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The most depraved safety film ever made in the history of the motion picture industry.
Synopsis
Boobs, bums, buffoons and high-rise safety converge in this hilarious fast paced satire where
women run the office and men run scared!
In this parody safety film for women who work in office buildings, the hottest women in California
test their survival instincts in various life threatening emergency situations.
Influenced by Russ Meyer, Fellini and the mock humor of Christopher Guest, this film is a comic
gem from a writer/director with a totally unique vision and filmmaking style.
As outrageous as it is, the film contains real high-rise safety procedures as dictated by the Los
Angeles Fire Department and other municipalities in the state of California and can actually be
used to help businesses become OSHA compliant.
OSHA requires employers and facilities to train their workers in safety procedures applicable to
their work place. This DVD, when used in conjunction with their other training, can actually assist
businesses to fulfill their OSHA requirement!
Director Mac Kelly - just another guy doing his part to help keep women safe in the workplace.
Main Cast
Erica Ibsen - Darla
Monica Huntington - Janice
Liliya Czarina - Olga
Mary Beth Murphy - Connie
Emily Wahlund - Brenda
Layla Jade - Evacuee
Delotta Brown - Evacuee
Salman Bokhari - Bomb Threat Caller
Robert Axelrod - Narrator
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor - Mac Kelly
Length: 50 minutes
Completion: April 2008
Screenings:
• Mockfest – Los Angeles, May 2008
• Dragon*Con – Atlanta, August 2008
• B-Movie Film Festival – Syracuse, October 2008
• Sexy International Film Festival – Melbourne, Australia 2009
• Sexy International Film Festival – Paris, New York, Los Angeles 2010
• Boobs and Blood Int'l Film Festival – Los Angeles 2010
TEN MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS OF MAC KELLY
Where did you find the women?
In California. California has the hottest women and I tried to put as many of them in my film as I
could.
Are the safety procedures in the film real?
Yes, they are all standard emergency evacuation procedures for people who work in high-rise
buildings as dictated by the Los Angeles Fire Department and other California municipalities. For
the safety and well being of my audience, I did add a couple of my own suggestions to help
improve upon the standard procedures.
Who are your influences?
The scene of the papal fashion show in Roma, by Federico Fellini changed my life. It is so
beautifully insane it's beyond words. He opened my mind up to what movies can be; an artist's
expression and the audience's enjoyment are more important than common contrivances easily
agreed upon by the largest number of people.
To say Russ Meyer influenced Safety First: the Rise of Women! would be a lie – my film wouldn't
exist if it weren't for Russ Meyer. His 1966 film Mondo Topless is a cinematic masterpiece which
I tried to copy and apply to a safety training film.
Other director's I love are Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Christopher Guest, Todd Solondz and
Alexander Payne.
Since all the men in the film either die, get injured or are portrayed as total imbeciles, does
that mean you hate men?
Yes I hate men. I generally don't like being around them and they usually bore me. I'd much rather
be around women, even plain ones without any personality.
The commonly accepted rule of thumb for low budget filmmaking is to make a movie that
can be shot in only 1 or 2 locations with a couple of actors. Why did you use so many
locations and actors?
I have an acute dislike for commonly accepted rules and ideas. Whenever I hear someone say
what you should do, or explain a neat little formula that you should follow in order to achieve
success, I immediately want to do the opposite, even if it means being ostracized by society and
financial ruin.
Did you have any problems in any of the locations you shot in?
We were shooting a scene in front of the Disney Performing Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles
and a cop pulled up next to us in his police car. I thought he was going to ask for our permit. But it
turns out, he was just looking for masturbation material and asked if he could take a picture of our
actress in her hot pink stockings and short mini-skirt with his cell phone.
Terrorism is a major concern in the U.S., does your film touch upon this threat at all?
Yes, there's a section on how to deal with someone calling in a bomb threat to your building. Like
most business men, bomb threat callers have tremendous egos. They love the sound of their own
voice and will gladly stay on the phone to tell you all about their project. Use this to your
advantage and get as much information from them as you can to help pinpoint their identity. Then;
use a little trick Brenda engages in the film to exterminate the crabby malcontent.
Will women ever truly be safe in high-rise buildings?
If they follow the procedures in the film and don't listen to any stupid men. Listening to men, or
caring about their thoughts is the number one mistake women make. Forget about that and they'll
be safe and sound whether at home or in the office.
What did you learn about directing films?
Nothing. But I did learn a lot about how to properly pack a ¾ ton cargo van to make the most of it's
carrying capacity.
If you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently?
I'd add a section covering what to do in the event of chemical or biological warfare threats in the
office. For the Midwest I'd add a section on tornadoes and perhaps a hurricane section for the
East Coast. But maybe I'll save those for the sequel.
Internet Buzz
Mac Kelly posted Video Blogs on the film's web site, TheMovieIndustry.biz and video sharing sites
such as youtube, Crackle, Break and several others. The video clips consist of Mac giving his
Director's Commentary over the raw footage. Together the videos have generated over 4 million
views. One of the videos titled, “Acting for the Greenscreen” won The 2007 Videos of the Year on
the web site webcastr.com
Mac Kelly aka Greg McDonald - Bio
My short films that I've written, directed and produced have screened at numerous festivals including
South by Southwest, one of the world’s top ten festivals, and have aired on Channel 4 in the U.K.
and have been featured on the Entertainment Tonight and the Real Network web sites. Awards
include Best Director at the 2002 Rad Digital Film Festival in Los Angeles, Winner, Comedy Film in
the 2003 DV Awards and Finalist, Comedy Scriptwriting in the 2003 DV Awards. Turner Studios,
part of Turner Broadcasting, included my most recent short film Pretty Kitty in a TV pilot developed
in-house. Pretty Kitty was also featured on the horror web site Fangoria.TV. It's also slated to be
included in several DVD compilations; the Best of the Nihilist Film Festival DVD , Best of
Tromadance 2006 DVD , and a Microcinema/Independent Exposure DVD compilation.
As an actor I've appeared in several features such as the Lifetime Channel movie Officer Down
(Assassin in Blue; DVD title) with Sherilyn Fenn, The Players Club, directed by Ice Cube and the
horror film Cemetery Gates along with several independent films.
Being a huge Fellini and Russ Meyer fan, and having directed and produced many custom
emergency safety training videos for most of California's landmark high-rise buildings from San
Francisco to San Diego, Safety First: the Rise of Women! was only a natural development and
extension of my filmmaking obsession and knowledge of safety training.
Safety First: the Rise of Women! will be seen as the movie-within-the-movie of my upcoming feature
film, Body of Art a depraved and torrid story about one man's climb to the top.
Film Credits:
Writer/Director/Producer:
Mac Kelly, Life In The Director's Chair
Employee Orientation
Hollywood's Talk of Fame
Pretty Kitty
Safety First: the Rise of Women!
Writer/Producer
The Driven Man
Love Scenes
Producer
Blood of the Cross
Contact:
Greg McDonald
Lunch Money Movies
P.O. Box 1544
Burbank, Ca. 91507
E-mail: [email protected]
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