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Update on all projects

Here is the update on all my present & past film projects:

1. untitled '08 feature #1, status: script/being written

2. Date Number One (2008), status: in post, most likely will be available on DVD in January '08 (this month!)

3. Magnus & The Air Quotes Woman (2007), status: released, available on the web at Funny or DIE, MySpaceTV, & YouTube, will be an extra item in the upcoming Date Number One DVD

4. Rock Collection (2007), status: in post, most likely will be available on the web in January '08/later this month, & as a DVD extra at some point in '08

5. Dimensional Portal (2007), status: in post, will be available either on line or as an extra item on a DVD in 2008

6. Date Number One (2006), status: this version of DNO was significantly altered to produce DNO '08; the '06 version will most likely find its way to being a DVD extra item at some point in '08

7. Capital Heartbreak & Sweetness: 17 DC Poets (2002), status: completed, & pretty much shelved at the moment; most likely this performance video will be released in parts on the web in '08 and or it will become a DVD extra in the near future (w/ in the next couple of years)

8. Wild Diner (1999), status: shelved, may be offered as a DVD extra at some point in the near future (w/ in next couple of years)

9. Fresh Coffee (1992), status: shelved, may be offered as a DVD extra at some point in the near future (w/ in next couple of years)

- Sujewa

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