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“Holler, Wild Rose!” at Cameo in Brooklyn

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:41:21 +0000

“Holler, Wild Rose” performing their title track at Cameo in Brooklyn, New York, on May 16, 2009. “A Shoreline Dream” from latenight weeknight records and “My Best Fiend” also joined them during the night. As part of the soundtrack to The Great American Road Trip – They are one of our favorites!

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The Traveling Road Show

Dan Portnoy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:14:54 +0000

The Great American Road Trip pushed the envelope of New Media by releasing to the web. To keep with the nature of the film, the DVD release couldn’t be anything ordinary. So Spring 2008 the guys from the show will be joining up with special venues and musicians from the soundtrack for an evening of entertainment and independent film.

The Lineup

The DVD is only a part of the experience and will feature an additional 2 minutes vignette on each episode, crammed with special features including out takes and blooper reel.

In an effort to make the arts more accessible, Abandon Films and Superhero Pictures are teaming up with 4 independent filmmakers, the DVD will be pulp in nature with no feature longer than 8 minutes. Interspersed with the episodes of The Great American Road Trip will be 4 original short films by independent filmmakers. The concept of short film makers banding together to create a larger audience than any single producer could get on their own is nothing new but in this way the films will be easily accessible to thousands.

Roanoke, VA –
Lynchburg, VA –
Arlington, VA –
Washington, DC –
Virginia Beach –
Richmond –
Durham, NC –
Mt Airy, NC –

Are you an independent filmmaker? Have you got what it takes? Submit your film for consideration to be added to The Great American Road Trip Traveling Road Show. Please contact us at film@thegreatamericanroadtrip with a link to your posted work online or please mail it to:

The Great American Road Trip – Traveling Road Show
PO Box 4434
Lynchburg, VA 24502

Episode Five – Roanoke, VA – The Final Episode

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:54:21 +0000

This week the guys race the sun along the Blue Ridge Parkway. With stops at Mabry Mill (the most photographed area of the parkway) and the Meadows of Dan (no relation to Dan Portnoy) our travelers come to the end of their journey, culminating with a giant star. But who do they meet along the way?

Episode 5 Teaser

Dan Portnoy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:18:49 +0000

Episode Four – Mt. Airy, NC

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:42:06 +0000

The guys get to visit the bygone days of Opie, Floyd, Andy and Aunt Bea. This week the road leads the crew to Mt. Airy, NC. Where they take in the sites, sounds and tastes of Mayberry R.F.D.

Episode Four Teaser- Mt. Airy, NC

Dan Portnoy — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:09:05 +0000

Releasing this week, Tuesday, 9/25 is part four of five.

The guys get to visit the bygone days of Opie, Floyd, Andy and Aunt Bea. This week the road leads the crew to Mt. Airy, NC. Where they take in the sites, sounds and tastes of Mayberry R.F.D.

Episode Three – Durham, NC

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:39:34 +0000

This week we finally hit Durham, NC but we’ve got no idea where we’re going to stay…. Check out the drama as Dan tries to get a hotel room with no money in this Episode of The Great American Road Trip..

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Road Trip Featured at VIRB.com

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:05:36 +0000

The publicity continues as The Great American Road Trip’s second installment is highlighted by VIRB.com. Join the 1,200+ viewers in a grassroots movement in film and new media. Check out the webisodes today, click here!

Episode Two – Martinsville

Dan Portnoy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:41:56 +0000

Now we’re getting somewhere. This weeks episode, our travelers finally make it to Martinsville Speedway and encounter nature on a very different level. This week episode features music from St. James Inc., Andy Zipf and Holler, Wild Rose.

Click here to see the film slightly larger at the VIRB site

So Where Are The Credits?

Dan Portnoy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:59:48 +0000

One of the largest pieces of feedback I’ve received this week is about opening credits. I’ve received emails asking, “Where are the opening credits?” “How are we supposed to know who you are?” and “Didn’t you guys develop this more and do your homework?”. To all of this feedback I say, thank you for caring enough to ask questions. and so in all of this I asked Won Novalis, editor and overall genius of this project these very same questions.

So Won what’s with the lack of opening credits? And how is anyone supposed to figure out who we are?

Most Pilot Episodes don’t have opening credits because you haven’t established who the people are and you also don’t want to give away who will be in the show or if they will be. We approached the The Great American Road Trip like a traditional TV Series giving it no opening so that it would feel just like a pilot. Most pilot episodes don’t put the money into the credits opening until they know the show is okay’d, that is traditionally the case. Don’t worry, starting in Episode 2 the credits will be there and from there on is the plan. Just episode one is Sans-credits.

And as we all learned in Episode 1 “sans” is French for “too bad”. So next week make sure you’re watching for the opening credits plus Restrooms of Virginia really comes into it’s own.