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World War 2 Feature Film Comes to South Florida
Contributed by: Robert Norris on 7/18/2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 18, 2008

VILLANI-ROCKHILL PRODUCTIONS,INC.

Seaviper440@comcast.net

www.seaviper.net

Seaviper the Movie and USS Drum Documentary on

CBS Sunday, July 20, 2008!

TimLarge (Chief of the Boat: Frank Keenan), Michael Jacques (British POW Frederick Grey) and Director, Ralph Villani will appear on West Palm Beach, CBS Affilliate WPEC Channel 12's "Morning News" Sunday, July 20, 2008 to discuss Villani-Rockhill's upcoming feature film USS Seaviper and USS Drum Documentary.

South Florida based,Villani-Rockhill Productions in co-operation with Statusfilms, ShorelineProduction Services, Saturn Sound Studios and TC Video will film eight scenesfrom the upcoming feature film, USS SEAVIPER, a World War II submarine combatfilm in south Florida. The story is about a U.S. submarine that discovers uranium on an island occupied byJapanese and German soldiers in the south Pacific, while the NavigationalOfficer and Chief of the Boat struggle for power, and USS SEAVIPER is hunted and depth charged by a Japanese destroyer.

A documentary about the USS Drum Submarine including interviews from World War 2 Submarine Veterans is alsobeing produced in co-operation with Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile,Alabama.Three of the USS Drum World War 2 Submarine Veterans featured in the Drum Documentary currently reside in south Florida.

The movie's core, crew members are residents of southFlorida:RalphVILLANI/DirectorProducer;MikeTEUTSCH/SpecialFXCoordinator; Jon SCHELLENGER/Director of Photography; Rob NORRIS/Producer- ChiefSound Mixer; Jane VEREEN/Line Producer;Greg JOCOY/Data Specialist; Bob Lutjen/Lighting Design; Jose HERRERA/AssistantDirector of Photography; and Alejandro MEJIA/Assistant Sound Mixer.The script was written by Lynanne ROCKHILL,who also is a south Florida resident. Submarine Veteran Tom BOWSER and MuseumCurator Lesley WATERS are the consultants on the ground in Mobile.

For more information onSEAVIPER the movie or the upcoming USS DRUM documentary, please contact Rob Norris at (561) 352-5052 or Ralph Villani at (772) 215-5695. Or visit us online at www.seaviper.net. Press Release courtesy of SEAVIPER, LLC.

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Submitted By: Robert Smith
posted on 7/18/2008 @ 10:40:31 AM
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Great information. It's good to see that indie film is alive and well in Florida.
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