Postal

Postal

Postal

Cast: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Michael Benyaer, Jackie Tohn, Erick Avari, Seymour Cassel

After the September 11th attacks, our world went through some dramatic changes. We have wars and terror in Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq and various states in Africa. The USA and Europe are scared to loose the leadership of the planet to China and India. Muslim fanatics and fundamentalists are gaining enough power to destroy our security and freedom.

The American and European people are heavily swayed by the mass media that is supporting the USA strategy of resolving these threats through war. We have quickly developed an innate self-censorship in order to survive this crazed and fragile state of existence. People are now afraid to speak their mind for fear of repercussions. If Bin Laden is a crazed fanatic, mass murderer, are we to assume that George Bush is a wonderful leader? If Moslems are perceived as terrorists, then are all Christians and Jews doing the right thing?

The world is in need of a film that is tougher in it's humorous mockery of the globe than "SOUTH PARK". The audience is ready to approach this type of satire with live actors rather than cartoons. "POSTAL" will not accept any form of censorship.

Our present political situation is intolerable. We have deranged religious fanatics on one hand and lobbyists from the oil and weapon industries on the other hand. Both sides are actively working at destroying the planet. This world is slowly dying due to global warming and pollution caused by man’s corporate greed and stupidity. If intelligent people do not stop this madness, then our grandchildren will not experience life.

"POSTAL" will insult all cultures, religions, political groups and leaders. No one will be spared. The film is intended to provoke thought, laughter and open debate. Our world is out of balance and "POSTAL" will reflect just how fucked up we are.

I see myself as a member of the world community. I have no religious affiliation. Religion has often been a catalyst for the many crimes and wars throughout history. Religion allows people the opportunity to blame their actions on a higher source. We live in a world that is sensitive to people's religious beliefs. How ironic that non-religious groups fail to receive the same level of sensitivity from the establishment.

I agree with Salman Rushdie who said a few months ago in an interview something to the affect that we don't want to hurt your feelings because you are religious.… who thinks about the daily insults non-religious people are getting? How can the President of the United States think, that Adam and Eve were created by God, but Darwin is bullshit? How can they teach this in certain American states? This is an insult to everyone with an IQ over 100!

Apart from the firemen and rescuers of 911, how about the victims of the September 11th attacks that are now being labelled as heroes? I say that they were not heroes at all. They died in a terrorist attack. They were normal people and did nothing heroic but dying an unfortunate death.

Since September 11th, more than ONE MILLION AFRICANS, JEWS and ARABS have died in terrorist's attacks, civil wars and wars. Their lives and deaths were not featured by the mass media. Does this mean that their lives had less value than the life of a NY stockbroker dying in the World Trade Centre?

Suck

Suck

Suck

Cast: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Paré, Malcolm McDowell, Dave Foley, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Moby, Henry Rollins, Alex Lifeson, Dimitri Coats, Calico Cooper, Carole Pope

A rock’n’roll vampire spoof about a down and out band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal. When their disgruntled manager (Dave Foley) tells them that they are getting “long in the tooth”, he doesn’t know that his words are truly prophetic. During a road trip, their humdrum image radically changes when Jennifer (Jessica Paré), the bass player, disappears one night with a hip vampire (Dimitri Coats). She emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild.

As the band members succumb, one by one, to blood lust, their “gimmick” launches them into the limelight. Following an “incident” on a national radio show with “Rock’n Roger” (Henry Rollins), they hit mega-stardom beyond their wildest dreams. Joey (Rob Stefaniuk), the lead singer, is haunted by an eerie bartender (Alice Cooper), who turns out to be much more. Meanwhile, legendary vampire hunter, Eddie Van Helsig (Malcolm McDowell), is tracking them down, despite his fear of the dark. When a veteran music producer (Iggy Pop) calls them on becoming a vampire freak show, they begin to realize that fame is not what it’s cracked up to be.

Suck is a wild ride down a highway to hell, with a killer soundtrack that includes Iggy Pop’s, “TVeye” and “Success”; Alice Cooper’s, “I am a Spider”; Lou Reed’s Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Nuthin”; David Bowie’s, “Here Comes the Night” and The Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil”.

Cast list:

ALICE COOPER

plays the ominous BARTENDER who haunts Joey, the lead singer of The Winners. Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics for which he’s best known. With his influence on rock’ n’ roll long since acknowledged, there is little that Alice Cooper hasn’t achieved in his remarkable career, including platinum albums, sold-out tours and any number of honors and career achievement awards.

ROB STEFANIUK

plays JOEY, the lead singer and driving force in The Winners band. Suck marks Stefaniuk’s second feature film which he wrote, stars in and directs in addition to co-writing the music and lyrics for seven of the songs. He wrote, directed, starred and wrote some of the soundtrack for his first feature film, Phil the Alien, a comedy about an alien and a beaver. An actor since 1990, and a musician for even longer, Rob has worked in numerous television shows appearing as both guest lead and series regular. Stefaniuk was also named the winner of the “Don Haig Encouragement Fund” for promising new filmmaker

MIKE LOBEL

plays SAM, the drummer in The Winners band. One of Lobel’s most notable performances is his portrayal of Jay Hogart, a manipulative school bully on Degrassi: The Next Generation, an immensely popular teenage drama series which airs on CTV in Canada, and originated on the CBC. In 2003 Lobel made his film debut in an adaptation of Oliver Twist directed by Jacob Tierney entitled Twist in which he played a small role as a street thug alongside actor Nick Stahl

MALCOLM McDOWELL

plays EDDIE VAN HELSIG, a vampire hunter who is afraid of the dark. Arguably amongst the most dynamic and inventive of world-class actors, yet one also capable of immense charm, humor and poignancy, Malcolm McDowell has created a gallery of iconographic characters since catapulting to the screen as “Mick Travis”, the rebellious upperclassman, in Lindsay Anderson’s prize-winning sensation, IF…, and making his place in movie history as the gleefully amoral “Alex” in A Clockwork Orange

MOBY

plays BEEF BELLOWS, the lead singer of The Secretaries of Steak. Moby has been making music since he was 9 years old, playing the classical guitar. He started dj’ing after leaving college, and was a fixture in the late 80’s New York house and hip-hop scenes. He released his first single ‘Go’ in 1991 (listed as one of Rolling Stones best records of all time), and has been making albums ever since. He has toured tirelessly, playing well over 3,000 concerts in his career, and has also had his music used in hundreds of different films, including Heat, Any Given Sunday, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The Beach, among others.

JESSICA PARÉ

plays JENNIFER, the bass player whose transformation into a vampire propels The Winners band into the limelight. After living in Los Angeles for several years, Jessica returned to her native Canada to star in back-to-back projects. Paré got her start when she was handpicked by Denys Arcand to star in his celebrity satire, Stardom¸ as a young beauty plucked from a small-town and launched into international superstardom. Since that auspicious debut, she has appeared in a variety of films, series and mini-series, throughout Europe, Canada, and the U.S