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    The Business

    Marketing ‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’

    When husband and wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly were preparing to make their second film, Beneath the Harvest Sky, they came up with an unusual plan to distribute and market the movie before one frame was even shot. Their idea involved squeezing money, in this case, out of potatoes. KCRW producer Jenny Radelet has the story.

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    By Kim Masters • Jun 27, 2014 • 1 min read

    When husband and wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly were preparing to make their second film, Beneath the Harvest Sky, they came up with an unusual plan to distribute and market the movie before one frame was even shot. Their idea involved squeezing money, in this case, out of potatoes. KCRW producer Jenny Radelet has the story.

    Potato chips used as a marketing tool for 'Beneath the Harvest Sky'

    Potato chips used as a marketing tool for 'Beneath the Harvest Sky'

    'Beneath the Harvest Sky' promo featured on JetBlue airlines

    'Beneath the Harvest Sky' filmmakers Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Jenny Radelet

      former producer, KCRW's Independent Producer Project

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Funding 'Citizen Koch'; Creative Indie Film Marketing
    1. 0:51Hollywood News Banter
    2. 7:40'Citizen Koch'
    3. 21:49Marketing ‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’You’re reading this
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