The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project Poster
The Blair Witch Project is the focus of Classics Corner this week. If you’re not familiar with The Blair Witch Project
It’s about 3 film students that visit Maryland to make a film about a local legend. They went into the woods (never a good idea) to look for the Blair Witch (oddly enough not that girl from the Facts of Life). They never came back. So a year later the footage was found and compiled and made into a movie.
One thing I like a lot about this movie is how it was marketed. It was genius. I ran into people for years that argued that it was real. Of course these people should go look up the actors online and see that they acted in other movies after they “died.” For most people this is pretty tough. This film had a ton of buzz around it when it was released. According to IMDB, the estimated budget was $60,000 and it grossed $248,639,099 world wide…which I’d say is a pretty good return on investment.
The Blair Witch Project was produced by Haxan Films. The film was directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, who wrote the film as well. The film stars Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams.
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I’ll be sharing more about this new project as the post production for G.H.O.S.T. draws to a close. At present this is soley a Brento project as it just sort of birthed itself organically from a 1 minute test film. If you think that this should be the next MUTANTVILLE effort, why not share your thoughts with good ole uncles Streebo and Geo Swanko by using the Contact Us function here on the website. There is no “I” in team – but there is an eye in meat pie as the saying goes.
