PHYSICAL
GRAFFITI
Press Release
Poppy's Magic Productions, Inc.
1342 S.W. Bertha Blvd.,
Portland, Oregon 97219
Tel: 503-892-9131 / FAX:
503-892-9594
CONTACT: Cid Swank
Unit Publicist (503) 892-9131 / cidswank@aol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Physical
Graffiti" Wraps Principal Photography In Portland, Oregon! Zeta Entertainment
Launches Levitt/Yellen Productions With Independent Feature August 17, 1998.
Portland, OR. Zeta Entertainment, the independent production company that brought
such edgy flicks as "Guncrazy" and HBO's "Montana" to the
screen, announces today the wrap of principal photography on "Physical
Graffiti."
Starring the emerging 'brat pack'
for the next millenium-- Liesel Matthews
("A Little Princess," "Air Force One"), Blake Heron
("Shiloh"), Adam LaVorgna ("Beautician ? The Beast") ? Tony Denman
("Fargo"), author Martin Schenk (A Small Dark Place) makes his directorial debut
with his semi-autobiographical screenplay that has been referred to as a darker
"Stand By Me." Brent ? Tobi Haleen serve as Executive Producers on the film that
was shot on location around Portland, Oregon, and wrapped over the weekend. The story
follows four teens in a small town whose parents seem too busy with their own lives to pay
them much attention. School doesn't hold their interest and civilization seems to be
encroaching upon their sacred wooded turf. Why not turn to alcohol, drugs and dare-devil
acts to alleviate the boredom while blocking out the pain and confusion of puberty? But
then one day they go too far... ...More...
"Physical Graffiti" Wraps
Principal Photography, 8/17/98 Press Release Zane W. Levitt and Mark Yellen are
producing the movie under their new banner of Levitt/Yellen Productions. Independently
financed so that they can have 100% creative control during production, they are
fully confident in the vision of first-time director, Martin Schenk, who will paint a
picture of angst in today's teens. In addition, the movie showcases the emerging
talent of four teen actors who are making the transition themselves from childhood into
adulthood as seen by the casting of Liesel Matthews who played the little princess in
"A Little Princess," Blake Heron who was in "Shiloh," Adam LaVorgna
of "Beautician And The Beast" and Tony Denman who played the son in the
Academy Award-winning "Fargo." "Physical Graffiti" is a Zeta
Entertainment presentation of a Levitt/Yellen Production in association with Poppy's
Magic, Inc.
For further information, please contact
publicist, Cid Swank, at (503) 892-9131 or (310) 285-3588. ### |