In 1875, a trio of outlaws learns there are worse fates than being abandoned in chains during the harsh winter of the Nebraska prairie. Anderson, McKay and Jones are starving, freezing and at each other’s throats – and that’s before they realize they are being pursued by a mysterious dark rider. Are the legends true? Could this relentless spectre be the one that doomed men call Israel Grimm? The Legend of Israel Grimm is a short film written and directed by Michael Johnson which premiered at the 2012 Omaha Film Festival. It is currently available to watch on Vimeo. DVDs will be available soon.Tumblr (3.0; @israelgrimm)http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38863640" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Legend of Israel Grimm</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/19654387094http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/19654387094Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:42:00 -0400<a href="http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/comments/short_and_sweet/">The First Review of Israel Grimm</a>: <blockquote> <p><span>“…a sort of supernatural western as in </span><em>True Grit </em><span>or </span><em>The Assassination of Jesse James</em><span> pits three hapless escaped criminals against an avenging Man in Black. While it emulates the above’s naturalistic cinematography and psychological tension, it’s a bit talky and strident.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/18956878689http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/18956878689Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:12:54 -0500<a href="http://omaha.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/thelegendofisraelgrimm_mikejohnson_omaha2012">The Festival Genius Page of Israel Grimm</a>: <p><a href="http://www.omahafilmfestival.com">The Omaha Film Festival</a> has partnered with the awesome folks at Festival Genius to help organize the schedule this year. Not only does it have a complete list of the films showing, with trailers and pictures, cast and crew info, and synopses for each, but you can also like and rate each film as you watch them. Make sure to check out the link for “Israel Grimm” as well as all of the other great films being shown…</p> <p>…but especially “Israel Grimm” ;)</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/18643105301http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/18643105301Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:41:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhv67GvCd1qlc26co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Timeline of Israel Grimm</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17714657627http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17714657627Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:30:07 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36518890" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><h6 class="uiStreamMessage"><span class="messageBody">Another Deleted Scene in which we discover exactly what it is about Mark Dews that made us cast him as Anderson.</span></h6></p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17345690724http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17345690724Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:51:20 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36398102" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Deleted scene, courtesy of <a href="http://vimeo.com/mtpt">Matt Patterson</a> and <a href="http://brainwashed.com/labradford/">Labradford</a>.</p> <p>I can’t believe my actors still speak to me, after I made them do this. Especially since we aren’t using it in the final cut. </p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17295533267http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17295533267Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:49:25 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3rlrYCc81qlc26co1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Legend of Israel Grimm” has been accepted into the <a href="http://www.omahafilmfestival.org/index.html">Omaha Film Festival</a>! </p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17295360424http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/17295360424Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:46:00 -0500<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2111455/">The IMDB Page of Israel Grimm</a>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/12900312177http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/12900312177Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:42:02 -0500<a href="http://change-the-word.blogspot.com/2011/11/changing-vision.html">The Writing of Israel Grimm</a>: <p>or How I Learned to Let Go of My Vision and Make a Movie</p> <p>Guest blog post I did for a friend in which I describe the writing process of “The Legend of Israel Grimm”</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/12617032857http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/12617032857Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:40:50 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lthxz0Rvdy1qlc26co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/11800068587http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/11800068587Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:09:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsoer0Zsb51qlc26co1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/11128537433http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/11128537433Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:23:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls9lwcob2B1qlc26co1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/10795157152http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/10795157152Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:33:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrl7a3GogK1qlc26co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/10255612889http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/10255612889Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:15:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lph6om3dYQ1qlc26co1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lph6om3dYQ1qlc26co4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lph6om3dYQ1qlc26co3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lph6om3dYQ1qlc26co2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Poster mock-ups. </p> <p>Photo credits go to Shae Sackman, Xavier Beger and sxc.hu</p> <p>Photoshop work by Michael Johnson</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/8529653750http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/8529653750Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:05:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9fgegBcJ1qlc26co1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rough mock-up for DVD insert. </p> <p>Photos by Xavier Beger</p> <p>Photoshop work by Michael Johnson</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/8345598364http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/8345598364Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:33:00 -0400<a href="http://8tracks.com/noseatbelts/israel-grimm-is-going-to-kill-you">Israel Grimm is going to kill you - Mix</a>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6790914912http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6790914912Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:53:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln6csiziPd1qlc26co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poster concept.</p> <p>Photoshop work by Michael Johnson</p> <p>Original photograph courtesy of Shae Sackman</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6781001185http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6781001185Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:36:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25282922" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Full-Length Trailer of Israel Grimm</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6692636369http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6692636369Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:02:53 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23274087" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Teaser Trailer of Israel Grimm - edited by Matt Patterson</p>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6671195724http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6671195724Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:21:47 -0400<a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.798792860713.2373876.17204232">The Still Photography of Israel Grimm - Aja Martin</a>http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6671072146http://israelgrimm.tumblr.com/post/6671072146Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:17:06 -0400