I reviewed The Beatnicks and now it’s time for me to give someone a chance to see it for themselves…for free! I will be giving away one DVD/soundtrack combo signed by Norman Reedus to one lucky winner. See below for details.
Straight from The Beatnicks’ press release:
Norman Reedus, perhaps best known for cult phenomenon The Boondock Saints stars in the long awaited release, The Beatnicks. In addition to Norman Reedus, the film stars Mark Boone Jr.(award winning FX series Sons of Anarchy), Elodie Bouchez (Alias) & co-stars Eric Roberts (Batman: The Dark Knight), Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite) and Patrick Bauchau (The Pretender). The film is available to Save now on Netflix and will be available for retail sale and rental on April 6, 2010 via Passion River Films.
Set in Los Angeles, The Beatnicks, are a poet and a musician named Nick, known as The Beatnicks in search of a gig. They find a magic box on the beach, that when opened, creates amazing music that hypnotizes anyone who hears it. The Nicks use the box to get booked for a show, but their abuse of the box’s powers has unforeseen consequences. The poet falls in love and the musician meets a guru. Ultimately, they must both learn the lesson of “no suffering, no understanding” . As the film concludes, The Nicks reach a deeper understanding of themselves and the box earns them the gig of a lifetime.
The Beat nicks is a unique independent film that is another example of the power of social media and viral marketing. With over 20,000 online fans,The Beatnicks is an eagerly anticipated DVD release amongst the cult fans that gave The Boondock Saints its underground success. With over $50 million in DVD revenues, The Boondock Saints was an incredible example of phenomenal grass roots marketing which the The Beatnicks will surely immolate. Norman’s excellent performance as Nick Nero in the film brings out the same snarky and bad-ass persona reminiscent of his Boondock Saints character, Murphy McManus. The potential for another cult hit is all, but certain.
After years of perseverance and creative marketing, the producers of the film built up a significant online presence for The Beatnicks. “It was about 2 years ago that enough people were asking for the film that made me regroup, put my filmmaker hat back on and take on the challenge of self distribution. What’s amazing about distribution today, is that the internet has created a whole new science out of getting your film to its target audience and I have only scraped the surface.” says Garen Topalian, executive producer of the movie.
If you want to win the DVD/soundtrack combo, write me an alliterative haiku…just kidding about writing one. However, if you can be the first one to tell me what a haiku is (hint: wiki it), then you win. Hurry! Offer ends tomorrow!
This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!
Note: Winner has until midnight at the end of the day on Saturday to respond or the prize will have to go to the next person.
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Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.[1] Haiku typically contain a kigo (seasonal reference), and a kireji (verbal caesura). In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku.[2] Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively
It’s a form of Japanese poetry which consist of 17 moras in three metrical phrases in the pattern of 5,7,5.
form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.
It’s is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 syllables, in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
Here! I Wikied it! In short it’s a Japanese Poem. I’m probably not the first one to answer but I have to give it a try!! I want that dvd 🙁 *grabby hands* 😉
plural haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.[1] Haiku typically contain a kigo (seasonal reference), and a kireji (verbal caesura). In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku.[2] Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
A Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.
A form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.
A haiku is a type of Japanese poem consisting of three lines and only 17 syllables. The first line contains 5 syllables, the second line contains 7 syllables and the third line also contains 5 syllables. In Japan, the poem is usually only one line, but in the US, we make it 3 lines to better show the meter.
, plural haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.[1] Haiku typically contain a kigo (seasonal reference), and a kireji (verbal caesura). In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku.[2] Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century
Haiku: 1.a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
2.a poem written in this form.
A Haiku is japanese poem with metrical phrases. 3 5 3 or 5 7 5. Example?
Mom got fish and chips.
Ate the chips but not the fish.
Drinking mango juice.
True story! 😉
haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively
A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. It is 3 lines long with a syllable count of 5/7/5
For example, a haiku I wrote a while back …
Willow leaves gently
Fall into a cool rippling
Pond amid lilies
is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively
A haiku is a poem consisting of three lines of poetry with a total of 17 syllables (typically the first line has 5 syllables, second line has 7, and the third ends with 5).
For example:
“I would like to win
though I would assume there is
a winner by now”
*snaps*
Or…
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did I win??? 😀
Well…so, all you need to do is write what a haiku is? There you have it 🙂 an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven, I am not the first…but oh, well….
Haiku – an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
haiku is a japanese poem
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A haiku is a Japanese form of poetry with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line , and 5 syllables in the third line.
A poem with 3 lines. The first and last, having 5 syllables and the middle having 7 syllables.
Not sure if this contest is still open, but hopefully I can still submit!
Haiku is, according to Wikipedia, “a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras” (syllables) “in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively.”
Thanks!
A Japanese poem It has 17 syllables. Not sure if that’s enough but what else can I say that hasn’t already been explained before me;) Thanks!