On the Red Carpet at Fancypants Premiere

Over the last couple weeks, I have featured interviews and info about Fancypants, a new movie produced by Chicago's Humble Pie Films, starring a lot of great Chicago talent.  It was obvious that this was a labor of love for everyone involved.

Thanks to Jennifer Fortney of Cascade Communications, I was able to get red carpet access for pieces that appeared here on Johngy's Beat, as well as online pieces for Global Traveler, JW's Wrestling Memorabilia and WrestlingFigs.com.  I want to thank Jennifer for everything.  It was a real pleasure dealing with her.

I sincerely hope I have opened a few eyes to Fancypants.  It's a fresh, heart-warming movie made by Chicago people.

As I complete my coverage of the Chicago premiere of Fancypants, I am leaving you with several pictures of the cast and crew behind this eciting new movie.  I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed being at the premiere.

Patrick Gleason (Leon the Lion) and date

Beth Horn (Animal Babe) and Amy Hendricks (Alex)

 Jackson Dunn (Tommy)

 Producer Daniel Hanson and date

Director of Photography Jim Andre

 Director-Screenwriter Joshua Russell and Megan Russell.

Kirby O'Connell (Flora) and friend

Mike Carey (Teddy) and Kimberly Carey

Noah Rogers (Jones)

Patrick Zielinski (Sal) and date

Scott Beatty, JayHawk Evans and me at our professional best in Chicago, IL-October 2011.

On the Beat with Joshua Russell of Fancypants

Over the last two days, I have featured interviews with Patrick Gleason and Jackson Dunn, who portrayed the two main characters in Fancypants.  They are really the heart and soul of this fine movie.
One of the creative forces behind Fancypants is Joshua Russell, Director and Screenwriter.  Joshua, Jim Andre and Daniel Hanson are the founders of Humble Pie Films, a Chicago-based film production company.  The goal of Humble Pie Films is to make high quality movies on a low budget.  They feel a great story is more important than the size of the budget.
It was wonderful to see Joshua enjoying the evening.  He worked long and hard for this day and it all went so well.  I am excited that I was there to share a little bit of it.
We talked to Joshua about the movie and what it could do for future indy films and for Chicago-based projects.  Of course, I also squeezed in a wrestling question.
Tomorrow we will feature Beth Horn.  Before that, but after watching the video below, please check out FancypantsMovie.com, HumblePieFilms.com and the Fancypants Facebook page to learn more about the story and the people behind it.  Also, check out my Global Traveler blog for more coverage of Fancypants.