Where is Amy Pressman?
UPDATE: It’s definitely a hoax, scroll down to the update to see why.
UPDATE 2: Reasonable supposition leads me to think that the ad is for a film called “The Fun Park” to be released in October, 2007. Scroll down to see why.
UPDATE 3: A retraction, though the logic was pretty good, it’s apparently NOT about The Fun Park. Scroll down for more.
UPDATE 4: A reader suggests a viable guess as to the actor that plays Amy Pressman. Scroll down to see more.
UPDATE 5: Suzanne Block, the actress who most likely plays Amy Pressman, has posted new images of herself online and can further analyze her similarity to the iconic Amy Pressman photo. Scroll down to see the new photos.
UPDATE 6: Confirmation that Suzanne “Suzie” Block will be playing the title role in “the independent film Finding Amy Pressman.” Scroll down to see the new photos.
Scattered around L.A. are a series of posters, shown below, asking for help locating Amy Pressman:
Click to big-ify.
At first I assumed it was an ad for a band with a clever name leading to a cleverer advertising campaign. The myspace link just screams some sort of fraud. Out of curiosity, I visited the webpage and was presented with the following story:
Hello All, I am Taylor the cousin of Amy Pressman. As some of you know she went missing. The authorities as usual are “doing all they can”. I have decided to do my part
June 2nd, 2007 The Pressman Family departed from southern California on a road trip in the family R.V. They never returned. A suspicious blog was left on Amy Pressman’s Myspace page days into the trip.
We fear the worst for the Pressman family, but the final blog leads me to believe Amy is still alive and out there.
This page will now be the information center for this case. Any and all information will be Accepted/Posted here.
If you have any Information that could help bring Amy home, please alert us immediately.
It sounds like The Way by Fastball. Anyway, that page provides a link to Amy Pressman’s myspace page. Here’s her “suspicious blog” posting:
There are certain events events in your life that make you reconsider your priorities. You never know where they will come from or when they will happen, but you need to be prepared to adapt to it. These events will shape the rest of your life and allow you to move on from your previous mistakes. If you accept the change you will gain strength and with that strength nothing will be able to stop you. I have spent my entire life trying to find this moment, never knew where to find it and then I remembered what Dylan said;
You can either go to the church of your choice
Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital
You’ll find God in the church of your choice
You’ll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State HospitalAnd though it’s only my opinion
I may be right or wrong
You’ll find them both
In the Grand Canyon
At sundown
With that, I left my questions in a big whole in the Earth and will find my answers where I’m going.
Neither the “where is” page, nor the Amy Pressman page, is selling anything. Neither is promoting a band, a film, a club, or anything else. I can’t figure out what the con is here. Everything feels exceedingly suspicious and staged (check out the comments on Amy Pressman’s page), but I can’t figure out what the end-game is. It’s convincing enough that I checked for any news coverage on Amy Pressman and, of course, can’t find any. Checking phone listings for anyone in Agoura Hills, CA named Pressman offers mixed results. I can only assume that this isn’t her. Is this just some sort of a weird art-project? Is there really someone missing?
I’m baffled by this, can someone explain it to me?
UPDATED 08/02/07: Thanks to reader Doctah, it’s becoming more apparent that this is an elaborate, lonelygirl15 style viral marketing hoax for an upcoming film. The web address WhereIsAmyPressman.com has been reserved through GoDaddy. Checking out their whois information provides the following information on the culprits:
Registrant:
Fourth Floor Productions[Address Redacted]
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United StatesRegistered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: WHEREISAMYPRESSMAN.COM
Created on: 13-Jul-07
Expires on: 14-Jul-09
Last Updated on: 13-Jul-07Administrative Contact:
Grabiner, Dustin [Email Redacted}
Fourth Floor Productions
[Address Redacted]
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
[Phone # Redacted]
Fourth Floor Production’s website says that they are:
The Young Guns of Hollywood are in town and stirring up some trouble. Looking to make the mark in the ever-competitive film industry. This group is comprised of some seriously talented people; creating not just future works of art, but a buzz they seem to call, Controversial Marketing.
Knowing that great films could never be seen without great advertising, Fourth Floor Productions strive to create both New and Fresh media that will be talked about for years.
So, there you have it. It looks like Fourth Floor Productions is working on a movie called Where is Amy Pressman and has attempted to engage in an underground, viral marketing campaign. Well, they’ve now been fully outed.
For those looking to cash in, though, AmyPressman.com is still available.
What kills virii?
UPDATED 08/06/07: Thanks to reader jbg, we can now guess that the “Where is Amy Pressman” campaign is actually an ad for the upcoming film The Fun Park. (UPDATE: This is probably incorrect, scroll down to the next update to see why.)
The reasoning goes as follows: Dustin Grabiner, previously identified as one of the individuals behind the Amy Pressman posters, is listed as being involved in a number of films on IMDB including two that have a character named “Amy.” One is Desert of Blood, on which Dustin Grabiner was the second assistant director, but it came out in 2006 and stars Annika Svedman as Amy. A quick search reveals that Annika Svedman does not look much like the Amy in our pictures.
The second film is The Fun Park, on which Dustin Grabiner was the production designer and stars Vanessa Altshuler as “Amy.” It is scheduled for release in October, 2007, making it a much more likely candidate for a viral marketing campaign. Altschuler is an actress, appearing in an Oklahoma production of Rocky Horror back in 2001, in a University of Central Oklahoma production of “And the World Goes Round” (for which she received an excellent review), and in a small film called Sam & Janet.
There’s a Vanessa Altshuler from Oklahoma on Facebook as well as on MySpace. Facebook provides no information about her unless you’re her friend, but you can see this small pictures. MySpace provides a lot of pictures, but I’m starting to think that she’s possibly not the one featured on the poster. Here’s a picture of her for a headshot, in a chair, in a car, and at the premiere of The Fun Park. These are the pictures that make her look the most like the girl in the Amy Pressman picture, but they still don’t seem quite right.
The plot description of The Fun Park is, according to IMDB,
Late one night in 1980, evidence exists that “Bobo – The Insult Clown” was bludgeoned to death while locking up for the night at the “Family Fun Park.” For the next twenty-six years, the tale of Bobo’s ghost swells into an urban legend, as his remains were never found. Now it’s 2006 and six teens on a mission to refute “the Fun Park” myth, make a deadly discovery…the man known as “Bobo” actually lives in bowels of the abandoned park. The kids are abducted and killed one-by-one after being subjected to a bizarre and grisly ritual. Megan and her boyfriend Justin manage to escape…but only Megan survives. After waking up in a mental hospital, Megan tells Psychologist Marissa Jade her horrific story. The cops search for the five missing kids at the abandoned fun park, but find no bodies or evidence that Megan’s story is true. When the psychologist stumbles upon a tiny clue, she begins to investigate further and discovers that Megan’s chilling ordeal might have actually happened after all.
I think/guess that this is the movie being advertised by the Where is Amy Pressman posters. I may be wrong, another movie may turn up on IMDB with better connections, but for now this is my best guess. I wish the plot of The Fun Park lent itself a little bit more easily to the incorporation of the “missing” story, but for a side character it should fit in alright. I also wish Vanessa Altshuler looked a little bit more like Amy Pressman in the photos, but they may simply have used a different model for the poster. My guess would be that we’re going to find that the girl in the posters is in fact a local LA actress/model/friend of Dustin Grabiner, since Vanessa Altschuler appears to be based out of Oklahoma and New York.
Do people think this is right? Or am I off the mark?
UPDATED 08/09/07: I stopped beating around the bush and simply emailed Dustin Grabiner through his MySpace page and got the following response:
It is in fact, NOT “The Fun Park.” However I’m sure Bladewalker Films is enjoying the free press as much as we are. You should leave it up there, it shows good detective work on your part, even if it’s not the correct movie.
By the way… who said it was a movie?
So, there you go. It’s not The Fun Park and probably not even a movie. I think this is going to be the end of my digging for the time being.
UPDATED 08/29/07: Reader untermeyer suggests that the woman playing Amy Pressman in the photos is an actress named Suzanne Block. Suzanne Block is in her mid to late 20s and has had small roles in a few films and television shows. While there’s nothing about her resume that specifically indicates that she might be involved in the Amy Pressman scheme, her face appears closer to Amy Pressman’s than did my previous guess (see above):
Amy Pressman, in my opinion, looks a little bit younger than Suzanne Block and has looks more freckle-y. Of course, looking young could merely be an artifact of the pose or the photograph, and the lack of freckles could be due to the fact that Suzanne Block is probably wearing makeup in her press photos. Block’s hair certainly looks dead on, and her nose looks more correct than that of my previous guess (again, see above).
For anyone wishing to do their own analysis, here are the two press pictures of Suzanne Block that I used (1 and 2), as well as a third image of her in a magazine ad, all pulled from IMDB. I wish we had a good shot of her making a frowning face; are there more pictures of her out there?.
Anyone think this is Amy Pressman?
On a related note, my previous assertion that AmyPressman.com was available for purchase is no longer correct, an advertising farm appears to have snatched it up two days ago. It looks like the Fourth Floor Productions folks missed an opportunity.
UPDATED 10/11/07: I recently came across Suzanne Block’s blog. In addition to confirming that she lives in Los Angeles and is a working actress, she recently posted a series of pictures of herself. I took the two images that were closest to the standard Amy Pressman photo pose and placed them side-by-side with the Pressman originals for comparison:
Is everyone still happy with Suzanne (Suzie Block) as our Amy Pressman? I think it looks pretty good: the jawline is right, the hair is right, the lips are right, the nose is right, the eyes are right… everything lines up. If you’re interesting in judging for yourself, here are the rest of the new Suzanne Block photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
I tried emailing Suzanne Block about the whole Amy Pressman thing a few weeks ago, but she hasn’t responded. Oh well.
UPDATED 6/16/08: It’s been a while since I updated this page, but I just noticed that the Launch Showcase website features Suzanne “Suziey” Block’s headshot (it’s actually a cropped down version of picture 14 above) and the following blurb:
Suziey Block – Signed with Archetype Management LA and Superior Talent LA. She is currently starring in the soon to be released independent film Finding Amy Pressman. Additionally, Suziey is an accomplished film maker.
Here’s an image of the blurb, in case the Launch Showcase people take it down:
So, I guess that puts an end to this whole caper. Suzanne “Suziey” Block is indeed starring in a film as Amy Pressman. Of course, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard anything about this, so maybe the whole thing has been shelved? I’d be curious to know if it’s ever actually going to come out.
July 30th, 2007 at 11:38 am
you could check the phone book to see if the pressman family lives in agoura hills…
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July 30th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Just the fact that her myspace post isn’t riddled with spelling and grammar errors convinces me it’s fake. Not to mention that only serious teenage dorks quote obscure early Bob Dylan.
I should check the wikipedia page on “missing white girl syndrome” to see if she’s there.
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July 30th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I added a link to a flickr photo of the posters in action.
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July 30th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Troeltsch, I added a link for my lack of results searching for Pressman in Aguora Hills, CA’s phone book. No luck.
Continues to seem fake.
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July 30th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I spoke too soon — the online phone books are contradictory.
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July 30th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
This smells like that lame ass lonelygirl crap that was on the web a while back. That’s where I would put my money.
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July 31st, 2007 at 7:31 am
Yeah, and the “where is” page is getting friends through a friend-gaining service. I like your lonely-girl hypothesis.
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August 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Yeah, but wouldn’t you want to use one of those if you’re trying to reach more people about finding someone? You wouldn’t just use people you already knew since they would tell you if she was found anyway.
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August 1st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
A fair point.
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August 1st, 2007 at 8:06 pm
GUARANTEED this is a viral campaign for either a website or a movie. NO missing persons poster is done this well, and none start off with a catchy title like “Where Is Amy Pressman?” C’mon, even the photo is way too posed, straight out of central casting. I hope not too many people fall for this kinda of b.s.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 am
All about Amy, nothing about her family, no mention of the names or discriptions of any other family members, no description of the Rv… Nothing. And only the one photo. What, Taylor can’t find any other photos, except the headshot?
If fake… Poorly done.
If real… VERY poorly done (and doing no favors for the missing.)
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August 2nd, 2007 at 12:55 am
BTW rumors… Where did you get the big-ified images of the poster? I don’t find them linked anywhere… and they arn’t scanned…
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August 2nd, 2007 at 3:43 am
In “Taylor”’s favor, there are more pictures of her available on her myspace page.
The big-ified pictures of the poster come from the WhereIsAmyPressman pictures page.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Further proof this is a viral marketing campaign — and not a very good one at that — check out the Flickr photo, which shows another version of the flyer. This one with the cool “old typewriter” font, normally used to make things look more mysterious and film noirish. Someone’s promoting a film or website, and not caring enough to make this look real.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Also, check out who has purchased the domain “www.whereisamypressman.com” (via WHOIS):
Fourth Floor Productions
[Address Redacted]
Sherman Okas, California 91423
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: WHEREISAMYPRESSMAN.COM
Created on: 13-Jul-07
Expires on: 14-Jul-09
Last Updated on: 13-Jul-07
Administrative Contact:
Grabiner, Dustin [Email Redacted]
Fourth Floor Productions
[Address Redacted]
Sherman Okas, California 91423
United States
[Fax Number Redacted]
And here’s how Fourth Floor Prods. describes itself on its website:
“The Young Guns of Hollywood are in town and stirring up some trouble. Looking to make the mark in the ever-competitive film industry. This group is comprised of some seriously talented people; creating not just future works of art, but a buzz they seem to call, Controversial Marketing.
“Knowing that great films could never be seen without great advertising, Fourth Floor Productions strive to create both New and Fresh media that will be talked about for years.”
Feel kinda sleazy yet?
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August 2nd, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Good find!
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August 2nd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I’m confused. If this is a hoax by these people what are they trying to do? This seems like a waste of time. What are these people trying to accomplish? Answer me that Doctah. If you know this much, how do I know you’re not a part of it? Are you Dustin Grabiner?
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August 2nd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Like I said, I would put my money on this being a viral marketing campaign. Much like Lonelygirl15 or “Blair Witch Project.” Get the buzz going over whether this is real or not. Turn it into an ongoing web project, and eventually reveal the movie/website/advertiser behind it.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Right, it seems pretty clear that there’s going to be a film of some sort called “Where is Amy Pressman.” Maybe online, maybe in theaters, who knows? But they’re laying the groundwork for it now.
It’s fun to see it debunked before it got started.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I think you’re giving yourself a lot of credit. Like Lomax said you have a lot of information. The fact that you’re so hellbent on this topic makes me believe, if it is a hoax, you’re either a part of it or an enemy of those behind it. And much like Blair Witch, people discovering the secret didn’t stop the buzz.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Check out the myspace page. Why put big question marks all over it? If this were a kid truly missing, no one would do that.
Now, a movie you ought to see is “Rush Hour 3,” coming to theatres this weekend.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
A fair point, debunking viral marketing does not always make the marketing less interesting or less effective. Hell, sometimes it makes it more effective as suddenly every newspaper gets to write a “OMG, LonelyGirl15 was Fake!!!” story. Who knows which way this one will go.
I have no connection with any of the people who made the Amy Pressman thing; I have no idea who they are aside from what I’ve posted above (which I didn’t even discover, Doctah found the best stuff). I’m also not an “enemy” of those behind it (though that sounds like fun).
It’s just interesting, and nobody online seemed to have looked into it yet.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Well, in all fairness doorframe I didn’t think it was you. You are not the one who revealed contact information, a website and even quotes from that website about who they are. It sounds to me like this is another way for them to get their information out there, more publicity kind of thing. I agree that this is interesting and I’m actually excited to see where it goes from here. There hasn’t been a fun kind of buzz campaign like this in a long time, especaially since I don’t even know what the product is yet.
And don’t even get me started on Rush Hour 3, Bret Ratner should not be allowed to make movies, but that’s another argument entirely.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
If it is a movie i think it’s fucked up that thay would use a missing persons ad as their campaign.
It’s very clever, but you guys are playing right into their game. Remember bad press is still press.
And how can you say Rush Hour 3 is a good movie. I’ve seen it twice before. Bret Ratner is a douche.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm
I’m just kidding about Rush Hour 3, wanted to play with your heads since you somehow think I’m involved in all of this. I’m just a guy who knows how to use Google.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 6:48 pm
How did David Bina see Rush Hour 3 twice before, it’s not even out yet? And why would he see it twice. Either way he is right about one thing. All you’ve done is give these guys more publicity!!
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August 2nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I am not sure after reading all this that this is a hoax. I mean so what this Dustin guy, probably a good friend of Amy’s has put up a website in hope of getting word out there. I mean why not use the internet to it’s full capability. And if it is a hoax then why? What is it trying to do? Also to the previous comment, I know for a fact that not everyone is listed in the phone book and not cool listing all that dude’s private info. I guess to sum up my comment, if this is all fake then I am playing right into their hands, either way I would want my friends and family to care enough to go through all this trouble if I was missing.
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August 5th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
sheesh, people. it’s a business address. a publicly listed one at that. “not cool listing that dude’s private info?” yikes. wash off the naivete.
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
re: update.
for the record, i (we) could be waaaaay off on this. the plot of “desert of blood” lent itself better to this, as it takes place in the desert, and we have no idea where “the fun park” takes place. also, “the fun park” is about a group of friends who investigate – doesn’t make a lot of sense with the ‘family on vacation in an RV” angle.
still, this is fun. especially since all of these movies are clearly low-budget crapfests.
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
ps, this is also fun because we are clearly the only people on the internet talking about this. DoorFrame, you’re probably bookmarked on every dell in the fourth floor productions office!
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August 6th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Yeah, nobody else cares. A few people have picked up on the posters for their own reasons (Alice Parent, Franklin Avenue and LAist), but this is definitely a conversation that isn’t interesting the masses.
I wonder if Fourth Floor Productions is happy or exceedingly sad about that?
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August 6th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
if i were a brand new company of nobodies promoting a backyard movie that probably had a budget of $150 and a burger king coupon, i would be psyched that i was a hot topic on a web site run by the (pea)brain behind the idiotic “snakes on a plane” phenomenon.
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August 7th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Minor point of note, the registrant on FourthFloorProductions.com is Lenn Grabiner, with an email address at GrabinerHall.com. It appears, from some minor searching, that this is Dustin’s father and GrabinerHall.com is his “Marketing Design and Communications” company. It looks like the Amy Pressman hoax was in Dustin Grabiner’s blood.
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August 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
If I’m wrong about the film in question being “The Fun House,” I have some different leads — the person who posted the photo of the Where is Amy Pressman poster on Flickr has pulled the image. That makes me think he’s involved with the Fourth Floor Productions people (he may even be Dustin Grabiner). They’re pulling back now that the masses (or, uh, the few) are tracking down the origins of the hoax.
The flickr user, flickrmonkey, clearly works in movies, based on the subjects of his photos. From looking at the pictures, you can tell that he’s been involved with the following films:
Side Effect
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitemonkeys/854172901/
Bloom (directed by Lance Larson)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitemonkeys/1031872521/
Dark Yellow (directed by Glen Luchford)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitemonkeys/790605164/
http://imdb.com/title/tt1056048/
Wasting Away (directed by M. Kohnen)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitemonkeys/525197907/
http://imdb.com/title/tt1027762/
Happiness Runs (directed by A. Sherman)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitemonkeys/537965706/
http://imdb.com/title/tt1079964/
These don’t all have IMDB listings, but the ones that do don’t list any characters named Amy.
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August 7th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
well, “a.i.” didn’t have a character named evan chan.
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August 7th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Fair point.
Evan Chan was murdered, by the way.
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August 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I can’t see the connection to any of the movies you’ve listed. I don’t think that this anything to do with The Fun Park. According to IMDB Dustin was just the production designer.
Does anyone know what the plot is?
Are you even sure that this is a movie?
By the way, how funny is this
http://laist.com/2007/08/04/where_is_my_mom.php
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August 7th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
The connections between The Fun Park and Amy Pressman is (a) Dustin Grabiman, (b) the ‘Amy’ character, (c) the fact that it’s being released soon, and (d) the fact that it’s a horror movie that would fit the ‘missing’/mysterious theme.
I’m not 100% certain it’s The Fun Park, I just think it’s a good guess. I emailed Fourth Floor Production earlier today to see if they wanted to comment on the whole thing, but the only response I got was this:
I’m going to try resending it to dustin (at) fourthfloorproductions.com.
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August 7th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
More people talking about Amy Pressman: Movie Marketing, Church of the Customer, Extenuating Circumstances, A View from the Aisle.
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August 8th, 2007 at 9:13 am
movie marketing makes a good point. i’m disquieted by the “missing” angle, but i wasn’t THAT bothered until they pointed out that it’s a missing CHILD. what about amber alerts and shit like that? missing kids is bad mojo.
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August 8th, 2007 at 9:27 am
ps you like a lot of weirdo limey blogs. weirdo limey-lover.
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August 8th, 2007 at 9:30 am
She’s not a toddler, she’s in her 20’s
I think people are over reacting.
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August 8th, 2007 at 11:10 am
there used to be this show called “the simpsons,” it was a cartoon, and they had an episode once where the main kid faked out an entire town by pretending to be a kid trapped down a well — and the whole community reacted with concern, care and acts of heroism trying to save the kid, only to find out it had all been a hoax.
i’d be pretty pissed if i’d been taken in by a “viral marketing campaign” for a sub-B-grade movie.
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August 8th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I’m not buying it guys. Those girls don’t look anything alike. If you guys are going to try and tell me this is that answer to this whole thing I’m not impressed. Plus,I looked up IMDB this movie is not part of Fourth Floor Productions, according to the page Dustin Grabiner was production designer, not producer. Come on guys.
And by the way jbg you must be pissed already.
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August 8th, 2007 at 11:33 am
As I said, this was a guess at the movie they were advertising. I also acknowledge the actress playing Amy does not look like the girl in the picture.
If this isn’t what they’re marketing, do you have any idea what the actual target is?
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August 8th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Well, I dont know, but I’m not gonna tell anyone what I think it is until I do know. Maybe they just wanna see what the public reaction to this type of campaign is.
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August 8th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
yeah, exactly what part of “for the record, i could be waaaaay off on this” did you people not understand. just making somewhat educated guesses.
and pointing out d-grab’s actual job on these pictures would have very little bearing on whether or not he started his own little marketing company and solicited clients from films he had worked on.
and i’m not pissed. this has no bearing on my life at all. i am speculating that anyone who THOUGHT this was real and got emotionally invested in it (i.e. myspace people who left comments and befriended the page) WOULD be pissed.
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August 8th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
ps, “maybe they just wanna see what the public reaction to this type of campaign is” – without any actual PRODUCT to market – is ludicrous. unless you’re involved and that actually IS the intent, in which case you (and your company) are douchebags.
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August 9th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Like you originally said, it’s probably an online serial rather than a movie.
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August 9th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Or an ARG like AI?
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August 9th, 2007 at 9:42 am
well, don’t blame yourself for “the fun park” guess. it was my hair-brained idea and i never felt very strongly. just grasping at straws.
it better be for SOMETHING though – if it’s a retarded “social experiment” without purpose, that’s, well, retarded.
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August 9th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Some discussion at Film Rotation.
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August 9th, 2007 at 11:29 am
i kind of like the romanticism of being “the guy that got it wrong” when it comes to the inane “where is amy pressman” phenomenon.
side note: who cares about some missing fictional jewish girl anyway? “where is amy pressman? at friday night services, stop worrying already.”
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August 9th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Congratulations on bringing the tribe into an otherwise totally religion-neutral situation. :}
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August 10th, 2007 at 8:08 am
that’s what we do!
seriously, they could have called her “amy mitchell” or “amy holmes,” but nope, she’s “amy pressman,” the most popular girl in shul! president of her temple youth group! had an all-pink-themed bas mitzvah!
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August 13th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
More online commentary.
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August 14th, 2007 at 5:03 am
i can’t help but think that “The Young Guns of Hollywood are in town and stirring up some trouble” is exactly the kind of phrase that someone in their 40’s wishes they could take back saying in their 20’s.
that and “creating not just future works of art, but a buzz they seem to call, Controversial Marketing.”
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August 14th, 2007 at 5:05 am
ps, if i piss on people as they walk by me on the street and shout “Drink Pepsi!!!!” — is THAT “controversial marketing?”
or is it “a future work of art?”
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August 14th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
JBG you seem to be nothing but a lot of talk and a blog space. It seems premature of you to attack their product when they haven’t revealed it yet. For somebody who assumes that she is at friday night services you seem to be spending a lot of time still looking for her, or an answer to thisw whole thing. I hope you spend as much time looking for real missing people as you do on this webpage. Good Day!
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August 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
PS who in their 40s doesn’t regret everything they did in their 20s
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August 14th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
actually, i’m not sure i spend as much time doing ANYTHING as i do on this web page. thanks a lot, BRD, i’ve wasted my youth! that goes double for you, crazymonk.
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August 14th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I know this woman. Her name is Susie (Suzy? Susan?) Block and she used to live in Fenton, Michigan. I was only acquaintences with her and as far as I know, she moved to California for acting and/or modeling a couple of years ago. I tried researching her online but found very little results. Maybe someone else will have more luck?
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August 14th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
If you’re right untermeyer, then I would say this is probably her myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/super8moviestar
And this is her Facebook page:
http://usc.facebook.com/s.php?k=10080&id=3434258
That’s Suzanne Block, she lives in Los Angeles, she’s 17 and goes to USC.
Would 17 be the right age?
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August 14th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
There’s also an actress named Suzanne Block (sometimes Suziey Block) listed at IMDB who’s done a few things and looks a little bit like Amy Pressman, though I think she looks a little too old to be our model:
a picture, another picture, and one more.
This might be her myspace page.
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August 15th, 2007 at 6:43 am
i think you’re on to something. it totally looks like her (the IMDB photos), which leads me to believe (since there are no current or upcoming film credits) that whether or not this is publicity for the movie, “amy” isn’t a character in said movie, just a peripheral story to generate interest a la evan chan.
this continues to be somewhat fun. though i doubt how wise it is to publish a 17-year-old USC students info, DoorFrame.
also, untermeyer is totally a plant. thanks, plant!
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August 15th, 2007 at 9:15 am
That’s her! I only knew her as Suzy but didn’t know how she spelled it or if she might have gone by a different name for her acting career.
She’s definitely not 17- tack on at least ten years to that.
What do you mean by me being a plant?
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August 17th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I’ll look mroe into it when i get back into the country in September.
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August 21st, 2007 at 9:03 am
I worked on THE FUN PARK and have an expert from the script. How do I put a .pdf on here?
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August 27th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I can say that this is a hoax 100%. Although I know the people involved personally I would think that everyone would be able to tell that this isn’t real.
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September 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Well maybe she is an actress, But people still think she is Amy Pressman,
Someone spotted her outside Chicago.
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September 1st, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Shit. Tried to post the Video, but no go, here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvG38dOWi20
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September 1st, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Thanks. The actual viral marketing materials I find a little bit dull at this point; I’m more interested in tracking down who’s behind it and what they’re up to. I’m going to squint at the video and see if I think the actress playing Amy Pressman is in fact Suzanne Block.
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September 2nd, 2007 at 11:59 pm
A few more pictures of Suzanne Block (listed as Suziey Block).
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September 5th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
That girl in the video is without a doubt the Suziey Block I know.
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September 6th, 2007 at 12:13 am
Man oh Man are all of you blowing hot air. That video was shot in Griffith Park, LA CA, within 10 minutes of where SB lives and works, at a coffee shop in the Hollywood area.
NOT CHICAGO. IT’S A HOAX.
It is a film.
Looks bad.
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September 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Are you saying that was the movie? Or that it was part of the movie? Or what?
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September 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
That’s more viral marketing. I’ll come right out and admit that I don’t like this nonsense and I want 4thFloor to fall flat on its face. I just hope that the public doesn’t hold it against the talent.
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September 6th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
look at all of you, crying about an apparent marketing campaign. you’re offended. big deal. since July 30 you’ve all been discussing this (apparent) film amongst yourselves. if you’re all so butthurt, let it die.
oh, and really, an indie movie is definitely the sort of thing we should all be worked up over on the internet. it’s not like the country is falling apart or we’re preparing for war with Iran or there’s a genocide in Darfur or presidential primaries are coming up and the news wastes time with the likes of Lindsay Lohan. no, this is top of the list.
Jesus Christ. get a sense of scale.
on a final note…if you really thought those signs all over Los Feliz were for real after doing the slightest bit of investigating, then you’re dumber than I thought possible.
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September 10th, 2007 at 12:54 am
“butthurt.”
What a way with words.
Listen, genius: there is a real missing persons case in the Los Feliz neighborhood right now. It’s a tragic story, and a perfect example of why this sort of thing is tasteless.
I suspect you have some sort of affiliation either with this campaign, or with someone involved in the film, since you mentioned Los Feliz. Why don’t you stop reading our opinions and go figure out some way to make light of the genocide you mentioned with your buddies.
Moron. Get a sense of class.
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September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
this is eerily reminiscent of the final days of BRD.
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September 10th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
That’s actually a fairly insightful observation that will be completely lost on 98% of the people reading this thread.
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September 10th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
natch.
(o).
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September 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
WSD – I mentioned Los Feliz as that’s where I’ve seen the posters everywhere. I find it fascinating that you suspect I’m affiliated with the campaign (I’m not) simply because I name a location.
also, potshots at my diction are pretty amusing coming from a guy (or girl?) who considers ‘moron’ and ‘genius’ to be acceptable comebacks after age 10.
if you think that people will really confuse a fake poster with an actual missing persons report, then you really must think the entirety of Los Angeles is far, far less intelligent than you. arrogant of you.
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September 20th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Wow M, you seem very defensive. What’s up with that? Such hostility and stuff. For someone who thinks this is a waste of time you seem to spend a lot of yours thinking about it.
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September 21st, 2007 at 12:59 am
M – First off, many people did believe the posters were real. That’s the entire point of this discussion.
Last, (and I do mean last, as you are obviously the moron I guessed you were, and I won’t waste another minute on you after this) someone who uses the term “butthurt” should not make statements about maturity, especially someone who obviously does not know what “diction” means. I will, however, re-word my comments to a level which, assuming you comprehend them, should satisfy all the demands of your lofty standards:
You are a tool, a doo-doo head, and a fart-face. Turd.
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September 21st, 2007 at 1:41 pm
“Buchwitz said that with “clever advertising like this,” she thinks whatever product is being advertised will be very successful.”
uuuhh, yeah. cause it really worked for a certain snakes-slash-plane movie we all know and love.
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October 10th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
A while back when the amy pressman myspace thing first went up, I got a bulletin on myspace from a guy I have known since childhood. It was a bulletin of the “please help find her” sort and he even claimed to know her. He then posted another bulletin which seemed to be a cut and paste of someone asking him to help by participating in the “find amy pressman” thing with the goal of starting some sort of modern day folktale (not sure if that’s the exact word they used, but close). He quickly removed it and when I asked him about it, he never wrote me back. The stuff he wrote on her site is total bs for sure. It says that she was his first kiss, which isn’t possible I know him and their age difference doesn’t align.
Anyway, it’s not real. You already know that though, I’m sure. When cute white girls turn up missing court TV is all over that stuff.
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October 20th, 2007 at 11:28 am
dustin grabiner and amy pressman are friends on myspace.
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December 28th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
i was looking at one of the friends on the amy pressman page , and in her pictures theres a pic of her and “amy” but the caption says “me and suzie”.. so that tells you right there that amy is suzanne block
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December 28th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
i was looking at one of the friends on the amy pressman page , and in her pictures theres a pic of her and “amy” but the caption says “me and suzie”..
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January 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am
So, if Suziey Block is Amy Pressman what is the ruse for?
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July 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
You guys want to know what this is all about…
512 N. La Brea
L.A. Ca, 90036
Sat July 12th 2008
8:15p sharp
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July 6th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
You’re doing a screening at a temple?
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Biggby Reply:
July 15th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Actually address was wrong, I got a flyer for it through a friend who knew someone in the cast. It was at 520 N. LaBrea at the Lyric Theater. Rumor as is the director of the Strangers was there. Place was packed! I got a seat at the last minute but saw people standing. Cool film though. Interesting. Never seen anything quite like it. Hopefully they will have another screening. I’d go again.
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