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PING PONG PLAYA on tour
Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 9:23AM / Standard Entry / Members only
Shout out to all the peeps at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, where we just had an AMAZING time!!! Two sold out screenings and lots of parties!!! Shout to my boyz Far East Movement and Wong Fu. Much love to SD!
PING PONG PLAYA and the doc I produced THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE both headed to the Hawaii International Film Festival in the next few days and then PPP to the Kaohsiung Int'l Film Festival next week and beyond! Anyone in Honolulu or Kaohsiung, holla at me!
Also, real quick: PING PONG PLAYA soundtrack available for download now from iTunes and amazon.com CD drops soon!!! Featuring Far East Movement, Chops, and Jin!!!
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PING PONG PLAYA in theaters Friday, Sept 5!!!
Wednesday, Sep 3, 2008 3:11PM / Standard Entry / Members only
EVERYBODY!!! CHECK IT: the new comedy from Oscar winner Jessica Yu - PING PONG PLAYA opens September 5th in SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, BERKELEY, LOS ANGELES, GLENDALE, ALHAMBRA, IRVINE and NEW YORK. On September 12, the film opens in SEATTLE and HOUSTON! Please spread the word and send email blasts!It's an exciting time--but here's where we need you. We'll let the movie speak for itself (if the reactions of people who have seen the movie is any indication, we firmly believe you won't be disappointed), but we need your help to spread the word about the release of the movie.Independent movies don't have the marketing budget to compete against the mammoth studio movies, but what we do have is intense, strong word-of-mouth (just check out any of a number of our reviews--from outlets large and small, from critics, bloggers, and chat room posters alike).We are encouraging groups of people to buy out blocks of seats on our first opening weekend in each of these cities. Bring your friends, your family and your neighbors. The film is for all ages. In San Francisco - on Saturday, September 6 - we have some groups of people buying out seats and in Los Angeles there will be groups coming to the Mann Chinese 6 and Alhambra. We could use more people buying out seats on all of the other cities and every theater. Our website: www.pingpongplaya.comAnd if you know of any friends w/ websites or blogs that want to support the film by putting up our banner ads, please download here:Please help us continue to spread the word and come check out the movie opening weekend (Sept 5--LA/SF/NY; Sept 12--Seattle/Houston).HERE ARE THE LIST OF THEATERS - PLEASE CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR TIMES AND TO BUY TICKETS. SOME THEATERS WILL OFFER DISCOUNTS FOR GROUP SALES - PLEASE CHECK WITH THEM.SEPTEMBER 5, 2008NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)REGAL E-WALK (TIMES SQUARE)247 W. 42ND STREET (AT 8TH AVENUE)NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON FANDANGO.COMAMC LOEWS VILLAGE 766 THIRD AVENUE (AT 11TH STREET)NEW YORK, NY 10003BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON FANDANGO.COMLOS ANGELESALHAMBRA/PASADENA/SAN GABRIEL VALLEYEDWARDS ATLANTIC PALACE 10700 MAIN STREETATLANTIC AT MAIN STREETALHAMBRA, CA 91801BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON FANDANGO.COMGLENDALEMANN GLENDALE EXCHANGE 10128 MARYLAND AVENUEGLENDALE, CA 91205BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON MOVIEFONE.COMHOLLYWOODMANN CHINESE 6 THEATERSHOLLYWOOD AND HIGHLAND6801 HOLLYWOOD BLVD.LOS ANGELES, CA 90028BUY ADVANCE TICKETS ON MOVIETICKETS.COMIRVINEEDWARDS UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER 64245 CAMPUS DRIVEIRVINE, CA 92612BUY ADVANCE TICKETS AT FANDANGO.COMSAN FRANCISCOAMC LOEWS METREON 16101 4TH STREET AT MISSIONSAN FRANCISCO, CA 94013BUY ADVANCE TCKETS AT FANDANGO.COMBERKELEYLANDMARK SHATTUCK CINEMAS2230 SHATTUCK AVENUEBERKELEY, CA 94704BUY ADVANCE TICKETS AT LANDMARKTHEATRES.COMSAN JOSECAMERA 12 DOWNTOWN201 SOUTH SECOND STREETSAN JOSE, CA 95113BUY ADVANCE TICKETS AT CAMERACINEMAS.COMPlease check the www.pingpongplaya.com website often for updates. There are already two parties taking place with the opening of the film.Friday, September 5 - Los Angeles with Climax Global - official after-party at CENTRAL HOLLYWOOD. Check our website for more details and address - meet the director and stars of PING PONG PLAYA. Bring your ticket stub for free entry before 11pm!Saturday, September 6 - San Francisco - Hyphen Magazine and Center for Asian American Media are creating an evening party for all ticket stub holders at Straits Cafe next to the Metreon. Party starts at 10pm!!!Again, make sure you check the website for current info and breaking news!Please spread the word and let's sell out the weekend!
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Ping Pong Playa After Party hosted by HYPHEN MAGAZINE!
Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 1:51AM / Standard Entry / Members only
Hello friends and fans of PPP!
Just wanted to give anyone who's in the Bay Area a heads up that HYPHEN MAGAZINE is throwing an after party for PING PONG PLAYA on...
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 10:00pm
Straits Cafe
845 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
Thanks so much for reading!!! And if you have any friends who might be interested, invite them too!
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PING PONG PLAYA--here we come!!!
Monday, Jul 28, 2008 3:53AM / Standard Entry / Members only
Hello to all my peoples out there!!!
In case you haven't heard--starting September 5th, PING PONG PLAYA is coming to a theater near you!!! Starting out in LA/SF/NY, we're going to be rolling out in limited release--tell all your friends about it! Come and check it out--not just 'cause you want to support Asian-American cinema, but 'cause it's a damn funny film. Yes, admittedly, I am a bit biased, but if you don't believe me, just check out a small sampling of reviews:
Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/art icle_display.jsp?rid=11013
Firstshowing.net:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/09/29/tiff-review-p ing-pong-playa-best-of-the -fest/
Cinematical:
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/09/12/tiff-review-ping-pong-playa/
Shout out to all the folks in NY, where Jessica and I just got back from closing out the Asian-Am International Film Festival. It was an AWESOME experience, from the audience response to the folks at ACV who made everything fun and easy to Shake Shack for their amazing burgers!
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films at the Asian-Am Int'l Film Fest
Tuesday, Jul 1, 2008 1:09AM / Standard Entry / Members only
Hey yo, everybody!
Sorry for my sporadic posts--I'm gonna make an extra effort to try and update this thing a little more regularly than normal. Anyway, a few things coming your way for those of you in the NYC area: make sure to check out the Asian-American International Film Festival coming up in mid-July. I've actually got TWO films playing there:
PING PONG PLAYA, which will be the Closing Night Film on July 19:
http://aaiff.org/2008/content/ping-pong-playa
www.pingpongplaya.com
and
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE, which I co-produced, playing in the Documentary section:
http://aaiff.org/2008/content/the-killing-of-a-chinese-cookie
www.thekillingofachinesecookie.com
Writer-director Jessica Yu and I will be there at the PING PONG PLAYA screening, so come holla at us if you read this and happen to check it out.
btw--stay tuned. Got some major news about the theatrical release of PING PONG PLAYA coming up...it is imminent!!!
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