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LUCID - First Trailer Live on Kickstarter!

2010-07-16T00:15:00.000-07:00

The very first trailer for LUCID is online! Watch it on Kickstarter, where you can pre-order an advance copy on DVD and help support the film.

Lucid on Kickstarter

Please take a look at the INCENTIVES that we are offering, which include:

* An immediate digital download of our award-winning short film ICE CREAM ANTS, which features Marcus Ashley (from the band Little & Ashley), the incomparable Tom Noonan and cult icon, singer/songwriter Jill Tracy. This film has never been seen outside of festivals and is not available anywhere else. You can watch a trailer for ICE CREAM ANTS here:

Ice Cream Ants Trailer

*A limited number of original t-shirts that were actually props in the film, some of which are covered in stage blood and signed by lead actor James Moles!

*Tickets to a theatrical screening of LUCID (Either the cast and crew screening or a festival premiere).

* “Executive Producer” and “Associate Producer” credit in the film itself.

The War On Kids - November Screenings and Reviews

2009-11-23T14:22:00.000-08:00

THE WAR ON KIDS is screening in NYC this month at The Quad Cinema.

Come see the film that The New York Times called: "A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction."

Directed by Cevin Soling
Produced by Jeremy Carr, Dawn Fidrick and Cevin Soling
Cinematography and Editing by Jeremy Carr

For more information: THE WAR ON KIDS official website

Read the reviews in VARIETY and THE NEW YORK TIMES here:

NEW YORK TIMES Review

VARIETY Review

The Dirtiest Racket In Town - Screening at Brooklyn Film Noir Festival

2009-04-01T21:51:00.000-07:00

We are very excited that our short film "The Dirtiest Racket In Town" will be screening in April at the Detour: Film Noir & Arts Festival in Brooklyn, NY.

It looks to be a fun night of noir movies, live jazz and burlesque.

WHEN: Thursday, April 16th, 2009

WHERE: Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
Brooklyn (Dumbo), NY

For more information: www.lookpresents.com

Nicholl Fellowships - Trolling

2008-12-30T16:00:00.000-08:00

Jeremy Carr's dramatic feature length script TROLLING has advanced to the Quarter-Finals of the 2008 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition.

Ice Cream Ants wins Best Short Film Award

2007-10-09T21:48:00.000-07:00

We are thrilled to announce that "Ice Cream Ants" has won the award for Best Short Film at the 2007 Evil City Film Festival.

Special thanks to everyone who came out to support the film and especially to Jim Muscarella, James Galus and the rest of the gang from Evil City. The closing night party was a blast!

For more information:

http://www.evilcityfilmfest.com

Ice Cream Ants wins Dewar's "Dewey" Award

2007-10-09T21:43:00.000-07:00

The First Annual "Dewey" Award, presented by Dewar's was awarded to Jeremy Carr, the writer & director of "Ice Cream Ants."

The award, which was presented at the 2007 Boston Underground Film Festival, recognizes the auteur spirit and cinematic wordsmithing.

As part of the prize, Jeremy Carr has been commisioned to direct a short film for The Dewar's Collective and Bacardi, Inc.

Video from the award ceremony can be found on Independentfilm.com

Thanks to BUFF, Dewar's and everyone who came out to the festival!

The Hacker's Source - Film Review!

2007-06-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

"Ice Cream Ants"
Reviewed by Dave Dunwoody

Got twenty minutes to tie your brain into a knot? Ice Cream Ants is a mood-heavy noir nightmare, very well-produced and brimming with atmosphere & a great cameo by Tom Noonan, the original "Red Dragon" in the film Manhunter. Our protagonist (Marcus Ashley), called "Lover" by a husky phone voice (Jill Tracy), is roused from his sleep and fires a shot in the dark. Who did he shoot? Questions are only answered with questions in a dimly-lit dive which he's summoned to by that phone call, where Noonan, as "the Thinker", tosses out theories scrawled on sheaves of paper while the bartender passes down the Ice Cream Ants. This is a quick, seamless walk through Nightmaresville where the road comes around and drops you back where you started. The editing is sharp, and jerks the viewer from quandary to quandary without stumbling in any sort of randomness for randomness' sake. An intriguing, chilling piece, showcasing some great camera work and moody music from Stephen Light and Jill Tracy.

(C) The Hacker's Source issue 23
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"Ice Cream Ants"
Directed by Jeremy Carr
Sageworx LLC/Crutch Films
www.crutchfilms.com

"Ice Cream Ants" at Boston Underground Film Festival

2007-02-17T13:59:00.000-08:00

"Ice Cream Ants" will be screening in Beantown this March at the Boston Underground Film Festival. Additional information can be found on their website:

http://www.bostonundergroundfilmfestival.com/index.php

Ice Cream Ants - Review

2007-01-01T16:33:00.000-08:00

Ice Cream Ants was recently reviewed by Isabel Pinedo, who saw the film at the 2006 NYC Horror Film Festival. Professor Pinedo is the author of "Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing," and she teaches in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College.

Here's some of what she said:

"Its surreal narrative draws on the time travel loop of Chris Marker's short film, La Jetee (1962), the vision of heaven in After Life (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1998), and the philosophical musings of a television episode of The Sixth Sense (1972) that posed the question: What if what we think of as dream life is the reality, and what we think of as waking life is but a dream? Ice Cream Ants pulls together some of the philosophical veins that first intrigued me about sci-fi and horror: What is reality? What is hell? I'm not sure the film works without engagement with these questions, but works well as a piece of existential horror."

The complete article can be found here:

http://theword.hunter.cuny.edu/culture/horror.html

"Ice Cream Ants" - November NYC Screenings

2006-11-01T10:58:00.000-08:00

"Ice Cream Ants" will be screening twice in November as part of a local NYC art, film and music festival.

If you haven't seen it yet, here's your chance. And the best part --it's free! Space is limited, so please be sure to RSVP.

Film Festival Invite:

Jigsaw Soul/Bound to Collide will be hosting a film festival featuring locally produced short films, documentaries, music videos and opening musical performances by Saphin (Nov 4) and Radio Wonderland (Nov 11).

WHERE: Chashama
112 W 44th Street, NYC

WHEN: November 4, 8-11:30pm & November 11, 8-11:30pm

Join us for a program as varied and interesting as the people who live here.

Seating is limited, so RSVP immediately if you would like to attend. Please specify which date and if you will be bringing a guest.

Admission is free, donations are welcome. BYOB.

RSVP to matt@nysoundmixer.com or call (917) 628 6200

"Ice Cream Ants" at NYC Horror Film Festival

2006-10-02T16:06:00.000-07:00

We are very excited to announce that "Ice Cream Ants" will be making its New York Premiere at the 2006 New York City Horror Film Festival.

New York City Horror Film Festival
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street, NYC

Saturday, October 21st, 2006
5:30 PM
$15

For more information:
http://www.nychorrorfest.com/

Dirty Racket at Flicker NYC

2006-09-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

"The Dirtiest Racket In Town" will be screening on Friday, September 22nd, 2006 at the NYC Flicker Film Festival.

This film noir parody depicts a day in the life of a hard-boiled detective who takes on his toughest case yet: cleaning his apartment.

Written & Directed by Jeremy Carr
Starring: St. John Frizell and Dawn Fidrick
Cinematography by: David Teague

Come out and support super-8 film!!!

FLICKER NYC
Friday, September 22
The Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue at President Street, Brooklyn
(R Train to Union Street)
8pm
www.flickernyc.com

-Jeremy

www.crutchfilms.com

Director Jeremy Carr - Interview

2006-09-09T17:52:00.000-07:00

An interview with writer/director Jeremy Carr has been posted on Independenfilm.com.

This interview was recorded at the 2006 vWoods Hole Film Festival, where "Ice Cream Ants" had its world premiere.

Here is the link:

http://www.independentfilm.com/festivals/videogalleryfest/jeremy-carr-ice-cream-ants-woods-hole-film-festival.shtml

Thanks for tuning in!

www.crutchfilms.com

Ice Cream Ants - Sneak Preview

2006-09-09T17:47:00.000-07:00

IndependentFilm.com has posted a clip from "Ice Cream Ants" on their website.

This clip is an exclusive sneak preview that features Tom Noonan and Marcus Ashley and it can only be seen on Independentfilm.com.

Here is the link:

http://www.independentfilm.com/films/videogalleryfilms/tom-noonan-ice-cream-ants-short-film.shtml

Enjoy!

www.crutchfilms.com

Nuclear Fallout

2006-09-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday for the premier of "Nuclear Winter." The screening was a blast!

Also thanks to Corey Boutilier of www.independentfilm.com and St. John Frizell for showing the film at the Bait & Tacklet Bar in Red Hook later that night.

-- Jeremy

www.crutchfilms.com

Nuclear Winter

2006-08-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

I have been asked to guest direct the "wanna be a star" short film for First Sundays.

What does this mean? Well, First Sundays is a comedy festival that happens every month at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in the East Village. Each month they randomly pick an audience member who wants to star in the next film. Then they ask the audience to shout out a title for the film. Finally, they get a director to make it all happen.

My film is called "Nuclear Winter" and it stars audience member Tom Henning.

Writer/Actor/Performer Kevin Maher will be co-starring in the film.

First Sundays
Sunday, September 3rd - 7:00pm
Pioneer Theater
155 East 3rd Street (between Ave A and B)
New York, New York 10009

www.firstsundays.com

Hope to see you there!

Ice Cream Ants - Film Review

2006-08-22T14:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Patricia Freeman at Independentfilm.com for the glowing review of Ice Cream Ants!

She writes:

“Ice Cream Ants” by writer, director, editor Jeremy Carr, brings us into the neo film noir world of “Lover,” and contains incredible dialogue and acting. Trapped in a nightmare world, Lover (played with an understated strength by Marcus Ashley) is compelled on a journey where his interactions with a temptress (played by the incomparable Goth femme fatal Jill Tracy) and a barstool philosopher (played by the great character actor Tom Noonan) force him to confront his own inner demons. Carr’s climactic bar scene offers a veritable cinematic feast of light and sound, of comedy and drama, as we watch Lover interact with a host of unusual and engaging barflies who would definitely find Cheer’s too bright and tame of a joint. As the story concludes and the viewer ponders the greater significance of the final frames, Carr’s brilliant storytelling emerges and continues to resonate long after the credits roll."

The entire article (which covers several short films from the Woods Hole Film Festival) can be read here:

http://www.independentfilm.com/festivals/woods-hole-film-festival-2006-shorts.shtml

Scriptapalooza TV Contest

2006-08-15T22:45:00.000-07:00

Just got word that "The REAL Deal", a TV Pilot script that I co-wrote with my brother Scott, has won FIRST PLACE in the Scriptapalooza TV Competition (www.scriptapalooza.com).

We couldn't be happier. This is a project that we have been developing for the last year, and it's the first contest we've entered it into.

Now to get it on television...

To read an interview with Jeremy Carr and Scott C. Carr on Scriptapalooza, go here:

www.scriptapaloozatv.com

--Jeremy

www.crutchfilms.com

Woods Hole Film Festival

2006-08-15T22:42:00.000-07:00

"Ice Cream Ants" made its premiere on Monday, July 31st at the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod. Thanks to everyone who turned out. I'll try to get some photos posted soon....