Beginning in March the Crumlic Media production "On Point: the Legacy of Jeff Korba" will be available for purchase, digital download and video on demand rental through the online seller Amazon.com. The On Point DVD has been available for online purchase at the film's website since late November of 2009 but expanding to Amazon.com will significantly increase the documentary's exposure and potential sales. In celebration of the new outlet Producer/Director Bill Crumlic has reduced the price for both sale venues.

At Crumlic Media's On Point film website the DVD price has been adjusted to $11.99 plus shipping and handling of $2.95 while supplies last. The Amazon.com price will be $13.99 plus shipping and Handling of $2.98. Buyers can save more than two dollars by purchasing through the official film website www.onpointfilm.com.

Bill Crumlic said, "I see Amazon as a great alternative because they reach so many people through their primary site plus the extras that come along with the deal such as the link to Amazon's Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) and CreateSpace program."

On Point was granted an IMDb web page in January which has already helped to boost online interest in the independent film which has found a small but dedicated audience on its own site.

Although Amazon takes more than the the majority of the money generated by the sale, they produce the DVD's as people order them so Crumlic Media will not need to keep a large stock of DVD's onhand now that the initial rush of orders from Jeff Korba's friends and family has subsided. Crumlic still has several hundred copies of the DVD on hand but expects that supply to be sold off and depleted through direct sales and while he is on the road promoting the film at various film festivals in 2010. In fact, any time he travels (for any reason) he packs several copies and recently sold a DVD while having a drink at a hotel bar in Pennsylvania.

"I was chatting with the bar manager and the subject of what I do for a living came up. I explained the various elements of Crumlic Media and he was very interested in Jeff's story and asked where he could buy a copy. I dashed up to my room and brought back a copy which he happily purchased. It was a wonderful highlight of my trip that a complete stranger would plunk down cash so quickly!"

Crumlic is using the money generated selling the DVD's to fund the submission fees at the various film festivals and pay off the debt the film accumulated in production.

To place an order please visit: On Point Film

The well known Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has recognized the Crumlic Media film production "On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba" and granted the film a page in the official database.

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990, and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com.

Having an official IMDb page helps to legitimize independent film projects by placing them on the largest and most complete record of film, television and published media.

On Point gained the page thanks to it's submission to the New Hope Film Festival and their acceptance of the film for consideration. Currently three other festivals have received the film and are in the review process. One more is planned for certain submission this month and others will follow in the coming months.

Crumlic Media encourages fans of On Point to visit the IMDb page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1580320/ and place a ranking vote to help the film continue it's sucess and growth.

As a special New Year offer targeted at college students, Crumlic Media is offering discounts on group orders of On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba thorugh January 29, 2010. The regular price of the Director's Cut on DVD is $17.99 plus shipping and handling of $6.95. Now through this special offer college students and groups can get together and order multiple DVDs and receive savings of $4.95 - $9.95 per DVD including shipping & handling.

The discounts:

Order three or more and the price per DVD is $16.99 plus shipping/handling of $3.00 per DVD. Save $4.95 on each!

Order five or more and the price per DVD is $14.99 plus shipping/handling of $3.00 per DVD. Save $6.95 on each!

Order ten or more and the price per DVD is $11.99 plus shipping/handling of $3.00 per DVD. Save $9.95 on each!

To place an order please visit: On Point Film

Get together with others and place your order today!

On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba, Director;s Cut on DVD features more than 30 minutes of previously unseen footage and interviews. The entire documentary was re-mastered with additional material after the June screening at Voorhees High School.

Voorhees High School Graduate Honored in Documentary Film now on DVD

Contact: Bill Crumlic, Producer/Director-Crumlic News Services Pictures
646-596-6652
bill@crumlicnews.com
www.onpointfilm.com  (film information)
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After two years in production a feature length documentary about Califon, NJ musician and Voorhees High School graduate Jeffrey Patrick Korba is being officially released on DVD December 1st and will be available to RCN Cable customers on their channel 4 and Video On Demand service in late December-early January.

Korba inspired friends and family in the short 19 years before his life was taken in an automobile accident Thanksgiving weekend in 2007. News of the accident was picked up by various television stations and newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Montana and featured comments from people who talked of his free spirit and positive attitude. His wake and funeral drew hundreds of people from across the country.

In the film Jeff Korba’s humanity is explored through interviews with friends, family and peers and supported by video of his musical performances, home videos and photographs.
The film’s director Bill Crumlic was a friend and business associate of Korba. “I was devastated when I found out about the loss of Jeff. We were more than business associates, we were friends. We had several projects in the works together and lots of video already shot for them. The fact that I was so moved by Jeff, lead me to reach out to others and I quickly learned this kid meant the world to others too.” The raw video that was shot by Crumlic for music videos and promotional projects for Jeff’s various bands made the film possible. Bill Crumlic added “There was all this raw source video that we gathered in 2006 when Jeff was with the New York City band Monument, and from what turned out to be the final performance of Fresh Dub, a band that Jeff co-created with Mike Valeri in his hometown of Califon.” Crumlic says he and Korba joked that the payoff for providing video services would come in a few years when the A&E Network would need early band shots for Jeff’s Biography.  Crumlic said “Everyone was positive that Jeff was going to make it big, myself included. He naturally knew how to play to the camera and when to ignore the camera.” 

Jeff Korba had all the right elements in his life for a great career in music. He had the talent, drive, ambition, connections and good karma. Jeff’s father John Korba is well known for his work with Hall & Oats, Phoebe Snow, Bernard Purdie and for the past ten years as Associate Conductor of RENT on Broadway before the show closed. In the film John Korba talks of his son’s future. “He was very self motivated and he picked up on things by himself.” said Korba. “He never really said that music was going to be his career. He just wanted to play… He was open to a lot of things.”

Crumlic traveled to Montana, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to interview Korba’s friends and family. He heard stories of how Jeff made a positive impact on each person’s life.  With more than sixty interviews shot the film covers Jeff as a baby through the evening of the accident on November 25th, 2007. It includes professional performances and Korba’s own music creations from college.

DVD pre-release orders (by special invitation to friends and family) shipped last week to arrive on December 1st.  On Tuesday (12/1) orders will be accepted from the general public through Crumlic News Pictures and the films website www.onpointfilm.com

On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba is the first feature length project from Producer/Director Bill Crumlic.

Crumlic is available for interviews and can supply video and images from the movie for any news, critic or trade organizations interested in this compelling film about a young man who proved that one person can make a difference in the world.

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Musician Mike Valeri needed a web video promoting his Summer of playing guitar in New York City parks in 2008.

This is the second movie trailer created for the film "On Point: The Legacy of Jeff Korba." This was created while the film had a working title of "So Close: The Legacy of Jeff Korba."

You may notice the original expected release date was Thanksgiving of 2008. At the time of this trailer the film was planned to be a documentary short with a run time of 20-30 minutes. During production it became obvious with the number of interviews gathered the documentary would support a feature length film and would take longer to produce. The film was near completion in June of 2009 and was screened at Voorhees High School in New Jersey. The final cut of the film that would become the Director's Cut DVD was completed in Early November and the master sent to Whitewater Recording for processing and press/packaging of the DVDs.