William Richert
director, screenwriter, actor
News
Portland says “Kiss Me Goodbye” “one of the lost jewels in the treasure chest of 80’s teen movies”
Dear Friends, our movie AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE? Opens tonight (September 12) in Portland Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater. It’s taken twenty years to get there, but there we are.
We’ve already gotten some terrific reviews – RIVER PHOENIX RISES AGAIN IN RESTORED MOVIE, says the PORTLAND TRIBUNE. “THE FILM IS ONE OF THE LOST JEWELS IN THE TREASURE CHEST OF 80’s TEEN MOVIES,” says the PORTLAND MERCURY and most notable of all, perhaps, is a notice on Craig’s List that says: “We’re a diverse group of 20-something men and women, single, dating and married, who like to see neat films with neat folks. Next week we’re heading to SE to see Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?, a previously unreleased film with River Phoenix! Who: You? What: Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodye/ When: Monday, September 15th at 7PM. Where: Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton).
I know that River’s incredibly happy about this, and I am too. There will be more theaters announced soon. Very Best to All and Cheers and ONWARD!
Here’s the blurb: Discover the lost River Phoenix film AREN’T YOU EVEN …
Streaming videos
Be in Richert’s animated film, ‘I, Beast!’
Want to be in a William Richert film? Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates about his animated feature, “I, Beast” starring… you! Read his forthcoming script, record yourself, and email him the results for remix into a feature-length sound collective illustrated by the animated works of River Sauts.
Fed up with the studio system, Richert has released a clip on YouTube which beautifully embodies the stripped down DIY spirit he hopes to evoke with his call to the world: give me your voices, wherever they may be. As the film shows, he doesn’t care what you look like or how expensive your gear is, just how great you sound. See Richert’s vox populi after the jump.
- Be in Richert’s animated film, ‘I, Beast!’
- View ‘Mask of Dumas’ remastered in its entirety
- See the opening scene of “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?”
- Stream ‘A Dancer’s Life’
- Episode 1 of ‘The Vindicator’ streaming, uncut
- Watch part one of Richert documentary ‘Derby’
- Stream ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’ from Google Video, uncut
- ‘High Priced Call Girl’ says Sorkin stole — from her
- ‘The Vindicator’ on Google Video
- Dailies from ‘The Vindicator’
Updates
“They’re not the same film!” Lawrence exclaims of “Kiss Me Goodbye” versus “Jimmy Reardon”
Barry C. Lawrence, author of In Search of River Phoenix, spent the evening of September 18 with “Aren’t You Even Going to Kiss Me Goodbye?”. Verdict? “Do not confuse the two! they are not the same film!” Full review after the jump.
The lights of Clinton Street blaze for ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’ and ‘Winter Kills’
Couldn’t make it to the Portland showing of “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?” and “Winter Kills”? The solution is to pick them up from the William Richert Store on DVD and pop up these sparkly pictures marquees and posters to provide full ambiance. Gallery after the jump.
Be in Richert’s animated film, ‘I, Beast!’
Want to be in a William Richert film? Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates about his animated feature, “I, Beast” starring… you! Read his forthcoming script, record yourself, and email him the results for remix into a feature-length sound collective illustrated by the animated works of River Sauts.
Fed up with the studio system, Richert has released a clip on YouTube which beautifully embodies the stripped down DIY spirit he hopes to evoke with his call to the world: give me your voices, wherever they may be. As the film shows, he doesn’t care what you look like or how expensive your gear is, just how great you sound. See Richert’s vox populi after the jump.
View ‘Mask of Dumas’ remastered in its entirety
The Mask Of Dumas (author Alexandre to be precise) and interesting it is, too, as the loves are unmasked in a new film from The Invisible Studio & F.C.B. Film Corporation. The eccentric life and loves of the legendary author are certainly given a new twist in writer-director William Richert’s fictional cinematic memoir, The Mask Of Dumas. The original tale takes place in Paris, 1843 on the night Dumas completes his masterpiece, The Man In The Iron Mask. “It is a film about a writer and his charcters who, on the the creative level are inseperable,” says Richert who plays the role of Dumas.
Read ‘First Lady Out’ screenplay by Richert
The entirety of Richert’s screenplay “First Lady Out” is posted here for your viewing pleasure.
Richert says: “Also called OCEANS AWAY, it was one of several scripts I wrote after Sorkin …
Portland says “Kiss Me Goodbye” “one of the lost jewels in the treasure chest of 80’s teen movies”
Dear Friends, our movie AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE? Opens tonight (September 12) in Portland Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater. It’s taken twenty years to get there, …
See the opening scene of “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?”
Dear Friends, our movie AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE? Opens tonight (September 12) in Portland Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater. It’s taken twenty years to get there, …
Stream ‘A Dancer’s Life’
“A stunning documentary about the daily lives of several students at the American Ballet Theater School in New York. It is not acted, and how William Richert, the director, managed …
Episode 1 of ‘The Vindicator’ streaming, uncut
Tony Scarpatti is the underboss and honor bearer in one of the last italian families in the east LA. neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
In this first half hour, Tony whacks his …
Watch part one of Richert documentary ‘Derby’
An excerpt of Richert’s 70’s documentary ‘Derby’, on roller derbies, is now available on YouTube.
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