Cinema Improv

This episode Chris and Justin pitch a comedy roadtrip about apartment neighbours who have to help their next door neighbour with a huge situation he found him self in.

This Episode is a Halloween special. Justin and Chris pitch a movie about 4 young adult friends who decide to go trick or treating for one last time as 21 year olds. They later on find this big house party in the middle of no where while taking a short cut. things get weird once Brad finds out its a house full of vampires and they need to leave before its too late. No one else in the group believes him. Now its up to Brad to convince his friends before they get killed.

This episode we have a very special guest Stu Stone and together we pitch a movie idea about a mom and her younger son who move to a small town. The son who is named Howard, is the new kid. He meets a group of kids who invite him to go smoke weed with them after school in a abandoned mansion, that was never finished being built. Once there after they all get high, they decide to play a game of hide and seek. Things don't go exactly as planned.

This episode we have a special guest a youtube friend, Bill AKA (NabibbleJr) to pitch a movie about 2 friends who works at a movie theatre. They make the biggest mistake costing their jobs. After getting fired they have a plan to get revenge on the manger who fired them.

This week Justin and Chris pitch a movie idea about 2 brothers from the Ukraine, go to New York city to pitch their tv show idea to many networks but one brother always messes everything up.

Justin and Chris pitch a movie idea about a guy who has a podcast show called "Hitch hiker" where each week he hitch hikes with a random stranger talking so he ends up meeting interesting people every episode. Now this one car ride turns for the worst. Our main character Sam gets kidnapped and must escape before he gets killed.

Keyboardist Sarah Goldstone (Hurray For The Riff Raff), guitarist Dave Harrington (Darkside), and bassist Caitlin Gray, improvise a beautiful and wide ranging soundtrack to Tarsem Singh’s 2008 adventure fantasy film, The Fall.

Bassist Scott Colberg (Calexico), guitarist Kirk Schoenherr (Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker), keyboardist Steve Okonski (The National Reserve), and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the classic 1971 American action road movie, Vanishing Point.

One Year Anniversary Episode! Guitarist Jonny Lam (Sinkane, David Byrne), bassist Michael Ish Montomery (Sinkane), percussionist Philip Mayer (Natalie Merchant, The Band's Visit), and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise to Steven Spielberg and George Lucus's Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Guitarist Justin Mazer (Ryan Montbleau), bassist Caitlin Gray (Hurray for the Riff Raff), keyboardist Matt Trowbridge (RANA) and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to Godfrey Reggio's cult classic documentary, Koyaanisqatsi.

Guitarist Dave Harrington (Darkside), guitarist/bassist Robbie Seahag Mangano (Tom Morello, Sean Lennon), Steve Okonski (The National Reserve) & drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to Gasper Noé's psychedelic melodramatic thriller, Enter The Void.

Guitarist Scott Metzger was inspired by playing on the Cinema Improv episode of 2001: A Space Odyssey, so he decided to make his own remix of the session. What he came up with is a very cool and weird piece of music that totally spins the original on its head.

Bassist Marc Friedman (The Slip, Ryan Montbleau), guitarist Scott Metzger (JRAD, Wolf!) & drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to an epic drama of adventure and space exploration, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpeice, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Guitarist Jon LaDeau (The National Reserve), bassist Andrew Altman (Railroad Earth) & drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the magical non-narritive documentary film, Baraka.

Guitarist Luca Benedetti, DJ Kevin Kendrick (turntables/synths) & drummer David Butler improvise a soundtrack to the 2011 experimental epic drama, The Tree of Life, one of Terrence Malick's finest films.

Guitarist Tyler Wenzel, bassist Justin Kimmel (Toubab Krewe), keyboardist Jorn Swart (Michael Bloom) and drummers Chauncey Yearwood (Pimps of Joytime, Soul Survivors) & David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the 1968 epic spaghetti western Once Upon A Time In The West.

For episode 5, we have a special performance by two exceptional guitarists, Josh Kaufman (Bob Weir, Josh Ritter, The National, War on Drugs) & Scott Metzger (JRAD, Wolf!, The Showdown Kids). They came by the studio to improvise a soundtrack, along with host David Butler on drums, to the 2008 Chinese supernatural fantasy film, Painted Skin.

Guitarist Robbie Seahag Mangano (The GOASTT, Tom Morello), bassist Jordan Scannella (Tortured Soul), and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the 1990 Akira Kurosawa magical realism film, Dreams.

Guitarist Scott Metzger (Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Amy Helm, Wolf!), bassist Andrew Altman (Railroad Earth) pedal steelist Philip Sterk and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the 1988 French film, The Bear.

Guitarist Jamie McLean (Aaron Neville, Brett Dennen, Dirty Dozen Brass Band), vibraphonist Kevin Kendrick (A Big Yes And A Small No), bassist Justin Kimmel (Toubab Krewe) and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) improvise a soundtrack to the 2011 movie, Samsara.