Michael Goldburg, the writer/director of the award-winning horror-comedy short film, WHAT’S EATING DAD?, was previously the subject of a Creative Minds profile on “Not Even Joking,” where he mentioned his upcoming feature comedy, SURE-FIRE. I asked him to tell me a little bit about this film, which is now kicking into high gear and he’s launched a crowdfunding campaign for it on Seed&Spark to raise development funds. Here’s a link to the Campaign and Pitch Video: https://www.seedandspark.com/studio/sure-fire
Thanks for having me back on your blog, Nina!
SURE-FIRE is an absurdly hilarious comedy about a con man having a mid-life crisis who stumbles into becoming a movie producer when gangsters threaten to kill him. It’s a classic comedy in the vein of Woody Allen and Mel Brooks meets the crime comedy of “American Hustle” and “Get Shorty.” It’s also a universal story about second chances and how it’s never too late to “rewrite your life’s script.” SURE-FIRE was born out of my experience of having been conned – er, hired – by a Benny Boon-type hustler/producer in New York to develop a script for him. Though the script was never realized, I knew the “producer” would make a better character in a story of my own creation. While the idea for a script gestated for a while, I read an article about an actual con man in New York City whose schtick was pretending to be a successful movie producer. Thus the seeds of SURE-FIRE were born…
Sounds good, right?! Then contribute now and become part of the film! I’m looking for EVERYONE to team up with us to make SURE-FIRE happen. You get cool Perks, too. And I’ll be sending exciting updates –as well as a podcast–during the campaign. So tune in! And please share with other friends, family, on social media, and with anyone who likes to laugh! Again, the Campaign and Pitch Video are here: https://www.seedandspark.com/studio/sure-fire Thanks! For more information, please email me directly at michael@michaelgoldburg.com.
Sounds great, Michael! Thank you so much for joining me here. You know I loved WHAT’S EATING DAD? I wish you the best of luck!
Michael Goldburg, an MFA graduate from NYU’s Graduate Film Program, is an award winning film maker. In addition to being the creative mind behind the horror-comedy, What’s Eating Dad?, which has screened, and continues to screen at numerous film festivals and was named one of the Top Ten Horror Shorts of 2014, he directed the prizewinning short film Happy Trails, co-directed the grand-prize winning web series Café Conversations, and directed the bleakly funny web series, Tragic Relief, which was recently featured on Funny or Die.
