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Scotty Pelk

www.scottysfilmpage.com

About Me

My name is Scotty Pelk - I am an online film critic with a heavy interest in film. I live in Portland OR on the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway. I worked at a video store for a long time and am currently looking for a job at a new video store or another film related job. I basically want to network with other people interested in film.A movie was made about me called FILM GEEK. It will be in theaters actually in Januray 2006 - for more information go to www.scottysfilmpage.com and then please come and see it.And check out the trailer at http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/filmgeek/

My Interests

Film.

I'd like to meet:

(living) Wong Kar-Wai, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Peter Jackson, Jean-Luc Godard, John Carpenter, Lars Von Trier (and basically all of Dogme), George Lucas, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, William Friedkin, James Cameron (TONS of T-2 questions), Jaques Rivette, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Richard Lester, Roman Polanski, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, Gus Van Sant, Steven Soderbergh, Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, Clint Eastwood, Mark Rappaport, Peter Bogdonavich, Steven Spielberg, Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Richard Linklater, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Henry Jaglom, Steven Frears, Harold Ramis, Ingmar Bergman.(dead) Stanley Kubrick, Jaques Tati, Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, Pietro Germi, Eric Von Stroheim, Frank Tashlin, Joseph H. Lewis, Howard Hawks, John Ford, Henry Hathaway, Vittorio de Sica, Edgar G. Ulmer, Michael Powell (and Emeric Pressburger, natch), Carol Reed, George Stevens, Francois Truffaut, Luis Bunuel, Jean-Pierre Melville, Frank Capra, John Cassavetes, Carl Dreyer, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Preston Sturges.

Music:

Danny Elfman, Franz Waxman, Carter Burwell, Howard Shore, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, Georges Delarue.

Books:

Barton Fink/Miller's Crossing screenplays (Coens), Cronenberg on Cronenberg, Easy Riders Raging Bulls (Biskind), Leonard Maltin Guide, Videohound Guide(s), basically anything by Leslie Halliwell, Andrew Sarris, or Roger Ebert; KUBRICK by Michel Ciment, Conversations with Wilder (by Cameron Crowe actually), Cassavetes on Cassavetes (Ray Carney), Kill Bill: An Unofficial Casebook (DK Holm), Making Movies (Sidney Lumet).

My Blog

SCOTTY'S OK!

Hey everyoneI can;t apologize actually enough for not blogging since like Fevbruary basically. I was kidnapped in New YORK city during the release of the film and I was only recently let go. It was ...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:46:00 PST

FILM GEEK gets a B+ in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!!

Hey everyone Scotty Pelk here live from NYC with basically the best news since Apple.com posted our trailer: Lisa Schwartzbaum frpm EW gave us a rave actually! This will be in their next issue (no...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:35:00 PST

FILM GEEK featured in Sunday NY POST!

Hey everyone: Great news actually. The movie about my life, FILM GEEK, was basically written about in the NY POST (!), home of critic Lou Lumenick (awesome) and there's a picture of yours truly in...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:30:00 PST

FILM GEEK opens in NYC and CORVALIS!!!!

Hey Everyone! Im basically sorry for how long its taken me to write a new blog entry. I have A LOT to say actually about the recent SAG awards, The Gloden Globes and of course the Oscar noms (no...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:08:00 PST

FILM GEEK is basically doing awesome!

Hey everyone, Scotty here with a special thanks actually to everyone who has turned out for my movie! The FILM GEEK run at Cinema 21 was a smashing success due mostly to positive word of mouth and ki...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:34:00 PST

FILM GEEK at Cinema 21 then at Clinton St. Theater

FILM GEEK, the movie about my life, had an awesome opening weekend this weekend actually! Thanks to everyone for coming out and basically supporting inmdependednt film! Here are some critical blur...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:28:00 PST

FILM GEEK starts tomorrow actually!

Hey everybody! Its Scotty here on the eve of the premiere of the movie about my life, FILM GEEK (watch the trailer at www.filmgeekthemovie.com actually), which starts tomorrow (Friday 13th) here i...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:57:00 PST

SCOTTYS FAMOUS NEW MYSPACE FRIENDS

Hi EveryoneIts Scottyhappy new year everyone!! 2006 has so far turned out to be an amazing year actually. Just yesterday Shawn Levy from The Oregonian (who basically had his latest book optioned by ...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:17:00 PST

SCOTTY'S TOP 10 FOR 2005!

Hello everyone, Scotty here with my top ten for 2005. Sorry to keeo you all waiting! 2005 was a great year for movies actually and this list was not easy. FILM GEEK, the movie about my life...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:56:00 PST

In Praise of Terry Gilliam

Hey everyone, Scotty here with a new essay. Sporry to say my 2005 top ten list is STILL not done. Give me a few more days! Basically have patience is all I'm saying. With the recent release o...
Posted by Scotty Pelk on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:43:00 PST