Dollar Babies

From Wikipedia

The Dollar Baby (also sometimes referred to as the Dollar Deal) is a term coined by best-selling author Stephen King in reference to a select group of students and aspiring filmmakers or theatre producers for whom he has granted permission to adapt one of his short stories for the sole consideration of one dollar ($1). The term is used interchangeably to refer to the film or play itself, or the maker (for example, “The Sun Dog” was made as a Dollar Baby, or writer/director Frank Darabont was a Dollar Baby). The production budgets range from a few hundred dollars to over $60,000 (Umney’s Last Case) and the film formats range from home video to professional 35 mm film.

This list includes all known Dollar Baby films, the directors, format, length and production budget when available. Where possible, links are provided to the films’ official websites.

  • The Boogeyman (1982) by Jeff Schiro (16 mm 29 minutes $20,000)
  • Disciples of the Crow (1983) by John Woodward (30 minutes)
  • The Woman in the Room (1983) by Frank Darabont (35 mm 32 minutes $35,000)
  • Srajenie (The Battle) (1986) by Mikhail Titov (animation 10 minutes RUR 5,000)
  • Last Rung on the Ladder (1987) by James Cole and Dan Thron (Super8 mm 12 minutes $1,500)
  • The Lawnmower Man (1987) by James Gonis (16 mm 12 minutes $5,000)
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers (1996) by Andrew Newman (musical based)
  • Shalt Thou Shew Wonders to the Dead? (Nona)(1997) by Julien Magnat (20 minutes)
  • Llamadas (Sorry, Right Number) (1999) by Daniel Yañez (8 minutes)
  • Paranoid (2000) by Jay Holben (35 mm 8 minutes $3,000)
  • Night Surf (2001) by Peter Sullivan (DV 30 minutes $2,000)
  • Strawberry Spring (2001) by Doveed Linder (35 mm 8 minutes)
  • Rainy Season (2002) by Nick Wauters (24p HD 15 minutes $10,000)
  • Autopsy Room Four (2003) by Stephen Zakman (22 minutes)
  • Here There Be Tygers (2003) by James Cochrane (DV 12 minutes $100)
  • The Man in the Black Suit (2003) by Nicholas Mariani (20 minutes)
  • All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2004) by James Renner (26 minutes)
  • All That You Love (2004) by Scott Albanese (35 mm 15 minutes $23,000)
  • Stephen King’s Gotham Cafe (2004) by Jack Sawyers
  • The Gunslinger (Roland Meets the Dweller) (2004) by Robert David Cochrane (DV 4 minutes)
  • Luckey Quarter (2004) by Robert David Cochrane (35 mm 11 minutes $10,000)
  • The Secret Transit Codes of America’s Highways (2004) by Brian Berkowitz (15 minutes $1,500)
  • Shining bunnies (The shining film parody) (2004) by Jennifer Shiman (30 seconds)
  • Minimum overdrive (Maximum overdrive film parody) (2004) by Liam Engle (13,50 minutes)
  • The Boogeyman (Play) (2005) by Graham Rees (60 minutes)
  • All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2005) by Anthony Kaneaster
  • El Sueño de Harvey (Harvey’s Dream) (2005) Rodolfo Weisskirch (Mini DV 35 minutes $350)
  • Home Delivery: Servicio a Domicilio (2005) by Elio Quiroga (animation 11 minutes €190,000)
  • I Know What You Need (2005) by Shawn S. Lealos (Mini DV 40 minutes $1,500)
  • La Femme Dans la Chambre (The Woman in the Room) (2005) by Damien Maric (Mini DV 13 minutes €10,000)
  • The Road Virus Heads North (2005) by Dave Brock (21 minutes $10,000)
  • Sorry, Right Number (2005) by Brian Berkowitz (19 minutes $30,000)
  • Suffer the Little Children (2005) by Bernardo Villela (DV )
  • All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2005) by Mark Montalto
  • Suffer the little children (The bathroom scene) (2005) by Ryan Hannigan (6,56 minutes)
  • Suppr. (Word processor of the gods) (2005) by Nicolas Heurtel (15 minutes)
  • The Walking Ghost (The Gunslinger) (2006) by Sarah Sterchele (12 minutes 16mm)
  • Umney’s Last Case (2006) by Rodney Altman (35 mm/16 mm 18 minutes $60,000)
  • Le croque mitaine(The Boogeyman) (2006) by Giuliano Dinocca
  • Tyger (Here there be tygers) (2006) by Leyla Everaers (16mm 10 minutes €3,000)
  • Je suis la passerelle(I am the Doorway) (2006) by Giuliano Dinocca
  • Popsy (2006) by Brian Haynes (24 minutes)
  • Lovecraft’s pillow (2006) by Mark Steensland (10 minutes)
  • In the cutting room (Autopsy room four) (2006) by Tyson Steigers (15,17 minutes)
  • Night Surf (2007) by Samuel Vary (DV 10 minutes)
  • Livraisons matinales (Morning deliveries) (2007) by Florent Mack (animation, 4 minutes)
  • All That You Love (2007) by Natalie Mooallem (DV 15 minutes $)
  • Word processor of the gods ( Made with “The Sims 2 game”) (2007) by Bret Black (7 minutes)
  • Night Surf (2007) by Stephen William Parkhurst (DV, 18 minutes)
  • Paul’s Dream (Harvey’s Dream) (2007) by Ben Lawrence (11,23 minutes)
  • Todo es eventual (Everything’s eventual) (2007) by Sergio Sánchez (8 minutes)
  • El colegio (Suffer the little children) (2007) by Gervasio Viola (9,18 minutes)
  • All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2008) by Chi Laughlin (HDV, 10 minutes $180)
  • Autopsy room four (2008) by Dave Gallant (7,02 minutes)
  • The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (2008) by Ian Klink
  • The Blood Brothers present… The Master of Horror (2008) An evening of theatrical adaptations including Nona by James Comtois, Quitters Inc. by Qui Nguyen, In the Deathroom by Mac Rogers and Paranoid: A Chant by The Blood Brothers, directed by Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer
  • El execrado (The man who would not shake hands)(2008) by Jairo Arturo Gómez (24,17 minutes)
  • The talisman (The hotel room) (2008) by Mathieu Ratthe (6, 32 minutes)
  • In the Deathroom (2009) by Luke Cheney – Completed
  • In The Deathroom by Joe Leavell – Completed. Under $3,000 production. Winner of Honolulu film fest 2010
  • My Pretty Pony (2009) by Mikhail Tank – Completed (HD/SAG/$500/4.4 minutes) Watch Teaser
  • Here There Be Tigers (2009) by Aaron Botwick & Joshua Meadow – Completed (16mm/$500)
  • In the Deathroom (2009) by Joe Leavell – Completed
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers (2009) by Christopher Harrison – Completed
  • Il dito (The moving finger)(2009) by Fulvio Risuleo (6,27 minutes)
  • Everything’s Eventual (2009) by J.P. Scott – Completed (RED 4k / $45,000 / 78 minutes)
  • Popsy (2009) by Mattson Tomlin – Completed (9 minutes)
  • Cain Rose Up (2010) by Jeven Dovey – Completed
  • Flowers for Norma (The Man Who Loved Flowers) (2010) by Juan Pablo Reinoso – Completed
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers (2010) by Christopher Harrison – Completed
  • Cain Rose Up (2010) by Robert W. Livings – Completed
  • Everything’s Eventual (2010) by Maxwell Heesch – In Post-Production (Canon 7D / $400 / 10 minutes (est.)

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