The zombie muscial comedy and biting anti-war satire,"Song of the Dead," released November 5 on DVD, will give a portion of its profits to Republican anti-war presidential candidate Ron Paul, and perhaps other anti-war candidates, said the feature film's writer/director, Chip Gubera."If our film can not only entertain people, but help change the world in some small way, then I'm all for it," said Mr. Gubera, who teaches film post-production in the Information Technology program at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. He said he'll donate $1.00 to Mr. Paul, for each film sold on the film's web site (http://www.songofthedead.com/),up to the legal limit.Mr. Gubera describes "Song of the Dead" as "'Night of the LivingDead' meets The Who's 'Tommy,' with a splash of 'Shaun of theDead.'"

The President, played by Reggie Bannister, a veteran of some40 horror films ("Phantasm," "Wishmaster," and "Bubba Ho-Tep"), calls upon Americans to unite and resist thetreacherous "terrorist attack." (Mr. Bannister's hilarious presidential song-and-dance can be seen on YouTube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQmkkoxSKYwAt the end, the music video urges viewers to "Vote for Ron Paul.")

So why donate part of his profits to a presidential campaign? "While I don't agree with everything Ron Paul says," said Gubera, who normally votes Democratic, "I like his stand on the war, foreign policy, and civil liberties. He's making a real impact on the election. If I max out on my Ron Paul donations, I might give some money to [Dennis] Kucinich, as well," he said referring to the anti-war Democratic candidate.

CONTACT:Mike Ketcher(314)567-2031 or on email michael_ketcher@yahoo.com

Labels: AWARD-WINNING ANTI-WAR SATIRE TO DONATE TO RON PAUL CAMPAIGN

posted by Show-me Pictures at 6:28 AM

Song of the DEAD DVD and soundtrack release celebration!

Where: Ragtag cinema café, 23 N. 10th street in Columbia, Missouri.

When: Saturday, November 17th at 10:45 pm.

Who: Chip Gubera writer-director-producer and James Robert Swope editor-producer, both resident instructors at University of Missouri-Columbia will be in attendance.

How: Public is invited.

The public is invited to celebrate the DVD and soundtrack release of “Song of the DEAD”, a locally produced, internationally award winning, zombie musical feature film. The celebration and screening of the film is at the RagTag Cinema Café, 23 N. 10th street in Columbia, Missouri, on Saturday, November 17th at 10:45pm. The writer, director, and producer Chip Gubera and editor and producer James Robert Swope will be in attendance.

Columbia music veteran Barry Hibdon recorded the music of “Song of the DEAD” at Red Boots studio in Columbia, Missouri. Gubera’s Columbia bar band The Unfashionables preformed the rock-opera score of the film.

DVDs of the film and CDs of the soundtrack will be available to purchase at the celebration. Both the DVD and the soundtrack are currently here on this site (look to the far left) with retail and online stores availability by Christmas.

Labels: Song of the DEAD DVD and soundtrack release party

posted by Show-me Pictures at 7:30 AM

Song of the Dead will be released on DVD in late October. It will be for sale here on this website and other sites. More information to come.

Labels: Song of the Dead soon to be on DVD

posted by Show-me Pictures at 10:12 AM

Thanks for all of the emails. A lot has been happening with "Song of the Dead". We have been winning festivals that include:

Winner “Best Music” ESTEPONA HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL, Spain 2006
Winner “Audience Choice” ROJO SANGRE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 2006
Special Jury Prize “Most Original Idea” ROJO SANGRE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 2006

We also now have a MySpace page that good friend and zombie Sydney Falkner (Thanks Syd!) set up and manages. http://www.myspace.com/songofthedead
posted by Show-me Pictures at 11:03 AM

User comments on "Song of the Dead".

Check out the IMDB page for "Song of the Dead" and read some user comments.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426577/
posted by Show-me Pictures at 5:07 PM

Press from St. Louis River Front Times

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2005-10-26/film/film.html
posted by Show-me Pictures at 11:17 AM

SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING IN NEW YORK CITY
Saturday, November 5th at 10:45 PM

Song of the DEAD will have a special advances screening at Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3rd Street, New York, NY on Saturday, November 5th at 10:45 PM. Advanced tickets at http://pioneertheater.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=40153 Tickets are $9.00. Please come out if in the area. Producer/editor James Robert Swope will be in attenedance.

What Critics are saying...

"...Chip Gubera has created an effectively gory, well written and worthy homage to the George Romero brand of zombie films that not only contains several laugh out loud moments...it'll keep yours toes a tappin' too!"
-Ken Kish, Cinema Wasteland

"Gubera puts the Dead into his deadpan lampoon of George A. Romero's classic zombie yarns, with Phantasm star Reggie Bannister quite amusing as the ponytailed U.S. president...like a deranged Cop Rock with lots of entrails and buckets of blood to accompany its occasionally silly situations and gotcha shocks."
-Allen Smithee, Syracuse New Times

"Gilbert and Sullivan meet Romero and Argento in the zombie musical Song of the Dead. The filmmakers do a fantastic job of weaving and intertwining the traditional elements of the zombie film and the musical."
-Joe Hodes, Playback STL Magazine

"...weird and ridiculous in the best way possible. The movie is like the bastard child of Night of the Living Dead and Cats."
-Brenden Clawson, Vox Magazine
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