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)
www.crumlicnews.com (sneak preview /film trailer)
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.
# # # #