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dennis

Parachuting into the valley of awesomeness.....know what i'm sayin?

About Me

I'm probably one the most passionate people you'll meet--which can be a good thing, and in some cases, a bad thing because I'll get extra pumped about a topic or a project and that can a bit much sometimes. But most times it helps me to stay driven and it really helps when i teach martial arts which what I do right now while I try to kick my foot THROUGH the door into the film industry......i love teaching kids and adults and if i could become a martial arts action film star and continue teaching i would--but if i had to choose i'd choose being in films first--which is what i'm most passionate about--I'm lucky that I have some friends who share the same or similar goals-- Being a member of "The Stunt People" is one of the most important things in my life--We're all passionate and motivated to make the kind of martial arts action films that people will enjoy watching more than once--we recently finished our first feature film: "CONTOUR"!!! Click here for the "CONTOUR" trailer!!!
More info can be found on my website www.dennisruel.com and at www.thestuntpeople.com . I wish the best of luck to everyone trying to make it in the film industry!!!!
Here's my demo--thanks to Tofu Speed and Jason for the tech help so i could get this thing online! And a very special thanks Every Member of the Stunt People family, Tony Chu from Zero Gravity, Stephen Reedy for a lot of the camera work and the titles and of course Ministry for their track "New World Order"--now watch the demo!
Go here for more info on upcoming and past projects: www.dennisruel.com Other stuff is "downloadable" on the homepage and in the "SHOWCASE" section.

My Interests

Teaching Hapkido!!! Martial Arts In General!!! Watching movies!!! Snowboarding!!! ANNNND FilmMaking like this clip below that my buddies and I are IN!!!]

I'd like to meet:

Everyone!!!!!!!!I'm trying to get out there in every way possible--so if anyone knows anyone who knows anyone--i would really appreciate a referrel--and to any local independent film makers out there...I'm ready to go for martial arts or non-martial arts films! so please send me a message if you're interested in working with me or using me in your film. Good luck to all! email: [email protected]

Music:

Bone Thugs~N~Harmony! (in their own category--nobody can do what they do!), Cee-Lo Green (in his own category--nobody can do what he can do!), A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Black Sheep, Common, Hieroglyphics, Quannum Emcees (Gift of Gab , LyricsBorn and Lateef...These guys are Incredible!), Little Brother, Styles Of Beyond, The Roots, Blackstar, Wordsworth, Punchline, Digable Planets, Questionmark Asylum (Nobody knows these guys!? and nobody's album is like "the album" hahaha!) The Procussions, Wu-Tang Clan, Outkast, MF Doom, Murs, Blue Scholars, Ugly Duckling, Pharcyde, Diverse Curse!!! I pretty much like most groups that put together something really different or clever/deep lyrics--and I know i'm leaving some out but those groups listed are always being played--and in other genres: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, System of a Down and other rock groups that rock but still have singing ability....and MOST hip hop from the early 90's--THOSE WERE THE DAYS! Great hip hop artists aren't even being heard in their own home towns!!!??? WHY?! Get Gift of Gab, Lateef & Hiero on the radio!--at least Lyrics Born is getting some play on 105 though...? Our local rock station plays better hip hop than our TWO hip hop stations....?! Never really been a fan of mainstream--with some exceptions like Outkast and Ludacris I'm freakin sick of radio's regulars! So I mostly listen to hip hop but I've always been open to listening to any kind of music!!! And please...hip hop people....if you don't know the above listed--Look into them cause you're missing out!

Movies:

Whoa....my head is about to explode....too many....where to begin? HOW ABOUT PURE RANDOMNESS!!!! Johnny To's "Exiled"(Just saw it...man),BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA(Whoa is that some good stuff or what?!), Old Boy, Hot Fuzz, Rundown, Tron, Drunken Master 2, Sin City,Goonies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Naked Gun 1-3, Airplane 1 and 2, Goodfellas (Holy crap this thing!),Miike's Dead or Alive (Ending of all endings), Indiana Jones Series (4 on the waaay!!!!), Star Wars 4-6 (i mean cmon!) , Transporter 1 and 2 (appreciate these damn it!) , Waiting, Superbad!!!!!, Kiss Of The Dragon, Borat, BACK TO THE FREAKIN FUTURE 1-3!!!!!, Kung Fu Hustle, Killer, Hardboiled, Ghostbusters, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Spaceballs, Dragon Tiger Gate, Dirty Carnival, City of Violence, Crank (so much hate on this thing....sad), Dawn Of The Dead (old and new), Napoleon Dynamite, Predator, Hell Boy, Total Recall, Bad Boys 1 and 2, Oceans 11,12,13, Smokin Aces, Swingers, Made, The Rock, 28 days later, Terminator 1 and 2, Golden Child, UHF, The Incredibles, Battle Royale, Unleashed, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Memento, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, 300, Run Lola Run, Blade, Blades Of Glory HAHA And Transfreakinformers!!!!!!(childhood returns!!!!!!!) AND EVERYTHING MY BUDDIES AND I HAVE WORKED ON OR MADE--LIKE "CONTOUR" CLIPS ABOVE!

Television:

I don't really have stuff that i try to catch anymore--used to have a bunch--but before i bought the dvds FAMILY GUY was my FAV! I'll pretty much watch everything that's funny or creative.

Books:

The Where's Waldo Series!!!!

Heroes:

Jose Montesinos! Stewy Gilligan Griffin! Bruce Lee (Be like water my friend!) Ken Lo (Does anyone know who this is?!) Tony Jaa , Krayzie Bone , the "ello" catepillar from THE LABRYNTH, Spike from COWBOY BEBOP and Strong Bad (Better REKKONIZE Homestray!!!!....if you do, good jorb....) .. MySpace Profile Editor

My Blog

FIEVEL THROWS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by dennis on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:17:00 PST

I'm tired....

going to bed! gnite!
Posted by dennis on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:52:00 PST

Something funny to cheer people up if they need it

I'm watching this late night commercial for a sleeping drug (i think it's called LUNESTA or something like that) -- so apparently a glowing green butterfly hovers above you to HELP you sleep-- don't k...
Posted by dennis on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:00:00 PST

"Life is like....."

You know those quotes like "life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get" --Forrest Gump I made this blog for people to add a quote of their own! So add some please! Here...
Posted by dennis on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:58:00 PST

MEMORIES....

"MEMORIES..."If you are reading this please post a memory that I shared with you.It can be anything, hopefully a good memory.THEN - post this is YOUR blog and see what people say!...unless y...
Posted by dennis on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:35:00 PST

I thought this was HILARIOUS!!!

And of course I'll never see this commercial again......or at least the way i saw it.....It's late late late night and a commercial starts up about an advertising agency offering to put your ads on te...
Posted by dennis on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:08:00 PST

CONTOUR! 1st SHOW--SOLD OUT!!!!!!

THE STUNT PEOPLE present CONTOUR!!! A MARTIAL ARTS ACTION COMEDY filmed all over the world....like downtown san francisco, uptown san francisco, northbeach san francisco, oakland, and many other place...
Posted by dennis on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:00:00 PST

Hey EVERYBODY--what do you do personally when times are tough?

Hey everybody...just wondering if anyone wanted to share...what do you do when times are tough......? Times being "tough" could mean that something small is just buggin you or that things are really s...
Posted by dennis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST