Don't Let's Start - coming 2008

About Me

Don't Let's Start in the Internet Movie Database
I'm a dark comedy feature film being produced by Twitching Monkey Productions and others.
Eric Rhoades will direct.
Written by Eric Rhoades & Casey Wickson
CURRENT STATUS: Announced In IMDB / FUNDRAISER TRAILER and SAMPLE SCENE are up! / shooting late '07 - script revisions March & April / pre-DLS projects : short films, etc
Dark social satire exploring the cruelty of mainstream society through the eyes of someone not prepared for it. 19 year old Wallace Elend is a lonely, troubled insomniac, working at a run-down movie theater with a boss who hates him and the only two people he's close to, Michael Elfman and Ana Ng. When he, Elfman and Ana begin shooting a Troma-meets-John Waters style slasher movie, Elfman recruits a gorgeous former co-worker, Alicia Hale, to star as a sexy heroine. Wallace falls in love with Alicia, who turns out to be too much for him to deal with, sending him into a dangerous mental breakdown.
(script copyright 2003 Eric Rhoades / Twitching Monkey Productions, WGA West 999081)

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My Interests

dark comedy, movies, music, drama, horror, documentaries, comedy, actors, actresses, acting, writing, production, cinematography, music videos, film, digital video, screenings and raising funds.

I'd like to meet:

Marla Sokoloff. Actors & actresses who don't take themselves *too* seriously. Investors. Distributors. Fans. Supporters. Chimps. Bands, other filmmakers, other films, weird fake profiles for cartoon characters. People who enjoy dark comedy, indie film, or anything listed in the interests section. Geeks, freaks, outsiders, misfits, nerds, rebels, and people who suffer from fear of poodles. Satan, as we have a pact to discuss...
Almost anyone. Almost. If you fear R-rated movies, or are generally antagonistic you should avoid this film and everyone involved at all costs. "Don't Let's Start" reminds you that your first amendment rights do not require us to care, listen, or respond to you.
PLEASE check out the FAQs in the blog before sending questions, including ones voicing your objection to being added. Otherwise, questions & comments are always appreciated! Thank you! ~ Don't Let's Start management
also, these kids:

Music:

They Might Be Giants, Corn Mo, .357 Lover, The Riverboat Gamblers, Marla Sokoloff, Smittin, Sara Radle, Lucy Loves Schroeder, Common Rotation, The Dutch Treats, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Rentals, Weezer, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Green Day, Devo, Talking Heads, Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Ramones, Chop-Sakis, High Tension Wires, Mono Puff, John Linnell, Oingo Boingo, Presidents of the United States of America, William Shatner's "Has Been"

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Chasing Amy, True Romance, Ghost World, Heathers, Throw Momma From The Train, War of the Roses, Big Lebowski, Happiness, Heavenly Creatures, Rushmore, Ed Wood, UHF, Napoleon Dynamite, Audition, Amelie, Orgazmo, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Evil Dead 2, Shaun of the Dead, The Jerk, John Waters, Troma, Russ Meyer, Coen Brothers, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Todd Solondz, Peter Jackson, Alexander Payne, Curtis Hanson, Zucker / Abrahams / Zucker, Danny DeVito, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Sam Raimi

Television:

The Simpsons, Spaced, South Park, Scrubs, Freaks & Geeks, Malcolm In The Middle, Daily Show, Conan O'Brien, Dinner for Five, Adult Swim, Futurama, Family Guy

Books:

American Scream, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?, The Pleasure Of My Company, Catcher In The Rye, Make Your Own Damn Movie!

Heroes:

Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, Bill Hicks, Danny DeVito, Kevin Smith, Joel & Ethan Coen, Terry Zwigoff, Peter Jackson, Todd Solondz, Lloyd Kaufman, John Waters, Russ Meyer, David Fincher, Danny Boyle, Ben Stiller, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Mike Judge, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Pedro Almodovar, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Corn Mo.
But most of all, this cat:

My Blog

George Carlin 1937 - 2008

1937 - 2008. A true genius is gone. I was lucky enough to see him 3 times over the years and wish I'd seen him the last time he came through town. ...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:15:00 PST

The Elevator

While we're still seeking a new producer to bring DLS to life, the director took a script by Joe Francis and went out and did a new short on no budget. Check out... "The Elevator" ...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:05:00 PST

State of DLS

Hello, all.Our funding fell through, and the script is being passed around Dallas. We're looking for a recommendation, rather than posting advertisments for exec producers. If you know someone who can...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:27:00 PST

"The Slaughterhouse"

The director and a producer of Don't Let's Start joined director Casey Corpier's team Darkstar in this year's 24 Hour Video Race. This year's criteria was the theme "wrong turn", a musical instrument ...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Mon, 28 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

"Announced" in IMDB

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0903610/
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:47:00 PST

PegasusNews.com Article

Thanks to Justin of Striped Socks Productions for bringing this to my attention. Fort Worth Filmmaker Sells Producer Credit on eBay Tuesday, January 2, 2007 Fort Worth filmmaker sells producer credit ...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:36:00 PST

Sample Scene

Happy New Year, kids!Our friend Aaron Walker of The Line Inside needed to shoot something for a sound engineering project, so I volunteered 4 pages from DLS's screenplay and we recruited DP Guillermo ...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:07:00 PST

Updates & Thanks

Thanks to everyone who's taken part in our auctions. It's afforded us a professional breakdown and preliminary budget on the script.Don't forget, our AUCTIONS still continue! Tell your friends!ASSOCIA...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:42:00 PST

"A Four Course Meal: Working Stiffs"

One of the segments from Clay Liford's anthology film A Four Course Meal is up on YouTube. It's called "Working Stiffs" and stars Bill Sebastian and Laura Bailey. Check it out and add the profile, it'...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST

True Crime

Because Mike's going to be in DLS, and these guys are most definitely on the soundtrack, here is the new music video by The Riverboat Gamblers - True Crime...
Posted by Don't Let's Start - coming 2008 on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:16:00 PST