lawrence page films - statistic

Did you write and direct the film?

I wrote it, directed it, produced it and starred in it.

How do you plan on distributing the movie?

I'll let Tomiko Cameron answer that, that's my sidekick right there....

Tomiko: Well I'm also the producer of the film and our company has just set up the distribution part of it, so our company will be distributing throughout stores on DVD on March 13th. Self distribution, we have ourselves as contacts so it's gonna be in stores. So we want all of the fans to request it if they don't see it. and we have exclusive behind the scenes footage of "Murda Musik" on it, videos, commentary, interviews.....so you definitely want to check that out...

Do you consider the internet to be a viable distribution model for the future?

Tomiko: Definitely, especially college kids because I know they're the ones who use the computers most of the time and they have money to spend.. it's mom and dad's money, so in the middle of the night when they have nothing else to do they're logging on so.. you know, our website will be out there www.hollyhoodfilms.com and we're gonna be registered with all the search engines so they'll be able to find us.

That answers my question, if you have a website up... where do you want to take Lawrence Page Films?

Well Lawrence Page Films, is not just a film company... we're a multimedia company. We're like Viacom, we do it all, we plan on buying everything up, we got music, we got films, we got tv, we're going into radio, we're going into clothing, we're going into sports. We're worldwide right now, we don't have closed minds, we like to expand our minds and reach out for deeper things and actually bring them to life. Independent people, which we are, we're like the gods of this shit, because god answers to no one, he's independent and we're independent just like him; so *fuck* everybody else if they don't feel what I'm doing.

Say like in five years... where do you think your gonna be?

In five years I'm gonna be where I need to be. I'm gonna be at the level where No Limit is right now. I'm gonna reach that level. As far as just having our company like a multi-billion dollar company, where people are just buying in, because I'm not being bought out. That's where we're gonna be.. . I got a lot of tv stations locked down. I'm gonna tie into Viacom, I'm gonna tie into HBO, I'm gonna tie into Showtime, I'm gonna tie into all the top urban radion stations around the country, I'm gonna tie into street marketing apparel, Nike, the NBA, we're just gonna tie into everything.

Tomiko: It's like the internet, they thought it was gonna be small but it spread like a disease.

I heard when Spike Lee first started out he was struggling, eating Oodles of Noodles, he could barely pay the bills, did you find it hard to get things done... say in the beginning when you were getting this thing together?

In the beginning it was hard. When I first shot my film and it took me like $7000 to make it, it was a struggle. I struggled for like three years, without having no money, no food in my stomach, nah mean, mom's was ready to kick me out the house. It was rough. A grown man ain't working. I didn't believe in working when I was trying to make my film because it's hard to work a nine to five job and then try to get off and focus on editing my film and getting it out there, it's just to much time. I didn't have the time to put in two places. So my thing is, I'd rather walk the streets and eat cans of sardines, that's what I did for three or four years straight. Had the same pair of shoes, out there putting up posters, getting locked up for putting them up...

Tomiko: selling our cars...

I had to sell my girl's car. So you know it was rough. I was *fucking* underweight. Now I'm a little overweight. I got a little more weight on me because I'm eating good, but I'm trying to get my weight back down and keep it right. So I was unbalanced for a lot years trying to get an independent film out, it's a *muthafucka.* Now they make it a lot easier. I went through the times when Master P was coming up. I was making films way before he started making films. I shot Statistic like five years ago, it just hit in 99', I wrote the script like seven years ago. Follow me? So I was doing independent films right after that Spike Lee genre, we just didn't have the money to put it out there first. Follow what I'm sayin? So I been at this game for awhile. I eat, shit, sleep and breathe films, man. I am the new nigga in charge of films, as far as Hollywood and Hollyhood, and I will never make a flop. I'll take that to my *fucking* grave.

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