Hey Park Maitland Parents:
Follow the Yellow Rick Road!
A Blog About A New All-Access Documentary
Starring Rick Springfield and His Devoted Fans
Written By Melanie Lentz-Janney (Drake Bal’s mom, 3-Red)
Yellow Rick Road Productions, Executive Producer
While I was a sophomore at Trinity Prep back in 1981, I went to a Rick Springfield concert and was absolutely transformed. I studied his tour program and swore to anyone who would listen to me that one day I would work with him. In 2010, that dream became a reality when I spent 7 months on the road with Rick producing a film about holding on to our dreams.
Many of Rick Springfield’s fans lost sight of him in the mid-80s. I never did. In the last few years, I discovered thousands and thousands of other people who felt the same way I did. Unfortunately, most people know Rick as the soap star who had that one hit “Jessie’s Girl.” When in fact, Rick has had 17 top 40 hits, was a HUGE star in Australia in the 1960s, had a #1 hit and a cartoon starring Rick in the early 1970s, and writes all of his own music.
Having been a publicist for most of my career, it has been a mission of mine to let the world see what Rick’s loyal fans have known for years. Rick Springfield is an amazing talent as well as a great human being, who has made and continues to make a positive impact on so many of people’s lives.
Here lies the premise of my new all-access feature documentary. Tentatively titled, “An Affair of the Heart”, the film sheds light on just what it means to be a devoted fan and the power of music in our lives.
Filming of our documentary began in Milwaukee the beginning of May 2010 and ended on the 3rd Annual Rick Springfield and Friends Cruise in mid November 2010. Our company is called Yellow Rick Road Productions and my partner is Sylvia Caminer, an award winning producer/director who has spent the past few years working on feature documentaries.
Our production crew followed Rick to Milwaukee, Dallas, New York City, Europe (Sweden, Norway, Germany), Chicago, upstate New York, central New Jersey, Los Angeles, and to Rick’s home in Malibu. We filmed his concerts, his book tour (he became a New York Times Best-Selling Author with the release of his memoir, “Late, Late at Night” in October 2010) and interviewed fans of all ages and both sexes (professionals, parents, actors, friends of Rick’s and, of course, Rick).
There is a VIP website set up where members get a behind the scenes look at he making of our film. The lifetime fee for membership is $49.95 and offers VIP’s exclusive stories, photos, videos, as well as special member only news, contests, and merchandise opportunities. All money raised on this site and through any of our fan-funding efforts is directly applied to our production costs. The VIP website address is www.rickspringfielddoc.com/vip-crew-access.
In addition, to stay current with the filming process, you may follow the “Yellow Rick Road” on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for free. Just do a search on those specific sites or go to our official website www.rickspringfielddoc.com and click on the social media icons located on the upper right side of the home page.
We are currently editing our film, which will be released later this year. We plan to debut it at a top international film festival, followed by broadcasting on a national cable television network outlet, and then distributed through DVD sales and rentals.
You may watch a 9-minute teaser of our film at www.rickspringfielddoc.com.
We are still looking for investors. If you would like more information, please email me at Melanie@yellowrickroad.com.
A special thanks to Mary Margaret for asking me to write this blog.
