August 31, 2008

First I want to thank everyone for an amazing screening last Friday at Rooftop Films! We were beside ourselves with excitement. It was wonderful to see all our family, friends, and crew spend a relaxing evening under an NYC night sky. It was even better that so many of you donated money and we raised $800 for Dr. Dicksheet?s India Project. Also thanks to Christine Hochkeppel for her photography of the event and Lilah Montgomery for her screen printed posters. There are a couple posters left if anyone is interested.

On to more notes, the film is going to start playing all over the world soon:

Seattle South Asian Film Festival September 25th

Festival do Rio, Brazil September 25 ? October 9th

Woodstock Film Festival October 4-5

Reading, Pa October 2-5

Also the first TV broadcasts of the film will be on RTL-Germany and Swedish Educational Broadcasting.

June 14, 2008

So right now I am procrastinating. And just for your information, I spelt procrastinating wrong in the last sentence and spell check told me how to spell it correctly.

Even though most of you thought the film was done?it is not. But at the end of the month it will really be finished. And then I can move on with my life, which I am already starting to do, but this is a more official sort of thing. Anyway I just got the final musical score to lay into the film and instead of being so excited to drop in the music I am procrastinating (spell check just corrected the spelling of this word again).

Just so every knows we will be having more film festivals, screenings, and TV broadcasts in the near future. Especially a screening in NYC before the summer ends. Hope to see all your smiling faces sooner, than later!

And how exciting is the Obama nomination!?!

April 15, 2008

Dr. Dicksheet is sick and in the hospital recovering from complications to his aneurism operations. Your prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated. If you have messages for the doctor, please email me them to me. I would be happy to deliver them in person to him when I visit next week (currently I am working in Israel).

Also I want everyone to know that Dr. Dicksheet is an extremely amazing philanthropist who has given his life to helping others. So please understand when reading short reviews that they just mention parts in the film that can grab headlines. The dedication that Dicksheet has shown to performing free surgery?s for children in India can never be praised enough.

If you would like to make a donation to his charity you can do so by mailing checks below:

Dr Sharadkumar Dicksheet MD Fund Inc 135 Ocean Parkway, 17-C, Brooklyn, New York 11218, USA Tax ID: EIN-13-3689329IRS501-C3 drdicksheet.com

<3 Joshua

April 08, 2008

Just got back from Full Frame and it was amazing!!! Really one of the best screenings we have had and over 900 tickets sold!

Below is a review by AJ Schnack, a contributor to Indiewire:

Filmmakers could also learn a lot of lessons from Joshua Z Weinstein's debut film, FLYING ON ONE ENGINE. In a speedy 52 minutes, Weinstein introduces us to an amazing character - Dr. Dicksheet, a Brooklyn-based plastic surgeon who annually flies to India to perform reconstructive facial surgery on children born with cleft palates. Sounds like just the kind of social justice based missionary filmmaking that I usually run from, but Weinstein probably wouldn't have been drawn to the film if that was the only thing going on here. Dicksheet (even the name is unbelievable) has no larynx, he's suffering from a life-threatening aortic aneurysm and he likes to rant - hilariously - about how Mother Theresa didn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Throw in the man who coordinates Dicksheet's surgery camps and calls everyone "sisterfucker" and a tough as nails nurse who looks to Dicksheet as a god and you have one of the best films I've seen this year. Good deeds plus outrageous humor plus moving scenes of young children in need all in under an hour. Yes kids, it can be done.

March 25, 2008

The reviews are in!

"4 out of 5 stars" -Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman

"Flying On One Engine is teeming with life, capturing raw, intimate moments soaked through with humor and surprise" - Janet Pierson, SXSW Programmer

"It's the whimsical moments and the deeply personal ones where Weinstein shines." -Pamela Cohn, Still in Motion

"A touching yet charming and unsentimental doc about a cosmetic surgeon (last name Dicksheet--dare you not to laugh)." - Dan Nuxoll, Rooftop films

February 5, 2008

I want to thank everyone who has been so incredibly helpful on this two year filmmaking odyssey (or is it more like the Iliad?). Anyway, I am proud to announce that we will be premiering my first feature film Flying On One Engine at SXSW!!!! I want to thank Matt Dentler and the incredible staff at SXSW for this amazing opportunity! More details about the premier screening coming soon?

Also we will be having a sneak preview of the film at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula Montana on February 16th at 1:15pm. More Info: (http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/)

And finally if you still want to get your name in the credits of the film we are still taking last minute donations to pay for color correction and marketing. Please learn more about making a fully tax deductible donating at (http://www.joshfilm.com/fooe/donate.php).

TOO MUCH THANKS TO YOU ALL!!!

Vote for Obama.

August 16, 2007

I am honored to announce my invitation to Boston University to show a work-in-progress version of the film. At this screening I will talk about the trials and tribulations of my two year filmmaking journey and answer questions from the audience.

The screening will be held September 27th 2007, 7pm in the Communication building (640 Commonwealth Avenue, room B-05).

Also I am excited for the release of the new edition of The Filmmakers Handbook by Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus. I was one of the researchers and the book includes a couple of stills from my film too! Check out pages 500 and 535.

July 26, 2007

New website just launched. Currently we are fundraising for post production costs. More news soon...