Thanks for all the rocks LA!

We had a great screening this Saturday night in LA and big thank you to all that came out and supported the film. You laughed at all the right places and donated much need cash to the RPS cause. Slowly we will get to the finish line and be able to meet our deliverables to our distributor. Here are some pics from the night photographed by Jill Aske. Congrats to Moira McMahon the undisputed RPS champ of LA. Hopefully we will be back with another LA screening for all those that missed out. See the full flickr feed here.

LA Screening May 30th

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS: A Geek Tragedy comes to LA for its premiere screening. After a successful award-winning festival run, RPS is living large in LA for one night only. Come see why Variety called it "an amusing tale comparable to The King of Kong." Clearly they loved the film!

All proceeds - from ticket to T-Shirt sales - help us pay our bills and fulfill our obligations to our (in negotiations) distributor so the rest of the world get a chance to see the film. In case you're wondering, it's not an open bar but there will be lots of booze available, and our venue sponsor recommends that you keep drinking while you watch.

Location: Busby's East, 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Date and Time: Saturday, May 30th: 7pm sharp
Admission (at the door only): $15 CASH PLEASE!
RSVP to ensure guaranteed entry: rsvp@goodnproper.com
Facebook Event: Click here

If you can't make the screening but still want to contribute to the cause visit us at rpsfilm.blogspot.com and donate.

RPS Tip #4: Paper is the new rock.

p.s. the web is doing some weird compression to the flyer and the colours are all off! Can't seem to fix it though...

Whistler here we come

Get your rocks, papers and scissors in order, RPS is coming to town in April. The Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival is happening mid April and RPS has a prime slot on April 18th for our Whistler premiere. Find out more about the festival and screening here.

Tell your friends, check the facebook event, and come on down. Pick up advance tickets here.

Doors 7pm, projector rolls 7:30pm
Helping us pay our bills: $12

Rainbow Theatre (Located within the Telus Conference Centre)
4010 Whistler Way

Whistler, BC, Canada

Film reviews

We want to share some cool reviews of the film coming out of Cinequest so that you know that you aren't the only ones that think RPS is awesome!

From the news media
Variety

CQ Central

and from the blogesphere
Jason Watches Movies

Cinequest success!

Thank you everyone that came out to support the film at the San Jose Cinequest Film Festival. Great crowds and some side bar RPS action spotted here and there. Director Mike McKeown enjoyed the two screenings he attended at the beginning of the festival and was joined by Master Roshambolla for the US premiere on Feb 26th.

Thanks to all the folks from Apple for coming out and yes we don't mind saying it but FCP rocks like RPS any day. Take a look at some photos from the festival and look out for our LA screening (likely in the next 2 months) and a screening up in Whistler as well, stay tuned for this one it's going to be a fun venue! Don't forgot to spread the word, T-Shirts are back in stock and ready to fly off the shelves and as always every dollar donated goes towards getting the film to the finish line with all our legal obligations so that we can drop it on a small screen near you!

Cinequest Audience Choice Award...go VOTE!

For all those RPS fans who have made our two screenings so far at Cinequest don't forget to cast your vote for Rock Paper Scissors. We hear that you can still turn ballots in, it doesn't have to be right after the screening. So if you forgot and you still have the ballot in your pocket, wallet, or purse head back to the screening venue and just drop off to one of the ushers or festival staff.

You have one more chance to catch RPS at Cinequest this week on Sunday 8th 5:15pm over at the Camera 12 cinemas. For more info hit cinequest.org

Thanks for all the support and a big shout out to all the Apple FCP folks who came out to support us last week.

Screenings this week

The San Jose Cinequest Film Festival 2009 is upon us and RPS has three screening that you should head to or tell your friends in the bay area about.

Find out more and get tickets here and follow our Facebook Group here.

Thursday 2/26/2009 9:30 PM San Jose Repertory Theatre
Saturday 2/28/2009 12:15 PM Camera 12
Sunday 3/8/2009 5:15 PM Camera 12

US PREMIERE!

At long last we're thrilled to announce that the film will be making its US Premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California!

Cinequest, according to the always reliable Wikipedia, is the first major annual independent film festival held after the Academy Awards. Located in San Jose, California, Cinequest has grown to be one of the largest and most influential film festivals featuring new filmmakers.

The festival runs from Feb. 25 to March 8, 2009. http://www.cinequest.org/

The good folks at Cinequest have scheduled three screenings during the festival - dates to be announced very soon. If you're in the neighbourhood we would love to see you. Director Mike McKeown and Producer Julian Cautherley will be in attendance.

There's also a rumour that Master Roshambollah will make an appearance...

Get your shirt on!

Limited edition RPS T-Shirts on sale only here and at select screenings across Canada and the US. RPS001 features a quote from the movie by Douglas Walker and is limited to a run of 100 for boys and girls. Boys shirts in black, M, L and XL are going for US$20 each plus postage and packing and can be ordered by emailing us with the link at the bottom of the post. Tell us what size you want and where you live and we will write back with total cost. All payments are through paypal.

Email us to be placed on the pre-order list for girl shirts and make it a RPS X'mas for that special someone in your life! Girls shirts carry the same quote from Douglas Walker and comes in pink, S, M and L. All proceeds of these shirts go towards helping us finish the film and get it in stores and theatres to continue spreading the RPS word.

Cowtown Classic Champion!

Last Saturday the team behind Rock Paper Scissors: a geek tragedy took over the Plaza Theatre in Calgary for an encore screening of the award winning documentary film and brought the spirit of RPS competition to town with the inaugural Cowtown Classic Pro-Am Championships.

After enjoying the screening the audience got down to business knocking back countless Steamwhistle beers and putting their best fist forward. The final of the fiercely contested event came down to one throw, with a textbook scissors finally launching local player Mike Peters into the annals of RPS history. Peters was crowned Calgary’s first official RPS champion, taking home the coveted trophy and the admiration of everyone in the theatre.

“This is the greatest day of my life,” said Peters, after hoisting the trophy above his head and waving to the crowd who had stayed to watch the action unfold.

On hand to officiate the event was Douglas Walker, Managing Director of the World RPS Society and one of the main subjects of McKeown’s documentary. When asked about the event, Douglas suggested that he had never seen “such natural talent” at an inaugural RPS tournament.

Get ready for 2009!