Gigantic Post helps “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” get nominated for Oscar for Best Documentary

Gigantic Post welcomed Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky and company from Radical Media to offline edit “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” in our facility.  Picture Editor Alyse Speigel utilized our 24TB storage system to house all the years of archival footage they needed to cut together this terrific film.  Re-Recording Engineer, Tom Paul, mixed the film in Mix A while Gigantic Post’s team of editors brought this film to life.

“Paradise Lost 3″ is the third installment in what is arguably one of the biggest mis-carrages of justice in the history of our country.  The story follows three teenagers that are falsely convicted of killing three five year olds in West Memphis, Arkansas.  After garnering national attention for almost twenty years, justice is finally served and the men are freed, but not before more questions surface about who may have killed the boys.  Rarely has a film generated such an outcry for justice.  We are honored to have worked on such a project.

Just last week, the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards announced it’s nominees and “Paradise Lost 3″ was nominated for “Best Documentary”.

Check out a review: http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/arts/television/paradise-lost-3-purgatory-on-hbo-review.html

“Under African Skies” celebrates Paul Simon & Graceland’s 25 year legacy

Gigantic Post recently provided Audio Post Production services to Radical MediaJoe Berlinger for his film “Under African Skies”.  Paul Simon‘s Grammy award winning album “Graceland”,  that fuses traditional African music with his musical genius to form one of the greatest albums of all time, is turning 25 years old.  Crazy how time flies!  I remember sitting in my mom’s car listening to it over and over on cassette tape, remember those?  Tracks like “You Can Call Me Al”, “Graceland” and “Diamonds on the Soul of Her Shoes” are classics.

In “Under African Skies”, we take a look behind the scenes on the making of the historic album along with the ramifications of Apartheid in South Africa.  Simon was unaware of the how bad the situation was when he made the album, but when released endured heavy scrutiny over his decision to use South African musicians.  At the heart of this movie is a great musical journey with incredible studio footage from the original sessions along with the band’s reunion show in South Africa.  Let me tell you, they have not lost one beat.  Simply amazing!

After previously working with Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky on their now Oscar nominated documentary “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”, Gigantic created a great sounding audio mix for “Under African Skies” that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week to standing ovations.  It is Paul Simon after all!  Even Oprah said “Graceland” was her favorite album of all time!

Check out this review: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/under-african-skies-sundance-review-paul-simon-graceland-283939

and this one too: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Sundance-Reviews-House-I-Live-Under-African-Skies-Room-237-29069.html

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