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THE FILMMAKER
Daniel Griffith is the CEO of Ballyhoo Motion Pictures. He has produced, directed and edited over 100 bonus features for the company. Griffith won the 2012 and 2018 Rondo Award for Best DVD Bonus Feature. He is also the recipient of the 2013 Forrest J. Ackerman Lifetime Achievement Award. Griffith also writes articles for various film magazines and publications. He is the writer, producer, and director of the upcoming feature-length documentary, "Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland"!
THE MISSION
Ballyhoo Motion Pictures is an award-winning film company that specializes in creative content for Blu-ray and DVD releases, original television programs, feature films and feature length documentaries. From concept to completion, we bring the same promotional flare and sense of wonder embraced by the cinematic showman of the past to every video production!
We are also the official documentarian for the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" television series, now on Netflix!
THE CLIENTS
Ballyhoo Motion Pictures has been commissioned by the industries leading film and television studio's to produce professional and engaging documentaries. Our work is featured on Blu-ray and DVD releases from Universal Pictures, Legendary Films, Warner Bros., StudioCanal, MGM, CBS, Shout! Factory, Scream! Factory, Arrow Video, Synapse Films, Kino-Lorber, VCI Entertainment, and more! We are also working to expand our relationship with Atlanta-based film studio's.
COMING ATTRACTIONS!
ROBOCOP
Ballyhoo Motion Pictures is currently working on NEW bonus features for the upcoming Limited Edition blu-ray release of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 groundbreaking sci-fi film, "Robocop". Stay tuned for more news about this exciting title!
SPACE: 1999
New making-of featurette's and commentaries. Coming soon to DVD and Blu-ray from Shout! Factory!
DEF-CON 4
New making-of and beyond the movie featurette's. Coming to Blu-ray June 10, 2019 from Arrow Video!
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOL 11
New making-of featurette's. Coming to DVD June 18, 2019 from Shout! Factory!
BLACK MOON RISING
New making-of featurette's and galleries. Now available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video!
PRINCE OF DARKNESS - 4K
New 50-minute documentary about the making of John Carpenter's horror classic. Now available from StudioCanal!
FEATURE PRESENTATIONS!
CELLULOID WIZARDS IN THE VIDEO WASTELAND
Before Full Moon, before the Puppet Master series, there was Empire Pictures. While smaller, independent studios were targeting the growing home video market, Charles Band’s visionary studio was producing low-budget features for the multiplexes and grindhouses throughout the world. But, as Band ambitiously exclaimed, “2,000 movies by the year 2000”, his newfound studio was rapidly crumbling beneath him. After five short years, his unbridled passion for motion picture marketing and distribution led to dubious business practices that would ultimately bring about the downfall of one of the most ambitious mini-majors of the 1980’s.
"Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland" is the epic ‘true’ story of the rise and fall of Empire Pictures, as told through the eyes of the innovative team of filmmakers and film professionals who worked together to reinvent and reinvigorate the independent motion picture industry in the 1980‘s. Visit the official WEBSITE for more info!
THEY CAME FROM THE SWAMP: THE FILMS OF WILLIAM GREF
If there were rules to filmmaking, one director would break them all! From the 1960's to the 1990's, writer/director William Grefé was grinding out exploitation films for drive-ins and hardtops across the globe. As a Miami-based regional filmmaker, he utilized the darkest corners of the Florida Everglades as his personal studio backlot. After years of production, the untold story of the Sunshine State's most notorious indie filmmaker comes to life in this epic documentary! Visit our official WEBSITE for more information.
MAELSTROM: THE ODYSSEY OF WATERWORLD
Ballyhoo Motion Pictures is proud to present the first, in-depth documentary about the making of Kevin Reynold's "Waterworld". Once considered the most expensive movie in film history, this epic production uncovers the true story behind this apocalyptic Summer thrill-ride! The documentary features all-new interviews with the cast and crew, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and alternate cuts of the film. The documentary is included on the Limited Edition blu-ray set from Arrow Video, along with multiple versions of the film, and a booklet featuring articles by Daniel Griffith.
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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (Limited Edition)
$29.99
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Savage! Sadistic! Thrill hungry! When it came to independent filmmaking in the sunshine state, William Grefé was the wildest of the wild! During the 1960s and ‘70s, the Miami-based producer/director transformed the darkest corners of the Florida swamps into his own personal backlot. From rampaging crocodiles possessed by an ancient Seminole witch doctor (DEATH CURSE OF TARTU) to a slithering serpent named STANLEY, William Grefé would grind out low-budget exploitation films for drive-ins and hardtops around the world. Now, without the benefit of cages or other protective devices, the untold story of Florida’s most daring moviemaker comes to the screen…IN PSYCHEDELIC COLOR!
This Limited Edition (1,000) two-disc set features over THREE hours of bonus materials, including the 1977 film, WHISKEY MOUNTAIN, in WIDESCREEN for the first time on home video! Other features include a NEW documentary short on the history of CROWN INTERNATIONAL, two vintage William Gref short films (one starring William Shatner), one vintage promo film, a special Legends Award intro from actor Bruce Campbell, a William Grefe trailer gallery, still gallery and more!