I need $300k (secured against my Calabrian tax credit, so you're really just cash flowing) by this Friday to close the senior loan and go into production.

Given the timing, you might be the only hope the world has to see Katie Holmes touch herself while negotiating her son's ransom.

Let's go dude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48802707)

Happy to set up meet and greet with Al + Katie, credit and premieres etc. If you want, I'll bring you to a party in Cannes in May.

Need cash by Friday or else the communists win.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803489)

$300k or $500k can literally make or break a $20m success a producer worked a decade to cobble together.

So this year, we go to Italy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803708)

I need $200k. Don't make me pass this off to another company to pad their fucking pockets. Literally have a top company begging to give me the money because they know they'll cash in.

fuck fuck fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48808026)

I need $50k more to finally be done.

20% return and pari passu backend share in the $500k equity pool.

Meet Al Pacino. Premier invite - and fuck it, if you wanna come I’ll take you to Cannes mid May and take you to a few parties while I sell this fucker.

Credit: either XOXOHTH credit in end titles, co-exec EP, or I can try to bury a funny credit in the tail so long as it isn’t profane racist or misogynistic.

$50k when the stock market is fucking tanking and I can guarantee you your principal back - profit is technically at risk, but I’m happy to chat with you on the phone to give you my background and who my partners are and let you decide if it’s worth the risk.

Xoxohth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48820293)

If any qualified investor wants to step in here and save the day I can work out a personal guarantee. Fuck it, why not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48840006)

I'm going to lose ability to sell international over fucking $200k ljl.

Feels like I lost even though I won a bigger game.

Still closed a side $300k and it's going into production - and I'll get credit - but fma this shouldn't have been this fucking hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48862303)

And here I thought this board was filled with richmos.

Budget is locked and funded. We have $200k open (4 $50k tranches) in equity we can place if there's any fomo, but at least the film isn't riding on it. Not too late to meet Al and be a part of board history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48879164)

I said I'd throw in 200k weeks ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48879188)

Why didn't you email me? Put in 200 and we'll get you to Rome in a private hotel which is impossible during conclave, and a meet with Al and Katie. You're welcome to come to Cannes as well for a night and I'll take you to the BFI party. Credit premiere blah blah blah.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48879518)

Have 2 more meggga projects much bigger than this one now. Not too late :)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#49011736)

*stylized Studio Ghibli version of cup falling over and burning penis*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803463)

DeNiro movie bombed b/c Warner Brothers is a fucking clown show under David Zaslav -- it's a total dumpster fire over there.

This is based on the John Paul Ghetty III story where the grandson kidnaps himself and the Italian mobster actually cut his ear off after Ghetty refused to pay the ransom.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803736)

Down to $200k.

Let’s close this shit out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803792)

Bulk of what I do, though, is secure pre-sales in international territories to secure the production loan against so a film can go into production.

We're not all scum and a lot of us are in it for the right reasons and there's a crowd of us that work on our own, and a few shops, and a hell of a lot of scammers and scumbag leeches from petty criminals to legit evil monsters you really never want to be alone in a room with. It's wild. But where people are desperate, folks will show up to take advantage.

I'm trying to actually make good films people want to see again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803799)

I will go see your film in the Cinema.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48803816)

CSLG could end this all now and just wire the cash but instead I have to beg from another equity investor in Hollywood. AGAIN.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48804352)

Long story - there's a lawyer in the family and I had a bit of a connection to the entertainment industry pre law school. After undergrad I helped a director put a short film together he wanted to submit to a major film festival. Luckily it was good and he won the young director award. So we were on the beach after the win in Cannes and I said to myself yeah, I'll try to make this work somehow.

Went to law school and networked the shit out of the industry. Worked at a firm that gave me way too much responsibility way too early and hardly paid me, for the privilege of access and to learn how the industry actually worked. Yadayada, made film + tv / repped talent then moved to Paris with wife for a year still repping talent and handling film and tv work while she got an MA. After her degree we wanted to stay. Then I got a break to go in-house at an international major, then years later got another break to go to a prestige independent shop.

I've done enough deals throughout the world at this point that if I have a good script in my hand with at least 2 name talent attached (and hopefully a decent director), I can secure at least $500k-$2m+ in international pre-sales at a major market for a producer who can then bank those deals and take out a production loan against them. And so it goes, an Al Pacino film is born.

At the end of the day the industry is who you know. I forced my way in, but when youre in, youre in unless you Harvey Weinstein yourself like a dumbfuck pig. There's a fuckton of horrible individuals preying on dumb money and ignorant hopefuls. And there's a ton of really great people who love making great films and tv who want to tell great stories and entertain people while not abusing folks.

I literally decided one day to switch from being a lawyer and to make a go of it. Fucked off from my fancy prestigious gig to hang my own shingle. It's terrifying and I still do a bit of law to make a bit of money, but so far I'm building a pretty solid business. Things are looking pretty good after the film is released next year. The next 5 months will be tight because film market cycles and chasing payments etc. means July is likely when the next real batch of fees come in. Only up and running a year so I need another year until my cashflow evens out, but even with the stress and having $300k drop out at the last minute and having to beg CSLG to close my production loan by Friday, it's so much more gratifying than just billing at a law firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48805693)

Are 85 of the top 100 people in Hollywood Jewish?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48805785)

But if you're going to smash hot, nubile actresses of legal age whose career you stand to make ķor break, you're best bet is to be really, really good looking. Like over the top, noteworthy good looking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48805541)

Horrible story - https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kevin-tsujihara-warner-bros-scandal-20190306-story.html

A statement issued by Tsujihara's attorney stated that Tsujihara "did not have a direct role in the actress being cast in any movie". Tsujihara resigned on March 18, 2019, as chairman and CEO of Warner Bros - -

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48809960)

we closed a handful of sales earlier this year and going into production May 5th.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48806445)

Low but strong would be $24m box office for the budget, where everyone gets a return and then an extra stack of cash. If it does more than that, say $50+ internationally I’ll be golden for a few years - but I’m gonna be ploughing that money into a development for other films if that happens.

I could make anywhere from $250k-$5m….But more like right around $1m with decent success….and I’m getting only a small cut.

That’s a box office is only the first… on a long enough timeline I’ll make money on this regardless…. I have DVD deals I can tap in 12-18 months…… my cut of that will be an extra $150k after the next year … etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48809021)

Next month I get to go to Cannes and tell my old bosses at the company I quit from that I closed my production loan all own my lonesome and my film is shooting in Italy - it's going to be an absolutely peak experience seeing one exec's response lmao - cannot fucking wait.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48809994)

Money goes right back in his pocket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48808016)

Mafioso movie so not using Italy feels wrong as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48817455)

email be brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48813148)

Working out getting the senior lender to waive a requirement to give a few extra days for investor to complete the wire, but I'm not too worried about that part.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48817457)

Looks like that 200k deal is now fucked and so unless I find $200k by Sunday (50% now, 50% august) - my baby turns into my step-cousin likely to be eaten alive by Hollywood. Sad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48862307)

I'm hitting up a few more film folks for cash this weekend. Maybe I get lucky.

Equity deal closed though, and we're going into production regardless. That last $200k is really eating at me - would save the day if I brought it in and could keep the sharks from devouring my hard work.

I'll still get my credit, a small fee, and a tiny backend piece. It should have, and easily could be, a helluvalot more. BUT FOR, $200k. Fuck. this. shit.

That's the way it goes, though. And why I have my own slate, and am co-producing a slew of other films with a few other top tier producers / studio execs. I used convos on this film to open those up over the last 6 months. Was looking shaky there - but if I can make it to August, my independent studio will actually have some legs to stand on, and in 3 years it'll be a whole different world. Working on a studio investment for another label that should close this summer which will make my year...and the billionaire doesn't want to be distracted by this measly $200k...lmao. Honestly astounding that only $200k is making or breaking it for me when I've already found $450k over 2 months and have an $8m film fucking funded, except for what in other industries would be a rounding error. The fluctuation in the dollar FUCKED me. ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#48882240)

I'm grinding but I'm lining it all up this year where I'm going to maek it, and I'll have maed it from the ground up on my own. Couldn't have guessed it would have gone this way - very grateful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703092&forum_id=2Elisa#49011835)