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A DOCUMENTARY FILM
PRESS KIT
Confidential, Copyright © 2014, Lunchbox Entertainment
The Wrecking Crew created the
Soundtrack that played throughout
the dating years of 38 million
American baby-boomers…
What the Funk Brothers did for Motown…The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger,
for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s,
the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings.
And now, The Wrecking Crew tells the story in pictures and that oh, so glorious
sound. The favorite songs of a generation are all here, presented by the people
who made them for you.
The Wrecking Crew is a documentary film produced and directed by
Denny Tedesco, son of legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco.
The film tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the backbeat,
the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many of the number one hits
of the 1960’s. It didn’t matter if it was Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra,
The Monkees, The Byrds or The Beach Boys, these dedicated musicians brought
the flair and musicianship that made the American “west coast sound”
a dominant cultural force around the world. The film is a fun and moving
tribute from Denny to his father and to the music, the times and to
the secret star-making machine known only as “The Wrecking Crew”.
PUBLICITY
To date the Wrecking Crew campaign is the third
most successful documentary crowd fundraiser
in Kickstarter history.
The Wrecking Crew has a Facebook following
of 33,000 fans and growing.
On the Late Show David Letterman raved about
The Wrecking Crew in an interview with Cher after
viewing an early screening copy of the film.
Countless letters of support from renowned artists
have repeatedly called “The Wrecking Crew” one
of the best documentaries ever made about the
recording industry.
The Wrecking Crew has received rave reviews
across a wide spectrum of national media
ranging from the New York Times
to Rolling Stone and CNET.
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DISTRIBUTION GOALS
SE M I TH EATRICAL
A limited theatrical or “special engagement” release and a strategic tour to major
centers by director Denny Tedesco would be ideal to create additional publicity.
This would work particularly well within the communities that have previously
supported the film to help publicize the long-awaited release of the DVD.
Cities that demonstrated wide media interest in preliminary screenings included:
Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, Phoenix, Nashville, Seattle, Buffalo, Orlando,
Austin and Dallas. The producers have also received many invitations to screen
in other major cities around the world.
DVD/ BLU-RAY
The producers have material available to facilitate three potential release structures.
ENTRY LEVEL:
Single DVD/Blu-ray with feature and select bonus material and out-takes
PREMIUM:
Multiple DVD/Blu-ray that would include feature Single DVD/Blu-ray, plus:
• second DVD/Blu-ray containing additional outtakes spanning
16 years of research and interviews
• single CD Soundtrack Compilation
ULTIMATE:
Multiple DVD/Blu-ray that would include feature Single DVD/Blu-ray, plus:
• second DVD/Blu-ray containing additional outtakes spanning 16 years
of research and interviews
• single CD Soundtrack Compilation
• 12-song Wrecking Crew LP
• Wrecking Crew coffee table book
DVD/ BLU-RAY: C HAPTE R H EADI NGS
Proposed list of DVD/Blu-ray chapter headings and proposed
DVD/Blu-ray additional content and menu structure:
Main Feature:
01. Guitar
02.Bass
03.Percussion
04.Piano
05.Horns
06.Percussion
07.Engineers
08.Producers/Arrangers
09.Artists
Bonus Content:
10. Musician Joke Chapter
11.
5.1/7.1 Mix Chapter
Several of the featured songs have been remixed to modern surround standards for inclusion within the feature. Inclusion of the complete songs would be subject to a separate negotiation with the copyright holders.
12. Contract Chapter:
Highlights the contracts from the original AFM files. This is the first time in history that these have ever been released. 13. Other Tales From Within the Studio – Mini Features:
How Radio Changed the Recording Business
Beatles Impact
End of an era
Sinatra
Jan & Dean
Business Then vs. Now
Red Light Syndrome
14. Live Tracks In-Studio:
Some of the musicians played back and showed how they played their parts.
Some just jammed for fun.
PROPOSE D DVD/ BLU-RAY STRUCTU RE
I NCORPORATI NG NOTE D BON US CONTE NT:
TIE-IN POTENTIAL
WREC KI NG C REW COFFE E TABLE BOOK
Writer Ken Sharp (author of Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s
Double Fantasy, Elvis: Vegas ‘69, KISS: Behind the Mask) and Denny Tedesco have
combined efforts to document and to assemble the ultimate pictorial and historical
account of Wrecking Crew recordings and the musicians that played on them. As the
product of 16 years of research and interviews conducted by Denny and Ken’s work
for the last two years authoring the manuscript, the Wrecking Crew book would be
the ultimate coffee table book to the feature.
CD/ LP SOU N DTRAC K AN D
WREC KI NG C REW RETROSPECTIVE
The film could lend itself to two potential musical releases.
• A single CD/double LP compilation of the director’s chosen tracks
from the soundtrack of the feature
• A multi-CD/LP boxed set of a selected, representative overview of
the recorded output of the Wrecking Crew as chosen by Director Denny
Tedesco based on his research. In addition to providing a more in-depth overview of the “greatest hits” of the Wrecking Crew, this set could also
include a strong selection of out of print, outtakes and otherwise unavailable tracks as possible to assist with the market value of such a compilation.
This set would contain extensive liner notes providing context to
the selections.
Both options would lend themselves well to a multi-media Wrecking Crew
iTunes campaign.
MARKETING RESOURCES
In the course of the production of The Wrecking Crew, the producers have
developed a Facebook following of over 30,000 friends and a separate data base
of over 20,000 email addresses consisting of contact information for individuals
requesting to be kept up to date regarding the release of The Wrecking Crew.
The producers would be very happy to work collaboratively with the eventual
distributor of the film to share their market resources and to maximize the
commercial potential of the project in the marketplace.
REVIEWS AND QUOTES
The Wrecking Crew is the best
documentary yet about the
recording scene. I loved it.
- Steve Miller,
Gangster of Love
I hovered in the room near the
ceiling as I watched this inspiring
movie about the musicians who
made the songs that continue
to lift me higher than ever.
- Nancy Wilson, Heart
A wonderful, touching and…
hilarious film about the unsung
stars of so many records that
you carry in your heart.
- Elvis Costello
I loved the film, thank you
for bringing to light the story
behind one of the most
important musical ensembles
of the modern recording era...
- Chad Smith,
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Just wanted to say what a
great look the film is at an unknown
and unforgettable part of American
pop music history. To see the men
and women, most often uncredited,
behind the soundtrack of the 60s
and 70s, and to share a little of
their infectious camarederie,
was the next best thing to being
there in the room with Brian
and Spector and the rest.
- Harry Shearer
Writer, Actor, Spinal Tap Member
It was incredible! It had
everything I wanted to see
and more that I didn’t expect.
Tommy’s humor drew you in
and the lifelong respect for
each other was so evident.
Thank you for making this
film because it shows that
these legendary musicians,
who we listen to everyday,
are anything but invisible!!!
- Peter Frampton
REVIEWS AND QUOTES
A treasure trove of witness-at-creation anecdotes and enduringly potent ‘60s pop
classics, “The Wrecking Crew” is a well-nigh irresistible treat for aficionados of music
from the era when acts like the Beach Boys, the Association and the Monkees were
topping the charts. Nostalgia-drenched rockumentary should score impressively
as cable fare, homevid product and public television fund-raiser.
Joe Leydon – Variety
Tedesco captures their tumultuous, raucous world in interviews
(with participants such as Brian Wilson, Herb Alpert, Campbell and other surviving
sidemen), a staggering soundtrack of 130 recordings featuring the musicians
and Blaine’s voluminous collection of session snapshots.
Joel Selvin – The San Francisco Chronicle
Watching Denny Tedesco’s labor-of-love documentary, The Wrecking Crew,
one begins to acquire a new sense of the interconnectedness of American
pop music from the 1960s. That this common thread, which ties Dean Martin
to The Beach Boys, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and Alvin and the Chipmunks,
arises from the fact that the hit songs by all these disparate artists were played
by the same extended group of musicians might be cause to see the pop music
industry as even more regulated, market-tested and homogenized than we already
knew it was. But in the context of this warm, personal and revealing film, it becomes
something to celebrate and a reason to enjoy the songs on a new, and richer, level.
It’s unexpectedly moving in the end when, inevitably, I suppose, the film
becomes a meditation on the ethereal nature of celebrity and the fleetingness
of success. Immortality—touchingly, when bestowed by a devoted son—is in
the eye of the beholder.
Flagpole – Athens Georgia
I give it four stars out of four -- and it deserves an extra one.
**** (out of 4) Honolulu Star
SOME OF THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
Left to right: Don Randi, Al Delory (pianos) Carol Kaye, Bill Pitman, Tommy Tedesco,
Unknown (guitars) Hal Blaine on Drums Ray Pohleman on Bass
Hal Blaine, Brian Wilson and Ray Pohlman
Earl Palmer
Carol Kaye and Bill Pittman
Glen Campbell
SOME OF THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
Don Randi
Plas Johnson
Joe Osborn
Denny Tedesco with his Father, Tommy Tedesco
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Lunchbox Entertainment is the production company of record for The Wrecking
Crew. All rights in and to The Wrecking Crew motion picture are wholly owned
and controlled by its subsidiary, The Wrecking Crew, LLC.
Lunchbox Entertainment is wholly owned by Denny Tedesco and Suzie Tedesco.
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR
Denny Tedesco
As the son of Tommy Tedesco, one of the key guitarists in The Wrecking Crew,
Denny is uniquely positioned to tell the story of The Wrecking Crew.
Denny Tedesco grew up in Los Angeles and is an alumnus of Loyola Marymount
University. He started his film career as a set decorator on feature films such as
Eating Raoul. He then traveled the world as a lighting technician and location
producer for IMAX films. From the shark infested waters of Australia, to an
exploding Volcano of Mt. Pinatubo (Philippines), and to the plains of Africa, he
has filmed under the most challenging conditions. Yet nothing has ever challenged
him more than bringing the story of his father, Tommy Tedesco and his friends to
the big screen. The phrase “labor of love” may be over-used, but in this case it was
the only way to make The Wrecking Crew come to life. It has taken 16 years from
beginning to end. For nearly twenty years, Denny has produced promos, videos
and commercials for various companies and networks. In 2000, he produced the
Academy Awards ‘opening’ with Billy Crystal and also the music video for the
Elton John song, ‘I Want Love,’ directed by artist Sam Taylor Wood and starring
Robert Downey Jr.
PRODUCER
Suzie Tedesco
Suzie Tedesco trained as an agent’s assistant in London for 2 years before she
moved to Los Angeles. In LA, she continued in the representation business,
working first at ICM, and then for a time for a personal manager in Los Angeles.
1986 was an auspicious year for Suzie because she not only changed the direction
of her career by moving in to the production side of the film business but that was
also the year she met Denny Tedesco. Suzie worked on many different motion
pictures in various capacities after 1986, but she really found a great niche in
working on TV commercials. Suzie produced commercials with a wide variety
of directors, making spots all over the US and the around world, and covering
a vast array of products.
A SELECTION OF THE SONGS THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
SONGS
ARTIST
A Little Less Conversation -
Elvis
Be My Baby
The Ronettes
California Dreaming
Mamas and Papas
Danke Schoen
Wayne Newton
Eve of Destruction
Barry McGuire
Fools Rush In -
Ricky Nelson
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves -
Cher
He's A Rebel
The Crystals
Indian Reservation
Paul Revere and The Raiders
MacArthur Park
Richard Harris
Mary Mary
The Monkees
Mr. Tamborine Man
The Byrds
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
Strangers in The Night
Frank Sinatra
Surf City
Jan & Dean
The Beat Goes On
Sonny and Cher
These Boots Were Made For Walking
Nancy Sinatra
This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Twisting The Night Away
Sam Cooke
Up, Up and Away
5th Dimension
Whipped Cream
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
Windy
The Association
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