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Skatopia hits PBS… Brewce & Laurie Video Interview

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Laurie House and Brewce Martin of Skatopia are interveiwed by Thom Hallock of Mountain Lake Journal about Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy. The movie will be playing June 11 at 11PM at the Lake Placid Film Forum.

Mountain Lake PBS talks up Skatopia – who’d ah thunk it? Tonight at 8:30 – Tomorrow Online

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This Week on EXTRA

June 3rd, 2010 @ 8:30pm

LAKE PLACID FILM FORUM

The Lake Placid Film Forum is celebrating 10-years, with special guests including actors Hal Holbrook, Parker Posey, and authors William Kennedy and Jay Parini. The festival host screenings of 2 locally produced films, The Summers of Walter Hacks by Vermont filmmaker George Woodard; and Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy by filmmakers Colin Powers and Laurie House from Essex, New York.
For information on events and screenings: www.lakeplacidfilmforum.com

SKATOPIA

We’ll talk with filmmaker Laurie House and Brewce Martin, who is the force behind the outrageous skateboard park in rural Appalacia.

DOUBLE FEATURE

Our film critic Rick Kisonak has his own mini-film-festival with a double feature of 2 of the summer blockbusters: Robin Hood and Macgruber.

Skatopia at the Lake Placid Film Forum!!

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It’s fair to say that this’ll be the only time Skatopia shares the bill with Hal Holbrook and Parker Posey! Come check us out in Lake Placid – June 11th at 11 PM!

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There’s a lot of talk out there about anarchy, about anti-establishmentarianism.  There’s a lot of talk about living the dream.  The creator of the real-place “Skatopia” and his constituents are doing it.  Skating, hedonism, and the impulses of the id reign.  Not for the faint of heart, “Skatopia” delves into the philosophies of aggressive patriarch Brewce Martin, a self-described dictator, and the mythos of his disciples, prone to foul mouths, crash-up derby driving, and escaping from realities of life outside the park.  Director of Programming for MLPBS Colin Powers and filmmaker Laurie House helm this down and dirty documentary.

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“He comes to Skatopia for genuine reasons…to skateboard, get drunk, and [get] chicks….”

- Brewce, describing a regular visitor

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Come for the skating, stay for the life.

Showing at the Lake Placid Film Forum Friday June 11th, at 11pm, Palace Theatre. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.