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VH1 Announces ‘Downloaded’ Docu Theatrical & VOD Runs

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 20, 2013 @ 4:41pm PDTTags: Alex Winter, Downloaded, VH1

Alex Winter’s documentary about the rise and fall of Napster will open at Manhattan’s Village East Cinema on Friday, June 21 and the Sundance Sunset Cinemas in Los Angeles on June 28, VH1 announced today. Focusing on Napster and its founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, Downloaded examines the rise of digital media sharing and  “VH1 is so proud of this timely project, and we want to showcase it in as many ways as possible,” said Brad Abramson, Vice President, Programming and Production, VH1 in a statement today. This comes on the heels of VH1′s distribution deal with AOL. Additional theatrical bookings for Downloaded are scheduled for Albuquerque, Austin, Chicago, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Martha’s Vineyard, San Francisco and Seattle, as well as other cities to be announced, in partnership with specialty distributor Richard Abramowitz of Abramorama. On July 1, the film will debut on several On Demand platforms including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and XBOX, in partnership with digital entertainment curator FilmBuff. Produced by VH1  for its rockDocs series, Downloaded premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Following the theatrical and On Demand windows, VH1 will air the film, most likely in 2014. Downloaded is written, directed and executive produced by Alex Winter and executive produced by Maggie Malina.

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VH1 & AOL Partner On ‘Downloaded’ Doc Distribution

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:39am PDTTags: Alex Winter, AOL, Downloaded, VH1

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Winter’s documentary about about the rise and fall of Napster has a new online home. AOL will be making Downloaded available to visitors to its on.aol.com via streaming later this year. This is … Read More »

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Hot SXSW Trailer: ‘Downloaded’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday January 30, 2013 @ 1:46pm PSTTags: Alex Winter, Downloaded, SXSW

The 2013 SXSW Film Festival announces its complete feature line-up for this year on Thursday but we already know that Downloaded is going to one of them. The festival announced earlier this month that documentary would … Read More »

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AMC Picks Up Alex Winter’s Militia Pitch

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday December 4, 2012 @ 1:47pm PSTTags: Alex Winter, AMC, TV Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Winter has sold his Midwestern militia pitch to AMC. The former Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure star will pen the hour-long drama with his writing partner Steven Pearl. Tentatively titled Rights Of Bill, the show centers … Read More »

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