Independent film producer Neil Schulman, who recently attempted unsuccessfully to sell rights to his movie Lady Magdalene's on eBay, is trying a new gambit -- offering a rebate in the form of one thousand gallons of gasoline to any studio that purchases his film. "We're making this offer during Memorial Day weekend when even the major studios are feeling the pinch of increased gasoline prices" to distribute their films, Schulman said in a statement. He added that he was barred from the typical indie filmmaker's route to a Hollywood deal -- the major film festivals -- because his film is "upbeat and feel-good. ... Who knew you needed to make a downbeat movie about a dysfunctional Inuit family whose lesbian daughter is molested by a Haliburton executive to get into Sundance?"See Also
