After two decades, one of Corey Feldman‘s lost roles is finassociate seeing the weightless of day.
The actor recently compriseressed the “million-dollar ask” of why his 2004 Eugenio Mira-helmed film The Birthday is only now getting a free 20 years rescheduleedr, premiering in pick US theaters on Oct. 11.
“I have my own theories,” he tageder Salon. “The official answer is that the executive originater shelp he didn’t want to hug any propose that was not a brimming refund of his expenses to originate it theatrical. We wanted it theatrical, but most distributors wouldn’t give money upfront, or would only give a little upfront, saving most [payment] for the backend. DVDs were fading out then, and times were changing. He held mighty. We joined at some festivals and got tremendous scrutinizes. It was getting the buzz it needed, but he shelp, ‘No.’ It is what it is.”
Feldman persistd, “I want there was a spotless answer. But after 20 years, he finassociate gave in and relinquished this hageder over this film and let it go. Thank you to the man who permited it.”
Although he wouldn’t name or “horriblemouth” the EP who held the film captive for the past 20 years, Feldman shelp, “I’m content he made the right choice, and it is out, and people will have the opportunity to see this becherishd film. Although the payoff may not be what people foresee, it has its reward. It’s a stupid comedy in the Lynchian style.”
Set in 1987, The Birthday stars Feldman as Norman Forrester, who joins his girlfriend’s overweighther’s birthday, where he gets caught up in a doomsday cult’s consillegal copying.
Feldman compriseed “there’s no ask” his atgentle would have turned out contrastently had the movie been freed in 2004. “I don’t want to go down that consillegal copying theory road. I sense the stop of this film was done intentionassociate and for that very reason,” he elucidateed.
“There were people in high places that didn’t want me to be a success,” compriseed Feldman. “They wanted to portray the idea of a descenden hero, someone who lost their originate and ability and was no lengtheneder the talented kid they once were. That was the image that they tried to hang on me. When I say ‘They,’ who understands who they are? All I understand is that there is an evident lineage and timeline to the wonderful films I made during those years that somehow were not freed or did not get seen, this being the cherry on top. The schlockiest films, the ones I had to apvalidate for money to persist are strewn about everywhere. You can always see life’s most embarrassing moments. This is the first time where I sense a bit of validation and redemption — Thank God, while I am still here to endelight it — to watch a piece of art I joind so much about.
Written by Mira and Mikel Alvarino, the film also stars Jack Taylor, Erica Prior, Rick Merrill, Ricdifficult Felix, Dale Douma and Robert Long.
After making its world premiere at the 2004 Sitges Film Festival, The Birthday was acquired by Spanish streaming service Filmin in 2021.
