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APRIL 16th, 2008 WEDNESDAY 10:30PM

PROBOT KILLS @ C.A.L.F.

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We just got back from Belfast, Maine, where we had two screenings of a 10 year retrospective of the Best of Probot Toy Cinema 1998 - 2008 at the Colonial Theatre as part of the Inaugural Comic Arts Laugh Festival. It was the first ever screening of Probot movies on a big screen for a public audience, so we couldn't miss it, travelling 3200 miles from Hollywood to get there.

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Representing Probot were Carla Remy Norton, Eric Coburn, and myself. Carla and I introduced the program which included a special intro featuring a miniature model of the Colonial Theatre...

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Damon Wellner and Carla Remy Norton introduce a 10 year retrospective of Probot Toy Cinema at the Colonial Theatre in Belfast, ME on April 11th 2008 as part of the Inaugural Comic Arts Laugh Festival (C.A.L.F.)
photo by Jay Davis
VillageSoup/Waldo County Citizen Senior Reporter

The program started with a truncated version of ALIEN 5 to show the audience our humble beginnings. We also screened Star Wars in 3 Minutes, ALIEN 5², all six episodes of THE CELLBLOCK LIFE, and a couple of clips from our upcoming feature film, THE GIBBON. After Fridays show, Carla and I answered questions from the audience. Both nights the movies were very well received.

I met some wonderful people, I love Maine and Belfast especially. One special person I met was Jackson Gillman, a comedian who performed for me his epic comic ballad to Rustic Potatoes featuring no less than THREE vintage Mr. Potatoheads, performed in the thick accent of a Maine potato farmer! Almost like a live performance art version of what I do, it was something I will surely never forget!

Special thanks to Mike Hurley for organizing the event!!! We all had a blast!!!


The weekend festivities also included a reception at the Waterfall Arts Center commemorating the managerial transfer of the Richard Norton Memorial Scholorship from the Remy/Norton family to the center. The annual scholorship is given to a Waldo County arts student in honor of the late photographer. Denise Remy and Carla Remy Norton are shown here presenting WAC founder Al Chrichton with a check.

 

 

Denise Remy, Norton's widow, and his daughter, Carla Remy Norton, center, present a check to Waterfall Arts founder Al Crichton.

 

Probot Productions got a cover story in The Beat section of a local consortium of newspapers.

Probot Productions got a cover story in "The Beat" section of a local consortium of newspapers including The Waldo Independent. Read it here.

 
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