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“Film is a battleground" - Sam Fuller

THE COLLECTOR

In desperate need of money, a thief breaks into a house to steal a gem locked away in a safe, unaware the house and its occupants are under siege by a sadistic killer who has rigged the place with traps. The thief struggles with the killer and his conscience as he tries to break out of the house with the gem and the family.

NEWBORN

After serving seven years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn't commit, a traumatized husband & father struggles to rebuild his life and reintegrate with his family during a secluded getaway - but his dangerous mental state puts it all at risk.

THE COLLECTION

Arkin the thief is reluctantly recruited by a team of mercenaries to track down the Collector, the sadistic killer he barely managed to escape, who has kidnapped the resourceful daughter of a millionaire and taken her to his booby-trapped house of horrors.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

Across the USA, high school sports are regularly lavished with funding, publicity and scholarships while theater geeks struggle to put on the school musical hoping for some acknowledgement of their own. In the sports crazy Lehigh Valley, PA, a hundred-year-old theater remedies the inequality with the Freddy Awards - an annual, live television event that recognizes excellence in local high school musical theater. Illustrating that arts education encourages the same teamwork, camaraderie and confidence as sports, this documentary follows three high school theater troupes on their creative journeys to the elaborate award ceremony - the "Super Bowl" of high school musical theater.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

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OPRAH'S ACQUISITION

Oprah Winfrey announces the acquisition of documentaries - including MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS - to her new OWN Documentary Club at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2011.

SUNDANCE INTERVIEW

Chris & producer/director Matthew Kallis are interviewed at the Sundance FIlm Festival in the early morning hours after the acquisition party.

THE MIDNIGHT MAN.pdf

THE MIDNIGHT MAN

A blog entry by Chris describing the birth of "The Collector" (working title The MIdnight Man) via a sizzle reel shot two years before the film was made.

THE_MIDNIGHT_MAN_(notes_for_draft_2.2.06).pdf

THE MIDNIGHT MAN NOTES

Some of Chris's notes on an early draft of The Collector (working title The Midnight Man). In this draft, the killer was known only as "The Man." He wouldn't be called "the Collector" until Mickey Liddell came on as executive producer. Here, Chris takes exception with Arkin dying. He also suggests creating a motif for the killer, using a "locksmith" as an example; the writers would eventually make him an "exterminator."

FILMMAKER COMMENTARY

Chris and director Matthew Kallis discuss the making of their documentary Most Valuable Players. This commentary is featured on the DVD.

DAVID OYELOWO ON CBS

Actor David Oyelowo discusses his role in Newborn.

THE COLLECTION PHOTOS

Taken on the set at the Atlanta Convention Center in Georgia.

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