BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL QUICK PITCH On February 2nd, 1989, televisions all over the world suddenly black out, interupted by a signal from outer space, replacing the "regularly scheduled programming" with rock icon, Buddy Holly, who delivers a cryptic message to an average electronics salesman, Oliver Vale, tasking him with saving the world from an alien plot to destroy Earth. BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P2 OVERVIEW BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is the story of Oliver Vale, a common young man suddenly called to unexpected adventures, when TV screens go blank across the world and the 1950s rock pioneer Buddy Holly is alive again, performing from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. In the Film’s arresting central image, Holly, who died in a plane crash at the height of his fame, returns with all of his legendary stage charisma. He wears his trademark black-framed glasses and plays his Fender Strat electric guitar. Suddenly, the rocker stops and delivers a strange, unexpected message in his sultry Texas accent, that Vale holds the key to the blackout and that he should be “contacted for assistance.” This odd manifesto abruptly changes the life of Vale, an electronic salesman living in Las Vegas, who suddenly finds himself the target of a high- speed, cross-country chase. In a defining moment, Vale turns from channel surfer to perpetrator number one as he finds himself pursued by space aliens, a fierce cyborg dog, and a ruthless government agent. This does not include the millions of fellow couch potatoes in the world incensed and frantic to get their TV back. In his quest for answers, Vale decides to travel to Lubbock, Texas, Holly’s birthplace and final resting place, hoping that there he will find the solution to the mysterious TV blackout and the appearance of Buddy Holly. BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P3 POP CULTURE - SCIENCE FICTION Few genres, if any, have come close to creating the worldwide, multi-generational, voracious and growing. In fanatical devotion and box office excitement of science fact, these fans are so devoted to the alternate realities fiction. Simply put, sci-fi translates into big dollars. More conjured up by science fiction fims and literature that than half of the top 20 highest grossing films of all time they create personal costumes, learn ctional language were science fiction pictures. (i.e. “Klingon”) and even have cosmetic surgery in an attempt to blend the various sci-fi fictional words Perhaps the most popular of all sci-fi themes is that on their own. Members of this community stay in of alien life, be they companions, visitors, monsters or constant contact with one another online and at annual invaders. Such films tap into a primal part of the human conventions (called “cons”) where they congregate, psyche that craves to understand our greater place in the celebrate and imitate. universe, as well as plays upon our deepest fears of the unknown. This theme includes such classics as Steven This is the target audience for BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE Spielberg’s career making CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE AND WELL. In short, having the main ingredients of big THIRD KIND and E.T. as well as the hugely successful blockbuster studio films yet a significantly reduced cost, comedies MEN IN BLACK franchise. BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELLl is perfectly poised to plunge into this surging sci-fi sea of viral marketers and ride With all these fiims being made, you might think that the wave to commercial success. the sci-fi movie going audience would eventually tire of all the time-travelling, robot-smashing, and alien invading but you would be very wrong. This audience is BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P4 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P5 POP CULTURE - QUIRKY COMEDY A growing trend in the world of filmmaking, particularly inventive comedies were a little eccentric, a little oddball in comedy, is quirk. But what exactly is quirk? and a whole lot of fun – in a word, they were “quirky.” “Quirk is the ruling sensibility of today’s BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is uniquely Gen-X indie culture...” positioned to hit a dead center bull’s eye of today’s market trend - seamlessly integrating the off-beat -Michael Hirschorn, Atlantic Magazine humor and unexpected insights celebrated in RAISING ARIZONA, with the eye popping visual effects and The above quoted Michael Hirschorn of Atlantic Magazine intergalactic enchantment of such films as GALAXY defines it this way, “Quirk is odd but not too odd. That QUEST and BACK TO THE FUTURE. would take us all the way to weird, and there someone might get hurt.” Indeed, quirk is the whimsical embrace of the oddities and randomness of life that, for whatever reason, seems to resonate with today’s soul-searching, geek-loving, market-driving teenage audience. But, quirk is not just the domain of teens. Many of the biggest breakout indie films of recent years were widely embraced by young and old audiences alike. These films were funny, yes, but they were more than that. These BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P6 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P7 POP CULTURE - THE MUSIC The film’s soundtrack wil combine the hip sound of the 1950s rock with the outrageous pop sounds of the late 1980s. Classics like Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day” and “Oh Boy” wll join 80s-defining tracks from artists such as Rick Astley, Crowded House, and White Snake. Fans of both generations of rock n' roll will understand why Rolling Stone named Holly the 13th greatest artist of all time. BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P8 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P9 DEVELOPMENT TRAILER In just 48 hours, Dahlia Street Films’ release of a development teaser for its latest sci-fi comedy motion picture BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL has been viewed nearly 10,000 times since its release on YouTube and has received a perfect 100% “thumbs up” approval from fans of Bradley Denton’s award winning comic novel by the same name. Here are just a few of the comments it received online: “This is great news! It’s an awesome book. I’ve been wanting to see it as a “Now that was a funny book. I hope they kept Ringo the Cyborg Doberman movie for years. I can’t wait to see what they do for the cyborg Doberman. in the film!” Bad-ass!” “Looks cool, and as a big Buddy Holly fan, props to them for using relatively “What a fun mysterious adventure. Can’t wait to see it. 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Love it!” BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P10 Google/Youtube search: Buddy Holly is Alive and Well Teaser https://youtu.be/OmQpZ7iYDo4 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P11 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P12 POP CULTURE - BUDDY HOLLY Buddy Holly has been called “the single most influential His final show, part of a rock tour also featuring Ritchie creative force in early rock & roll.” His works and Valens and the Big Bopper, came on Feb. 2, 1959. The innovations influenced a long list of contemporaries and plane took off at around 12:55 a.m. Feb. 3 in gusty winds future stars, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the and snowy conditions and crashed after a few minutes. Rolling Stones. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly No. 13 His funeral services were held in his hometown, and he on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. was buried in the City of Lubbock Cemetery, which plays a major role in BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL. Leaving behind a legacy of seemingly unlimited success after a career of just a year and a half, Buddy Holly Holly’s recorded work had been so prolific that new entered the pantheon of creative geniuses dying too albums continued to be made for 10 years following his soon in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, 1959. He was death, including “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Crying, not quite 23 years old. Waiting, Hoping.” Other classics include “That’ll Be the Day,” “Rave On,” and “Peggy Sue.” Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley on Sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas - the change from Holley to Holly Buddy Holly’s mystique holds cinematic power, as shown resulted from an error in a contract he signed with his in movies like Francis Ford Coppola’s PEGGY SUE GOT first music label. The incorrect spelling was then adapted MARRIED, based on one of Holly’s masterpiece songs, for his professional career. and LA BAMBA, the story of Ritchie Valens, who died along with Holly in the 1959 plane crash.