Online film distribution company Ifilm.net and business ISP Globix will present Edward Vilga's Dead Broke to audiences online and at New York's Tribeca Film Center. The cast also includes Tony Roberts and Jill Hennessy. This will open a whole lot of possibilities to get films out there that traditionally wouldn't get theater time. Filmmakers and distributors agree that it's only a matter of time before digital production replaces celluloid. Last October, Wavelength Releasing beamed the indie film The Last Broadcast via satellite to specially equipped theaters in five cities, making it the first digitally distributed theatrical film release.
Film is a nationally marketed product with a very conservatively controlled distribution.
The studios want to make sure they keep the control they have now. Send it . Use this version. E-mail this to a friend. Wired Digital Inc., a Lycos Network site.