working, his friends and fans want to fulfill Albert's dream to screen a film he's proud of to a full house of all the artists he's worked with over the years, and for his fans and friends.
Road to
Hell is the only one of Albert's films to receive so many awards and
positive reviews. It is his 50th movie and fitting climax to his 40 year career.
We want to give the
screening event the best promotional effort that any of Albert's
films have ever received. To achieve both the marketing, star guest
list and to secure this state of the art venue, we need to reach out
to Albert's fans, the fans of his many movies (and especially those
who loathe his movies), to be able to stage an event worthy of this
kind, hardworking and generous filmmaker who's vision and artistry,
while certainly weird at times, were always fueled by his enthusiasm
for the motion picture experience within a dark auditorium.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR PAYPAL DONATIONS 'PERSONAL' NOT PURCHASE. OTHERWISE I HAVE PAYPAL FEES AND INDIEGOGO FEES=12%.
IF WE DON'T MAKE OUR GOAL, we'll just shrink the theater, cut the ads and let go of bringing stars from outside the country. We'll still have the screening, Albert will be thrilled and we'll all make new memories.
Next to NYC, LA is the most expensive place to screen.
The ArcLight theater rental costs $8,000
Screening engineer and tech cost $2,000
Sunset Billboard - 2 weeks - $15,000 (it's gotta be on Sunset)
LA Weekly full page ad costs $3,748.
Hollywood Reporter and Variety ads cost $18,000 (trade ads shine the light on cast and crew which too often gets overlooked. ROAD TO HELL is an accumulation of all of Albert's ideas over the years and it was finished through uncompromising passion.
Publicist, TV/Radio, Admin, Internet Promo allowance is $15,000
Actors travel/lodging allowance is $15,000
Indiegogo fee is $3200.
Total needed: $80,948.
REWARDS SHIPPED OUT OF THE COUNTRY WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE FROM THE DONOR. US POSTAGE IS INCLUDED.
ALL PAYPAL DONATIONS NEED TO BE MADE AS "PERSONAL".
The impact of your support is you will have ended Albert Pyun's career on a high note that he never experienced during the entirety of his career. Hopefully, Albert has given fans of his movies years of enjoyment through his 50 movies.
PYUN'S FILMOGRAPHY
When he was a child he made:
SUICIDE BY KRYPTONITE
GANGS
GENERATIONS
NORTH SHORE '69
LOST FANTASY
DRAGONS
Then came:
THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER
RADIOACTIVE DREAMS
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
VICIOUS LIPS
DOWN TWISTED
CYBORG
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
ALIEN FROM LA
CAPTAIN AMERICA
KICKBOXER 2: The Road Back
BLOODMATCH
DOLLMAN
THE FIFTH CORNER
DECEIT
NEMESIS
BRAINSMASHER: A Love Story
ARCADE
KNIGHTS
KICKBOXER 4: The Aggressor
HONG KONG 97
SPITFIRE
HEATSEEKER
JOE BOB'S DRIVE-IN THEATER
NEMESIS 2: Nebula
NEMESIS 3: Time Lapse
RAVEN HAWK
ADRENALIN:Fear the Rush
OMEGA DOOM
NEMESIS 4:Death Angel
BLAST
MEAN GUNS
CRAZY SIX
SORCERERS
URBAN MENACE
CORRUPT
THE WRECKING CREW
POST MORTEM
TICKER
BAD BIZNESS
MAX HAVOC:We Try To Forget This One
INFECTION AKA INVASION
COOL AIR
LEFT FOR DEAD
BULLETFACE
ABELAR: Tales of an Ancient Empire
ROAD TO HELL
CYBORG NEMESIS
Other Ways You Can Help
If you cannot donate $$, please donate your time. Bring us 5 donations (mentioning your name), you get the program THANK YOU and BUMPER STICKER
Bring us 10 donations (mentioning your name), you get a signed ROAD TO HELL poster shipped to you, plus the THANK YOU and BUMPER STICKER.
The ALBERT PYUN CELEBRATION invitation list is below:
Michael
Pare'
Sasha Mitchell
Michael
Dudikoff
Kevin
Sorbo
Clare Kramer
Courtney Peldon
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Carey
Lowell
Chuck
Norris
Teri
Hatcher
Dru-Anne
Perry Moss
Jackie
Earle Haley
Tim
Thomerson
Christopher
Lambert
Jean-Claude
Van Damme
Yuji
Okumoto
Michael Qissi
Cary-Hirouki Tagawa
Dennis
Chan
Thomas
Jane
Joei
Fulco
Jesse
Fulco
John
Stockwell
David
Goyer
Laird
Hamilton
Thom
Mathews
Michele
Little
Deborah
Shelton
Meryl
Kennedy
Marjorie
Monahan
Kim
Warren
Samantha
Philips
Billy
Mumy
Benny
Urquidez
Gary
Lewis
Micheal
Halsey
Seth
Green
Deborah
Van Valkenburgh
Megan
Ward
Peter
Billingsley
John
Diehl
Don
Opper
Norbert
Weisser
Scott
Paulin
Jenny
Dare Paulin
Ronny
Cox
Ned
Beatty
Courtney
Cox
Victoria
Maurette
Steven
Bauer
Yancy
Butler
Melissa
Ordway
Alex
McArthur
Kathleen
Beller
Michele
Quissi
Randal
Fontana
Rutger
Hauer
Ice
T
Snoop
Dogg
Dr
Dre
Chilli
Nas
Tom
Sizemore
Ivana
Milicevic
Jaime
Pressley
Rob
Lowe
Burt
Reynolds
Natasha
Henstridge
Kim
Delaney
Charlie
Sheen
Mario
Van Peebles
Lina
Kerridge
Kathy
Ireland
Ming
Na Wen
Robert
Patrick
Andrew
Divoff
Josef
Cannon
William
Atherton
Sue
Price
Kathy
Long
Lance
Henriksen
Kris
Kristofferson
Linden
Ashby
Kim
Gillingham
Jill
Pierce
The
Smithereens
Michael McCarty
Tina
Cote'
Trudi
Forristal
Shannon
Elizabeth
and
many more.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR PAYPAL DONATIONS 'PERSONAL' NOT 'PURCHASE'. OTHERWISE I HAVE PAYPAL FEES PLUS INDIEGOGO FEES =12%
THANK YOU!