Help Fund Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story!
May 11, 2010 by Daniel J Russo
Filed under Announcements, Ardent Studios, Featured
Producer-director Danielle McCarthy, who over the course of the last 2 + years has become one of the greatest stewards of the great underdog story that is Big Star’s history, will return to Memphis this week to film the May 15th Big Star show in Memphis’ Overton Park (tickets available here). Joining her will be her co-director Drew DeNicola and her brother and cameraman Patrick McCarthy. The film is being initially funded by the kindness of Big Star fans, through Kickstarter, a fund raising Web site for the arts.
Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story‘s Kickstarter page has already raised over $13,000, and is only open until Thursday, 5/13/10, so please take a look at the trailer and the opportunities to donate there!
From John Beiffus‘ article in The Commercial Appeal:
With pledge dollars and mouse clicks, fans around the world are helping to ensure the completion of a feature documentary about Big Star, the influential Memphis power-pop band led by the late Alex Chilton.
“I knew that people would want to see the movie, but the response was a real eye-opener,” said Brooklyn producer-director Danielle McCarthy, who hit her fundraising goal of $6,000 just a few hours after going public with her project last week on kickstarter.com, an online “funding platform” for artists, musicians, filmmakers, inventors and other creative types.
(Read more about the project at the film’s Web site)
In the photo: filmmaker Danielle McCarthy, Ardent Studios/Records owner/founder John Fry, and cameraman Patrick McCarthy. Not shown is co-director Drew DeNicola.
UPDATE: Now that the Kickstarter page has expired, The Memphis Music Foundation is accepting donations in support of the film and its crew. Please contact Pat Mitchell Worley at pat@memphismeansmusic.com, or you can call the foundation at (901) 527-1029.
The Big Star Box Set, Keep an Eye on the Sky, is available through Amazon.com.
The Deluxe Edition of Chris Bell’s I Am the Cosmos is available through Rhino Handmade’s site.
