For immediate release:
HOLLYWOOD (MAY 2) -- HIGH THERE, the nonfiction
comedy film directed by and starring "gonzo" television pioneer Wayne
Darwen, will be released on DVD and On Demand across North America by BRINKvision
on June 23rd.
The distribution deal was announced this afternoon
by producer Burt Kearns after the film was screened at the first annual
Cannabis Film Festival in Garberville, California.
High There is a dark nonfiction comedy following
Darwen in the guise of journalist-producer "Dave High," who heads to Hawaii
to film a marijuana travel series, only to become lost in a fog of drugs, sex
and paranoia as he uncovers a government plot to control the marijuana trade.
It is directed by Darwen and cinematographer Henry
Goren.
Darwen is a veteran tabloid journalist and
television producer who was the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr.'s character
in "Natural Born Killers," has been compared to Hunter S. Thompson
and is credited as a godfather of both tabloid television and "gonzo
producing."
"Wayne Darwen was one of the first old school
journos to make the transition from alcohol to weed," Kearns said
Saturday. "It may not have helped his career, but as with Hunter S. Thompson and Willie Nelson, it unleashed new lines of
creativity that led to the unique participatory journalism, raw honesty and
wild flights we see in High There."
High There is produced by Sam Peters International
Productions Unlimited, Good Story Productions and Rat Lung Pictures.
BRINKvision is known as "the last real
independent film distribution company." Founded in 2001 by indie film pioneer
Danny Vinik, it carries a diverse catalog of titles spanning a wide valley of
genres and themes, from punk rock docs to critically acclaimed dramas to
micro-budget features to blood-curdling horror films.
Added Kearns:
"BRINKvision is the perfect match for High There. They support the
avant garde and the rebels. And they recognize that High There is unlike
anything seen before."
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