Bill Sackter documentary - Feature Version available on Amazon Prime

Hi Friends and Bill Sackter Fans!! 

Now you can watch the full Feature Length version of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" on Amazon Prime. This is the original theatrical version that was voted the #1 Audience Favorite in five consecutive film festivals. Click here: http://amzn.to/2yVKQlD

Please watch the documentary, share the link with your friends and family, and especially LEAVE A REVIEW on Amazon once you've seen it. This will help other Amazon Prime members learn more about the documentary and increases the likelihood that they will watch it, too.

You can also get the physical DVD through Amazon as well. The DVD has the feature length version of the documentary as well, along with over 2 hours of extras. It is on sale right now at:  http://amzn.to/2zPKLmS

Take care,

Lane Wyrick, Director/Editor of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"
http://www.BillSackter.com
email: Lane@BillSackter.com

Bill Sackter Documentary Now On PBS - Kickstarter Rewards Being Mailed

Hi fans of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story",

Great news! The documentary is being shown on PBS stations around the nation. You can see a current listing by visiting our Facebook fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/BillSackter - please "Like" us if you haven't already . 

If "A Friend Indeed" is not showing in your area yet, please make sure to call or email your local PBS station to let them know you'd like it to be shown. This hour long version of "A Friend Indeed" is very powerful and would be great to have shown in your community (the 90 version and 2 hours of extras is on the DVD).

Also, if you supported our successful Kickstarter campaign, some of your rewards are on the way! The newly remastered Deluxe Edition DVD, photos signed by Barry Morrow, and the new 18"x24" poster will be coming soon. If you'd like to purchase the new DVD it's available now at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8

Here's a video of me packing up the Kickstarter rewards

Thanks for your interest in "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" - it's greatly appreciated!!!

Sincerely,

Lane Wyrick - Director/Editor

Bill Sackter documentary now being broadcast on PBS nationwide

Hi friends and fans of "A Friend Indeed",

I wanted to let you know that "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" is now finally being broadcast on PBS stations around the country thanks to all of the support I received during my Kickstarter campaign this Spring, with many airings already starting this week! 

I thought I'd share the first 8 minutes of the documentary in this video below. Please feel free to pass this post along to your friends, and encourage them to find out if the documentary is playing on their PBS station!

Link to 8 minute preview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3Gkna_fxQ

The hour long television version was offered by satellite uplink to all 273 PBS stations across the nation on June 28, and any PBS station that recorded that transmission from NETA can broadcast this inspiring documentary as much as they want for free over the next 3 years. 

Will "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" be playing in your area? Please contact your local PBS station to find out.

Thanks again for your support!

Lane Wyrick, Director/Editor of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

Bill Sackter Documentary on PBS - FINAL 7 DAYS

Hi Fans of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story",

If you haven’t made your pledge towards our Kickstarter campaign yet, now is the time. We are in the FINAL 7 DAYS of the process and your pledge could mean the difference between having “A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story” shared with thousands of viewers across the nation, or just having it sit on a shelf indefinitely. So I would greatly appreciate your support at this time!

Please go to the Kickstarter page for “A Friend Indeed” at the following link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lane-wyrick/a-friend-indeed-the-bill-sackter-story-tv-broadcas …then view the short video at the top explaining our efforts (it includes the trailer for the documentary), and make your pledge now! 

We must meet the Kickstarter funding goal of $15,000 by next Sunday February 23 at 10 p.m., or the project receives $0, so your pledge of any amount could determine the fate of this inspirational documentary. And with your pledge $1 or more you can receive some nice unique rewards for your participation (see the righthand column of the Kickstarter website for reward details).

If ONE OR MORE ITEMS from the following list applies to you, then you should definitely consider helping our efforts:

• You’ve seen “A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story”, and would like it to be shared with viewers around the country
• You remember the 1981 Mickey Rooney television movie “Bill” and would like to support this documentary about the real Bill Sackter 
• You care about how our society views and treats people with disabilities
• You would like to support a 100% independently produced documentary that demonstrates the power of human compassion
• You have at least $1 you can spare to help spread a positive message to thousands of viewers across the United States 

Remember, the campaign ends next Sunday February 23 at 10 p.m. Central, so please make a pledge today and invite your family, friends, and social network to pledge as well. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to see you amongst our ever-growing list of people that have all pledged support to make this effort a success!

Sincerely,

Lane Wyrick

Director/Editor of “A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

You can also go to http://www.BillSackter.com and click on the “Join Us On Kickstarter” link

P.S.  If you would prefer to make a contribution by check, please make it payable to “Lane Wyrick Productions” and mail it to: 

Lane Wyrick Productions

P.O. Box 27654

St. Louis, MO 63146

USA

Upon receipt, I will mail you a confirmation postcard, and after our funding goal is reached you will receive your reward(s) based on your contribution amount (unless you indicate “No Reward” in the memo section of your check).

TWO WEEKS LEFT - Bill Sackter Documentary May Reach Nationwide TV Audience

Hi Fans of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

There are only TWO WEEKS LEFT in our Kickstarter campaign to get "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" out to PBS stations across the nation. 

You can help this wonderful film finally reach a nationwide audience by joining the Kickstarter campaign TODAY. You can pledge as little as $1 and you will be a vital part of the campaign, or pledge more and receive rewards based on the documentary. 

If we don't meet the funding goal by February 23, then the project gets $0 towards this wonderful opportunity, so PLEASE PLEDGE TODAY and let your family, friends and social network to know about this effort as well.

Go to www.BillSackter.com and click on the “Join us on Kickstarter” link for more information. 

Thanks for your support!!!

Lane Wyrick, Director/Editor of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

Bill Sackter on PBS - Please visit our Kickstarter site

Hi Fans of "A Friend Indeed",

Please come and check out our Kickstarter campaign for "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" at: http://kck.st/KkzGMU

We're trying to get this inspiring documentary out to PBS stations across the nation...with your help. Come watch the intro video and consider join our growing group of supporters!!!

Thanks!

Lane Wyrick, Director/Editor
 A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story

Television Debut of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

"A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story", an inspiring documentary about famous Iowan Bill Sackter will have its broadcast debut on Iowa Public Television. Airing Tuesday June 11 at 8 pm and Friday June 14 at 9 p.m., "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" will be seen for the first time in the new 60 minute television version on the main Iowa Public Television channel.

Voted the #1 Audience Favorite in 5 consecutive film festivals, "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" explores the unlikely real-life friendship between Bill Sackter (who was abandoned in an institution for 44 years for mild mental retardation), and Barry Morrow (a young idealistic college student who became Bill's legal guardian to keep Bill out of the institution), and how their relationship and Bill's unique embrace of life allowed Bill to become an internationally known hero for people with disabilities.

Many Iowans remember the made-for-tv drama "Bill" (1981) starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid that portrayed the events in Bill and Barry's life. This new engaging documentary "A Friend Indeed" explores the real Bill Sackter through actual film/video footage and photographs of Bill himself and interviews with those closest to him, told in a very entertaining and engaging way. It is an entirely new experience that has been praised for its faithful portrayal of the real Bill by those closest to him.

This June marks 30 years since Bill's passing, and his impact continues to resonate especially in Iowa City where he became famous as the proprietor of Wild Bill's Coffee Shop on the University of Iowa campus, with the help of Barry Morrow, Tom Walz and many other people in the community.

Filmmaker Lane Wyrick spent 7 years researching, interviewing and digging through a "treasure trove" of archival footage to bring the documentary to the big screen. "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" had the debut of the theatrical 90 minute version at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City to a crowd of nearly 1200 in June of 2008. Since then it has been screened around the nation, won numerous awards, and has developed loyal fan base, and recently the theatrical version of "A Friend Indeed" was released on a special edition DVD on Amazon.com.

Wyrick wanted to make sure that the new 60 minute television version of the documentary retained the same impact of the original 90 minute documentary while fitting into television broadcast specifications. "Editing out nearly a third of the documentary while retaining the same level of inspiration in the documentary was a difficult challenge, but I am very happy with the results. Being on television will definitely increase the audience and spread the impact of the documentary, and the DVD is also available for viewers that enjoy the story and want to enhance their experience with the full length documentary and lots of extra footage as well."

The official website, http://www.BillSackter.com/, includes in-depth background information, the video trailer, photos, information about the DVD, and in-depth coverage of this amazing real life story that changed the way our society views people with disabilities.

More Info at:
http://www.BillSackter.com/

Photos available at:
http://www.billsackter.com/Host_A_Screening.html

Iowa Public Television Listing:
http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/23218/friend_indeed_bill/ep:0

DVD available at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8

Contact: 

Lane Wyrick, Director/Editor

"A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

Lane@BillSackter.com

A Friend Indeed - Update #2...New video from 100th B-Day

This week, Director/Editor Lane Wyrick talks about YouTube and Facebook fan responses to the first "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" video blog post. 

Video the video here: http://youtu.be/giJ3Y2Fqh5o

And a video of the full Bill Sackter 100th Anniversary "Stories Night" surfaces on Youtube, created by Nadia Honary of Public Access TV in Iowa City - 

You can view the 100th Birthday video here:http://youtu.be/dYHwILu6cI8 

A Friend Indeed - Video Blog Update #1...ready for television!

Check out the inaugural post of my brand new video blog series. This first video announces the completion of the television edit of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" for broadcast on Iowa Public Television and other Public Television Stations around the country. 

Very soon I will be giving you tips on how you can help by encouraging your local PBS provider to broadcast "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" in your area...stay tuned for further information on how to do this, and for more video blog updates. 

Thanks for being a fan of "A Friend Indeed", and please comment on the video...All the best - Lane Wyrick

View the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csA0SmjIdgY

Lane Wyrick holding "thumb drive" with completed television edit

of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"

Learn more about the real story of Bill Sackter at

http://www.BillSackter.com

Join our Facebook fan page at

http://www.Facebook.com/BillSackter

Or buy the DVD of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8

Video from Bill Sackter's 100th Birthday Celebration

Here's some video of Bill's 100th Birthday Celebration, captured on my iPhone. It was nice to have Barry & Bev Morrow, Jack Doepke, Tom Walz and others reminisce about the impact Bill had, and tell some funny stories as well. Lots of cake, music, and more. 

Enjoy!!! - Lane Wyrick

Click here to see the video on Youtube

Bill Sackter 100th Birthday Celebration (Youtube) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV0EATO_qzA

Video taken at Bill Sackter's 100th Birthday Celebration in Iowa City. Enjoy the stories and fond remembrances of Bill Sackter, and how he changed the way the world looks at people with disabilities. Featured in the documentary "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story", the main cast joined in Iowa City for the celebration, including Barry & Bev Morrow, Jack Doepke, Tom Walz, and Lane Wyrick.

Friday April 12, 2013 a panel discussion at Pappajohn Business Building, and party afterwards at Wild Bill's Coffee Shop in North Hall. Saturday April 13 on Bill's actual birthday, events took place at Uptown Bill's, with harmonicas, cake, bands and more.

Learn more about the real story of Bill Sackter at

http://www.BillSackter.com

Join our Facebook fan page at

http://www.Facebook.com/BillSackter

Or buy the DVD of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8

Bill Sackter's 100th Birthday Celebration

April 13, 2013 marked Bill Sackter's 100th birthday, and people in Iowa City celebrated it with style. All last week there were events, music, the screening of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" and more.

Barry and Bev Morrow, Jack Doepke, Tom Walz, and I were at the events, and there will be upcoming video footage from Friday night's panel on Bill, and from Saturday's birthday celebration at Uptown Bill's.

Here's an article about Bill Sackter day being declared by the Iowa City Mayor - more postings will soon follow about upcoming events regarding the documentary including the television broadcast of "A Friend Indeed".

Enjoy!

- Lane Wyrick
Director/Editor of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story
http://www.BillSackter.com
Join us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/BillSackter

Iowa City Mayor Hayek declares April 13 Bill Sackter Day

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Bill Sackter. Photo courtesy of the UI School of Social Work.

Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek has proclaimed April 13 as Bill Sackter Day. The proclamation coincides with a week of special events to mark the 100th birthday of Bill Sackter, April 8-13.

Sackter, a native of Minnesota, was a middle-aged man with a disability who spent nearly half a century in the old Faribault State Hospital. In the early 1970s, he came to Iowa City with Barry and Bev Morrow, a couple he had met in Minneapolis. Barry Morrow had been offered a job at the University of Iowa and Sackter ended up coming along.

Wild Bill's Coffeeshop, 321 North Hall on the UI campus, began as an employment opportunity for Sackter. Later, it became a symbol of "abilities awareness" around Iowa and beyond. The coffee shop thrived and it continues today in the same location in North Hall on the university campus. Staffed by individuals with disabilities, the coffee shop is a service learning project of the UI School of Social Work in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The proclamation was signed and awarded at the Tuesday, April 9 City Council meeting and can be viewed at now.uiowa.edu/files/now.uiowa.edu/bill_sackter_day.pdf

(this article is available at: http://now.uiowa.edu/2013/04/iowa-city-mayor-hayek-declares-april-13-bill-sackter-day )

Filmmaker Lane Wyrick to be at Des Moines Screening This Sunday

This Sunday night (November 1), Filmmaker Lane Wyrick will make a special appearance at the 7:30 p.m. screening of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" at the Fleur Cinema & Cafe (4545 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, Iowa).

He will give insight into the documentary and host a Q&A after the screening. Also, DVDs will be available at a reduced price after this specific screening.

The award-winning documentary is currently playing for a week long theatrical run now through Thursday November 5. This is your chance to see "A Friend Indeed" in a very classy independent theater where, after a successful recent showing at The Fleur it was invited back for a full week of screenings.

Showtimes are as follows:

Friday/Monday through Thursday: 4:45, 7:30, 9:35

Saturday & Sunday: 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 9:35 (Filmmaker Presentation)

Tickets are just $8 for General Admission

(Matinees, Seniors & Children are $6) and are available at

the door.

For more information, visit: http://www.fleurcinema.com

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Barry Morrow Donates Emmy to Univ. of Iowa

On Friday October 30, Barry Morrow gave a special presentation to the University of Iowa Foundation Board Members and guests where he donated his Emmy Award that he received for his screenplay for the 1981 made-for-tv movie "Bill" (starring Mickey Rooney & Dennis Quaid) to the University of Iowa where it will be on permanent display.

Barry Morrow donates Emmy for "Bill" TV Movie to Univ. of Iowa

In his rousing speech he also enthusiastically related how "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" now tells the real life documentary story that he originally started in 1972 when he first met Bill. Other people from the documentary at this special event were Bev Morrow, Filmmaker Lane Wyrick, Tom Walz, & Darrell Wyrick.

A video of Barry Morrow's incredible speech will be posted soon.

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For more information about Bill Sackter and “A Friend Indeed” and for reviews and video clips, please visit http://www.BillSackter.com.

Inspiring Documentary Returns to Des Moines

“A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" Returns For Full Week To Fleur Cinema – Des Moines, Iowa

After a very successful recent screening, the inspiring feature-length documentary “A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story” is returning to The Fleur Cinema & Café for a full week long theatrical run starting this Friday October 30 through November 5.

Winner of the #1 Audience Favorite Award at five film festivals in a row, “A Friend Indeed” has been surprising and delighting viewers with its powerful story of human compassion and incredible range of heartfelt emotion.

The documentary tells the true story of Bill Sackter who was institutionalized for over four decades for mild mental retardation, and his friendship with Barry Morrow (Academy Award Winning Screenwriter for “Rain Man”) who in real life as a young college student took the unprecedented step of becoming Bill’s legal guardian to keep Bill from being sent back to the institution.

Their friendship, Bill’s positive outlook on life and his eventual rise to international fame was chronicled in the highly successful made-for-tv movie “Bill” (1981) starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid, and Morrow’s screenplay for the production also won him an Emmy Award.

But Barry Morrow’s original intention of creating a real life documentary about Bill Sackter (using the hours of film and video footage and hundreds of photographs he captured of Bill during his life) would have to wait for over two decades until Barry met Iowa filmmaker Lane Wyrick and entrusted him to complete this project that was so dear to his heart.

Wyrick spent the next 8 years editing the archival footage along with filming new interviews of Barry Morrow and many others who were close to Bill. He also closely collaborated with Hollywood-trained composer Peter Bloesch who created a very rich and emotional full orchestral music score for the production.

“A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story” has been praised for retaining its documentary authenticity while having an entertaining quality more akin to a Hollywood movie. Wyrick’s groundbreaking hybrid style is very unique, and the film is filled with lots of humor and is ultimately very inspiring, but a box of Kleenex is also highly recommended!

Don’t miss your chance to see firsthand why “A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story” is becoming the grassroots hit for moviegoers looking for a very positive, inspirational experience that will touch their hearts, and that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Even if you have never heard of Bill Sackter, by the end of this film you will know and care for him like a close friend!

“A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story”

LOCATION: The Fleur Cinema & Café, 4545 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, Iowa

Screening October 30 Through November 5

For showtimes, visit: http://www.fleurcinema.com

Tickets are just $8 for General Admission (Matinees, Seniors & Children are $6) and are available at the door.

For more information about Bill Sackter and “A Friend Indeed” and for reviews and video clips, please visit http://www.BillSackter.com.

Chicago Premiere of "A Friend Indeed" THIS WEDNESDAY

Don't miss the Chicago Premiere of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"at The Music Box Theater THIS WEDNESDAY October 14 at 7 p.m.

The event will be introduced by Kathy Lavin, director of community relations at Neumann Family Services in Chicago, who is also a mother of a child with a disability. Filmmaker Lane Wyrick will then introduce the film and afterwards give a Q&A/Filmmaker Presentation offering his perspective of over 7 years of research into Bill Sackter's life as well as a behind the scenes look at the documentary.

Also, the Deluxe Edition DVDs will be available after the screening at a reduced price as a benefit to those that come to the theater to see this very inspiring film.

Tickets are just $8 and are available online or at the door at the Music Box Theater - 3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois - http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/events/

For online tickets go here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/84842

For further details, visit: http://www.billsackter.com/Upcoming_Screenings.html

Here is a wonderful article about the Chicago screening by Medill Reports:

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=141649

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More upcoming screenings include:

Doctoberfest Documentary Festival - Gloucester, Mass. - October 14, 15, 23

Yes Cinema - Columbus, Indiana - October 19

The Flicks Theater - Boise, Idaho - October 21

City High School - Iowa City, Iowa - October 22

Western Illinois University - Macomb, Illinois - October 24

Vermont International Film Festival - Burlington, Vermont - October 23, 25, 28

The Fleur Cinema - Des Moines, Iowa - October 30 through Nov. 5 (Weeklong screening)

Cedar Lee Theater - Cleveland Heights, Ohio - November 3

St. John Lutheran Church - Newhall, Iowa - November 8

Auburn Public Theater - Auburn, New York - November 22

More dates to come soon...

To learn more about Upcoming Screenings visit the BillSackter.com website at: http://www.billsackter.com/Upcoming_Screenings.html

"A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" Now Available on DVD

For immediate release

Winner of the Audience Favorite Award in 5 Film Festivals already (the Kansas International Film Festival, Hardacre Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, and the New Strand Film Festival), “A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story” has just been released worldwide on DVD and is available and shipping now at www.BillSackter.com.

It’s an inspiring new feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker Lane Wyrick, showing how a forgotten man and an uncommon friendship shattered the world’s perceptions of people with disabilities, and it's been captivating audiences with its humor, emotion, and powerful message of human compassion!

The Deluxe Edition DVD Includes:

The Full Award-Winning Documentary "A Friend Indeed"

plus

An Insightful Director’s Commentary Track

Additional Footage of Bill & Friends

New Interviews, Deleted Scenes, & Audio recordings

The World Premiere Event at Hancher Auditorium

Behind the Scenes Orchestra Recording in Seattle

Theatrical Trailer, Biographical Information

...and much more.

WITH OVER 2 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

IT IS A “MUST HAVE” DVD FOR YOUR COLLECTION!

Click here to find out more & order your DVD(s) today!

The Background: At the age of 7, Bill Sackter was institutionalized for mild mental retardation, and wouldn't be released from Faribault Institution in Minnesota for another 44 years.

But his friendship with college student Barry Morrow (who met Bill in Minneapolis and became his legal guardian to keep Bill out of the institution), would lead to Bill's meteoric rise as an international hero for people with disabilities, as the optimistic harmonica-playing proprietor of Wild Bill's Coffee Shop on the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City.

Bill Sackter’s life story was made famous by the highly successful made-for-tv movie “Bill” (1981) starring Mickey Rooney as Bill Sackter, and Dennis Quaid as young filmmaker Barry Morrow.

This new feature-length documentary “A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story” uses the actual film and video footage and photographs of the real Bill Sackter taken by Morrow and others, along with new interviews with the people closest to Bill.

“A Friend Indeed” was created by Iowa City Filmmaker Lane Wyrick over a 7 year time period, and premiered at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City last June to an audience of nearly 1200, where it received a standing ovation and much critical acclaim.

“I think the reason audiences have embraced ‘A Friend Indeed’ is because it is not only highly inspirational and very funny, but it also allows viewers to look beyond Bill’s disabilities and care for him as a human being,” Wyrick said. “It’s a fulfilling emotional experience that people will remember for a long time. A box of Kleenex is highly recommended!”

The documentary features a very moving full orchestral music score, created by Hollywood-trained composer Peter Bloesch (also of Iowa City). Wyrick and Bloesch closely collaborated throughout the entire process to make the music integral to the emotional storyline, and recorded the soundtrack at Seattle Music, well-known for their movie scores for major Hollywood productions.

The DVD is now available exclusively at www.BillSackter.com, where you can also find extensive information about “A Friend Indeed” and Bill Sackter, and even view the first 4 minutes of the documentary.

This Deluxe Edition DVD includes full 90-minute documentary, a director’s commentary, and over two hours of ‘extra’ footage, including additional film & video footage of Bill and friends, insightful interviews, audio recordings, as well as footage from the Hancher Premiere and behind-the-scenes at the orchestra recording in Seattle.

The DVD release comes at the same time that the documentary is picking up steam theatrically. Fresh off a nearly packed screening at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis (where nearly 200 DVDs were sold after the screening on the first night of it's release), Wyrick plans on offering the DVD to a worldwide audience to help spread the story more quickly and work hand in hand to promote more theatrical screenings, and to offer everyone an enhanced experience on DVD, and an opportunity to share “A Friend Indeed” with friends and family.

For more information, please visit www.BillSackter.com.

"A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" DVD Now Available for Pre-Order

The Home Use DVD for "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" is being finalized at this very moment and will be shipping on May 21st. 

Don't miss your chance to be the first to receive your copy of this powerful, inspiring and emotional documentary that has been voted the "#1 Audience Favorite" in four film festivals already.  

You can now Pre-Order your DVD(s) today

The Home Use DVD Includes:

The Full Award-Winning Documentary "A Friend Indeed"

plus

An Insightful Director’s Commentary Track

Additional Footage of Bill & Friends

New Interviews, Deleted Scenes, & Audio recordings

The World Premiere Event at Hancher Auditorium

Behind the Scenes Orchestra Recording in Seattle

Theatrical Trailer, Biographical Information

...and much more.

WITH OVER 2 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

IT IS A “MUST HAVE” DVD FOR YOUR COLLECTION!

Click here to find out more & order your DVD(s) today!

Make sure to check out our
Buy 2 Get 1 Free Pre-Order Special!

Please visit www.BillSackter.com for more information