Actual Reality Pictures NewsletterMAY 2008
Greatest American Dog Premieres July 10th on CBS
At this moment, our team is shooting our new CBS series filled with the greatest dogs and dog owners, Greatest American Dog. Scheduled to premiere Thursday, July 10th at 8PM on CBS, Greatest American Dog will feature dogs and their owners as they compete in a variety of challenges. With a diverse group of dogs and owners participating, it promises to be a fun and exciting look at America's "best friends" and the owners who love them.
30 Days Season 3 Premieres June 3rd at 10PM on FX
We're happy to announce that Season 3 of 30 Days will premiere on Tuesday, June 3rd at 10PM E/P on FX. The new season kicks off with the intrepid Morgan Spurlock spending 30 days as a West Virginia coal miner. With unprecedented access to the coal mine, our cameras follow Morgan deep into the earth as he explores life in one of the world's most dangerous professions.
Other episodes follow every Tuesday at 10PM E/P on FX. Additional topics featured this season are:
  • Former Denver Bronco Ray Crockett spends "30 Days In A Wheelchair" June 10th
  • "Animal Rights" June 17th
  • "Same Sex Parenting" June 24th
  • "Gun Nation" July 1st
  • "Life on an Indian Reservation" July 8th
All episodes air Tuesdays at 10PM E/P on FX.
Flip That House Turns 100
Flip That House celebrates it's 100th episode this month on TLC. On May 24th at 8PM, TLC will air the 100th episode of Flip. The episode features veteran flipper, Jad Najjar, as he flips a home in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. A modern-day renaissance man, Najjar is a former runway model and now an accomplished artist/designer who has taken on the challenge of flipping a three-bedroom, one and one-half bath home.
Congratulations to the entire Flip That House team for this fantastic accomplishment.
Families That Flip premieres June 28th at 8PM E/P
Our new Flip Special Families That Flip is scheduled to premiere June 28th at 8PM E/P on TLC. In this one hour special, two families go head to head in a family flip challenge. The Scherer family lives in Louisville, Kentucky. 2,500 miles across the country the Garland family lives in rural southern Oregon. Both families have given themselves a tight eight week schedule to finish their Flip. Under the intense pressure of flipping, which family will stick together and be able to finish on schedule, under budget, and walk away with the biggest profit margin. Watch the ARP web site for the latest TV schedule for Families That Flip and all of our other productions.
Phil Roy Live In Concert At The Hotel Cafe
Actual Reality's great friend Phil Roy (remember him from American High?) is now Decca/Universal Recording Artist Phil Roy! His new album THE GREAT LONGING will be released nationally May 20th 2008. Visit his website at www.philroy.com. And if you're in Los Angeles come see him perform on Monday May 19th at 8pm at the HOTEL CAFE (1623 N. Cahuenga Blvd.) It's going to be an awesome show with special guests so come down and check it out!
The September Issue: In Post-Production
Scheduled for release later this year, our feature documentary The September Issue is coming together in the edit room. The film follows legendary fashionista Anna Wintour and the editors at Vogue as they produce the September issue of the magazine. The September Issue is a production of Actual Reality Pictures and A&E Indiefilms. Stay tuned for more news!
Back to The War Room - 15 Years Later
On September 14th, 1993, The War Room received its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The film went on to play to sold-out crowds in theaters across America and the world, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed by cinema verite legends D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and produced by R.J. Cutler, Wendy Ettinger and Frazer Pennebaker, The War Room gave audiences a first hand look inside Bill Clinton's first campaign for the presidency and made political operatives James Carville and George Stephanopoulos household names.
Now in the midst of another historic election year, the War Room team has reunited to produce War Room Plus 15 for Sundance Channel. All of the film's original participants will be featured, reflecting on the way that American presidential politics has changed in the decade-and-a-half since the film's premiere. More information will be coming soon, so stay tuned to this newsletter and the Actual Reality Pictures website!
Comedy at the Edge documentary coming soon
R.J. Cutler and Sarah Timberman will be producing a feature-length documentary based upon TV critic Richard Zoglin's new book, Comedy At The Edge. The book tells the story of stand-up comedy from the 1960s until the present day, told through the words of comedy legends like George Carlin, David Letterman, Steve Martin and Albert Brooks. Stay tuned for more news as this project progresses.
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