Don Capria: Director's Cut

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Director's Cut - Release Week

After three full years of work the theatrical release of Director's Cut was upon us. My good friend and producer on the film, John Stubenvoll was named citizen of the year in our hometown of Harrison, New York. Louis Lombardi and I stopped in to his burger joint "Fat Stu's" to grab a bite and congratulate him - a well deserved award. Director's Cut then hit the kickoff party for the Bushwick Film Festival and that weekend the show began in Brooklyn - we had a ton of fun -Kweighbaye Kotee runs an amazing program - one of the best festivals around. The following weekend we went out to New Jersey for the Chiller Theater Expo. Three days of fans and fanatics running around with celebrities galore taking photos signing autographs and selling swag. We threw a cool event that weekend at Coniglio's Old Fashioned in Morristown and a few VIP's came to join us for some amazing food and drink. Then it was release week. Monday started out on our home turf in Westchester at Apple Cinema in White Plains where we rolled out the red carpet for a few hundred people at what was one of the most memorable events I've been a part of. The hype on the film found its way into a feature article in Variety magazine. So freaking cool indeed. Next up we kept that energy and went down to Cinema Village below Union Square and had our NYC Premiere. Another night to remember followed by two amazing bands from the soundtrack, Parallels and Misery that played their featured songs at our after party. Then on Halloween night I got together with a few friends and hit Regal New Roc City to watch the film on opening night. John Joseph (Cromags/ Bloodclot) came out to represent and my" Final girl" Danielle Kotch was also in the theater for the first official show. What a Month !