Winner - Audience Award, 2008 Vail Film Festival; Winner - Grand Prize, 2008 SAFILM - San Antonio Film Festival; Winner - Best Comedy, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival; Best American Comedy - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Winner - Jury Award (Best Feature), Colorado TriMedia Film Festival; Opening Night Gala Film - Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival; Winner - Audience Award (Narrative Feature), 2008 Indie Memphis Film Festival
Festivals
2008 Sundance Film Festival (World Premiere), 2008 Vail Film Festival, 2008 Ivy Film Festival, 2008 Cannes Marche de Film (France), 2008 North by Northeast Film Festival (Canada), 2008 Provincetown International Film Festival, 2008 San Antonio Film Festival, 2008 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic), 2008 Haugesund Film Festival (Finland), 2008 Colorado TriMedia Film Festival, 2008 Toofy Film Festival, 2008 Atlantic Film Festival (Canada), 2008 Calgary Film Festival (Canada), 2008 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, 2008 Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2008 Tucson Film & Music Festival, 2008 Austin Film Festival, 2008 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cancun Riviera Maya (Mexico), 2008 American Film Market, 2009 Phoenix Film Festival, 2009 Johns Hopkins Film Festival, 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival, 2009 Thailand World Comedy Film Festival (Thailand), 2009 New Hampshire Film Festival
Professional Affiliations
Andrea Sperling Productions, SpaceTime Films, The Group Entertainment
About me: MARCH TO THE BEAT OF YOUR OWN DRUM. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.
When hard times hit his small mining town, Power doesn’t wish for riches; he only wishes he’d learned to play drums. But his father could never afford to buy him a drum set, so Power has embraced the next best thing: air drumming. Tired of the constant ridicule, with nothing but a few dollars, some breakfast cereal and the support of his Aunt Joanie, Power sets off across the country to the “paradise” of Newark, where an underground air drumming crew has invited him to join their team. But as the big air drumming competition looms, so does a rival–multi-millionaire drummer Dallas H., who thinks air drumming is an abomination and seeks to destroy Power and his crew.
More than just a rock’n’roll comedy, ADVENTURES OF POWER is an epic fable about the American Dream–about making something out of nothing, and trusting in your own heartbeat as a way of changing the world. With a phenomenal soundtrack featuring original songs by Ethan Gold alongside hits by Rush, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, Phil Collins, Dazz Band, Loverboy, Bow Wow Wow, Woodie Guthrie and more, ADVENTURES OF POWER will have you drumming in your seat and cheering on your feet.
Starring Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern, Chiu Chi Ling, Adrian Grenier and featuring Steven Williams, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Annie Golden and Nick Kroll, the film premiered to widespread acclaim at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
ADVENTURES OF POWER was released theatrically in 2009 by Variance Films.
"In a word, YEAH. In two words, FUCK YEAH! (And you can QUOTE me!)" --Neil Peart
“Rowdy response to Power's midnight unspooling at Sundance establishes the pic's cult-movie cred...Gold's a gifted comedian.” --Variety
"ADVENTURES OF POWER is a crazy, hilarious, bizarre, insane movie. And all in the best ways possible." --Ain't It Cool
"The most unique comedy I have seen in a great many years...getting to witness a character with a genuinely fascinating world view and a wonderfully understated wit is a really refreshing treat. I'm pleasantly shocked with the after-effect of this movie; because of it, I actually learned something about soul." --ElitesTV
"How can there be a movie that brings together unions, air drumming, country music, golden footballs, forbidden love, and rock-n-roll? Well thank God someone has...In a complicated world, isn't that the simplest thing we can ask for--hope?" --Velvetron
"Hilarious...Universally entertaining. The film is rife with insta-classic one-liners...But it's the sweet underlying message of remaining true to oneself which sticks around long after the credits roll." --UGO.com
"It's movies like Adventures of Power which show that a big budget is no replacement for big creativity - and if the Vail audience is any indication, this low-budg film has the potential to earn big bucks at the box office." --RealVail
Great, fun NYC premier last Friday night - glad I didn't know a thing about the film going in to happily discover it! (& that stamp stayed on my hand for quite a while...)
