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	Actor Michael Brill Photo - Michael Kleven Voice of Roethke -  Michael Brill TO THE MOON "To the Moon!" was completed on May 11, 2010 and review copies were sent to various individuals.   EARLY PRAISE "I just have to say that "To the Moon!" is a most gorgeous film, full of life and words, and, oh what language! The cinematography is a language all its own, and the music, the actors. It makes me very happy to know you, the creator. And I'm happy that your vision came true. Congratulations to all who helped you on this project. Applause....Applause. " "It is so beautiful. Oh, the work that must have gone into this. It's such a joy to see your artistic spirit at play. I have a feeling this little movie is going to get around." Production Stills Please click for photos. Next film project: "Native Justice."   A story of crime and punishment in Alaska. Add your name to film credits.      Make a donation, here.  Thanks, from the cast & crew! This low budget independent poem is made possible by your support. Donors will be named in the credits and those who donate $100 or more will receive a project shirt. Thanks! SUPPORTED BY: The Celebration Foundation -- Portland, Oregon  Graduate Student Organization -- University of Alaska, Anchorage Velda Miller Vivian Prescott Kathleen Tarr Linda Bryant Ken Cory  ~~ THANK YOU ~~ Support the film with a project shirt - black or white, sm,m,l,xl,xxl   Woman's cut - white only sm, m, l, xl,xxl.  Pay with PayPal and specify shirt size and color in email to skleven@ak.net  Click on shirt to order.    ~~~~ To make a donation -- click on PayPal link below.    This low budget independent poem is made possible by your support. Donors will be named in the credits and those who donate $100 or more will receive a project shirt. Thanks!

	Click for Blue Moon "My Space" Click on photo below to go to Production stills. Gus Hellthaler - owner of the Blue Moon 2010 (Photo - Mike Kleven) PROJECT PAGE This page supports the short film we are making in Seattle from December, through January of 2010, as part of my colloquium for the MFA at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.  As I get bios and such from the cast, I will add them here.   As filming begins the page will be a source for progress reports, reviews, and process.   See the notes below under Running Commentary for the first entries.    Roethke died when I was eighteen.  My older friends were his friends.  Friends of the Blue Moon Tavern. I was too young to get in, so I did not meet him.  However, I retain the ability to pronounce Roethke.  I am trying to find the friends of 45 years ago.  These older friends may be elderly depending on a number of things (See mysticism, below). Seattle-based actor Michael Brill has agreed to read Roethke poems in what I am imagining to be “voice-over.” Film maker Michael Kleven will produce, I will direct my motley crew in discovering Ted Roethke. Search is on for others: Stan Iverson, Lee Johnson, Ingerann Haig, Tom Robbins, James McLean, Barbara Tomlinson, Joel Jensen, William Cumming.   The film may cover mysticism. The northwest. Love. Or "a woman lovely in her bones." It will be a short film.