PHASE I COMPLETE
September 29, 2000
Can YOU name these people?
After YOU witness The Legend of Charles Manson,
YOU will be calling them by their Charlie given names!
Phase I, the initial resurrection of "The Legend of Charles Manson" is nearing completion. We suppose Phase I could be considered more of an experiment than a traditional marketing ploy, especially because no one has ever before promoted a film project the way we have.
While many of you don't realize it, years from now, you will reflect back and understand that YOU actually participated in a form of interactive filmmaking. Everyone of you have contributed to the creation of The Exclusive Film Network and the making of "The Legend of Charles Manson".
If YOU only clicked on to only one page of our website, your hit was documented in cyber space for all eternity.
We promise you that NO cookies were ever placed on our site, at least not by us. But most of you understand by now, that our website became so popular that most search engines worldwide "cached" part, if not all, of The Exclusive Film Network.
Was it necessary for us to use harsh language and mean spirited comments about the government, the police and certain others? We tried to give YOU a taste of the 60's, the way it was and believe us when we tell you, we've acted with compassion, compared to the real rebels of the 1960's or the government for that matter.
Because this was an experiment, with many surprises along the way, it has been a remarkable experience for all of us. That some of you got so passionately involved bears testament to the fact that the name Charles Manson still evokes emotional seizures in a world otherwise numbed with apathy.
We hope that many of you are beginning to understand why your feelings, negative or positive, are ignited by a simple name, Charles Manson. We believe the name MANSON has become a "once in a Century" symbol reserved only for an Adolf Hitler, John F. Kennedy or, dare we say it, Jesus Christ. In such cases, the actual person becomes less significant than the symbol created and MANSON certainly fits that bill.
Many of you recently witnessed the famous leatherface chainsaw character used to sell tennis shoes, so it shouldn't be too long before a MANSON like image is used to sell tampons. Lawyers are already using MANSON photos to draw business. Of course, some might say that lawyers would be the first to sell their own mothers for a buck.
As for Manson's Constitutional Rights, well, we can see that topic as a late night joke on David Letterman's show or maybe years from now we'll see the old Constitution featured on the Antiques
Roadshow.
And for us, it's time to move on to Phase II, the marketing of "The Legend of Charles Manson", the movie that is. Our research shows that while you good folks are intelligent, thoughtful and possess all the qualities that make for a better world, YOU are NOT the hard-core movie theater audience. That creates a problem for us. We must make "The Legend" a success in movie theaters first.
Most of you know, movie internet sites are closing down almost as fast as they appeared. Even the famous Steven Spielberg's Pop.com site just folded. Unfortunately, the internet is locked in an infantile stage and may be for years.
At least, our business model seems to be working and The Exclusive Film Network will continue to grow, but now we must concentrate on selling "The Legend of Charles Manson" to the typical movie going public, YOUR children.
We promise, we won't splash blood and guts all over the screen, but we will give them a horrific roll-a-coaster ride, they won't soon forget. A new website, ExclusivePreviews.com, premiering the first of several trailers, will open
soon.
We're sorry that some of you just didn't get it, especially the ones who should have, but we do understand, because we have been advised by professionals that this site is so intense that certain forms a neurosis, in some, might be unconsciously over stimulated.
God! Wait till YOU see the movie. You'll really FREAK.
