Sign of the Times are changing

So you may have noticed some rather obvious changes to the blog like the look and feel, and the name. This is a sign of the change to come. The blog is changing into a beacon of truth surrounding all details of this project: the production, the cast & crew, and will serve as the ultimate voice of truth for the film, and for me.

I hope you continue to stick with me if for no other reason than to hear some great stories. The blog will continue to be updated infrequently in the new year (that is my commitment to you), and I hope to hear from many people through Twitter.

@ugmovie on Twitter: twitter.com/ugmovie

Site's Down. Don't Frown.

Yes the official film site http://www.universalgroovemovie.com/ is down. Hosting company is upgrading servers again, and they'll be back on line shortly (by Monday I suspect). That being said the servers aren't the only things that are changing.

The site will be sproting a brand new look, and we'll probably be moving off this Blogspot page to our own hosted WordPress (yay!)

I've been dabbling with the Twitterverse of late, and I started a UG Twitter that you can follow here: http://www.twitter.com/ugmovie It's sparse right now, but it'll start being updated on a more regular basis.

I've noted that there are a few Facebook pages for the film out there, however I'll eventually get around to putting up a Facebook page for the film.

While the project is still not available for anyone to purchase, there is some news around the corner, and hopefully some of you will be able to see the film soon.

Keep up the great support.

Sandeep

Corey Haim Passes To The Other Side

At 8:47am EST my phone was buzzing with a text message from someone out west; it read: Corey Haim found dead this morning in LA. Wasn't he in your movie??

Yes he was.

I was taken back having working very closely with him during the production; I am sad for his family; and I am sad for his fans. So shocking considering his life long battle with drugs, and his apparent recent getting it together. It's exceptionally sad when someone so young dies...well before their time.

I had the opportunity to not just work with him, but speak to him on a personal level during the shoot some 10 years ago, and he was full of energy and brimming with spirit and dreams. Constantly searching and shooting for that comeback, and hoping that "this" --whatever moment he was in--would be that critical moment.

We are sad to see him go, and glad that we have a piece of his soul on record for all of time in his self professed 30th film.

Funny to note that Corey was the one who dubbed me 'Deep; and it's been my nickname ever since. Near the end of the production I traded him my blue Hard Rock Cafe hat (he's wearing it in some promotional footage for a golf tournament that he participated in some time ago) for a yellow and black checkered shirt of his--I still have it...my timeless memory of the production from the months our lives were intertwined.

I remember the first time meeting him in a restaurant with Judy trying to convince him to join the project; I remember the first time I picked him up to take him to the production meeting--cleverly running out of gas; and I remember seeing The Lost Boys in a pre-screening in Dorval with a bunch of friends in '86 never even crossing my mind that I'd end up working with Corey one day.

There are many fond memories of the production, and this '80s heart-throb by myself and yourselves. No matter what anyone has ever said of his career, his comeback, his successes and his failures the world has proven time and time again that everyone wanted to talk about Corey Haim, and everyone wanted to know what he was up to.

He will be missed the world over.

To The Fans: Please know that the film is truly complete, and has been since 2008. In an effort to meet the needs of everyone who's written in, and who's shown support of the film, and our tribulations I'll get it out to you somehow.

The picture above is from Corey on set; if memory serves correctly he was talking to Judy at the time.

Sandeep

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Back On-Line!

The site's back on-line for those who haven't already noticed. We got everything taken care of with the service provider, and now I'm working on a few nice updates.

Hope to have a new look for the blog and the site in the next week or so.

Take care.

Go to www.universalgroovemovie.com to own it now!

The Groove, The Bad, and The Augh!

Some of you have E-mailed me have pointed out some fairly obvious things, so I thought it best to add another entry as my attention turns back to Universal Groove in 2010:

1) the blog hasn't been updated in a while

2) you can't find a copy of Universal Groove anywhere despite the web site stating that it's available

3) the web site hasn't been updated in forever

4) there is no web site anymore

5) no matter how hard you try you still want to see it

To be quite honest things have become a bit of a mess of late with this film. Yes it *IS* completed. (May 2008) There exists a picture locked version, and an about as final cut as it's going to get cut.

However since post-production ended Francois and I have gone our separate ways over disagreements on another project, and he falsely believes that I shipped him out to sea (as it were). As a result we're haven't touched antennae on this project and it's stalled (again).

I am unable to get hold of the film masters so any distro deal that we were working on isn't going to move until the masters make an appearance.

So now that the bad news has been delivered, what is the good?

The Universal Groove web site will go back up in the next month with updates. The hosting company is upgrading their entire infrastructure. This gives me the time to update it and throw it back up.

I spent the better part of 2009 clearing my plate and ignoring this project because of the sheer emotional damage that it does to me every time I pick it up, but now my attention is returned. I'm working on a "making of story" following the making of Universal Groove that will go through the development, production, and post-production experiences...the trials and tribulations of this entire project. Essentially my catharsis so I can finally move one. I hope to have it ready for your consumption in the first half of this year.

As for will the film be released? If ever, I suspect it'll take the moving of mountains, the re-birth of a star and the tracking down of the masters to make it happen; not impossible, just not possible today.

More updates soon. Thanks for sticking with us, and lending all your support.