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'''''The Butterfly Circus''''' is a [[short film|short]] [[indie|independent]] [[film]], created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744ac68 |title=The Doorpost Film Project |publisher=Thedoorpost.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref>
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'''''The Butterfly Circus''''' is a short film created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744ac68 |title=The Doorpost Film Project |publisher=Thedoorpost.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> The production was completed in 12 days by a cast and crew of over 150 people, on locations in the Southern California regions of the San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside, Palmdale and Santa Clarita. The short garnered its first award as the Grand Prize winner of [[Doorpost Film Project|The Doorpost Film Project]], and then went on to win subsequent awards at festivals around the world.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} By July 2010, the film had already accumulated over 7 million collective online views primarily through posts on [[YouTube]]. It also featured Latino celebrity [[Eduardo Verástegui]] (from [[Bella (film)|Bella]]), [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] who played the Pale Man in ''Pan's Labyrinth'', the Silver Surfer in ''Fantastic Four-Rise of the Silver Surfer'' and Abe Sapien in ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army''. [[Nick Vujicic]], an international motivational and evangelistic speaker from Australia who was born without arms or legs, debuted in film and received the Best Actor award for his starring performance as Will at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/mediaroom/butterfly-circus-best-actor#comments ]{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.methodfest.com/10pages/news.htm |title=2010 Method Fest, Independent Film Festival, Calabasas, California |publisher=Methodfest.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> Along with his many life experiences, Nick recounts working on the film in his book titled ''Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life'' (Random House, 2010). Director Joshua Weigel has stated that he will be working on writing a feature-length version of the script.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/article/the_butterfly_circus_doorpost_film_project_20090928/ |title=The Butterfly Circus Takes Top Prize at Doorpost &#124; MovieMaker Magazine |publisher=Moviemaker.com |date=2009-10-01 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref>

==Plot==
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In the 1930s America is suffering for the Great Depression. Many people are jobless and homeless, and everybody is sad and worried for the difficult economic situation.
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Mendez is the charismatic master of a small circus, the Butterfly Circus, and he leads his troupe through Southern California; along the way, they perform – sometimes for free – to bring some light in the dull lives of people.
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One evening, they stop at a funfair, where there are carousels, games and other entertainment. At the Carnival Side Show Mendez meets Will, the main attraction. He has no limbs and is on show as a trick of Nature together with other odd characters (the Tattooed Man, the Bearded Woman). Will is bitter and unhappy but after meeting Mendes he decides to leave the Carnival and manages to hide on one of the Butterfly circus trucks to escape.
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People in the circus welcome him but Mendez tells Will he must find his own way to become part of the act. Will starts to know his new friends and learns that many of them have a sad story: Mendez has given them a second chance in life. One day Will accidentally realizes that he can swim, so he decides to perform a difficult act in the Circus: he must climb a tall pole, from the top of which he then dives into a small tank full of water. Will is now happy as he is in the show not because of his odd aspect but because of what he is and what he can do.

==Production==
The production was completed in 12 days by a cast and crew of over 150 people, on locations in the Southern California regions of the San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside, Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Director Joshua Weigel has stated that he will be working on writing a feature-length version of the script.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/article/the_butterfly_circus_doorpost_film_project_20090928/ |title=The Butterfly Circus Takes Top Prize at Doorpost &#124; MovieMaker Magazine |publisher=Moviemaker.com |date=2009-10-01 |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref>


==Cast and crew==
==Cast and crew==
The movie featured Latino celebrity [[Eduardo Verástegui]] (from [[Bella (film)|Bella]]), [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] who played the Pale Man in ''Pan's Labyrinth'', the Silver Surfer in ''Fantastic Four-Rise of the Silver Surfer'' and Abe Sapien in ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army''.

*Director: Joshua Weigel
*Director: Joshua Weigel
*Writer: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel
*Writer: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel
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*Original Score: [[Timothy Williams (Composer)]]
*Original Score: [[Timothy Williams (Composer)]]


==Reception==
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In the 1930s America is suffering for the Great Depression. Many people are jobless and homeless, and everybody is sad and worried for the difficult economic situation.
By July 2010, the film had already accumulated over 7 million collective online views primarily through posts on [[YouTube]].
⚫
Mendez is the charismatic master of a small circus, the Butterfly Circus, and he leads his troupe through Southern California; along the way, they perform – sometimes for free – to bring some light in the dull lives of people.

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One evening, they stop at a funfair, where there are carousels, games and other entertainment. At the Carnival Side Show Mendez meets Will, the main attraction. He has no limbs and is on show as a trick of Nature together with other odd characters (the Tattooed Man, the Bearded Woman). Will is bitter and unhappy but after meeting Mendes he decides to leave the Carnival and manages to hide on one of the Butterfly circus trucks to escape.

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People in the circus welcome him but Mendez tells Will he must find his own way to become part of the act. Will starts to know his new friends and learns that many of them have a sad story: Mendez has given them a second chance in life. One day Will accidentally realizes that he can swim, so he decides to perform a difficult act in the Circus: he must climb a tall pole, from the top of which he then dives into a small tank full of water. Will is now happy as he is in the show not because of his odd aspect but because of what he is and what he can do.
==Awards==
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The film was the Grand Prize winner of [[Doorpost Film Project|The Doorpost Film Project]], and then went on to win subsequent awards at festivals around the world.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} [[Nick Vujicic]], an international motivational and evangelistic speaker from Australia who was born without arms or legs, debuted in film and received the Best Actor award for his starring performance as Will at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/mediaroom/butterfly-circus-best-actor#comments ]{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.methodfest.com/10pages/news.htm |title=2010 Method Fest, Independent Film Festival, Calabasas, California |publisher=Methodfest.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> Along with his many life experiences, Nick recounts working on the film in his book titled ''Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life'' (Random House, 2010).


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:55, 17 September 2012

The Butterfly Circus
Directed byJoshua Weigel
Written byJoshua Weigel
Rebekah Weige
StarringEduardo Verastegui
Nick Vujicic
Doug Jones
CinematographyBrian Baugh
Edited byChris Witt
Music byTim Williams
Running time
20 minutes

The Butterfly Circus is a short independent film, created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.[1]

Plot

In the 1930s America is suffering for the Great Depression. Many people are jobless and homeless, and everybody is sad and worried for the difficult economic situation. Mendez is the charismatic master of a small circus, the Butterfly Circus, and he leads his troupe through Southern California; along the way, they perform – sometimes for free – to bring some light in the dull lives of people. One evening, they stop at a funfair, where there are carousels, games and other entertainment. At the Carnival Side Show Mendez meets Will, the main attraction. He has no limbs and is on show as a trick of Nature together with other odd characters (the Tattooed Man, the Bearded Woman). Will is bitter and unhappy but after meeting Mendes he decides to leave the Carnival and manages to hide on one of the Butterfly circus trucks to escape. People in the circus welcome him but Mendez tells Will he must find his own way to become part of the act. Will starts to know his new friends and learns that many of them have a sad story: Mendez has given them a second chance in life. One day Will accidentally realizes that he can swim, so he decides to perform a difficult act in the Circus: he must climb a tall pole, from the top of which he then dives into a small tank full of water. Will is now happy as he is in the show not because of his odd aspect but because of what he is and what he can do.

Production

The production was completed in 12 days by a cast and crew of over 150 people, on locations in the Southern California regions of the San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside, Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Director Joshua Weigel has stated that he will be working on writing a feature-length version of the script.[2]

Cast and crew

The movie featured Latino celebrity Eduardo Verástegui (from Bella), Doug Jones who played the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four-Rise of the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

  • Director: Joshua Weigel
  • Writer: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel
  • Producers: Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel, Angie Alvarez
  • Executive Producers: Jon & Esther Phelps, Jason Atkins, Nathan Christopher Haase, Bob Yerkes, Ed Vizenor & Nathan Elliott
  • Director of Photography: Brian Baugh
  • Production Designer: Yeva McCloskey
  • Editor: Chris Witt
  • Cast: Eduardo Verastegui, Nick Vujicic, Doug Jones, Matt Allmen, Mark Atteberry, Kirk Bovill, Lexi Pearl, Connor Rosen
  • Original Score: Timothy Williams (Composer)

Reception

By July 2010, the film had already accumulated over 7 million collective online views primarily through posts on YouTube.


Awards

The film was the Grand Prize winner of The Doorpost Film Project, and then went on to win subsequent awards at festivals around the world.[citation needed] Nick Vujicic, an international motivational and evangelistic speaker from Australia who was born without arms or legs, debuted in film and received the Best Actor award for his starring performance as Will at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.[3][4] Along with his many life experiences, Nick recounts working on the film in his book titled Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life (Random House, 2010).

References

  1. ^ "The Doorpost Film Project". Thedoorpost.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  2. ^ "The Butterfly Circus Takes Top Prize at Doorpost | MovieMaker Magazine". Moviemaker.com. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  3. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  4. ^ "2010 Method Fest, Independent Film Festival, Calabasas, California". Methodfest.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
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