BLAST! the movie
BLAST! – Exciting Science Adventure Film to Air on KVCR
New York, NY January 14, 2010 – Welcome to Astrophysics, Indiana Jones style! Five-time Emmy winner Paul Devlin brings his newest film BLAST! to KVCR on February 4th, 10pm, offering an exciting, enlightening ride around the world and across the Universe.
BLAST! was featured on The Colbert Report, bringing science to mainstream audiences.
BLAST! follows the filmmaker’s brother, Mark Devlin, PhD, as he leads a tenacious team of astrophysicists hoping to figure out how all the galaxies formed by launching a revolutionary telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. Their adventure takes them from Arctic Sweden to Inuit polar bear country in Canada, where catastrophic failure forces them to try all over again on the desolate ice in Antarctica. No less than the understanding of the evolution and origins of our Universe is at stake on this exciting escapade that seeks to answer humankind's most basic question, How did we get here?
As in director Paul Devlin’s award winning film Power Trip, BLAST! de-emphasizes talking head interviews and dispenses with anonymous narration in favor of capturing the action as it happens. Dynamic storytelling and unique access provide the rare opportunity to reveal the personal and family sacrifices, the obsessions, and even the philosophical questioning of scientists.
“My intention is to expose a much larger audience to the fascinating lives of scientists by breaking with some of the conventional approaches to science material,” comments Director Paul Devlin. “This story had all the elements I needed. The extreme events provide the structure for a classically suspenseful narrative, with a built-in twist at the end.”
BLAST! was filmed on location in 7 countries on 5 continents, and has broadcast and screened nationally and internationally in film festivals, theaters, universities, science centers, and planetariums in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. In the summer of 2009, BLAST! enjoyed a theatrical run in New York City and a run in Chicago in the fall.
BLAST! will be broadcast on KVCR on February 4th at 10:00PM. DVD screeners are available for review. A trailer, photos, press package, list of upcoming screenings and additional information is available at http://www.blastthemovie.com
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