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MonogramPictures
10-25-2009, 08:20 PM
Firelight premiered on 24 March 1964 at Spielberg's local cinema, the Phoenix Little Theater in the Southwest US in Arizona . Spielberg managed to sell (through the use of advertising by friends and family) 500 tickets at one dollar each.


It was his first commercial success, was shown at a local cinema and generated a profit of $1

The soundtrack was all made no-budget by himself and the high school he went to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecnXPQg-oZY
Chucks McCork
10-25-2009, 09:09 PM
i'm amazed someone could find any footage of this. do you know what the film is about?
MonogramPictures
10-25-2009, 09:11 PM
i'm amazed someone could find any footage of this. do you know what the film is about?

Firelight follows a group of scientists – particularly Tony Karcher and UFO believer Howard Richards - as they investigate a series of colored lights in the sky and the subsequent disappearance of people, animals and objects from the fictional American town of Freeport, Arizona. Among those kidnapped by the Alien are a dog, a unit of soldiers and young girl called Lisa, whose abduction induces a heart attack in her mother. Spielberg, showing maturity as a teenager, has sub-plots involving marital discord between Karcher and his wife Debbie and the obsessive quest of Richards to convince the CIA that alien life does not exist. The twist comes as the aliens, represented by three shadows, reveal their purpose: to transport Freeport to their home planet Altaris and create a human zoo.
TreasureBox Films
10-25-2009, 09:50 PM
This was made relativity near me.
WakeUpStudios
10-26-2009, 03:51 PM
I'm doing something similar this summer. I'm filming a feature length film and I'm gonna try for some public screenings.
We'll definitely profit since we don't even have $500. We have currently... hold on....$zip. I guess that's the beauty! You can only go uphill from the bottom! :D
Miten Soni
10-26-2009, 05:47 PM
I'm doing something similar this summer. I'm filming a feature length film and I'm gonna try for some public screenings.
We'll definitely profit since we don't even have $500. We have currently... hold on....$zip. I guess that's the beauty! You can only go uphill from the bottom! :D
nice! im currently doing one right now and it is the hardest project ive ever taken on. our budget so far has been $2 for a bucket, thats 2 more dollars than i ever intended on spending.