Down Dog Movie
Screenwriter / Director / Producer
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I am Guru Dave......BEND OVER!
Male
102 years old
MALIBU (where else would a guru live?), CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login: 5/8/2009
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Down Dog Movie's Film Bio
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| Website | downdogmovie.com | | Influences | Hal Ashby, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach | | Directors | see above | | Awards | BEST SHORT FILM: 2005 Boulder Int'l Film Festival; BEST SHORT FILM: 2005 San Francisco World Film Festival | | Festivals | 2005: Boulder International Film Festival; Phoenix Film Festival; DC Independent Film Festival; Method Fest Film Festival; Maui Film Festival; Ojai Film Festival; Wine Country Film Festival; Bend Film Festival; Waterfront Film Festival; Bahamas Int'l Film Festival; Paste Magazine Rock 'N Reel Film Festival; Pine Film Festival; Tahoe/Reno Int'l Film Festival |
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Down Dog Movie's Interests
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| General | Myself (Guru Dave) and the pursuit of Enlightenment and Higher Truth through employing the Guru Dave trademarked method of maximum ego gratification, constant female affirmation and the collection of high end material posessions. | | Music | Ryan Adams, Stuart Mathis, Death Cab for Cutie, Chris Winston, John Nooney, Rufus Wainwright, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Wilco, Imogen Heap, The White Stripes, Beck, Bhagavan Das | | Movies | SEE THIS MOVIE, SHAMPOO, BULLITT, THE REAL OLD TESTAMENT, HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, AMERICAN PIE, AMERICAN DREAMZ, SYRIANA, OLD SCHOOL, BEING THERE, HAROLD & MAUDE, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS, THE LIFE AQUATIC, RUSHMORE, BOOGIE NIGHTS, WEDDING CRASHERS, 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, ZOOLANDER | | Television | Better Sex Through Naked Yoga, OM Television, Inhale, America's Next Top Model, Bikini Nation, Hawaiin Tropic Miss Universe Contest, Playboy TV, Baywatch, South Park, Crank Yankers | | Books | THE ART OF LEVITATION by Guru Sri Swami Babajiji Yogananda | | Heroes | Warren Beatty. Period. |
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Down Dog Movie's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking | | Orientation: | Straight | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Post grad | | Occupation: | Guru |
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Down Dog Movie's Schools
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Cornell University
Ithaca,New York
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Law -- Juris Doctor Degree
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1991 to 1994 |
Stanford University
Stanford,California
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: American Studies
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1985 to 1989 |
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| Films: 1 |
Total Plays: 84 |
Plays Today: 0 |
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Run Time:
187
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Plays:
84
Comments:
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NYC Screening -- DUO THEATRE Aug. 14
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Down Dog at M BAR HOLLYWOOD Monday December 18 @ 8:00 pm
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DOWN DOG screening at ELLENSBURG FILM FESTIVAL
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Director Richard Roll to be juror at 2006 BENDFILM
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DOWN DOG Screening at MOUNTAINFILM FESTIVAL / Telluride
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About me:
"A little hit!" -- THE WASHINGTON POST
"[Writer / Director] Richard Roll....one to keep your eye on" -- DVD TALK
www.downdogmovie.com
30+ film festivals and counting. 2 BEST SHORT FILM AWARDS. Essentially "Shampoo" in a yoga studio, "Down Dog" is a hilarious send up of the LA Yoga Scene". Stay tuned for the feature, 'cause its gonna rock.
Short film DVD now available for sale. If you are interested, send me a message.
Meanwhile, check out these faves:
SEE THIS MOVIE and
THE REAL OLD TESTAMENT
"DOWN DOG" SYNOPSIS
DOWN DOG is a spiritual satire and celebration of the explosion of Los Angeles yoga culture and the proliferation of ersatz gurus capitalizing on the zeitgeist of our times - the West's fascination with the East.
DOWN DOG transports us to the yoga world of Guru Dave, a charismatic yogi-to-the-stars at the peak of his notoriety. A legend in his own mind, Dave has a talent for espousing spiritual truths before a rapt cult following of beautiful women, but he misuses his ethereal charisma to philander his female tutelage and maximize his ego, wealth, and fame in the City of Lights. The World is his oyster.
Dave's biggest problem? He talks the talk, but can't quite walk the walk. His perfect Harem Universe of asana, women and song is rocked when Grace, a truly enlightened African American woman with the face and stature of Buddha enters his orbit. Our Bodhisattva sets out to help Dave achieve the next level in his spiritual development by confronting Dave with his duplicity and providing him with the challenge of his lifetime. Should he fail, his fiefdom will collapse.
Is our duplicitous false prophet up to the task? Only Grace's guru, Ascended Master Sri Babajiji Yogananda knows the truth. In the end, Grace carries the day in this comedic tale of female spiritual empowerment.
CAST
JEFFREY JOHNSON
CHANE'T JOHNSON
RICHIE KEEN
CATHERINE MCCORD
JEFFREY JOHNSON
DINA ROSENMEIER
SYDNEY BENNETT
BRE BLAIR
KJ MIDDLEBROOKS
MOLLY WEBER
JENNIFER HOWARD
CREW
RICHARD ROLL / WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
JULIE PIATT / CO-WRITER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
BRIAN ADLER / PRODUCER
JASON WEISS / CO-PRODUCER
MATT UHRY / CINEMATOGRAPHY
JUSTINE HALLIDAY / EDITOR
AARON KING / PRODUCTION DESIGN
MICHAEL LEVINSON / ART DIRECTION
CHRIS WINSTON / COMPOSER, SOUND DESIGN & MIX
SCOTT DAVID / CASTING
WRITER / DIRECTOR RICHARD ROLL IMDB Profile
GOT GURU?
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Who I'd like to meet:
Guru Sri Swami Babajiji Yogananda.....and any new willing young female yoga nubiles willing to submit completely to the will and power that is Guru Dave and my patened yoga methods guaranteed to cause enlightenment and transcension of the mortal coil. Some nakedness required.
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