News

It's been a while. So I thought I'd update the site. The distribution process on my last film CONFINEMENT is almost complete. The delay has been due to the U.S. Copyright Office holding things up! It's coming upon a year since I sent in the film to be copyrighted. It took me months to speak to a human to find out what's been taking so long. They've "expedited" it and all should be well soon.

My latest screenplay CONTAINMENT has been completed and I will be starting preproduction on the movie shortly. I am doing something different with this screenplay. Now that it is complete I am presenting it to a screenwriting group that I am a member of here in Charlottesville. I want to get the feedback and criticism from the group first. Then I will touch up CONTAINMENT if it needs any. Finally it's on to preproduction.

Also Suzanne Ramsey who was a big help on CONFINEMENT wrote a great article here. If you're a runner, like running, hate runners, or hate running check it out.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

SEPTEMBER 4, 2006

Irwin, 44, died on 4 September when the barb from a stingray pierced his chest while he was filming for a TV show on the Great Barrier Reef. His family held a private funeral service for him on 9 September at the family-owned park, Australia Zoo.

His prompted an outpouring of grief in Australia, and among the estimated 200 million viewers of his television programs.

APRIL 7, 2006

MARCH 31, 2006

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

There are many reviews up on the CONFINEMENT review page. Check it out here.

AUGUST 31, 2005

CONFINEMENT has a new News and Reviews Page! It will soon be filling up. Check it out here.

AUGUST 22nd, 2005

The premiere was great. The audience loved it. And I'm relaxing! Pictures and reviews are on their way.

JULY 20th, 2005

Hello all!

David Stewart Productions is proud to present their latest film CONFINEMENT. The Premiere for this locally made film will be held at the V. Earl Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. It will be held on Saturday, August 20^th 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Parking and Admission is free. The cast and crew will be at the show and a Q and A session will follow the film.

(Food and drink will not be allowed in theater.)

If you are planning to attend please contact David Stewart via email or telephone to give him the estimated number of people who will be in your party. Please note that the film is not rated. If it were it would be R due to Language and Violence.

Directions to the V. Earl Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center:

From NOVA:

Take 29 South to C’ville.
Continue on 29 South till you reach Rt 64.
Take 64 East towards Richmond
Go 3.6 miles and take exit 121A on 20 South towards Scottsville
Take immediate right at next light after exit on College Rd.
Follow College Rd up past PVCC campus. It will end at the V. Earl Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center.

From Lynchburg area:

Take 29 North to C’ville
Take 64 East towards Richmond.
Go 3.6 miles and take exit 121A on 20 South towards Scottsville
Take immediate right at next light after exit on College Rd.
Follow College Rd up past PVCC campus. It will end at the V. Earl Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center.

JULY 10th, 2005

The latest trailer for CONFINEMENT is online today. The larger the file the better the quality. The premiere will be in August!

APRIL 29th, 2005

Also I dug up the movie CONCEALMENT and made an online version of it which you can watch and enjoy. Check out the CONCEALMENT pages. (Warning: do not attempt to watch unless you have a highspeed internet connection or have a million hours to wait.)

MARCH 28th, 2005

In other news Suzanne Ramsey has made her first film SPOOK BABY. You can check out the trailer for it right HERE.

JANUARY 23rd, 2005

Been working like mad every chance I get on CONFINEMENT and Riders of Yesteryear. There are some new videos on the CONFINEMENT Trailer page. You can check them out to see some of the progress.

DECEMBER 29th, 2004

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Or in a politically correct version happy RamaHanuKwanzMas!

Editing has been going well on CONFINEMENT. I am editing this one in two phases. Phase one being Visual while Phase two is Sound. I am over 75% done with Phase One. I will add up the number of special effects when I'm finished. I'm sure it will be high. I expect to be finished with the entire movie by the end of March! That seams realistic.

NOVEMBER 11th, 2004

I have been editing like mad and doing effects and will continue until the project is complete. It has taken 19 months to film this flic and many more for pre/post production. I have destroyed 2 camera’s making it. And it has been a huge task for everyone involved due to the extreme locations and filming environments.

For movie geeks out there, I have over 36 hours of footage to work with! Trimming 36 down to about 2 is a huge task! I have most of the picture edited together at this point so the bulk of the post production is complete.

JUNE 7, 2004

MARCH 20, 21, and 27, 2004

March 2004! That's right! Check the beginning of the shooting diary! This movie has been in production now for over a year! That sucks! All I can do is blame myself. But forget that. The weather has been the main cause for every delay imaginable. The leaves fell from the trees and we put it all on hold. We've been filming! Check out the Production diary!

NOVEMBER, 2003

It's been a while since I have updated the production diary. We have gotten through 90% of the filming on this movie. We have to film a few more outside scenes and they have been postponed due to the trees changing. So for now, filming is frozen. We will be doing a few insert shots here and there and beginning post production.

October 17th 2003

July 27th 2003

July 7th 2003

June 30th 2003

June 23rd 2003

June 20th, 2003

April 27th 2003

MICA (The Low Budget Stuntman) aka Michael Stewart had an accident today. In a non-movie related incident he fell from the 3rd story of an apartment building in Richmond, VA. He landed inverted on the cobblestone below. His spine was severed and he no longer has feeling/movement below his chest. Luckily he still has use of his arms and he can breathe on his own. He has taken the news of his condition very well. (Better than I would have.) He remains upbeat and ready for the challenges that lay ahead.

April 26th 2003

March 6th 2003

January 2nd 2003

December 2nd 2002

November 28th 2002

October 16th 2002

October 10th 2002

September 27th 2002

September 24th 2002

September 17th 2002

Return of the Cheyenne Kid is COMPLETE! That's right it was finished just recently. The cast and crew tapes are being distributed. The news is getting out. Watch for an upcoming article in C-ville Weekly. Watch for interviews on Adelphia Cable. Watch for more updates on the site as we get this movie out there in the world.

CONCEALMENT has received 3 nominations for the B-Movie Film Festival in Syracuse New York!

Nominations are as follows:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - DAVID HARSCHEID
BEST VILLAIN - FRANCIS
SPECIAL B-MOVIE ACHIEVEMENT - CONCEALMENT

August 9th 2002

July 10th 2002

New Review of Concealment in the latest issue of Micro-Film! HERE
New additions over at the Return of the Cheyenne Kid pages! HERE

June 25th 2002

CONCEALMENT is off to the 2nd annual REwind International Media Festival 2002 (July 22-28)

June 21st 2002

There's a whole lotta stuff happening on the Cheyenne Kid pages: Click here!
There's also another review out of CONCEALMENT from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: HERE

May 6th 2002

May 3rd 2002

April 11th 2002

March 27^th 2002

Been busy this past week. Filmed a musical for Tandem. A private school in the area. More reviews for CONCEALMENT coming soon.

January 19^th 2002

Review for CONCEALMENT in latest issue of VIDEOSCOPE Magazine. (Can’t please everyone. When I get a copy I’ll post it.)

Review for CONCEALMENT in the next issue of MICRO-FILM Magazine (Should be out in the next month. I haven’t seen this one yet either. “Oh, I am so scared.” – Grover.)

December 13^th 2001

New Review for CONCEALMENT

http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/c/concealment.html

November 29th 2001

If you missed David Stewarts radio interview don't fret you can listen to it when I get the link up again.

November 26th 2001

David Stewart will be the featured guest on this weeks web radio show B+ Moviemaking.

The show will air on Wednesday 11/28/01 from 7-8 pm EST at this website: www.adrenalineradio.com

That's right come Wednesday you all will have a whole hour to hear David Stewart talk.

Bring your pillows because an hour is a long gap to fill...But David is gonna do it.

November 20th 2001

November 11th 2001

November 5th 2001

October 25th 2001

October 6th 2001

September 18th 2001

LETHAL FORCE is making it's rounds in the festival circuit. Good Job Alvin. (Over at www.divergentthinking.net)

September 11th 2001

August 31th 2001

Premiere Date is October 6th at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. (On the 3rd Floor in the Mcintire Room.) The movie will start at 2:30 in the afternoon. You should get in a little early to get a seat.

August 24th 2001

August 8th 2001

July 6th 2001

June 14th 2001

As of now the movie is visually finished minus a few effect shots. We are currently doing sound work. MIDIJAMMAN has got a cut of the movie and he's working up a soundtrack.

Check out Piranha Pictures web site and look under 5TH CITY to see some pics from that movie.

Last weekend I filmed with Eric Thornett. It was an exhausting day. But it will be worth it when the scene is put together.

May 11th 2001

As of today I am 93% finished with the editing of CONCEALMENT. Everything is going smoothly. After the editing is finished I'll then go back and tune up the sound. I estimated that I'd be finished by mid-June and am right on schedule.

An interesting side note is that we have a ton of visual effects in this movie. (I plan to get a number when I'm done editing.)

In other news: Some stuff has been happening over at Piranha Pictures web site. They've recently begun their next picture and have added info to their web site.

NEWS

JANUARY 24, 2008