For immediate release:
Award-winning,
internationally acclaimed film released on VOD & limited edition DVD
HOLLYWOOD (JUNE 23) -- High There, the internationally-acclaimed,
award-winning nonfiction film from directors Wayne Darwen and Henry Goren, arrives
in stores and homes today on VOD and limited edition BRINKvision DVD.
Today's release of the gonzo comedy follows months
of worldwide publicity, film festival laurels and international controversy,
all highlighted by a prestigious "seal of approval" award and rave reviews from Los Angeles to
Anchorage to Australia.
The LA Weekly called the film "a trip, full of
comedy and chaos," while highlighting its journalistic and political merits,
as Darwen, in the guise of Dave High, travels to the big Island of Hawaii and
brings attention to the case of THC Church founder Roger Christie, held four
years in federal lockup without a trial.
Film critic Indra Arriaga, writing in the Anchorage
Press, called High There "absurdly funny" with "newsworthy substance,''
and Darwen "an icon of his era."
In the national newspaper, The Australian, media
columnist Mark Day wrote that High There is a "labour of love... hailed as a minor masterpiece (that) reignites a film genre made popular decades ago by the
likes of Cheech and Chong... and its producer/star... described as the new Hunter S. Thompson — the new king of gonzo
journalism."
In a bizarre twist, the septuagenarian returned to his typewriter the
following week to declare the film "is not my cup of tea," a reversal
some attributed to Darwen's criticism of Robert Downey Jr.'s attack on
independent films and journalists. While
Darwen was the model for Downey Jr.,'s newsman in the film Natural Born
Killers, Day's wife is a high-powered manager of Hollywood megastars.
The controversy was overshadowed by High There's win of the Viewers Choice ("The People's Choice") Award at the first Cannabis Film Festival in the marijuana-growing mecca, Humboldt County.
High There is a Sam Peters
International Productions Unlimited and Good Story Productions presentation of
a Rat Lung picture. It's being delivered to homes today via Amazon.com, and on sale in stores,
BRINKvision.com and other sites.
A full list of the Video On Demand resources will follow. More information is available at HighThereTheMovie.com.
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