DJ's  Journey
Today all too soon
become the memories
of yesterday...
Only to become the
creations of tomorrow...
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October 1st, 2005
The first day of October and many are out here in Michigan with bow in hand to put meat on the table.  
Everyone here braces for the football clash as my college
MSU takes on the powerful UofM.  I sit here at Fort
Perry drinking some Costa Rican coffee and reflecting.  I stayed home last night on a Friday and looked back
upon my last five weeks.  Awesome and yet it feels so good to be home and sleeping in my own bed.  I've been
getting the lawn in shape for the winter.  My garden harvest seems sparse save a large Summer squash, a few
green tomatoes, 4 green beans and a few undersized mellons.  My farmer skills are lacking.  On the other hand
my
axe swinging abilities have gotten stronger.  Funny I did the "WILD MICHIGAN" promo picture with the
axe that everyone seems to like. (Good job
Michael Jordan)  Now with "THE 8th PLAGUE" my character
Mason continues a long tradition of
axe carriers and I hope I set a new standard.  The intensity is there for
sure.  I may ramble here but it feels good to unload.  I've had all kinds of culture shock.  From deep rainforest,
to a circus movie set, back to a quiet fall at Fort Perry and off to Hollywood next week.  
CRAZY!

A new website is up for "
THE 8th PLAGUE" and I think some great stuff will go up there.  I miss all my
newfound friends there.  That prison really did have its share of haunts and demons.  It reminded me of
shooting "
FROM VENUS" another film that was shot in a haunted location.  "FROM VENUS" may be for sale
at the month's end well will see.  I also hope to have "
FIGURE IN THE FOREST" and "HEAVEN'S
NEIGHBORS
" for sale as well.  Three of CDI's early films and I hope people will enjoy them all on some level.  
Upcoming January 2006 will have a new release of "
KNIGHT CHILLS" and "IN THE WOODS" in February
2006.

I also have the honor of bing the October Scary Stud of the Month at:
http://www.pretty-scary.net/index.php
and so thank you Heidi for that great honor.  I love your website and I hope it continues to grow and thrive!

I miss all the girls from the Supermodel Showdown
Nass, Jessica, Jessica, Abby, Katie, Melanie, Rebecca,
Claudia and Nadia my host
.  Great job by all the girls and my amazing crew G, Maria, Matt, Amy and Karen.  
My right hand man
Nikoli and Big Cat Joe for such an amazing opportunity!  Dan, Walter and all the friends I
met there.  The source material is being backed up to hard drives and I can't wait to get into editing.

I hope to close a deal on "
AN ORDINARY KILLER" by end of next week and "JUDGES" with a little luck
could close its deal as well.

More later!

DJ
September 29, 2005
           Photo provided by Big Cat Entertainment Group
(One of the many beautiful locations of Supermodel Showdown)
A back to back adventure!  To red more first hand accounts of the adbenture in Costa Rica via the Supermodel
Showdown see
Big Cat Entertainment Group and Supermodel Showdown there are many new updates!

As for VA and "
THE 8th PLAGUE" I can honestly say that it is a massively intense film.  I have to admit to
the horror fans out there that some of my past work has been a bit tame but that stuff went out the window
with this film.  Any real gore fans will be in heaven with this film.  I can now say that with this film I've been
covered in more blod and real animal parts then in any other movie OR all my other movies combined.  Sorry
Mike Kallio, you held that record with SURVIVE up to now.  The case and crew were great to work with and I
will provide many picture for a page here very soon.  In the meantime check out
www.the8thplague.com and a
trailer should be up here soon.
Photo provided by Two For Flinching Productions
Mason stalks prey or... is he being stalked?
I just got home unpacked and I'm trying to get a few things straightened.  I leave next week to L.A. to (fingers
crossed) wrap up the final deal on "
AN ORDINARY KILLER" and also we are close to deal on "JUDGES" the
movie.  I'm traveling with Tony Hornus and we are meeting with our co-production partner on "
WILD
MICHIGAN
" Talmarc Productions.  We are going to hobnob at a Western Film Festival to promote
"
MIRACLE AT SAGE CREEK", "WILD MICHIGAN" and "THE HARD RIDE".  The week after that COO
Dean West will join Tony in New Mexico for some final scouting and to get some final paperwork in place.

Also the short western "
JUSTICE FOR ALL" played in L.A. at a film festival last week and all went well there.  
Just finished music on "
THE PATCHWORK GIRL of OZ" and I'm starting some shopping there.  Met with
Kevin Hershberger in VA and we made some plans on our Lionheart slate.  The new site can be seen at
www.lionheart-filmworks.com We had a great premiere for "NO RETREAT" and I will also start some early
shopping with that film as well!

We will know if "
CROSSING THE KING'S HIGHWAY" FINALLY gets the full greenlight on October 1st and
that would put me shooting in November for a week.  Also have one day on a comedy in L.A. with
Eddie
Griffin and Eugene Levy
in late October or November...

G.P.S. is almost completed and will be at the AFM in November.  I have a day of sound looping so I have to
decide if they want to send it here or fly me there.  That trailer is up at
www.gpsthemovie.com

All is going great and I'm happy and refreshed and ready for ACTION!!!

More updates to come!

DJ
September 15th, 2005
I've just awoken from a major power nap on my day off.  Scrambled images flew through my head and now I
sit with a cup of reheated coffee stringing thoughts toghether.  The jetlag has me feeling like I've been gone for
six months.  Just got a phone call from my
cousin Jerry, my mom, buddy Ben D. and a few others and that was
great.  I truly feel like a gypsy at times being gone so much but it has provided me with some great experiences.
 I'm taking the wonderful journey to Costa Rica to heart.  The beauty is shown below...
Photo provided by Big Cat Entertainment Group
The first few days in Costa Rica were very disorientating.  The mind slowly calmed to a place and pace that
lacks the sounds of traffic.  The mind at rest finds freedom from cell phone calls and the constant curiosity of
emails and the pending deal.  Even now as I step back into the business world of technology it feels odd to the
sould and agains the grain to some extent.  In the jungle I
DELETED a lot of clutter from my mind.  I'm
protecting my inner peace from such
SPAM like junk that seek to clutter the self.  Like the computer terms I'm
using?  I feel like I can cope much better with things after that trip.  The "
SUPERMODEL SHOWDOWN" has
taught me many new lessons and I think this applied will take everything in my life to the next level.  The show
itself will be an incredible journey and it marks my first directorial debut.  I can't wait to share a piece of that
paradise to everyone out there.  Watch
www.supermodelshowdown.com for updates.  We will be linking with
them and all the ladies on the show very soon!
Photo provided by Two For Flinching Productions
A FIRST SNEAK PEEK AT - "THE 8th PLAGUE"
DJ Perry is "Mason" a mysterious man with a dark, shadowy past who sets off to
help a distraught woman (Leslie Valenza) search for her missing sister.  The trail
leads them to an abandoned prison where they discover that not EVERYTHING has
abandoned the prison.


Deals are being made on both "JUDGES" and "AN ORDINARY KILLER" and we should have release dates
and perhaps even cities where they might be seen.

Remember that "
JUSTICE FOR ALL" plays on September 23rd, 2005 at 10pm in L.A.  You can follow the link
on here to get more exact information.  I'm looking at a few projects to finish the year out but I'm also looking
forward to going back to Fort Perry for some rest.  I love the fall and I want to see how my few meager plants
are doing.  Friends and family await but for now I am working with all these artists creating something thrilling.

DJ
October 10th, 2005
We are now back in L.A. and we have had an interesting time back here.  It looks like we have locked in our
distribution on our "
AN ORDINARY KILLER" movie.  It will be heading to the AFM (American Film Market)
with
American World Pictures.  They had the BTK killer story on CBS last night and it is in the same vein so I
think we have something really good.  AWP is also the distributor for "
MIRACLE AT SAGE CREEK" that we
shot in March.  
Anthony Hornus and I both had small parts and also I produced and Tony directed the behind
the scenes material for the DVD.  We watched the movie and I have to say that I was really moved by it.  It is a
good movie and I think it will play on TV around Christmas this year.

We are close to locking all our pieces on "
WILD MICHIGAN" and "THE HARD RIDE", our two westerns with
Talmarc Productions.  Casting and distribution pieces are being locked in and we have meetings in New Mexico
next week.  I have been offered a role in "
THE HARD RIDE" as Jack McCall, the man who killed "Wild Bill".

We all went to a cook out at
Tim Abell's house up in the hills.  It was a lot of fun with food, wine and a little
tequila.  That eventually led to me and "
Soldier of God" Tim sword fighting with real swords in the family
room!  I LOVED IT!  Tim is a great guy and I think that his movie which is now playing festivals world-wide
will be awesome!  See a picture of us below goofing around.
Being silly at Tim's cookout!
I have to fly tomorrow to Seattle, Washington to do
my final looping on "GPS" the thriller.  They are
taking it to the AFM and from what I've seen I think it
is going to do very well.  Also talked with Mark Owen
and next week they should have the final locked edit
on the "OFF TRACK" pilot.  I can't wait to see it.

I would have had this out sooner but I'm typing it on
my laptop and I'm using Dave's email to do business.  
He has cable modem not wireless.  We are going to get
together tonight with Cindi Rice and Bethany Landing
producer friends of mine.  Cindi was formerly our
development person for C.D.I. before going to work
with Lighthouse Films.  I'm looking forward to
tonight meeting with some old friends.  Tomorrow I'm
off to Seattle!

More to come soon!

DJ
October 7th, 2005
I'm sitting before the open window in a cabin here in
Lone Pine, California at the 16th Annual Lone Pine
Film Festival
.  We attended with the president of the
family film division of
Ferris Wheel Pictures, Craig
Kitchens
, our co-production partner for "WILD
MICHIGAN
" Thadd Turner, the "MIRACLE AT
SAGE CREEK
" lead Tim Abell and representing
Collective Development Inc./Lionheart Filmworks was
Dave Borowicz, Tony Hornus and I.
Funny trivia is that the cabin that Tony, Dave and I are in was built and stayed in by Howard Hughes and so
we shared the same walls in this unique "hunting cabin" type dwelling as Mr. Hughes.  There is even an air
strip out back which is no surprise.  I guess at one time he and an investor planned to make Lone Pine into a
Las Vegas but that did not happen.  See the cabin photo below.
We also met screen legend John Saxon today and that was very cool.  I first saw John Saxon in "ENTER THE
DRAGON
" with Bruce Lee and then here we are talking with him outside a booth that sells organic honey and
other produce.  Who knows, maybe we will work with him on something... HINT... HINT!  See the picture here
of us all below.

More later!

DJ
Myself, Tony Hornus, John Saxon, Thadd Turner and Dave Borowicz
October 20th, 2005
I'm sitting at Fort Perry.  Coffee is within my reach.  I used up my Costa Rica blend and now I'm on the VA
coffee.  It feels wonderful to be back in Michigan at this wonderful time.  I've had a few great fall gahterins
with apple cider and spiced rum being the drink of choice.  The Halloween parties start  this weekend and so
maybe I will hit a few of those.  Everyone is excited about dressing up and I'm happy to not be in wardrobe.  
The time off and about was awesome but it feels wonderful to be home and see family and friends.  I met a lot
of new friends and saw old ones too.  Pepper I hear is revamping the site.  Look for Leslie to appear on the
Leading Ladies page.  Many new pictures will arrive and I have a few good updates.

First, a deal has been made with
www.indieflix.com a company that I've been exploring for a while.  See... if
you want to make money on a movie you have to get paid on the gross not the net.  Too much funny
accounting goes on with the expenses against gross.  This company will be releasing (3) of the CDI collection
and I highly encourage all of you to add it to your collection.  You can watch the evolution as filmmakers,
actors, etc... and they will be priced at $9.95 each.

FROM VENUS will be out by Halloween or shortly before.  FROM VENUS was a highly ambitious movie that
gives a nod and also spoofs the clich Sci-Fi/Horror bits we have seen in our favorite movies.  Check out the
SUPERMAN style credits!  It was our first run in digital with a Cannon XL-1 and the film also marks our 1st
extensive use of CGI FX.  Production value runs from good to fair but it is truly entertaining if nothing else to
see me with a buzz cut playing an idiot character.  Maybe that role wasn't such a stretch:

HEAVEN'S NEIGHBORS starring Aaron Jackson (NBC's California Dreams) and myself is a great piece of
drama that really is a solid piece especially after we trimmed it down.  The director's cut explores more of the
doctor's lives and if the film sells well maybe we will release the directors cut which is significantly longer.

FIGURE IN THE FOREST was CDI's foray into family films.  It is a LIFETIME type film written by a woman
(
Juanita Kennedy) and really directed towards a more adult audience but also has a story that families could
follow.  It was awarded the
DOVE FAMILY FILM award and also enjoyed a shor run in  the IMAGINE
Theater
in Novi, Michigan.

So break down and spend $30 and add these three films to your collection.  Write in to Pepper and tell us
which films you liked and why.  Look at it this way.  They say you will spend $48,000 over the course of a dog's
life caring for it.  Buying all my movies over a lifetime might equal a thousand dollars:  a bargain!

We are still mining for the right deal on
AN ORDINARY KILLER and GPS should be done and off to AFM.  I
hope that it gets into
SUNDANCE just to be able to go and experience it all but I'm not holding my breath with
thousands of films submitted.

We are going to also be selling a trial run of
THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ sort of a test group with a
special edition.  Watch the link off the
CDI site... www.cdifilms.com.  Also a new company site will be going up
sometime in the near future for 2006.  The company has matured and the new image will show that.

More updates soon!

DJ
Archives
It is chilly cold here in the Michigan lands and I have been drinking Virginia coffee over the last few days and
winterizing Fort Perry.  The storm windows are in and I've been using the shrink wrap window stuff as well.  I
made some good crock pot stew that we finished up yesterday and I even have a few pumpkins.  One grew here
in my feeble garden but is severely deformed because it was hanging from a fence not on the ground.  I had to
deal with a car issue today and I've been just enjoying the fall moments.

BREAKING NEWS!  You can now BUY... "
The PATCHWORK GIRL of OZ" DVD.  Click on the title to go to
the page you can purchase it.

It is a trial run and I think that most will enjoy it.  The music by Dennis Therrian is wonderful and so go ahead
and buy it now.  By weeks end "FROM VENUS", "HEAVEN'S NEIGHBORS", "FIGURE In The FOREST"
should be for sale.  $9.95 so buy it!  They will make great little Christmas presents as well!  
www.indieflix.com
NOTE: "FROM VENUS" has a Halloween theme and would be fun for most to watch.  Picture below is
Rebecca Holden as the evil Avatrix.
There are many new editions to the website thanks to Pepper.  Check out the leading ladies.  Leslie, my
wonderful co-star in "
The 8th PLAGUE" is featured.  Up coming women will be Hollis also from "The 8th
PLAGUE
" and Nadia my host from "Supermodel Showdown" as well as several of the girls themselves.

I've been doing some writing and trying to get my end of the year affairs in order.  I have to go shoot 2 days of
pick ups for "
The 8th PLAGUE" in VA in November.  It will be fun to see everone again.  I've been also
reading up on Jack McCall for "
The HARD RIDE" and also we have been working on a new polished draft of
"
WILD MICHIGAN".  I will have more updates soon!

Thank you,

DJ
October 25th, 2005
I'm sipping the Virginia Java and typing away here.  Trying to let people know that "The PATCHWORK GIRL
of OZ
" movie is for sale and I'm told Monday (Halloween) will be the release date for "FROM VENUS",
"
HEAVEN'S NEIGHBORS" and "FIGURE in the FOREST" at www.indieflix.com

This came from JUDGES director Stephen Walker.  I sincerely appreciate all the people across the U.S. that
have called in and continue to call in.  It is a great movie to see on the big screen and I hope that you will have
that experience!

JUDGES is now being considered for limited theatrical distribution at Regal Cinemas.  A test for our consideration is to see how many
people want to see the film and this is measured by phone-in requests.

Here are the instructions on exactly how to request the Film:

Dial
1-865-922-1123 and ask the Regal operator to be connected to Customer Service.

When Customer Service answers you ask:

"I'd like to request and independent film be picked up by Regal and shown in my area."

Here are the questions and answers they will ask you:

What's the name of the film?  "
JUDGES"
Who is the distributor?  "
RIZZO PRODUCTIONS"
What area do you want this shown in?  Give "
YOUR CITY, STATE"
What is your name?  "
YOUR NAME"
What is your telephone number?  "
YOUR NUMBER"

They will then forward this on to the Film Buying Department at Regal.

Get as many people as possible to make this phone call in your area.  This will help our chances for limited theatrical consideration.

Keep spreading the word,

Stephen Patrick Walker
http://www.judgesthemovie.com

ANOTHER COOL UPDATE

The 1st neak preview of the action/horror film "The 8th PLAGUE" can now be seen at www.the8thplague.com
So turn off the lights, turn up your speakers and HOLD ON!  It is the most frightening movie that I have ever
been in to date...period!  I knew we were making something creepy but DAMN!  Watch at your own risk.  
Nightmares may find you.....bluhaaaaaaa (sad attempt to write an evil laugh)

Take care!

DJ
October 27th, 2005