Tim Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Will Smith, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Curly and Moe Howard, John Bellushi, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino
Awards
Winner: GRAND JURY AWARD (2007 San Antonio Underground Film Festival, San Antonio, TX); Winner: BEST DOCUMENTARY (2007 Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Seattle, WA; Winner: BEST DOCUMENTARY and BEST SOUNDTRACK (Northeast Premiere at The Backseat Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA. April 15, 2007 (Associate Producer of Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal)
Festivals
2006 RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL- London, UK; 2007 TEXAS ROCK FEST- Austin, TX; 2007 BACKSEAT FILM FESTIVAL- Philadelphia, PA (winner â??best documentaryâ? & â??best soundtrackâ?Â); 2007 SILVER LAKE FILM FESTIVA- Los Angeles, CA; 2007 NEW HAVEN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL- New Haven, CT; 2007 HOBOKEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL- Hoboken, NJ; 2007 STATEN ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL- Staten Island, NY; 2007 SEATTLE TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL- Seattle, WA (winner â??best documentaryâ?Â); 2007 SAN ANTONIO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL- San Antonio, TX (winner "grand jury award"); 2007 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL- New York, NY; 2007 SAN FRANCISCO FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL- San Francisco, CA; 2007 BACKSEAT FILM FESTIVAL - Cleveland, OH (Associate Producer- Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal)
RAT SKATES's Interests
General
Giving back for all the gifts in my life. Skating with my kids and writing with my wife.
Music
James Brown, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, old Elton John, Motorhead, George Thorogood.
Movies
Way too many to list, but mostly comedy from the 80's
Television
The O'Reilly Factor, Kudlow and Company, Whose Line is it Anyway, History, Discovery, National Geographic, A&E, CNBC, Three Stooges, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers.
Books
Any columns by Adam Wilt, Jay Rose, Trish and Chris Meyer, Mark Shubin.
Recently, the movie was privately screened by:
PENELOPE SPHEERIS- WAYNE’S
WORLD / DECLINE OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION, MIKE PORTNOY- DREAM THEATER,
SCOTT IAN and CHARLIE BENANTE- ANTHRAX, CHEETAH CHROME- The DEAD BOYS,
DEE SNIDER and JAY JAY FRENCH- TWISTED SISTER, DAVID ELLEFSON- MEGADETH,
GARY HOLT- EXODUS, STEVEN BLUSH- AMERICAN HARDCORE, SAM DUNN- METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY, ROSS THE BOSS- MANOWAR / THE DICTATORS, ROBB REINER- ANVIL, JOHN GALLAGHER- RAVEN, MALCOLM DOME- KERRANG! / TOTAL ROCK RADIO, IAN CHRISTE- XM RADIO HARD ATTACK & author “SOUND OF THE BEAST”, KATON W. DEPENA- HIRAX, RICHARD BIENSTOCK- GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE, MIKE HANNON- KICK ASS MAGAZINE, RON QUINTANA- KUSF RAMPAGE RADIO, Veteran Metal Producer CARL CANEDY- THE
RODS, and legendary skateboard icon TONY ALVA, star of THE LORDS OF DOGTOWN
These reviews and many more at www.RatSkates.com/impressed.htm
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