SWEET DREAMS PART 1

1968 SUMMER AND I START MY SECOND MOVIE. MY OLDEST FRIEND, DAVID DISICK, SAW MY FIRST MOVIE, TURN ON TO LOVE, AND ASKED ME TO MAKE A MOVIE FOR HIM. I SAID, "RAISE THE DOUGH AND OFF WE GO." HE DID, $75,000. THIS IS THE MOVIE. THERE'S NO SYNC SOUND, TOO EXPENSIVE.
WE SHOT IT SILENT AND PUT THE SOUND IN LATER. IMPROVISED DIALOG.
DAVID DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU DO IT. BOBBY DE NIRO CAME IN TO AUDITION. NOT RIGHT. I WANTED A WASPY WALL STREET COMMUTER TYPE. MY FIRST DIRECTING TEACHER, 1961, WAS BOB BRADY. THAT'S WHO PLAYS THE LEAD. THIS IS AN EDITED VERSION FOR YOUTUBE OF THE OPENEING OF THE MOVIE. SWEET DREAMS WON FIRST PLACE FOR FEATURE FILM AT THE 1970 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL.

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• AVILDSEN
• BOB
• BRADY
• SWEET
• DREAMS
• DAVID
• DISICK