Monday, November 26, 2007

Hollywood-these are your brains stuck on stupid:"Outside the Wire Beats Redacted"


Once upon a time, JD Johannes, USMC 1999, went to Iraq, solo, self financed, made a film that to date is beating the crap out of Hollywood war movie, Redacted, in sales. Hollywood can stay stuck on stupid and go the way of the dead tree media and the dinosaurs and the dodo and morph into compost.

J.D. Johannes:

"Brian DePalma's award winning anti-war movie earned $25,628.

It was made for $5,000,000.

That is .5% return of the initial investment.

My first documentary cost $35,000 to make, and thanks to the supporters of the Outside the Wire project, has made $23,464 or 67% return of the initial investment.

When one guy with a camera is beating Hollywood in rate of return and almost beating Hollywood in gross receipts--Hollywood has a problem."

Outside the Wire Buy the Movie here.