Star Wars - Deleted Magic : Deleted scenes. Alternate footage. A look behind the scenes at what didn't make it to the final cut of the Star Wars trilogy. One of the most popular and acclaimed things I ever did was this feature-length and very unofficial documentary about the deleted scenes from the first Star Wars. Because it was made from copyrighted film clips, this film is not sold anywhere. It is available for free on the internet, so anyone can enjoy it. Lou Tambone, creator of one of the best Star Wars sites out there, Starwarz.com, has been kind enough to host the website for it on his server. Look for the full DVD on the usual file-sharing sites - I know it's at myspleen.net. I have deconstructed the film, putting deleted footage, behind the scenes footage, alternate sound and video, and notes on how the film came together in editing ... it's a completely different vision of the first Star Wars that will give you an idea as to what was cut out, and how the film was made and put together. It has been seen and greatly enjoyed by Garrick Hagon (who played Biggs Darklighter, and is heavily featured in this documentary). I've also given copies to Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, and Billy Dee Williams.
I wrote and drew this comic strip for four and a half years, completing 41 strips for USC's newspaper, The Daily Trojan. The strip told the adventures of a knight and a samurai on a college campus, aided by an attractive young woman and a comp. sci major with a helmet on. They go on strange quests and fight the villainous forces of Leonard Maltin and Alex Winter (the other guy from Bill and Ted). You'll also get to see my political strips, called Opinions With Mr. Flopsy, that I also did for the newspaper. I won quite a few awards for these two strips, regularly picking up the $50 prize for Best Editorial Writing - Graphic Arts. Will Sugarhigh ever return? At the time, I had several dozen more strips written that I wanted to do. Maybe someday the characters will return in some other format. Maybe not.
Now available - Garrett Gilchrist's first book, "The Tao of Cow.""The Tao of Cow" is a book of sixty unrhymed philosophical poems, told from the point of view of a cow. Ah, and now you're asking - is this a joke? What sort of philosophy could a cow possibly have to give? Quite a bit, as it happens ... the cow teaches of a life simply and contentedly lived, in harmony with nature. In ten chapters, the happy cow meets a weary man on the road of life, and attempts to free his mind until the man can see where true happiness lies. It may free your mind as well ... the book has a calming effect, good for the stressed and distracted ... and a good gift for family. The spiral-bound, 102-page, fully-illustrated paperback book is available for $9.59 ... Garrett makes no profit off of this, he just wanted to make the book available. It was originally written when he was younger and much less jaded, and it has a lot of meaning to him today. He hopes you'll enjoy it. If you're at all interested, please head over to www.cafeshops.com/taoofcow to order.
Fastforward Radio is on the air! 13 episodes were created from 2001 to 2003. Hosted by Radio Man, the Radio Man who is on the Radio. This 24/7 streaming radio station features incoherent rambling, interviews, incoherent rambling, a catchy theme song, incoherent rambling and more! This is true independent talk radio, hosted by a mind who thinks independently of, well, just about everything ...
Radio Man has also performed live, and appeared in short videos on the web, as well as the feature-length "Radio Man Holiday Special" which hasn't been released yet. But the original Radio Man radio episodes are available on CD from Orange Cow Records, as volumes 1 and 2 of the Radio Manthology. Ask me for 'em!
Stand-Up Comedy: Garrett has performed stand-up comedy quite a few times as Radio Man, doing short stints at USC's Groundzero Coffeehouse, where he was often thrown offstage. Less known is that he created a one-hour, one-man stand-up show entitled "I Want to Have Sex With Your Cat," in which he appeared onstage as himself. It was performed only once, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2004. It was recorded and is available on video if you ask nicely. A DVD is planned. He still does stand-up comedy, including an appearance on September 28th, 2005 at the Laguna Beach Brewing Co. See some of his Radio Man live performances on our video page.
Graphic design: Garrett has worked as a licensing designer for Monty Python (Blisshouse, Inc.), and Neil Innes (of The Rutles, the Monty Python films and the Bonzo Dog Band). A strange high point was seeing his design for Monty Python toilet paper show up in Spencer's Gifts. He wasn't sure whether to be flattered or insulted that people could now wipe their behinds with his artwork.
The Old Games From 1998 to 2001
May Work Better On Older Systems
Army of Darkness: The Game: Based on Sam Raimi's movie "Army of Darkness," starring Bruce Campbell. Blow away some primitive screwheads with your 12-gauge double-barrelled Remington boomstick and matching chainsaw. This game is "groovy." For Windows 95 and 98. This is an old game, which might work better on older computers.
The Adventures of Murray the Cat in Outer Space: A five-level demo of an unfinished videogame for Windows 95 and 98, based upon an original story by Garrett Gilchrist. It was conceived as a children's book, but this is more fun anyway. Jumping, collecting, and clawing action make this a challenging and entertaining game. This is an old game, which might work better on older computers.
Brazil: The Game: Unofficial videogame for Windows 95 and 98, based upon Terry Gilliam's 1985 film "Brazil," starring Jonathan Pryce. The movie was an instant classic, and now you can escape the greyness of bureaucratic life right on your own desktop, with this fun game. This is an old game, which might work better on older computers.
Mr. Neutron's Cycling Tour: A demo of our unfinished videogame for Windows 95 and 98, based upon two episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." What did you expect from the creator of PythoNET? This is an old game, which might work better on older computers.
Linguine and Clams: A full-length play, completed in May 2004. entitled Linguine and Clams. Although simple and unambitious, this is one of my favorite things I've written. However, I don't intend to shoot it - because it is very simple, and because it's based too much on certain parts of my own life - based on a romantic relationship which didn't work out. This play is available for school productions.
The story is about a young man named Tom who really isn't doing anything with his life. He is being haunted by his dead best friend, Steve, who bugs him constantly to do something with himself. Tom has a crush on his other best friend, Karen ... he's had this crush for years without saying anything. Meanwhile Karen starts a self-help program created by a man named Bradley Whitlock, where the idea is to force yourself to get your life in gear in 15 days. And Steve thinks Tom can only do that by telling Karen he likes her ....
Midnight Blue: A screenplay I completed on Valentine's Day 2001. The script is almost a romance - it has the quality of a faded photograph. Every moment of Anna Paignoir's life has been planned out for her. Her family was once wealthy and powerful, but has now crumbled to dust, living only as ghosts and memories, but they still control her. It is up to her to live out the fantasies they could not, fulfill her destiny as a member of the family. But when she meets Alex, the boy she is destined to marry, she realizes she doesn't want to go along with the life they have planned for her. Alex and Anna must break tradition, demolish the past, and carve out a new life for themselves.
The Lawman by Garrett Gilchrist. Western drama. A sheriff confronts the lawlessness inside himself. 1 hour.
Thirteen and Counting: Meet a thirteen year old sexual predator in training. She's dying to meet you. Short. I almost shot this, but shot Lover's Poison instead.
Dripping Sweet by Garrett Gilchrist Fable/drama. A weary soldier and a beggar discuss lost love.
A Toast to Gracie Hall by Garrett Gilchrist
Two lonely ladies toast friends and enemies recently passed.
The Business Meeting by Garrett Gilchrist His mother never did listen to him when it was important.
The Incumbent's Wife by Garrett Gilchrist A respected political candidate carries on an affair with the wife of the man he is running against.
Sobriety Test by Garrett Gilchrist
Meeting your girlfriend's father is tough enough when you're sober.
Save the Dolphin by Garrett Gilchrist Two old friends and former radicals, now working for the government, meet again as the world is on the brink of nuclear war.
Generation of Filth: A silly dark comedy script I never finished - it was intended to be shot as an improv piece at Camp Fastforward 4, in January 2004.
Lover's Poison: A sick and twisted love story. The first part of this script was turned into a short film starring Jamee Damron and Mark Elias. The rest was never filmed - it was probably too dark to shoot anyway. Short film, 16 min.
The Dead Can't Dance: Unfinished feature script. An epic musical about zombies, in the vein of Little Shop of Horrors. I still may shoot this someday.
Stan & Deadman's Movie Thing: Kind of like Strange Brew meets The Seventh Seal. An experimental, existential piece disguised as a comedy. Scraps of old student film footage show two friends goofing around, until they meet a woman at the end of her rope, and Stan decides to save her. Long short - 45 min.
UNUSED TREATMENTS/IDEAS FOR SHORT FILMS:
A Voice In Darkness By Garrett Gilchrist Horror. A man is trapped in his own mind as his body succumbs to evil.
The Video House by Garrett Gilchrist An eccentric inventor invites his friends to join in a twisted experiment ... including several separate stories.
Friends Forever by Garrett Gilchrist Very short short film about a lonely girl.
Ghost Story by Garrett Gilchrist A writer is haunted by visions of lost love.
Go Dog Go by Garrett Gilchrist Touching short tale of three decades in a children's library.
The Homemade Toy Shop by Garrett Gilchrist A toy shop owner struggles to stay in business.
Jane Doe by Garrett Gilchrist Short narration, accompanied by images, about an unknown girl who died.
Stuff I Did Way Back in High School and Early College
So Don't Expect it to be Great
Here's a gallery of older artwork that I did back in high school and early college. I'll have to update this with newer artwork one of these days. It's old. But nice.
A three-act musical play I wrote at the end of high school (in 1999, finishing it in 2001), with the help of John Hunsucker. The picture above is Michelle Caruso as Teal, during a reading of the play. It's a darkly comic tale taking place in a warped alternate future in which everyone is killed at the age of 50 - but that's not important to the play. Floyd is the son of two professional murderers (but they're nice really), and he's never been allowed to leave the house. His only companion is his talking dog. When a strange young woman claiming to be a goddess named Teal appears, he will have to rethink everything he knows, and his place in the world. The play also features the first appearance of Lucky Xenon, who's been in other scripts of mine since then. This play is available for school productions.
Here's a few short stories I wrote back in high school. Most are pretty poor, but they've been online so long I can't bear to take them off.
Stupidman! This is a very old comic indeed, something I did when I was fourteen, in 1995. I finished it in 1998. Enjoy the handiwork of my high school self.
An unofficial fan-sequel script to Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness" I wrote for fun at the very beginning of college, in 2000 or so. With apologies to Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Renaissance Pictures.
And, just for fun, here's a version I did as an experiment, that removes all references to Evil Dead, creating a generic horror movie. Supermarket of the Damned ... I like the Evil Dead version much better.
Our Thief and the Cobbler Screensaver : Celebrate Richard Williams' animated classic with this screensaver for window 95 and 98. Visit The Thief and the Cobbler site. I made this back in high school. It's old.
Our Slipstream Screen Saver : Justin Bielawa made me create this windows 95 and 98 screensaver dedicated to one of Mark Hamill's greatest roles, the villain Tasker in Steven Lisberger's rarely-seen cheapie "Slipstream," with Bill Paxton and Bob Peck. I made this back in high school.
Our Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Saver : A windows 95 and 98 screensaver dedicated to one of Johnny Depp's greatest roles, the Hunter S. Thompsonish Raoul Duke in Terry Gilliam's black comedy "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," with Benicio Del Toro and Christina Ricci. I made this back in high school.
There's a great forum for filmmakers, and people just wanting to mess around and have a few laughs, at our other site, FFrevolution.com.
Star Wars - Deleted Magic
Our First Book: 
