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Withoutabox 2/2/13 7:23 PM The Fabulous Ice Age Directed by: Keri Pickett submitted by Keri Pickett Foreign Titles Submission Contact ENGLISH The Fabulous Ice Age Keri Pickett Submission Contact FRENCH L'Age de Glace Fabulous Pickett Pictures LLC 612-623-3410 (Work) GERMAN Die Fabelhafte Eiszeit 413 East Hennepin Avenue 612-801-6727 (Cell) ITALIAN L'era Glaciale Fabulous Historic Old St. Anthony Minneapolis, MN, 55414 SPANISH La Edad de Hielo Fabulosa U S A Czech Bjecna ledova doba [email protected] Citizenship: U S A 3-Line Synopsis Gender: F Date of Birth: 04-JUN-1959 The journey begins in 1915 when a young German skater ignites America's love with dancing on ice. 'The Fabulous Ice Age' Production chronicles a century of theatrical skating, from Berlin's Charlotte, Keri Pickett to America's Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice, and the Director (1st Project,1st Feature); Producer (1st Project,1st Sonja Henie shows, illustrating how they dominated live Feature); Executive Producer (1st Project,1st Feature) entertainment for decades, while also depicting one skaters' Pickett Pictures LLC 612-623-3410 (Work) quest to share this history. Never before seen footage, photos 413 East Hennepin Avenue 612-801-6727 (Cell) and memorabilia introduces us to a handful of skaters, producers Historic Old St. Anthony and entrepreneurs who helped change their world. Starting in Minneapolis, MN, 55414 America with the Hippodrome and hotel shows and big arena U S A shows, we then see how Holiday on Ice brought skating to [email protected] Europe, behind the Iron Curtain, to Asia, Africa and South Citizenship: U S A America, where ice had never been seen before. Gender: F Date of Birth: 04-JUN-1959 3-Line Synopsis Suzanne Jurva Le voyage débute en 1915 quand une jeune patineuse allemande Co-Producer enflamma l'Amérique en dansant sur la glace. 'L' Age Fabuleux Suzanne Jurva 805-551-2633 (Day) de la Glace' relate un siècle de patinage théâtral, comment ces 3640 Woodbury Point patineurs dominèrent le spectacle vivant pendant des décennies, Cummings, GA, 30041 et nous font partager leur histoire. Grace à des séquences de film U S A inédites, des photos et des documents d'archive rares, ce [email protected] documentaire présente une poignée de patineurs, de producteurs Citizenship: U S A et d'entrepreneurs qui contribuèrent à changer le monde. L'histoire commence en Amérique avec des shows à Writing l'Hippodrome, dans des hôtels et des grandes arènes. Holiday on None provided by applicant. Ice apporta le patinage artistique en Europe, derrière le Rideau de Fer, en Asie, en Afrique et en Amérique du Sud, dans des Cast endroits qui n'avaient même jamais vu la glace. Aja Zanova Supporting Programming Descriptors Gender: F FORMS:Documentary GENRES:Family, Educational, Dance, Independent, Atoy Wilson Period/Historical, Culture, Art, Personal Narrative, History, Supporting Biography Gender: M NICHES:African American, Asian, Asian American, Black, Gay/Lesbian, Women, Senior/Aging, Student, Youth/Teen, Betty Ann Goedhart Children, Buddhist Voice Gender: F Exact Runtime 01 hr : 12 min : 23 sec Bill Stine Supporting Date of Completion Gender: M December 2012 Cathy Steele-Bietak Country of Production / Filming Supporting U S A / Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gender: F Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, U S A, https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_acc/03t_view_entities/03t_view_proj_print.php?film_id=4626922 Page 1 of 4 Withoutabox 2/2/13 7:23 PM United Kingdom Denise Benoit-Eby Supporting SHOOTING FORMATS Gender: F HDV NTSC DigiBeta NTSC Dick Button VHS NTSC Supporting 8mm Gender: M 16mm Douglas Breniser PREVIEW FORMATS Voice DVD Region0 NTSC Gender: M .MPG (MPEG or MPEG2) Gloria Nord EXHIBITION FORMATS Supporting DVD Region0 NTSC Gender: F DVD Region1 NTSC DVD Region0 NTSC Hans Wolfgang-Thurau DVD Region1 NTSC Supporting .MOV (Quicktime) Gender: M Exhibition Info Jack Johncock Print Frame Speed: Color + B/W, Stereo Supporting Aspect Ratios: 1.78 (16x9 VIDEO) Gender: M Film Sound: Dolby Digital EX Jeanne Sook (Hill) Foreign Versions Supporting This Project contains dialogue inEnglish with no translations Gender: F available. Jill Shipstad Distribution Supporting The project has NO distribution yet. Gender: F Screenings Information not provided. JoJo Starbuck Supporting 125-Word Synopsis Gender: F “The Fabulous Ice Age” chronicles the era of the great American touring ice shows, their dazzling production numbers and variety Joanne Mitsuko Funakoshi acts, how they dominated family entertainment for decades and Supporting one skaters’ quest to keep this history from being forgotten. Gender: F Spanning a century of theatrical ice skating, this story focuses on the formation of touring ice shows- Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Joe Marshall Holiday on Ice and Arthur Wirtz/Sonja Henie shows- before Supporting evolving into today's skating exhibitions. The journey begins in Gender: M 1915 when a young German skater ignites America’s love with dancing on ice. In 1936, Minnesotan brothers Roy and Eddie John Flanagan Shipstad and Oscar Johnson booked their skating troupe into a Supporting Chicago hotel “tank show” paving the way for America’s first Gender: M touring ice show: Ice Follies. Simultaneously, Olympic skating champion Sonja Henie took Hollywood by storm, resulting in the Judy Thomas creation of a lavish show starring Hollywood’s newest sensation. Supporting As public interest soared, the Arena Managers Association Gender: F created the Ice Capades, and soon these ice shows were touring year-round to packed houses. In 1945, Minnesotan Morris Katja Deetlevs Chalfen bought into Holiday on Ice whose portable ice system Supporting brought business to a new scale, enabling him to book his ice Gender: F show into any-and-all venues. As part of America’s cultural exchange program, shows traveled globally - behind the Iron Kenneth Feld Curtain, and even to countries that had never seen ice before. Supporting Rare archival footage, candid interviews with producers, skating Gender: M legends and devoted chorus “gypsies” bring this never-before- told history of a uniquely American art form to life. Kenneth Shelley Supporting 125-Word Synopsis Gender: M Le voyage débute en 1915 quand une jeune patineuse allemande Lucille Miller enflamma l'Amérique en dansant sur la glace. 'L' Age Fabuleux Supporting de la Glace' relate un siècle de patinage théâtral, comment ces Gender: F patineurs dominèrent le spectacle vivant pendant des décennies, et nous font partager leur histoire. Grace à des séquences de film Margaret Beard inédites, des photos et des documents d'archive rares, ce Supporting documentaire présente une poignée de patineurs, de producteurs Gender: F https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_acc/03t_view_entities/03t_view_proj_print.php?film_id=4626922 Page 2 of 4 Withoutabox 2/2/13 7:23 PM et d'entrepreneurs qui contribuèrent à changer le monde. L'histoire commence en Amérique avec des shows à Nancy Kerrigan l'Hippodrome, dans des hôtels et des grandes arènes. Holiday on Supporting Ice apporta le patinage artistique en Europe, derrière le Rideau Gender: F de Fer, en Asie, en Afrique et en Amérique du Sud, dans des endroits qui n'avaient même jamais vu la glace. Reiko Kato Supporting 250-Word Synopsis Gender: F 'The Fabulous Ice Age' chronicles the era of the great American touring ice shows revealing how, with their dazzling production Richard Dwyer numbers and variety acts, they dominated family entertainment Supporting for decades. It also depicts one skater's quest to keep this history Gender: M from being forgotten. The ice shows' creation and success changed the lives of skaters and audiences alike - eventually Richard M. Morse exporting American culture around the world. Rare archival Supporting footage, candid interviews with producers, skating legends and Gender: M devoted chorus gypsies bring this never-before-told history of a uniquely American art form to life. The journey begins in 1915 Roy Blakey when a young German skater, Berlin's Charlotte, brings her Lead Actor 'ballet on ice' to New York's Hippodrome Theater, igniting Gender: M America's love of theatrical skating. In 1936, Minnesotan brothers Roy and Eddie Shipstad and partner Oscar Johnson booked their Scott Hamilton skating troupe (which had been performing at local ice carnivals Supporting and hockey games) into a hotel tank show, thus laying the Gender: M groundwork for America's first touring ice show, the 'Ice Follies'. Simultaneously, Olympic skating champion Sonja Henie took Shirli Mc Gaffen Hollywood by storm, resulting in the creation of The Hollywood Supporting Ice Revue, a lavish touring show starring Hollywood's newest Gender: F sensation. Henie continued to make movie after movie, quickly becoming the highest paid star in Hollywood. As public interest Skippy Baxter soared, the Arena Managers Association created the Ice Supporting Capades, and soon 'the big three' were performing year-round to Gender: M packed houses. In 1945, Minnesotan Morris Chalfen bought into a fledgling company called Holiday on Ice and, with the creation Stephanie Andros of a portable ice system, brought the ice show touring business to Supporting a new level, enabling him to book his show into any-and-all Gender: F venues. As a part of America's cultural exchange program, he sent Holiday on Ice throughout Europe and behind the Iron Terry S. King Curtain, eventually introducing ice shows to countries in Africa, Supporting Asia, and South America - exporting American culture and values Gender: F through entertainment, even to places that had never seen ice. Meanwhile, inspired by Henie's films, and roller skating star Tom Collins Gloria Nord (Sonja Henie on wheels), a young Roy Blakey started Supporting amassing his ice show collection and dreamed of becoming a Gender: M figure skater (a dream fulfilled when Roy began his skating career in a hotel tank show, eventually joining Holiday on Ice's Camera international company during the 1960s).