FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2008
VILLANI-ROCKHILL PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Seaviper440@comcast.net
www.seaviper.net
Seaviper the Movie and USS Drum Documentary on
CBS Sunday, July 20, 2008!
Tim Large (Chief of the Boat: Frank Keenan), Michael Jacques (British POW
Frederick Grey) and Director, Ralph Villani will appear on West Palm Beach, CBS
Affilliate WPEC Channel 12’s “Morning News” Sunday, July 20, 2008 to discuss
Villani-Rockhill’s upcoming feature film USS Seaviper and USS Drum Documentary.
South Florida based, Villani-Rockhill Productions in co-operation with Statusfilms,
Shoreline Production Services, Saturn Sound Studios and TC Video will film eight
scenes from the upcoming feature film, USS SEAVIPER, a World War II
submarine combat film in south Florida. The story is about a U.S. submarine that
discovers uranium on an island occupied by Japanese and German soldiers in the
south Pacific, while the Navigational Officer and Chief of the Boat struggle for
power, and USS SEAVIPER is hunted and depth charged by a Japanese destroyer.
A documentary about the USS Drum Submarine including interviews from World
War 2 Submarine Veterans is also being produced in co-operation with Battleship
Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama. Three of the USS Drum World War 2
Submarine Veterans featured in the Drum Documentary currently reside in south
Florida.
The movie’s core, crew members are residents of south
Florida: Ralph VILLANI/Director Producer; MikeTEUTSCH/SpecialFXCoordinator;
Jon SCHELLENGER/Director of Photography; Rob NORRIS/Producer- Chief
Sound Mixer; Jane VEREEN/Line Producer; Greg JOCOY/Data Specialist; Bob
Lutjen/Lighting Design; Jose HERRERA/Assistant Director of Photography; and
Alejandro MEJIA/Assistant Sound Mixer. The script was written by Lynanne
ROCKHILL, who also is a south Florida resident. Submarine Veteran Tom
BOWSER and Museum Curator Lesley WATERS are the consultants on the
ground in Mobile.
For more information on SEAVIPER the movie or the upcoming USS DRUM
documentary, please contact Rob Norris at (561) 352-5052 or Ralph Villani at (772)
215-5695. Or visit us online at www.seaviper.net. Press release courtesy of
SEAVIPER, LLC.