In the third of my trifecta of “Idiots and Angels” theatrical release appearances, I made a trip to Chicago, where it played at the wonderful Music Box Cinema.  Three years ago, Gabe Levinson brought me to the Music Box to run a rough cut of the work in progress to help me make the final cut.  It was wonderfully helpful and important.

A shot from Idiots & Angels.

Now that “I&A” is a success in New York's IFC Cinema, I have to recreate the same excitement and box office in LA.  It's opening on October 29^th at the Laemmle Cinema for a one week run that will hopefully be held over for another week (it's played three weeks in New York).

A shot from Idiots & Angels.

Yeah! Idiots and Angels was held over at the IFC by popular demand!

This is what I dreamed of. All those distributors who rejected “Idiots and Angels” now must realize that there is an audience for an adult animated film. People want to see mature and provocative ideas in cartoons.

A shot from Idiots & Angels.

So, it's the morning after the grand premiere of “Idiots and Angels” at the IFC Center. It was a wonderful evening, lots of old friends and a lot of new fans of Plymptoons.

I can't say it was a smashing success; even though we had good crowds for both evening shows we didn't have a sell-out, and that's the dream of every filmmaker: A nice fat “sold out” sign over the box office window.

A shot from Idiots & Angels.

It's finally arrived – the grand opening of my animated feature, Idiots and Angels, at the IFC Center.  I've been working my tail off, doing four interviews a day trying to get the word out.

A shot from Idiots & Angels

As the release date is getting closer, October 6^th, 2010, I find that more and more of my work time is allocated to publicity about Idiots and Angels. I've turned down commercial work, pushed aside my new short, Cop Dog, and delayed work on my two new feature films because I've absolutely got to score big in the cinemas with “I&A.” So in this final week, I've been calling all my contacts, anyone who has a blog, website, a newspaper, a newspaper column, a TV show – anyone who can help get the word out, they are now my best friends.

A shot from Idiots & Angels.

Great news, we just got booked in Chicago's prestigious Music Box Cinema! It looks like it will be screening there the 1^st week of December.