If you don't already know about
the movie--here is what happened!!!
"Where Is The
Chesterfield King?"
Original World Premiere Screening
Took Place Saturday, September 30, 8 P.M.
Dryden Theatre
George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, New York
OVERVIEW:
The Chesterfield Kings black and
white film "Where Is The Chesterfield King?" which had
it's worldwide Premiere September 30, 2000 at the plush, world-famous
Eastman House/Dryden Theater in Rochester, New York. The script
was originally written by Greg some 3-4 years prior and then was
re-written again! It's a comedy/drama in the vein of the Bowery
Boys, Batman, The Monkees Show, A Hard Day's Night, Hawaiian Eye
and the Munsters, with a little Three Stooges slapstick to boot!
GREG: When I was
young, I loved The Bowery Boys and The Three Stooges. It never
occurred to me that you had a bunch of grown men acting idiotic
and hanging out in a club house. In a way, being in a band is
like this-or at least THIS band is!!!
The band filmed sequences in London,
Rome, Paris, Honolulu and Las Vegas, amongst several other locations.
GREG: Shows like
ROUTE 66 or NAKED CITY were written, directed, and produced on
a genius level-Not that I'm comparing our primitive effort to
these landmark productions-but the fact that they were done on
location-and not on a studio set always impressed me. It could
give you a real insight into the story that a stage set could
not...we tried to do the same with our production-if being in
London or Hawaii was called for in the script-we would film in
those locations. We really tried for an authentic atmosphere.
The film features songs from the
Kings release "Where The Action Is!" album as well as
tracks from their "Surfin' Rampage" LP. This avant-garde
film features a cast of psychos including a villain, some numb-scull
thugs and a whip-wielding stage director. The film is in black
and white with exception of a color sequence when one of the band
members has a "Technicolor Dream" that the Chesterfield
Kings have turned into a surf band!
Press Release September
2001
"WHERE IS THE
CHESTERFIELD KING?"
*The Chesterfield Kings' film release
*Thursday, September 20th, 2001
*At The Pioneer Theatre / New York City
Sundazed Music in conjunction with "Cavestomp!
At the Movies" hosted the world wide release of the Chesterfield
Kings' new film, "WHERE IS THE CHESTERFIELD KING?" 8pm
Thursday, September 20th, 2001 as part of "Stop, Look &
Listen! The 1st Annual Two Boot Festival of Music and Film"
held in New York City.
To celebrate the release of the film, Sundazed Music and
Living Eye Productions arranged additional special screenings
of "Where Is The Chesterfield King?" in Boston, St.
Louis, San Francisco, London - England, Edinburgh - Scotland,
Madrid - Spain, Tokyo - Japan and Melbourne - Australia.
Film Synopsis: Its Ed Wood meets A Hard Days Night when
Greg, Andy, Mike, Ted, and Jeff, together The Chesterfield Kings
take on the evil Andro, a maniacal extraterrestrial bent on world
domination. The cosmic showdown sends The Kings racing around
the globe, from London to Rome, Las Vegas, and Honolulu in a desperate
attempt to reclaim drummer Mike whose held hostage by the deranged
alien. Can The Chesterfield Kings find their drummer, halt Andro's
master plan, and save the world, all in a brisk seventy minutes?
You'll have to see it to know for sure, but you can count on some
killer tunes along the way including The Chesterfield Kings' new
single 'Yes I Understand' and 'Where Do We Go From Here' featuring
lead vocals by Mark Lindsay formerly of Paul Revere and the Raiders
in a cameo appearance.
The 70-minute film was directed by Greg Prevost
and Samuel J. Lovetro.
Some stills
and insights from the film
On sale now on VHS
tape and vailable from the Living Eye Mail Order page or from SUNDAZED!
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