'Chained' trailer: different version

WARNING...SOME SCENES ARE DISTURBING!

Published on Jul 24, 2012 by movieclipsTRAILERS

'Six Degrees of Vincent D'Onofrio'...Sherman Hemsley...

WIKIPEDIA

Sherman Alexander Hemsley was born on February 1, 1938 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He is most noted as portraying the character of  'George Jefferson' on 'All In The Family'.  Sherman was raised by a single mother who worked as a factory worker.  He dropped out of school to join the Air Force and served four years.  Once discharged from the Air Force, Sherman began work at the Post Office while he attended acting school at night.  He moved to New York and did the same thing, working for the Post Office while continuing his studies in acting at night.  Sherman performed mainly with productions of plays and worked with various groups.  During that time, Norman Lear called him to play the role of  'George Jefferson' but Sherman did not want to leave the current theatre role he had.  Norman Lear told him he would keep the role open for him and two years later Sherman joined the cast for what would be his most memorable association.  The success of the teaming of Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley as husband and wife got them their own spinoff in 'The Jeffersons'.  In reality, Isabel was 20 years older than Hemsley but it did not matter.  The audience accepted them as a credible match.  After the cancellation of  'The Jefferson's, Sherman teamed up with original cast members for a Broadway production of the show.  He then joined the cast of  'Amen' playing an 'unscrupulous' church deacon.  In the past decade, Sherman appeared in guest spots on different shows with his fellow cast member, Isabel Sanford.  They are also seen together in different commercials and enjoyed occasional appearances until Isabel fell ill and passed away in 2004.  Little know fact is that Sherman was a bit of a 1970's progressive rock band fan.  He especially enjoyed  the works of Yes, Gentle Giant and Nektar.  In 1999, he collaborated with Yes founder Jon Anderson for an album that was never released.  Today, Sherman Hemsley passed away of natural causes at this home in El Paso, Texas.  He was 74 years old.  Find the connection!

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From the writer/director of BOXING HELENA From the mind of writer/director Jennifer Lynch comes the shocker that panicked ratings boards and stunned audiences worldwide: When he was 9 years old Tim and his mother were abducted by taxi-driving serial killer Bob (an intensely disturbing performance by Vincent D'Onofrio). Tim's mother was murdered. Tim was kept as a chained slave forced to bury the bodies of young women Bob drags home and keep scrapbooks of the crimes. Now a teenager Tim (Eamon Farren) and Bob share a depraved father/son/prot+ªg+ª relationship. But who will ultimately sever the bond between 'family' and unimaginable horror? Jake Weber ("Medium") Evan Bird ("The Killing") and Julia Ormond (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON "Mad Men") co-star in what critics are calling one of the most controversial and uncompromising thrillers of our time.

Product Details

• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: October 2, 2012
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Let me make this real clear...this is the Blu-ray version.  You get one disc in that format.  Do not confuse it with the Bonus Blu-ray and DVD combo pack.

Official Anchor Bay Entertainment Press Release for 'Chained' DVD

A twisted tale from the director of

Boxing Helena and Surveillance

ANCHOR BAY FILMS PRESENTS

A FILM BY JENNIFER LYNCH

CHAINED

Blu-ray™Combo Pack and DVD To Include Unrated Deleted Scene;

Unfettered Starting October 2nd

Beverly Hills, CA – Perhaps the most terrifying human relationship is the one between a serial killer and his target. But what if it starts that way, and becomes something...more? From the visionary mind of director Jennifer Lynch (Boxing Helena, Surveillance, Hisss) comes the dark fable Chained, coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD October 2^nd from Anchor Bay Films. 


'With a stellar cast including Vincent D’Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Men In Black, “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”), Gina Phillips (Jeepers Creepers, “Ally McBeal”) Conor Leslie (“90210”), Evan Bird (“The Killing”), with Jake Weber (Dawn of the Dead, “Medium”) and Julia Ormand (My Week With Marilyn, “Mad Men,” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Chained is an unforgettable ride into the darkness that can reside in the human heart – no matter what your age. The Chained Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD also includes, as a bonus feature, the scene that prompted the MPAA give the film an NC-17 rating! SRP is $26.98 for the DVD, and $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ Combo Pack. Pre-book is September 5^th.


Coming home from a routine trip to the movies, eight-year-old Tim (Bird) and his mother, Sarah (Ormond) are picked up by a psychopathic cab driver named Bob (D’Onofrio). It ends up being their last ride together. Bob murders the young boy’s mother and keeps Tim as his unwilling protégée, making him clean up the mess following each murder he commits. After a couple of aborted escape attempts, Bob chains Tim – now renamed Rabbit -- allowing just enough length to move freely within the house. As the years pass, Bob starts instructing Rabbit, teaching him anatomy and human behavior. Now a teenager, Rabbit (Eamon Farren, X: Night of Vengeance) is slowly being pressed by Bob to start his own homicidal spree. Slowly but surely, he must soon choose whether to follow in Bob’s serial killer footsteps or make one final, desperate attempt to break free...


Bonus features on Chained Blu-ray™ and DVD include feature-length audio commentary by writer/director Jennifer Lynch and actor Vincent D’Onofrio; the alternated unrated version of “Mary’s Murder;” and the original theatrical trailer.

'Chained' DVD To Be Available October 2ND...

SHOCK TILL YOU DROP

Jennifer Lynch's latest thriller, Chained, is making its way to DVD/Blu-ray (as a combo pack) on October 2nd.

Vincent D'Onofrio, Gina Phillips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Weber and Julia Ormond star.

Coming home from a routine trip to the movies, eight-year-old Tim (Bird) and his mother, Sarah (Ormond) are picked up by a psychopathic cab driver named Bob (D’Onofrio).

It ends up being their last ride together. Bob murders the young boy’s mother and keeps Tim as his unwilling protégée, making him clean up the mess following each murder he commits. After a couple of aborted escape attempts, Bob chains Tim - now renamed Rabbit - allowing just enough length to move freely within the house.

As the years pass, Bob starts instructing Rabbit, teaching him anatomy and human behavior. Now a teenager, Rabbit (Eamon Farren) is slowly being pressed by Bob to start his own homicidal spree. Slowly but surely, he must soon choose whether to follow in Bob’s serial killer footsteps or make one final, desperate attempt to break free... Special features include an audio commentary by Lynch and D'Onofrio, the alternated unrated version of “Mary’s Murder," and the original theatrical trailer.

'Sand castle creations on Coney Island'

TODAY | Aired on July 23, 2012 New York's famed Coney Island shows off creative sand sculptures during the 22nd annual Sand Castle Contest. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.




      

'''Law and Order' Star Cleans Up at Coney Island Sand Sculpture Contest''

DNAINFO.COM

Photo By KEITH BEDFORD/REUTERS

CONEY ISLAND — He didn't bring a search warrant for his weekend exploits, but actor Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays a TV detective, tore up the beach in Brooklyn anyway.

With no cameras rolling, he put on quite a show in his civilian clothes — or bathing suit —  and with his family won first-prize in Coney Island's Sand Sculpture contest.

It was a perfect beach day, and sand castles abounded, but the serious sculptors arrived at noon to begin shaping their giant mounds of sand into something a bit greater.

By 2:45 p.m., as the judges began to make their rounds, the stretch of beach between West 10th and West 12th streets along the boardwalk was decorated with larger-than-life sea turtles, mermaids and palatial kingdom estates.

Curious beachgoers watched from Riegelmann Boardwalk or strolled between the artists at work. Some looked fearful of taking an errant step into the delicate works-in-progress.

 

Feet protrude from a first prize winning sculpture on July 21, 2012 in the Coney Island Sand Sculpting contest. (DNAinfo/Alissa Ambrose)

Judges handed out awards in five categories, child alone, adult alone, group of adults, group of children and mixed groups.

D'Onofrio and his 8-member family took home the first prize in the 'mixed' category, for an elaborate treasure chest that was guarded by sand skeletons, and decorated with gold coins.

"We love pirates!" said a Carin van der Donk, a former model and D'Onofrio's wife, as they sculpted.

Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120721/coney-island/law-order-star-cleans-up-at-coney-island-sand-sculpture-contest#ixzz21Ia3SmIv

Bob gets sewn up...

I just noticed that the photo I have of Bob's wounded eye in my banner is being sewn up in the photo above...look close and see the needle and thread.  Pretty awesome visual effects.

From 2011...

Thoughts and prayers to those involved with the tragedy in CO. The guns used were bought at Gander Mountain. Don't post me your hate...I am not against people owning guns but I question the purpose of owning and being able to purchase high capacity munitions.

'American Falls' almost complete...

RECENT TWEET:

Bé Garrett ‏@BeDirects

‪#AmericanFalls‬ is in full Vfx folks. We are almost done with cgi and will have a complete film shortly

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THAT'S FROM THE DIRECTOR.

'Photo Flash: Seth Numrich, Kathryn Erbe and More in SPARKHAMPTON'

BROADWAYWORLD.COM

 

 Photo credit: Daniel Talbott 

HardSparks, a New York City-based theater company, presented the first in a series of site-specific performances of new plays to take place in Southampton. SparkHampton: The Wickapogue Plays featured work by Crystal Skillman (Cut, Wild), J.Stephen Brantley (Eightythree Down, Blood Grass), and Daniel Talbott (Slipping, Yosemite), who also directed the three pieces. SparkHampton: The Wickapogue Plays featured J. Stephen Brantley, Kathryn Erbe, Brian Miskell, Seth Numrich, and Jelena Stupljanin.

Update on 'Crackers'...

Saw these tweets from the co-producer of 'Crackers' that says the short film will possibly make the festival circuit and have a release next year. I also noticed that 'Crackers' isn't listed on Vincent's IMDb page anymore.

Michael Franklin ‏@LuckyHipster

@Mary_Trujillo hopefully hitting Festival Circuit in the fall and then theaters next year.

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Michael Franklin ‏@LuckyHipster

The short film, Crackers, directed by Gregory Principato was very funny.

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Michael Franklin ‏@LuckyHipster

Saw, Crackers, a short film I co-produced starring Vincent D'Onofrio & Brenda Vaccaro at a private screening at the New York Film Academy.

'Chained'...another picture of the day

Does anyone else think that one of the 'tasks' Rabbit has is to clip out any newspaper references to Bob's serial killings?

'Byrdcliffe launches first Festival of the Arts' July 13 - 15

RECORDONLINE

By DEBORAH MEDENBACH
Times Herald-Record Published:
5:01 PM - 07/13/12
Last updated: 5:07 PM - 07/13/12

Byrdcliffe soothed the brain-numbing dehumanization of the industrial age with a surge of handmade crafts. A century later, the Tweet-glazed patina of technology washes from the soul in a three-day celebration of art, dance, film and wordcraft.

The first Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts brings together 17 local arts groups for a weekend of day and evening performances.

"We wanted to offer a smorgasbord of art delights where people who might like rock music but not often see dance performances could experience both," said School of Rock founder Paul Green, who teamed up with Byrdcliffe's new director Matthew Leaycraft to bring the project to fruition.

"We have a fantastic entertainment lineup for this," Green said, with "special guests" being added daily. A coup of sorts was to have Gene Ween sign on for the role of Judas in Green's rock-star-laced production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." The cast includes three versions of Jesus.

"Connor Kennedy, one of the hottest new musicians out there, will be doing a show of all-original music," adds Green. "Tracy Bonham has been amazing in any show I've seen her in."

The Woodstock Film Festival brings the New York premiere of the BCDF Pictures film "Why Stop Now?" at the Upstate Films Woodstock theater on Tinker Street.

"Of course we will have producer Claude Dal Farra and perhaps some of the cast members," said Woodstock Film Festival founder Meira Blaustein. "There are so many deep connections to the area with this film, and we're very happy to bring this BCDF Film forward." A post-screening panel discussion includes screenwriter Philip Dorling, whose short film version was screened at the Film Festival in 2008 and was developed into a feature film with the help of Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner.

"For the panel discussion afterwards, we'll also have filmmaker/director Griffin Dunne and perhaps Larry Fessenden of Glass Eye Pix and Vincent D'Onofrio," 

Blaustein said. Pianist Justin Kolb opens up the world of opera with what he dubs "an informance" with renowned opera singers Maria Todaro, Louis Otey and Kerry Henderson in "An Unusual Night at the Opera," presented by the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice.

"This is one instance where the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions of the opera singers throughout the event," Kolb said. "It's upbeat and unpretentious. We read the audience and spin it from there."

 Leaycraft built the festival from a strong core of nine arts organizations and formed partnerships with new groups, snowballing into a list of performers that will expand right up until the doors open on Friday.

"We're honoring the spirit of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony in a contemporary manifestation," Leaycraft said. "The spontaneous quality makes it very healthy, highly motivated and gives performers a chance to reach new audiences."

IF YOU GO!

What: Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts

When: July 13-15; opening reception is at 6 p.m. Friday at the Kleinert-James Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker St., Woodstock

Where: Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Kleinert-James Center for the Arts, Colony Cafe, Upstate Films Woodstock and other venues

Price: $100 (full festival ticket); $20 (most individual events)

Visit: byrdcliffe.org

'Chained': Back To The Beginning...

[Some of this may be redundant to those of you who have seen the information already, but I wanted to have it archived here because of it being previously lost from my other site.]

Below, I made some collages of before and after from set to finished product...

BOB'S HOUSE BEING CONSTRUCTED AND BELOW HIS HOUSE ON FILM FROM TRAILER

BOB'S 'DUNGEON' IN AN ARTIST'S DEPICTION AND BELOW BOB AND RABBIT ON FILM

SET PHOTO OF BOB'S 'ARSENAL' AND BELOW SCREEN CAPS OF 'KNIVES IN ACTION'

SET PHOTOS OF BOB'S VICTIMS IN GARBAGE BAGS AND DUCT TAPE AND ON FILM

ON JUNE 3, 2011, VINCENT APPEARED ON THE TV SHOW 'GOOD THINGS UTAH' TO PROMOTE THE UTAH METH COPS PROJECT CHARITY EVENT AND AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO HE TALKS ABOUT 'RABBIT' AND HIS CHARACTER BEING THE DARKEST ROLE HE HAS EVER PORTRAYED...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE...

DAWN SCOTT, JULIA ORMOND'S STAND IN, HAD THIS TO SAY, JULY 5, 2011...

'Okay. So, when I was standing in for Julia Ormond on Sunday, it was a hot hot day. Everyone got burned and some to the point of blistering. Julia was kind enough to approach me, shake my hand and introduce herself. I introduced myself and told her it was a pleasure to meet her. She has the most beautiful eyes. Vincent D'Onofrio caught me off gaurd when he approached the tent we were sitting in to say "hi" to everyone. I just smiled and wiggled my fingers his way as I didn't immediately recognize him. When I got a better look and realized who he was, I excused myself from the tent (with a little encouragement from the Producer David Buelow), as I don't think it was appropriate for me to be in there at the same time. The next day when I was sitting in the back of the prop taxi cab that they are using for the movie, I was staring blankly out the window when I heard someone throw something into the cab through the driver side window and then they said good morning. I slowly turned my attention towards the direction of the voice and boom, there's Vincent staring at me having just placed his jacket on the seat. I jumped a little bit when I seen who it was and laughed as it is the second time he has caught me off guard and quickly said, "Oh hi! I was day dreaming!" He smiled slightly and walked off. HeHe I find him rather curious. Then much later in the day when I was leaning over the side of a pickup truck he came to the other side to be "jacketed." He stopped to look my way and said very calmy, "How are you doing today?" Finally...not having been caught of guard I was able to politely reply, "Very well thank you." Definately a very interesting man. He seems to offer so little with words, but his actions and his face say so much! I am definately looking forward to working with him on the 14th. I'm actually really excited now that I have met him. I spent the day hanging out with Josh Strait. He's really a terrific guy. Very easy to be around and so full of life. He's the stand in for Vincent in this movie.'

FROM 'DISCOVER MOOSE JAW', ON JULY 7, 2011, DETAILS OF FILMING LOCALES WERE DISCUSSED, AND IF YOU CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK YOU CAN ACCESS A 5 MINUTE AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH THE PRODUCER, DAVID BEULOW...

'Film crews are back in Moose Jaw as our city plays host to another movie. The cameras started rolling on the weekend for "Rabbit". Envision Media Arts out of Los Angeles is working on the psychological thriller starring Vincent D'Onofrio from Full Metal Jacket and most recently, Law and Order: Criminal Intent along with Julia Ormond from Legends of the Fall. Producer David Buelow says the story follows a serial killer who kidnaps a boy and raises him like a son. "We're filming actually in a rural area and we're using a house on a farm. It's very remote and this is where the killer lives. We're filming some back roads there. Then we're also doing some stuff in more upscale neighbourhoods for the next couple of days in Moose Jaw at some of the nicer houses. We're filming both the exterior and interior of those homes in Moose Jaw and then at least in one of the garages," said Buelow. Filming will continue in Moose Jaw for about a week before shifting to Regina. Rabbit is expected to be released to theatre sometime next year.'

FROM MJTIMES, ON JULY 8, 2011

Published on July 8, 2011

From left: Shane Daly, cinematographer, Jennifer Lynch, director, and Damian O'Donnel, screenwriter, pose on the Moose Jaw set of the film Rabbit. Times-Herald photo by Samuel Dobrin.

Beware all Moose Javians! A psychotic, serial-killing cab driver is on the lose and he may be on his way to pick you up. 

But don’t worry, it’s only a movie. Rabbit, directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Vincent D’Onofrio (Law & Order) and Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall), is a psychological thriller about a serial killer (D’Onofrio) who kidnaps and raises a young boy to become his protégé. The boy — played by rising Vancouver star Evan Bird — has to make a decision if he will follow in the killer’s footsteps or hold onto the humanity that he had in his previous life with his parents. 

David Buelow, one of the producers of the upcoming thriller (he is joined by Lee Nelson and local producer Rhonda Baker), said the contrast of Moose Jaw and utter “vastness” of the Saskatchewan prairie was ideal for crafting the film. 

“We needed a really remote house that would be on the edge of town,” he said. “Creatively, this was exactly what we were looking for.” 

Buelow hopes the film will attract a wide audience. 

“It’s a psychological thriller, not a horror movie,” said Buelow, who has produced films for more than a decade with Envision Media Arts. “It’ll be kind of like Silence of the Lambs or 7even. 

“(D’Onofrio) plays a cab driver, who picks up his victims in the city and takes them out to his remote dwelling,” said Buelow. “I don’t want to give away the rest.” 

In addition to its thematic benefits and lower-budget potential, Buelow says Moose Jaw is a very “film-friendly” city. 

“The director, Jen Lynch, filmed Surveillance in Saskatchewan and really wanted to come back,” he said. “She’s a huge fan of this area.” 

 A Los Angeles native, this was Buelow’s first time to Moose Jaw and Saskatchewan. 

“It’s just one big prairie,” he said, smiling. “In California, you can’t go anywhere without seeing a mountain.”  

As for the people, Buelow says they’ve lived up to Lynch’s promise of being super friendly and co-operative. 

“We hired quite a few Moose Jaw natives (25 extras) for a shoot at the Galaxy (Cinemas),” said Buelow. “They can look for themselves on the big screen. We even featured some of your mosquitoes in the movie.” 

Rabbit is not the first film to be shot in Moose Jaw. 

The city has played host to numerous films throughout the past 10 years, including Surveillance, Just Friends (Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart) and Sleepwalking (Charlize Theron produced and acted). 

Susanne Bell, CEO of SaskFilm and film commissioner for the province, agrees that Moose Jaw’s combination of setting, low costs and film savvy makes it ideal for filmmaking. 

“There such a diversity of looks that are standing right there (in Moose Jaw),” she said. “We don’t have to build the sets. It’s just right there.” 

After working with Lynch on Surveillance, Bell is really excited to have her back. 

“She became a part of the Saskatchewan film fabric when she worked here,” says Bell. “We couldn’t wait to have her back.” 

Rabbit is expected to release sometime in 2012. 

FROM 'PERTH NOW', DECEMBER 17, 2011,  DAMIAN O'DONNELL, WHO WROTE THE SCRIPT FOR 'CHAINED', SAID OF VINCENT...

O'Donnell had to pinch himself at times when he was on set in July watching D'Onofrio and Ormond perform their craft with his script.

"It is in pretty good hands," he said.

"Hearing Vincent on set . . . I can remember sitting at my desk when I was writing it, thinking, 'What the hell am I going to get this guy to say next?' And then a guy of Vincent's calibre comes along and elevates the character more than I could have imagined. He has developed this speech impediment and he has a stoop and he walks with a shuffle.

"I wrote it, I knew what he was going to say, but he still scared the shit out of me."

Beware...

'Comic-Con 2012: Anchor Bay Reveals Silent Night, Chained Art'

SHOCK TILL YOU DROP

by Tyler Doupe  

July 11, 2012

Anchor Bay has displayed promo art for Silent Night and Chained at Comic-Con. The former being a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night that is being directed by Steven C. Miller (due in theaters this holiday season). The latter is the latest film from Jennifer Lynch (Surveillance, Boxing Helena).

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'CHAINED' WORLD PREMIERE AUGUST 5TH FANTASIA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL

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August 5 • 7:10 PM

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At the end of a fun afternoon excursion, Sarah Fiddler and her young son step into a taxi to head home. They never get there. Fate can be cruel and today, fate has seen to it that the cab they picked belongs to Bob (Vincent D’Onofrio), a taxi driving serial killer who has long ago realized the grisly benefits of a job that delivers victims unto him on a silver platter. Re-christening the boy “Rabbit”, Bob forcibly adopts him as his own son. And keeps him. For years. Life with Bob is not easy for Rabbit. He’s mercurial, demanding (“You will serve me breakfast every day for the rest of your life”), violent and cold. Worse, Bob forces the boy to clean up after his crimes. At the same time, in his own distorted way, he wants to be a good father, to raise a son who is well-prepared to succeed in the world. What Bob considers to be success and the kind of world in which he lives is where the real problems lay. Rabbit (Eamon Farren), now in his teens, has been shown in no uncertain terms that Bob fully expects him to become a mass murderer.

From the day she exploded onto the scene with the largely misunderstood and still-controversial BOXING HELENA 19 years ago, Jennifer Lynch has been a spellbinding iconoclast on the American indie landscape, her provocative approach to filmmaking seeing her alternately championed and demonized. She is a fascinating filmmaker who’s made but several works across her two-decade career. Each have been standouts, their connective tissues threaded in baroque aesthetics, unconventional performance styles, darkly eccentric streaks of humour and, of course subversively compelling gazes into our capacities for cruelty, obsession and sexual deviancy. CHAINED is no exception. In Lynch’s hands, what could have been a simple “how to make a monster” serial killer film turns into an upsetting discourse on parenthood and instinct. At its core, D’Onofrio is a lumbering, volcanic nightmare. Everything from his body language to the uncomfortable syntax of his dialogue delivery has been altered and sculpted to make for a freakishly individualistic performance. Watch for a brief but impactful appearance by Julia Ormond, reteaming with Lynch following 2008’s phenomenal SURVEILLANCE. — Mitch Davis