Oscilloscope release registers in green
INDIE FILM GUIDE: Gunnin' packaged in recyclable, post-consumer waste
By Marcy Magiera -- Video Business, 10/27/2008
OCT. 27 | INDIE FILM GUIDE: Oscilloscope Pictures is going green with inner-city basketball doc Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, produced and directed by Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch.
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Due Nov. 14 on DVD ($29.95) and Blu-ray Disc ($39.95), the film is packaged in bright yellow, 100% recyclable paperboard made of 80% post-consumer waste, using vegetable-based inks.
The second feature-length film from Yauch (Awesome … I Shot That!), Gunnin’ follows eight high school players, including Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat, from the 2006 Elite 24 all-star game at Rucker Park in Harlem, N.Y., to the NBA.