Kiefer Sutherland is our new Top 11 Executive Producer at $600.23

Here is how this absurd thing happened: My friend Rebecca and I stopped into an awesome little Korean restaurant to get a seafood pancake and some kimchi. At the time, we were the only people there. Fifteen minutes later, two men walked in and sat at the bar. Rebecca recognized one of them as Kiefer Sutherland. That's the point where I start getting nervous, cuz I know I'm going to have to go over and interrupt their conversation at some point, and probably make a fool of myself. I dislike doing that, but I'm getting used to it.

We decide to finish our food first to put it off as long as possible. Then two more people enter the bar; they seem to all be friends. Small town. Now there are four people to interrupt, which makes it even more intimidating.

After finishing our kimchi, I gathered my bag of 1 second film stuff I carry in case of moments like this; fliers, clip-board, lenticular-cards, portfolio, hint mint tins, etc. Then Rebecca and I walk over and stand nearby until the group pauses their conversation and turn toward us. Michael, the man who walked in with Kiefer, introduced himself first; he was very friendly and I think has a lot of experience with these sort of encounters. After a brief introduction, I dig some fliers out of my bag. As soon as I mention The 1 Second Film I hear one of them say: "Oh, I'm already an Associate Producer of that!" Well, that really broke the ice, and everything flowed easily from there.

Our Associate Producer in the mix was Rickett, a music-video director I met at a party a ways back; he had donated $1. Crazy coincidence. I guess it's true that in Hollywood, it's all who you know. But with The 1 Second Film having thousands of producers, I never know who I know. There was time to explain the project in detail and everyone was into it. Turns out Kiefer is a supporter of the arts; he hosted a collaborative art party similar to our painting event at his studio for a bunch of painters that didn't have a space. On the guerilla marketing/film side, he had just finished a documentary called I Trust You to Kill Me about launching an indie band in unconventional ways, without big corporate industry backers. So he was really supportive of what we are doing and how we are doing it. I invited them all to become Producers for as little as $1. Michael noted that Kevin Bacon had donated $10. I explained that every penny helps. Kiefer started writing a check. I was floored when I saw how much he donated. As he filled out his check he commented that he couldn't remember the last time he physically wrote "twenty-three cents" by hand. Absurd. I'm really glad I went up to them.

I gave Kiefer one of our limited-edition lenticular cards for Executives who donate above $500, as well as some business cards for him to pass out to friends. Kiefer also autographed a tin of Hint Mints for us, so we will see how much that raises as well:

In addition to Kiefer Sutherland, we have another new Executive Producer named Hunter Ryan:

At 7 years old, Hunter is one of our younger Executives. He donated $103.52 on-line (with the help of his mother, Hollie, who is also one of our Producers). Hunter is from Florida where he attends an acting school for kids called Kids Kasting Kids. They are all actively supporting various charities and good causes, and we have reports that several of the kids are currently writing and storyboarding skits for videos they are going to make about The 1 Second Film. That sounds so unbelievably awesome. More to come. For everyone who has been e-mailing, our e-mail had been messing up after we switched servers. We are working on it. Meanwhile, thanks for all the continued support, and please keep spreading the word. best to all, n