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Hey, what's up, everybody?
It's Rob.
Kind of a different opening for this show, because this is going to be kind of a different show for us.
What I thought I'd do for you guys is to take you back a little bit to this year's Dallas
International Film Festival.
It's not really considered an iTunes exclusive, but it kind of is.
This is kind of a first for us.
We're going to be doing a spotlight episode on a film that moved us so much that we've
championed it, and we want to get the word out there for everybody.
What we've done is you've taken a bunch of clips from this year's Dallas International Film
Festival.
We're going to hear us talk all about a film called Bomb City.
It's making its way around the festival circuit now, so if it's coming anywhere near you,
we want to encourage you to go out and see this film.
It's a text place in Amoreo, Texas, based on a true story.
It's about the punk rock scene and murder and our justice system, and it's so, so good.
Right now, as you'll hear me say later, right now, this is my favorite film of the year.
And we want to do everything we can to evangelize for this film and get it out there
so people can see it.
Anybody that made no somebody who's working with a distribution house, tell them about this
film.
It's such an amazing film.
You're going to hear us talk to one of the stars of the film, glad more shower.
You're going to hear Hunter Carson, who's part of the film festival along with Daniel
Dirt in our first clip.
You're also going to hear from one of the producers, Major Dodge, as well as a director
Jameson Brooks, as well as Cody Chick who's the composer.
He and his brother worked on it together.
The first four clips you're going to hear are from the first Friday night of the Dallas
International Film Festival, right after they have the role premiere of the film.
When you hear Jameson and Cody later on, that'll be after DFS honors after they win
the audience award.
And then the last couple of clips you're going to hear are Don and I in our wrap-up show
back here at the studio, just talking about how much we love this film.
And you can hear, I think, through the passion in our voices, how much we want everybody
to know about this film and the story behind it, it's so amazing.
And I'm just going to quit talking and let you guys hear this for yourself.
This is our clips, not only from the Dallas International Film Festival, but also from our
wrap-up show we did here at the studio for Bomb City.
And also make sure you can check out Don and I both have written reviews for this at www.WWWWW.
You dot the clubhousepodcast.com and yes, that is our website.
Let me now bring on the first guy I saw tonight when I got here.
That wasn't Chad because he wrote it with me.
That's a good start to me.
I know, and a guy that does our show every year and is nicer to us than he ever has to
be.
And we're always happy to have Hunter Carson with us.
Welcome back, sir.
Thank you.
So the movie's over.
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Hey, what's up everybody, it's Rob.
Uh, kind of a different opening for this show because this is going to be kind of a different
show for us.
What I thought I'd do for you guys is to take you back a little bit to this year's Dallas
International Film Festival.
Uh, it's not really, could be considered an iTunes exclusive, but it kind of is.
Uh, this is kind of a first for us.
We're going to be doing a spotlight episode on a film that moved us so much that we've
championed it and we want to get the word out there for everybody.
What we've done is you've taken a bunch of clips from this year's Dallas International
Film Festival.
And you're going to hear us talk all about a film called Bomb City.
It's making its way around the festival circuit now, so if it's coming anywhere near
you, we want to encourage you to go out and see this film.
It's a, it takes place in Amorale, Texas, based on the true story.
It's about the punk rock scene and murder and our justice system.
And it's so, so good right now, as you'll hear me say later, right now, this is my favorite
film of the year.
And we want to do everything we can to evangelize for this film and get it out.
There's what people can see it, uh, anybody that made no somebody who's working with
a distribution house, you know, tell them about this film.
It's such an amazing film.
You're going to hear us talk to one of the stars of the film, glad more shower.
Are you going to hear Hunter Carson, who's part of the film.
That's all along with Daniel Dirt in our first clip.
You're also going to hear from one of the producers major Dodge as well as a director
James and Brooks, as well as Cody Chick, who's the composer.
He and his brother worked on it together.
The first four clips you're going to hear are from the first Friday night of the Dallas
International Film Festival, right after they have the role premiere of the film.
When you hear James and Cody later on, that'll be after DFS honors after they win
the audience award.
And then the last couple of clips you're going to hear are Don and I and our wrap-up show
back here at the studio, just talking about how much we love this film.
And you can hear, I think, through the passion in our voice as how much we want everybody
to know about this film and the story behind it, it's so amazing.
And I'm just going to quit talking and let you guys hear this for yourself.
This is our clips, not only from the Dallas International Film Festival, but also from
our wrap-up show.
We did hear at the studio for Bomb City and also make sure you can check out Don and I both
have written reviews for this at www.theclubhousepodcast.com.
And yes, that is our website.
Yes, Rob.
All right, I need to know your feelings on, because you just saw Bomb City.
I saw Bomb City, it's a story about a culture whose pop culture is invested in loud music,
sports, anger, he subculture is invested in loud music, anger.
The culture I'm talking about, of course, is American culture.
And this film, while it is based on two events, is, thank you so much, a stunning
tour to force for young filmmakers.
Very nice.
Yeah.
And this is a Dallas-based group these days.
These young men and young women, this is a Dallas-based group.
They put their hearts on the screen, it shows.
It was packed.
And I don't think there was a dry eye really by the end of it.
I'll tell you what.
I will not give any spoilers.
If you want to know what the story is about, you can find it out.
It's on the internet.
Let me give Kudos to all the actors.
The writer director, who is an easily emerging a tour, easily emerging a tour.
And the producers, and I do want to say,
Major Dodge does a stunning performance in this thing, as, as do all the cast.
I definitely think he has every right to the frosted tips.
Oh, yeah.
All the way to the frosted tips.
And this coming from a man who is a filmmaker in his own right,
because I follow you on social media, you guys, you guys are doing work.
The pictures you're putting up on my, does this guy ever see?
I was going to have a geek out moment, so I had to step away for just a minute.
Because sitting in front of me right now, this is, again, second show in a row.
We've had one of my favorite people in the entertainment business on this show.
Normally, I would let him in.
I'm going to let you introduce yourself, sir, because I,
nobody's going to believe me if I say it, right into the thing.
I'm going to let more show.
Sir, I've been a fan of yours for many, many, many, many years.
Thank you, brother.
We just barely missed you three years ago.
And you were leaving as we were coming in.
Where was it here at, dude?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you were promoting your film, and you were on your way to the parking garage,
as we were hauling our gear out to us.
Yeah, that was, we were here for a series called Flutter,
or not a series, but a feature film.
But I, yeah, I remember the news called Flutter.
But you, tonight we're here with bombs say,
your film right now is the talk of the town.
I mean, when I said, and I'm not exaggerating,
almost everybody we've had on the show tonight has said,
this is the one they're here to see.
Oh, wow.
So talk about the film, talk about your experience in the film.
How was the screening?
First of all.
Oh, the screening was fabulous.
It was my second time to see the movie.
I saw a much lengthier cut about four months ago
that ran 207, and we knew at that time, of course,
they would cut 15 to 20 minutes out of it.
They wound up cutting about 25 out.
And so it's tight.
It's fast moving from a filmmaking perspective.
I mean, the film is beautiful.
They told the story perfectly and a very compelling story,
very painful story of Brian Denicke's death.
And very much an unfortunate ruling for the sake of his family.
And they were in the audience tonight.
Oh, really?
Yeah, they were.
And his mom, I actually met in the courtroom
about six months ago when we were shooting the movie.
And I, of course, playing the defense attorney,
which by design would be her enemy because he's the guy
who was responsible for the verdict turning out the way it was.
And the young man who was responsible for Brian's death
only was given 10 months of probation.
So it was a really double tragedy for the family.
But major dodge, who's one of the producers of the movie,
and I have been friends for many years.
And major, I was the right age and a native Texan,
even though I've lived in California for 35 years.
He knows I can do this, trying to prevent me to cause ever single person
and my family sounds exactly like this.
They whistle on their asses and so forth.
So I was, I was a correct choice, I guess, visually.
And I truly am honored.
It's among one of my favorite films to have done in a 41-year career.
Can you talk about, since this was a true story
and it's not the feel-good ending that you wish it would be in a case like this.
No, not at all.
You talk about the way that you carry any of that way with you while you're in the production
or are you kind of able to step away from it and just play it like it needs to be played.
Yeah, I do not allow roles to bother me in that way.
And there's kind of a joyous disconnect.
The moment we're done.
Not when I hear cut on a scene, but when we're done for the days work,
I don't take the emotions of that role or the peace I'm working in home with me ever.
I've been acting since I was 11 and I'm 57 now, so I've been at it a long time.
But this one, as I said in the screening, was different in that our job as actors were
guns for hire our job is to accept the reality that we're participating in
or that our character is participating in.
But that does not mean necessarily agreeing with it.
So I have vehemently disagreed with the verdict and yet I'm playing the man who is primarily
responsible for the facilitation of that verdict that I disagree with.
So I don't believe we have to agree at all with the people that we play,
but we have to accept it and we have to accept it as them.
And justify the choices we make in the same way that human beings always are in the business
of justifying their own behavior.
It's always come very naturally for me and I suppose that's why it shows acting as a career.
You said you saw the first cut it was over two hours, you expected them to cut it back.
No, I knew they would for sure.
Did you like the 207 run of it?
Or did you feel that it really needed to be cut back then?
No, I felt it needed to be cut back, but I think most every film that's that length does,
not all of them certainly, but most do.
You have to, it's difficult because as a filmmaker, which I also am, you've got to be willing
to, you know, the saying is you have to be willing to kill your babies, meaning they're
your ideas, you created them and many of them look great on an individualized basis, meaning
from scene to scene, a scene works, but you take all of those scenes that work and it
produces a product that's simply way too long.
So from a sacrificial standpoint, you have to stop and say, God, what can we, what can
we bear to live without?
And that's where it gets really, really tough.
So there was some great scenes in the cut that we saw that unfortunately never made it
to the film, and I think the film is probably better off without those scenes.
So, you know, God bless the DVD and the deleted scenes section.
Oh, absolutely.
Let me give you a quick story about this.
Sure, please.
Years ago, I was doing a movie with George Clooney, I've worked with George twice.
Joining us right now, the producer of Bomb City and a guy who's got a smile, a mile wide
welcome, Sarah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I we were just talking about the fact that, and this is not an exaggeration.
We've been on the air now for over two hours.
Every guest we've had, this has been the film they've been looking forward to.
So you had a full house tonight.
You can pretty much bet your bottom doll you're going to have a full house tomorrow night
as well.
How are you feeling right now?
I'm excited.
I'm excited, you know, that the story is finally getting told, you know?
It's a story that's been going around, you know, for years and no one's done anything
with it.
And it was just an honor to get the blessing from Mike and Denny could be able to do this.
So tonight is the result of four years of hard work finally coming to fruition.
You know, a movie, it takes an army.
Was this was the premiere?
Was it not?
It was.
Okay, I was the time.
First time we've ever showed it to a public audience.
So talk about that feeling, just sitting there with people that you knew maybe
had at least a rudimentary knowledge of the story coming in.
But just being there in that moment with a theater full of people experiencing this
for the first time.
One second, but four major does, I'd like to commend you for your use of the word rudimentary.
That's a good word.
That's your five dollar college word of the day.
That was it.
That's a great word.
You know, it's funny you bring that up because tonight, you know,
I was sitting next to my date Marcel and I told her,
so this is the first time I've watched the film and I've been an audience member.
It's the first time.
I watched the film yesterday in a theater as well with Mike and Betty Denny key.
Oh wow.
Yeah.
So it was a lot of hugging and a lot of crying.
And that was a sense of relief, but I went home emotionally drained.
And it's been, you know, preparing to get a film in a theater and open.
It takes a, a lot of, it takes a toll on you.
And so tonight, I walked in, I looked at the audience, I sat back.
I relaxed and I got to see the film for the first time as not a filmmaker,
but as an audience member.
That was a really cool feeling.
So are you feeling at this point?
Are you feeling exhaled at all?
I am.
I'm ready to have a great time with my friends.
I've got family members in town.
I've got a lot of my good buddies here and I'm ready for a cold beer.
How was the Q&A?
It was great.
It didn't make a cold beer happen right here while you're on the air.
We're done.
We're done.
Guys.
Somebody find Don.
How good is this?
Wine and radio.
That's right.
I'm in a radio.
Whatever it takes for you guys to be happy, we're happy.
So the teacher actually came over to our home four years ago when they were in
the very earliest stages, the script had been written and he wanted to talk about the early
developments in the story.
I was unaware of the story.
And so I've been in the mix with them since very, very early on and the fact that we've
taken it from conception to crossing the goal line, it's so rewarding as a fellow filmmaker.
I appreciate what it's like to finally say, my job is done.
I get to sit and breathe it all in tonight.
I celebrate with you, but what brought you to the, what like what was the thing that you
said, this is the thing I want to do?
Like what brought you to this project?
Gosh, there's a, there's a lot of answers I can give to that, but ultimately, so my business
partners Jamie Brooks and Shelton Chick, they're from Amarillo and so they grew up there
when it happened and they brought me the story and the first thing I said was no one's
ever told the story before because I remembered it.
I just graduated high school in this app and if Brian were alive, we would be the same
age.
Wow.
And there were two, two big events from my high school days that I remember that received
national attention.
One was an Amarillo Texas and the other one was a new Albany Indiana where I'm from and
it was the Shanda Share story.
It was on Oprah, Date Line.
It was, you know, where three girls, you know, lured another girl at the house, brutally,
you know, raped her and murdered her and that happened.
I just danced with that girl at the school dance.
Oh my God.
Two weeks before, she was the prettiest girl in the school and they were jealous of her and,
you know, and when I got into filmmaking, I thought, you know, how can I tell that story
but I can never really find a redeeming message behind it.
So here it is 17 years later and I'm doing business in Dallas, Texas with two guys that
went to Amarillo and I'm like, oh my gosh, that would happen in your town.
I'm from the town where the Shanda Share story happened.
So I understood being from a small town and seeing the kind of crazy stuff that can go
on and, you know, it was just a similar thing that it received so much national attention
because there were two things that really stuck with me from high school.
So he said four years and that four years is from the time that you, the ball got rolling
until now.
Yeah.
So I actually met Jamie and Sheldon through Mark Columbo.
Mark Columbo is a pro bowl of defensive tackle or offensive lineman, rather, for the Dallas
Cowboys.
I was at a Christmas party at Mark Columbo's house and 2013.
That's what I think I said.
Excuse me.
You'll have to give you more than earned.
Take a sip.
Take a drink man.
You've more than earned it tonight.
That's your name, brother.
This is Don.
He's our marketing guy.
Don.
Thank you for the beer, brother.
I appreciate that.
Thank you.
Absolutely.
Awesome.
I can't wait for you to see it.
And so we're trying to catch up.
Right?
Yeah.
So we were at Mark's house and Mark had been telling me about these two guys, Jamie and Sheldon,
they're like, man, you got to meet them.
You guys got to work together.
Because if you remember in 2012, the NFL had gone on strike and Mark had started a band
with Leonard Davis.
So he had two Dallas Cowboys in a band.
And so he...
It sounds like the beginning of a great joke.
Right?
Two football players from a band.
Former band, right?
And so anyway, Mark had some across paths with Jamie and Sheldon and asked him to shoot a music
video.
And so they shot a music video that they then played on ESPN when the NFL went on strike.
That year was showing what NFL players were doing during the strike.
And a couple of Dallas Cowboys started a rock band.
But they played that video.
And so that's how Mark met them.
Mark, I mean, he's like, you got to meet Jamie and Sheldon.
So we got introduced at his Christmas party.
I hooked up with him like the second week of January.
And they had already put together like a little pitch deck.
And immediately when I read it, I was like, I've got the perfect guy here locally.
They have to play the attorney.
And they're like, who?
And I say, Glenn Moore shower.
And I brought him over to Glenn's house.
And Glenn does what Glenn does.
You ain't lying.
He makes people fall in love.
And we left their house and they're going, my God, you're so right.
That's Cameron Wilson.
And I go, I told you.
And I'm talking to you.
What I say you guys are the talk of the town right now.
You really, really are.
Everybody is waving about this film.
Where is it going from here?
So our next stop, we're playing at the Nashville Film Festival.
April 23rd and April 25th.
So three weeks.
Yeah.
And I will be there with you.
I told you, I'm going to fly up to Nashville.
Nice.
I mean, if I'm not on a set somewhere, I will be there.
And he was supposed to be on his on a job right now.
But Glenn put this as priority.
And I can't think enough for doing that.
Because I know you had to change that.
World premiere, baby.
World premiere.
And then we get to have you with us.
Wait a minute.
I'll show you what it was between Dallas and a world premiere.
Are my hotel room alone in York, Pennsylvania.
We win.
We win.
That's not even a question.
Winning.
Right here.
But we don't want to keep you guys too much longer.
Because there's a party that you guys get to attend.
That's right behind it.
You're winning us right now.
Which I'm excited that you're here, sir,
because are you talked out yet?
Because this is another one of the men in the hour.
Introduce yourself to our audience, sir, if you would.
I am, I'm Jamison Brooks.
I am the co-writer and director of Bomb City.
Which is the talk of what's going on right now.
And we've talked about this before.
Almost every guest we've had tonight on the show.
Your movie is the one they're talking about.
Man, no pressure, huh?
No pressure.
But if you have any now, you've already had the screening.
Which I've went over like gangbusters.
Definitely.
It's better sweet.
It's a really powerful and meaningful story.
And you were happy to be the ones to tell it for sure.
How are you feeling right now?
I don't know.
I don't think there's words even to describe it.
It's kind of surreal.
I guess.
It's real.
It's weird.
I've been stuck in a cave editing for the last year.
So here we go.
I've come out of the cave and you know, watch it on the big screen.
We've had your producer on a little while ago.
We had Mr. Moore shower on a little while ago.
I mean, this, like I said, everybody's been talking about your film.
You had a packed house tonight.
I can guarantee you you're going to have a packed house again tomorrow night.
I'll be there.
And Don's going to be there tomorrow night.
If you can get a seat.
I'll give you there.
I'm going to look at him one.
You may as well just say online right now.
Just so you can make sure you get it.
Cause it's back here.
And talk about just being able to debut the film in Dallas.
You shot it here if I'm not.
We did.
We, uh, we home based out of Dallas a lot of the crew and a lot of the talent came from Dallas.
And, uh, it's, it's an emerald of story.
Right.
But we, we did, Texas is Texas really the end of the day.
And, uh, Dallas is so film friendly.
And they helped us out with so many different logistics and budgeting and, uh,
this locations and, and the people here.
We, we kind of had the way we look at it.
We had a justice league of local filmmakers involved in this.
So it's really cool.
Really cool.
I mean, all right.
Do you have, I'm, I'm, my brain's locking up by apologizing because I'm just,
I'm excited to see the film and I can't see what you said.
Uh, okay.
Okay.
Fair enough.
Down showing me notes.
We want to make sure we get everything in you need.
Do you, do you, do you have the same Q and A tomorrow that you're going to have tonight?
Or is it just going to screen the film tomorrow night?
I have no idea.
Honestly.
You're just going to be there.
We'll see what happens.
We'll see how people react to it.
Overwhelmingly, yeah.
It's been great.
Like, it's really good to get Brian in a key story out there and, and hopefully touch some
people and inspire others.
What brought you to it?
I was, I was 12 years old and I grew up in Amarillo and, uh, I just, I, I grew up with
knowing the tragedy of that story and just how, the more I see a man, the more I like
dogs is really kind of the, the moto behind it.
And, uh, it, uh, it's just stuck with me and Brian's legacy has been something that I,
I, I hope that we can, you know, pay tribute to and, and pass on and hopefully inspire others
to not judge a book by its cover.
If you have your brothers, where does this film go?
I mean, you want, of course, you want to wide theatrical release.
But who do you think would be able to handle the film for what it is and be able to just take it from you and do what you feel it deserves to be taken to?
I mean, we obviously wanted to go worldwide and global and, and just spread the word,
all we care about is spreading the word.
We don't care, you know, about playing in big theaters or whatever.
Like, the idea would be what I think would be really cool is to do some concerts along with the film.
Ooh.
And, uh, make it not just a punk rock film, but like, you know, people who believe in social intolerance and,
and want to just get behind something and support, um, you know, just being different altogether.
You know what, and that's something we haven't talked about yet when we talk about your film is, is the music.
Because the punk rock scene plays such a big influence in the film.
Talk about the music that you're able to get music that you wish you could have gotten and couldn't.
Uh, actually, what's really cool is the, uh, a lot of the punk bands.
Brian Denick, he's favorite punk bands. They contributed free music for us.
We literally asked them, hey, you know, we're doing the story.
What do you guys think? And they said, yeah, don't forget whatever you want to do.
And that's what's really cool. I didn't know that about punk rock.
So I figured that out.
And now I'm a huge punk rock fan.
I got to stop human shirt on right now.
I'm a huge fan and, uh, it changed my life.
And we get good. We've been working on this for four years. And now I, I love it.
I love the community. I love everything that punk rock stands for.
We're, we're being told your time is limited. So I won't actually one more music question.
They're going to let you go party.
Any possibility of even an iTunes playlist of songs from the film.
We haven't thought about soundtrack yet, but I know what the score, um, was made by our wonderful composers Cody and Sheldon Chick.
They're both brothers, uh, and they did a hell of a job.
And we are so proud of them.
Um, that probably will be available at some point.
But with the other music, we'll have to figure that out with the punk rock.
Like a Spotify playlist or just something to be out there.
We'll figure something out for sure.
And you can take the idea.
I only work for credit card.
They've already been talking about it.
Awesome.
Bomb cities, the movie played tonight.
It's going to play tomorrow night.
I'll be there.
And next Saturday.
We found out there's going to be a third screening.
I don't even know that.
But I'll be there tomorrow and any website you want to plug or
or bomb cityfilm.com.
Check it out and spread the word, please.
And find it on social media out there as well.
I've actually got extra.
The vehicle you guys had earlier.
That's already on my, my Instagram as well.
Congratulations.
We're so happy for you guys.
Go party.
Have a great time.
Thanks for having me.
Thanks for having me.
Thanks for having me.
And we hope that it's everything that you want it to be.
That's great.
It's been great.
Absolutely honor.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Go enjoy yourself.
Congratulations.
Thank you, my friend.
Thank you.
I'm watching again again.
No bother.
I mean, not at all.
And we have a no, we have a repeat.
Yes.
Here's a deal.
Remember thunder broke the heavens?
I, one of your favorite films from two years ago, if I'm not mistaken.
Ah, same book.
This will make my top 10 of the year.
Really.
Full price without a doubt in a theater recommendation.
Which is our standard.
That's the best we could get.
That is the high stand.
That's the top tier.
And how often do I give those out?
Very rarely.
I never give a fuck.
I will say though.
We have a review that went up today that he did give it to.
Okay.
Well, I asked him this before we even went on the air.
I'm like, is this film going to be your favorite one in the ward?
This without a doubt was my favorite film with a dip.
This will make my top 10.
And we talked about it last week.
We're going to talk about it again.
This award winning.
Sir, welcome back.
Thank you for having me.
Got you for your name, real fast.
Hello.
James and Brooks on the writer and director of bomb city.
So, which award did you get?
Audience award.
So, you got the audience award.
So, apparently people like it.
So, does that mean we're going to get two more screenings this weekend?
Because I know last week we talked about another screening being scheduled.
We get, okay.
So, rumors have been going around all week.
But I think it's finally been confirmed.
It's actually Sunday at 5.30.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
I can catch it.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
No.
No.
Get code to get code in here.
Okay.
This is the composer, the composer of bomb city.
And last week we were talking about the music.
Absolutely.
Here you go.
Here's your chance to talk about.
Put the headphones on.
Talk right in the microphone.
Who are?
Cody Chick.
I'm the composer for bomb city.
Along with my brother.
Don't get that.
You got the, the, when are Carson's steal of approval?
Yeah.
He.
I.
That is a true story.
Yeah.
Hunter said I'm coming straight back from after I see bomb city because I'm going to tell you guys all about it.
He could not stop raiding about your film.
Did you see it, though?
I haven't had a chance because we were for the premier.
We were here waiting on you guys together.
They're coming Sunday.
I'm coming Sunday.
I'm coming Sunday.
Sunday 545 at the.
Don't make sure you don't get that on my skin.
I know you right over here.
Because I've got, now I've got three movies I'm seeing on Sunday.
At least maybe four.
I don't know yet.
Because I've got, I know there's, there's a couple more that I'm seeing.
But I will make sure if you guys are screening it Sunday.
I will be here.
Congratulations.
And we were talking actually last week on this show.
We were talking about the music because I've just put forth the idea that you're more than welcome to steal the credit for.
Of just doing a Spotify playlist of the songs from this film.
Well, the soundtrack will be some kind of playlist at some point.
The score will be a whole different story.
We are working something separate for the score that we don't know exactly what yet.
But we are going to have some sort of release for the full score the way it's put out in the film.
Talk about your approach to the score.
Well, we did a lot of different things.
We started off obviously testing, you know, testing things.
I spent a lot of time playing in different keys writing.
I wrote it on the piano, most of it on the piano.
Okay.
Start off playing in a bunch of different keys.
I like to work in D a lot.
But I kind of moved out of D for this one.
For some reason, it just something moved out of D.
And we fell to an F minor for most of it.
And so I focused on that.
And then as we started working, we were doing a little bit of industrial sound.
We were kind of going for this, a dark industrial sound.
And to match kind of the tone with the punk rock scene and things of that nature.
And so we did a lot of tests with that stuff.
And it didn't quite really nail it.
And then we started working in some orchestra pieces.
And all the sudden, the story like came alive.
Was there a soundtrack before there was a score?
It was kind of all the same time.
A lot of this went down.
We were editing.
And we were all in the same room together.
We were editing and putting stuff together.
And we'd be right in stuff.
We would throw it on the screen all the same time.
We would talk about it.
Discuss it.
And then next thing you know.
We would be like, that's good.
And we can't learn from there.
It's all trial and error.
Yeah.
It's what it's all about.
So as a composer, is it easier for you to deal with composing for a film without knowing what's on the soundtrack?
Or does that kind of cloud what you're trying to do?
Or does it really matter if you know or not?
Soundtrack had nothing to do with it.
Because I've always wondered if when I'm trying to compose a score, I would think if I were a composer,
I'm not sure that I'd want to know what kind of song they were putting on the soundtrack.
So it didn't kind of cloud what I was trying to do.
I never even paid attention to what was going to be in the soundtrack.
We tried to tell a story with sound and music.
And as we did that, that's what we did.
How long did it really take you to finally get to where you think that you were like,
OK, now we're on the right path with the score?
I would say probably 200 days.
Wow.
And we finished a score in 289.
So once you hit the groove, the groove was there and there we go.
I said it during the Q&A.
It's almost like once we found what we were looking for, it wrote itself.
It was like a guiding hand.
Just the funny thing is, the piece that they wrote, they said it's not for this film.
Exactly.
There's no way.
It was for something a TV series something bigger, right?
Wow.
And then we all went in there.
And we listened to it where like, no, this is perfect.
This needs to happen.
Don, what's going on?
I want to say the sound in this is incredible.
OK.
When it starts in the first five minutes that build, the sound is perfect.
OK.
And I mean perfect.
And when these scenes hit that really build up, you just fill it.
I was blown away by the sound, honestly.
I was saying, for those of you that might be listening for the first time when we review a film,
because we actually do separate episodes when we review a film.
We ask two questions.
We don't give like stars or thumbs up thumbs down.
We actually ask two questions.
Question number one.
Would you see this again?
The answer is no.
We're done.
But the answer is yes.
Our spectrum runs from top to bottom.
How far are you willing to go?
So first run at the theater.
Twilight, Matinee, early morning, second run.
Red box.
So you still actually leave your house.
Netflix cable.
Don does not give first run.
Prime time rankings to very many films.
Including the one we dropped today.
I want to say he's given it out four times.
And we've seen over 40 films this year.
Yours is one of them on every level.
Don does it's very easy.
Yeah.
He's a very stingy critic when he wants to be.
But he told me like right after he called me right after he saw it.
He said, dude, this is the film.
And of course last Friday, it was all anybody was talking about.
And it was telling me.
Because I think to see this movie.
And I'm so glad I finally see it on Sunday.
On Sunday Sunday Sunday.
So how are you?
I mean, are you?
Is the adrenaline wearing off?
I mean, you guys have been full throttle for a week now.
The nerves are wearing off.
But the adrenaline?
No.
I mean, we're curious to see what happens with the story.
Because it's not our story.
We just want to know where it can take itself.
Just like I said, the score wrote itself.
This story is going to take itself where it needs to go.
So we asked you this question last week.
And I'm, you've got a week to think about it.
So I'm going to ask you again.
Because I want to see if it's,
maybe you've gotten a little bit more of a solid deal.
If this could get, I'm actually known.
I'm saying when.
I'm not even ifing at this point.
You haven't seen it yet, though.
So I'm going to see.
I'm taking it there.
When this gets bigger distribution.
Is there a studio that you think could handle this film
and market it the best?
That's a question for Sheldon or Professor.
Yeah, Professor.
That's a question for the guy who researches.
But I mean, you've got to have a guy.
I will say, I will say Sheldon's dream come true.
I hate saying this.
But 824 is a.
I'm a big fan of 820.
It's an artist based distributor that they,
they believe in what the artist vision is and they,
they don't want to make a lot of changes and they,
they get behind every, every film that they put out there.
That would be a dream come true.
There's so many other distributors.
You know, I think our biggest goal is just to get the story out there,
however we can.
And whoever wants to back it and get behind it,
if we have a good feeling about them and they have a good feeling about us.
So we can work together.
Let's do it.
If, if I can agree with 10% of Don's feeling about this film,
if there's not a bidding war, then there's, then there's, they're all communists.
That's the only thing I can say,
because everything has come together for you guys really well.
We want you guys to go enjoy this party,
because Devon's apparently turned it up to 11 in there.
Bomb city, you need to see this film.
I'm going to see it now that we got more screenings of it.
And I can't wait.
Are you guys going to be there Sunday?
We'll be there Sunday.
Then we'll talk to us.
Absolutely.
Gentlemen, go enjoy the party.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Go now.
Go off the bookmark.
Tell your mama to everybody you know about this film.
I'm excited to do.
I can tell.
We're going to check us out.
What am I doing?
Thank you guys.
Good time.
I'm dropped a thing here.
Don says announced a flight down.
And then there's the narrative feature.
Audience award winner.
This was a film.
Number one, it showed three times at the festival.
Sold out all three times every seat.
Every seat.
What a house.
I saw the second screen.
I saw the third.
Now the second screen may actually brought chairs in.
They couldn't on this one.
They brought a couple chairs in to the theater.
If they had brought chairs into this theater,
there would have been fire code violations when I went.
Yeah.
That's how full it was.
I mean, it was packed.
And the filmmakers were there for all three showing actors were there for all three
shows including the great Glenn Moore shower who we had on the show.
We are talking about bomb city.
This is the only film in the entire festival that you and I both have written reviews up right now for.
I'm saying it right now.
And I said it in my written review, which is located at www.theclubhousepodcast.com, which is our website.
I am championing this film.
I am going to be the person that shouts the greatness of this film for mountain tops.
Because at this film does not get distributed to a wide audience.
There is something wrong.
This takes place in Amarillo.
Late 90s.
This is based on a true story of Brian Denicky.
Brian Denicky.
And let me drive on this because they're going somewhere.
All you need to know is it's about justice, violence, and murder.
And it happens to coincide with the punk rock scene in Amarillo.
That's all we're going to say about this film.
Because if we go any deeper, it's going to pull impact away from this film.
It's only about 90 minutes.
It's not a long film.
Most of it was filmed here in Dallas, which the climax of the film.
You know this area.
It's just bought for folks from your house.
Yeah.
But it still didn't take away for it.
And the thing was, it's kind of weird when they are filming that in one morning.
I actually drove by and thought, what the heck is this?
Did you really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's like, it's like, wow.
You know, you know, in Alabama that the one thing I do want to bring in only.
And this is not spoiler.
The kind of the punk's versus the athletes.
It's a universal theme.
Yes.
It's a universal theme.
And it really hits home on that because there's always those things in high school
and which go to my right in www.cobassplacast.com.
Which is our website.
I started a paragraph.
Talks about the, you know, there's always been that the, the jocks versus the stone
or the punk hinge, you know, whatever.
There's so many names or terms you can use to describe it.
Everybody knows that athletes versus the outcasts.
And that really hits home in this film.
There's only a couple of names that you would probably know in this film.
We talked about Glenn Morshauer in the film.
Maybe we'll all lie a link later.
Uh, who is the daughter of Richard Linkletter.
She was the daughter in boyhood.
Uh, Robbie Lawler from the UFC plays one of the cops in this.
And Major Dodge.
She's been in a couple of things.
Major Dodge was also the producer and the casting director.
And I think he catered to, like, this was a very small group of people that got together
to make this film.
And you can see their passion in it.
And they were nice enough to do the show more than once, more than once.
And I'm going to be honest with you.
Let me tell you how quality human beings these people are.
The composer Cody.
Yeah.
He came and found me as I was standing in line waiting to see the film.
Yeah.
And he's like, oh, yeah.
We sat down with you guys.
We talked for like 10 minutes.
Yeah.
The score on this is amazing.
They've talked on our show about trying to get a deal together to release the score.
They're going to work on perhaps a Spotify playlist of some of the songs in the film.
This score really.
When a climatic moment really is about to hit that score, builds the emotion inside of you.
You start off in the production by using credible.
It really is.
It's a very well shot.
But when it starts off, the first movie just starts off.
It's at night.
It shows a courthouse of the flags.
It shows in that build of the music.
Even in the first five minutes.
Oh yeah.
It gives you a little hears what's going to be happening.
Well, and what I really dug about that is the way the story is told.
It's told in pieces.
So you don't get everything all at one time.
So you're paying attention where it's telling in parallel between the courtroom and the story they're telling.
And it's going back and forth.
So it all culminates together at the end.
And then they tell you the aftermath of what happened with actual footage.
It looks like they must have done something on like a 2020 because there's a lot of ABC footage.
I was talking to the director.
And this was after I saw it in this and as in the media lounge.
Because I saw it in Saturday.
James and Brooks.
James and Brooks.
I'm credible guy.
And I talked to him a couple times.
But I gave him my full thing.
And this story went on the show the second time.
And I said, I'm going to see it tomorrow.
Then on the second show, I'd still my guts a little bit about it.
But I was talking to him about it.
And I gave him what I thought maybe the only thing I thought was,
Absolutely this or that.
But he really told me the story and in there is, you know, perceptions everything.
And it really shows with more child's character.
Don't don't don't don't don't.
That's a lot of things.
Don't go any further.
That's all I'm going to say.
But and I'm not giving anything out.
But I think for this film to really get the point in what he's trying to get across,
Do not read anything up on totally agree with you do not because it makes the film even better
Because going in I I watch the thing and then I'll look back and go this film and make you want to see it again
So you can piece together what you did see what's in the bunch even that is with
More Shows character is if you don't know the story right. Yeah, but don't don't just don't just don't don't you're already going to deep
Yeah, but
Don't don't read up before you. No don't just go into this cold. Go cold. Go cold because there's there's other
pieces to this film to that
I mean, I told the filmmakers. I can't think of the last time
That because when I watch a film I tend to sit back a little bit and kind of take it all in
unknowingly to myself
I was actually leaning forward
Constantrating on this film most of the time. I didn't even know it that's how much this film captured me. Yeah, and it just pulled me in
I just
Got done watching it. I go
This would be incredible. I didn't know the story and but he was
the Jay that the director was so kind so nice and here's the thing
I mean everybody involved in this film was amazing, but here's the incredible part
I was
You know talking to him after the fact and all this stuff and for some reason somehow
We got in a Gary story and how the guys never been caught you guys were gonna talk because if you want me to
Get the word out. We might do something
Very nice. Let's talk about you, too, because during the festival. Yeah
With James and Brooks and yeah, and
Which led to us? Hey, you they never caught the guy and go yeah, I like well just like this film bomb city
I won't get the word out and James since it was just like you know, let's talk really talk and
Again, I am championing this film. Yeah, I mean it did everybody
I mean, I mean, before the show even started the first night
People were talking hunter Carson friend of the show who were big fans of he's like dude
I'm going to see bomb city right now and as soon as it's over
I am leaving the theater so I'd come right down and talk to you guys about it and he did
Yeah, he came down and could not have everybody we talked to was like bomb city bomb city
And then the filmmakers came down and they could not have been higher quality of human beings if they tried
They were very gracious, you know, they were trying to shake hands and kiss babies, but they were like, you know
What we're going to come sit down with these guys and not only that they recognize this later down the road and talk to us
Even not even on the air and then
Not and which already had my bar set way up here because you saw it before I did you were texting me like dude
Yeah, this is going to blow you away. Yeah, so my bar was in the stratosphere and then I saw the film and I told the filmmakers
I'm like my bar was way up here and you guys shattered it
This movie honestly again full-priced theaters without a doubt
I mean, yeah, if this movie any way you can and we are we are on a two-man if not three-way
Chad involved crusade to make sure the word gets out about not only all all the films here
But bomb city especially because this movie is absolutely
Amazing old-priced. They don't die. So like I said if you're in if you remember the Empire and you live in Nashville, Tennessee
It's coming to you next go and I'll say this without a doubt this will make my top 10
Right now. What's my favorite film? Yeah, yeah right now. Yeah. It is number one on my list. It's that good. It's that powerful
It's that well done
Yeah
I just my heart's racing just talking about it and I saw it almost a week ago and I would alike to
Seen like when talked about the two-hour version. Oh, yeah because he's his or it could you tell you saw it was like two or seven or something? Yeah
And let's just get into the shows
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