Michael Moore’s financial crisis film tops bill in Venice

Reports from Rome on Reuters say that it looks like Michael Moore’s Oscar-winning film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story‘ could well come away as overall winner at the Venice Film Festival.

Six US films have been nominated at the world’s oldest film festival – a sure sign that the writers strike did nothing to prevent the return of the US film-business.

This year there will be 24 film in the contest – one of which is yet to be unveiled – and both France and Italy will be featuring heavily this year. Both countries have four films each representing them.

The event starts on Sept 2nd and runs until Sept 12th.

Read more here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56T54620090730

New Film and Movie Search Engine

We’ve created a custom Google search to help people search for film and movie news and information.  You can use it at http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=018436150521358100921:fft8th8lcok&hl=en.

You can also get the code to add it to your web page or you can add to your iGoogle page.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions about the websites we should add to it, or would like to volunteer to contribute.

We’ve also incorporated the search into a Google Gadget, that has five feeds, three of which are changable, to bring you the latest film news and release information.  You can preview the Gadget and use the search on our Film Search page.

Contacting Us
There are a number of ways you can contact us.  As well as using the contact form on our website, you can email info@ownafilmcompany.com or text us on +44 7624 80 81 82. Just make sure you start your text with the keyword FILMS.

Newsletter and Press Release

We’ve issued a new Press Release today, visit http://www.ownafilmcompany.com/press-release-new-website to view it.

Our February newsletter also went out today.  Yes we know it’s March, but it is an update of the February happenings on the site.  If you haven’t received it, you can view the full newsletter online, but here’s an extract:

We’ve made it easier for people to register their interest. Previously the only way to let us know you were interested in becoming a paid member, when the time comes, was to register as a free member. Although that is still the best way becuase registered free members receive regular updates, invites to our events, have access to our forums, can vote in our polls and have other benefits, we’ve now made it possible to register your interest without actually registering on the website. We’ve added Google Friend Connect, so people can register their interest in becoming a paid member, and invite friends, using their Google, AIM, Yahoo or OpenID account.

We’ve created an iGoogle tab to make it easier for you to stay updated. When you add the tab to your iGoogle, you will have all our updates in one place. There are six boxes on the tab; latest posts to our homepage, latest articles in the updates section, latest blog posts, latest film news from our blog, latest film reviews from our blog and our latests Twitter updates. Try it now.

Written by Tracey, OwnAFilmCompany.com

Register Your Interest in OwnAFilmCompany.com Using Your Your Google, AIM, Yahoo or OpenID Account

We’ve added Google Friend Connect to our website, so you can register your interest in becoming a paid member, and invite friends, using Your Google, AIM, Yahoo or OpenID account, without having to sign up as a free member first.

You will still need to register, to become a paid up member, but it gives you an easy way of registering your interest, before we open up paid membership.

Paid membership will become available once we have a total of 100,000 people registered, either through Google Friend Connect or as free members on OwnAFilmCompany.com.

Photos From Our Launch Party

If you’ve been to this blog, or visited our website lately, you will know what we had a launch party for our new website, last Thursday.  It’s a bit difficult to write up a launch party – it was a party – there were drinks and food and music and people – but luckily we have photos to do the write up for us.

The party did include an auction of film memorabilia, in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  We had planned on a silent auction, but as you can see from the photos, that didn’t really work,  so we held an impromtu normal auction.  Most of the items sold and the four that didn’t, are available for online auction now.

These photos were kindly taken by Tony Halford of Tony Halford Photography.

Online Film Memorabilia Auction, in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

We still have a few items left, after our launch party with silent auction, in aid of CRY, so we are going to try to sell them online, before returning them to our supplier. These are 3 day auctions, so be quick!

These items, as with all those in our silent auction, were supplied to us by a third party, at a reserve price. The reserve price goes to the supplier. Everything over and above that goes to CRY (after Ebay and credit cards fees etc have been deducted).

All items were signed in person and come with a certificate of authenticity.

All reserve prices are listed here and we will close the auction early, if a suitable offer is received, so contact us, if you would like to make an offer.

If you cannot view the auction below, click here.

Last Night’s Launch Party

A big thank you to everyone who came to our party last night, especially those who bid on the auction.  Photos coming soon, but in the meantime here’s the raffle and auction results:

Auction

Autographed In Person 16X20 Photos

• Sean Connery, James Bond – Reserve: £250 Sold for £250
• Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull – Reserve: £225 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Jack Nicholson, The Shining – Reserve: £200 Sold for £235

Autographed In Person 11X14 Photos

• Angelina Jolie – Reserve: £95 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Carribean – Reserve: £150 Unsold – contact us if interested

Autographed In Person 8X10 Photos

• Heath Ledger – Reserve: £185 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, Men In Black – Reserve: £45 Sold for £50
• Orlando Bloom, Pirates of The Caribbean – Reserve: £35 Sold for £50
• Keanu Reeves, The Matrix – Reserve: £25 Sold for £50
• Kevin Bacon, Death Sentence – Reserve: £20 Sold for £22.50

Autographed In Person Boxing Glove

• Sylvester Stallone, “Rocky” – Reserve: £150 Sold for £170

Raffle Winners

• Two tickets to Thriller Live, donated by Adrian Grant, Producer of Thriller Live.
  Won by Maureen Judge
• Alfred Hitcock DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Matt Evans
• The Audrey Hepburn Collection DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Lee Gibbons
• Alyson Hanigan Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Jayesh Panchmatia
• Drew Barrymore Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Andrew McDonough
• Avon Bond Girl 007 Gift Set, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Tony Halford

More Film Memorabilia Announced

As we have already said, to celebrate the launch of our new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction, of film memorabilia, and business card raffle,  in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

We announced the first few auction items, a few days ago.  We have now secured the follwoing items as well:

AUTOGRAPHED 16X20 Photos
Jack Nicholson – The Shining
Sean Connery – James Bond
Robert DeNiro – Raging Bull

AUTOGRAPHED 11X14 Photos
Angelina Jolie
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Carribean

AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 Photos
Heath Ledger

AUTOGRAPHED BOXING GLOVES
Sylvester Stallone – “Rocky”

Raffle Prizes Announced

As we have already said, to celebrate the launch of our upcoming new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction, of film memorabilia, and business card raffle,  in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

These are the raffle prizes we have so far:

• Alfred Hitcock DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Psycho, Frenzy, Rope, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Birds, Topaz, Marnie, Vertigo, Rear Window, Torn Curtain, Shadow Of A Doubt, Saboteur, Family Plot. RRP £89.99.
• The Audrey Hepburn Collection DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Sabrina, Funny Face, Paris When It Sizzles,Roman Holiday. RRP £49.99.
• Alyson Hanigan Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• Drew Barrymore Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• Avon Bond Girl 007 Gift Set, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• More items TBA, so keep checking back…

The raffle will cost £1 per entry and all entry fees will go to CRY.  If you are interested in donating items, please email party@ownafilmcompany.com.

The First Items for our Film Memorabilia Auction are Confirmed

To celebrate the launch of our upcoming new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

We have today secured the first few items for the auction.  These are 8″x10″ framed signed photos:

• Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, Men In Black, Autographed In Person Picture – Reserve: £45
• Orlando Bloom, Pirates of The Caribbean, Autographed In Person Picture – Reserve: £35
• Keanu Reeves, The Matrix, Autographed In Person Picture – Reserve: £25
• Kevin Bacon, Death Sentence, Autographed In Person Picture- Reserve: £20

Everything above the reserve price will go to CRY.  If you are interested in donating items, which will be auctioned at no reserve, with the full amont going to CRY, please email party@ownafilmcompany.com.