Jerry at the Netflix Movie Watching World Championship…

Our favorite indie film maker Jerry is one of the contestants trying to beat the world record in the Netflix Movie Watching comp that starts tomorrow, and runs through Tuesday. We are giving him a huge forum to sound off on..so below is his first blog, and future blogs to come…

Hey Movie Geeks,

My name is Jerry Cavallaro and I am a Movie Geek. If anyone wants some proof, I am competing in the Netflix Movie Watching World Championship tomorrow. If you don’t remember, this site reported on it about 2 weeks ago. I, along with 7 other people, will be locked in a glass cube set up in Times Square where we will pretty much do nothing except watch movies for 5+ days. My strategy for all of this? Tonight I am going to sleep as much as I can. Also, I am going to do anything to stay awake including energy drinks, protein bars, and running in my seat like Lloyd Christmas.

I found out about this contest just two weeks ago. I entered a video on their Facebook page and then on Wednesday they announced Matt Raub’s video as the winning entry. Then on Friday afternoon they notified me, while I was at work. Not much work got done after that. Just to be clear, Matt Raub is still in the competition, but I am now the final entrant. I’m not sure why they didn’t announce us together but I don’t really care. I’m just thrilled to be a part of this.

In fact, in about an hour I am leaving to go to the city to meet with the people from Netflix and meet the people I will be living with for a few days.. All of the little details will be discussed tonight but so far I am told that there are 2 porta-potties for 8 people. That scares the Sh*t out of me, which makes me even more nervous about the bathroom situation. I don’t really know all the details but I am really looking forward to this.. We have no idea what movies are being shown but hopefully they will screen at least a few of my suggestions. I also asked them to screen my film, Stuck Like Chuck, but I don’t think they are willing to do so. It would be very appropriate though since it is a comedy that’s mainly about 2 people stuck in a classroom. If you want to know more about it or see some trailers, check out www.AreYouStuckLikeChuck.com. The two newest videos are my interviews with Lloyd Kaufman and Kevin Smith.

If you live in New York or are visiting this week, try to stop by. I’ll be the one wearing the Stuck Like Chuck shirt. I’ll be sure to check back next week with an update on my experiences in the glass theater. Keep watching movies!

Jerry Cavallaro
www.AreYouStuckLikeChuck.com