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 (PBS Version) Completed

Hi Friends and Bill Sackter Fans!! 

In 2014 I launched a successful Kickstarter campaign that allowed me to edit a new version of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" that would fit within the 1 hour time slot for PBS stations.

While the new version is shorter than the original, I made sure to give it maximal impact, staying true to the original 90 minute version that is on the DVD. I was able to get this new version broadcast on numerous PBS stations around the country, and I thank all the supporters that contributed to the effort - it is really wonderful to have so many people that believe in the inspirational true story of Bill Sackter.

If you want to see the original 90 minute theatrical version, it is available on DVD at Amazon.com at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8 
The DVD version also includes over 2 hours of extras, so if you are a big fan of Bill Sackter's inspirational true story, this will be the best way to experience the documentary. 

I started this project in 2001, and my main goal has always been to reach as wide of an audience as possible. Thanks again to all of you that have been with me over the last several years. Your interest in helping spread the word about "A Friend Indeed" is greatly appreciated! 

Sincerely,

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

CUSTOMER REVIEWS NEEDED: A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story

Hi Bill Sackter fans!! 

If you have purchased the DVD of "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" any time in the past, it would be very helpful if you could leave an honest customer review on Amazon - this way people around the world can know what you think about the documentary and Bill Sackter, and whether or not "A Friend Indeed" is worth watching.

Just go to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8  and scroll down to click on "Write a Customer Review". 

You can write just a sentence or two, or take your time and leave a more detailed review. You can also leave a video review as well where you talk about what you think about the documentary. 

Even if you purchased the DVD at a screening or somewhere else instead of Amazon you can still write an Amazon review (as long as you have purchased anything on Amazon).

Thanks so much for being a great supporter of "A Friend Indeed" - this will make a huge and long lasting impact on having the documentary reach a wider audience and is very appreciated!!!

Sincerely,

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

1 Year After Successful Funding, "A Friend Indeed" Continues To Spread

Hi everyone,

It's been exactly 1 year since my Kickstarter campaign to get my inspirational documentary "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" on PBS stations around the country was successful, and this wonderful story of friendship and compassion has been shown on an ever growing number of PBS stations.

Thanks to the initial efforts of station relations professional Joan Lence, and now an upswell of viewer enthusiasm, it is being shown in regions throughout the United States. 

Has "A Friend Indeed" been aired on your PBS station? 

If not, please call your local PBS station and ask for their program director - share your enthusiasm for this documentary with them, and let them know that you would like it to be shown. It's amazing how effective this is. For instance, it only took one enthusiastic viewer in Oregon to get the documentary on their PBS's radar, and now they have shown it several times.

"A Friend Indeed" is being offered for free through the NETA organization, so any PBS station can show it over the next 3 years at no charge. They just need to know it's available. 

I will continue to get the word out as well to PBS stations, disability groups, and the general public, and also hope to have public screenings of the feature length version on Deluxe Edition DVD as well, which is available here:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6WURF8

Thanks again for your support - I couldn't have done this without your generosity!!!

Sincerely,

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

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 Kickstarter Campaign Featured in Today's Iowa City Press Citizen

Hi Friends,

My Bill Sackter documentary Kickstarter Campaign was featured in today's Iowa City Press Citizen: http://www.press-citizen.com/interactive/article/20140221/NEWS01/302210014/Sackter-filmmaker-enlists-Kickstarter-national-view

I appreciate your interest and if you haven't made a contribution yet, we only have until this Sunday at 10 p.m. Central to make our goal - PLEASE MAKE YOUR PLEDGE NOW!

Tune in on Sunday night to our Kickstarter campaign and let's see if we can cross this finish line together. Just go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lane-wyrick/a-friend-indeed-the-bill-sackter-story-tv-broadcas

Thanks,

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).

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

Bring "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" to your City

Hi Fans of "A Friend Indeed",

I wanted to update you about the innovative new distribution model for "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" allowing you to easily "Bring A Friend Indeed To Your City" and share this inspirational production with the rest of your community, while at the same time making a profit for yourself or your organization through these screenings.

Click Here to view the trailer for "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" (3 min.)

The concept is called the "Screen It Yourself Package" and it was developed when it was noticed that a consistently high percentage of audience members were purchasing "A Friend Indeed" DVDs that were being made available after every screening. For instance, immediately following a recent Minneapolis screening with an audience of 500 people of all ages and backgrounds, nearly 200 DVDs were sold! At smaller venues with around 50 audience members, viewers will typically purchase 20-30 DVDs!

You may also host a Filmmaker Presentation and Screening and have Filmmaker Lane Wyrick come to your location for a first-class event. 

For more information, visit

http://www.BillSackter.com/Bring_A-Friend-Indeed_To_Your_City.html

Notes: With the "Screen It Yourself Package", all screenings and DVD sales must be within your same county. - Internet sales of the DVDs are strictly prohibited. For a full explanation, please call Lane Wyrick at 1-314-200-5534.

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.

"A Friend Indeed" to screen at City High School This Thursday

Winner of the #1 Audience Favorite Award at five film festivals in a row, an inspiring new documentary will have a special screening at City High School's Opstad Auditorium on Thursday October 22 at 7 p.m. "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" was created by award-winning filmmaker Lane Wyrick (a 1985 City High Grad). He will introduce the screening and host a Q&A and Filmmaker Presentation afterwards.

"A Friend Indeed" is an amazing and entertaining real-life documentary about people and events that happened right here in Iowa City!!! Tickets to the event are just $8 and are available at the door.

This special screening is sponsored by City High's Drama Department who will benefit from every ticket sold.

If you are on Facebook, please let us know if you're coming and help by inviting all your Facebook friends by going here: http://www.facebook.com/BillSackter#/event.php?eid=150721442809&index=1

The Background:

In 1981, actor Mickey Rooney portrayed Bill Sackter's life in the highly successful television drama "Bill", which depicted Bill's unique relationship with young college student Barry Morrow (played by Dennis Quaid). Their friendship developed shortly after Bill's release from Faribault Institution in Minnesota where he had spent 44 years of his life for mild mental retardation. Barry's compassion for Bill and deep concern for his situation led him to taking the unprecedented step of becoming Bill's legal guardian to keep Bill from being sent back to the institution.

This new documentary "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" gives viewers the opportunity to know the real Bill Sackter, Barry Morrow and many others who were close to Bill, in an entertaining production full of heart and emotion. The 90-minute feature length production uses actual film and video footage and photos of Bill (captured in the 1970's and 80's by Barry Morrow and others), along with interviews with the people closest to Bill, filmed more recently by Wyrick, who also edited the production.

During the final years of Bill's life, his positive attitude, passion for the harmonica, and enthusiastic embrace of everyone he met began to get Bill noticed. As proprietor of "Wild Bill's Coffee Shop" on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Bill's striking personality led to his rise as a local "celebrity", and eventually to his becoming a national leader in a movement that helped normalize peoples' reactions to people with disabilities. He was honored with many awards and was even invited as a guest at the White House, all the while retaining his humble and caring personality and love for all people, especially children.

A Groundbreaking Documentary:

"A Friend Indeed" is filled with lots of emotion, evoking laughter, tears, and ultimately leaving audiences with a feeling of real inspiration. And it shows how a little care and attention can truly transform someone's life and enrich us all. The emotion of the film is greatly enhanced by the full orchestral music score created by Hollywood-trained composer Peter Bloesch who closely collaborated with Wyrick throughout the production to interweave the rich music score seamlessly into the fabric of the story.

At every screening "A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story" has been enjoyed by moviegoers that are looking for a very positive, inspirational experience that will touch their hearts.

For complete details, please visit http://www.BillSackter.com/Upcoming_Screenings.html

Join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/BillSackter

Location: City High School's Opstad Auditorium - 1900 Morningside Drive - Iowa City, Iowa

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.