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BRICK TOP PRODUCTIONS INC. Connecting Film and Capital

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  • 1. BRICK TOPPRODUCTIONS INC.Connecting Film and Capital

2. Experience Independent Film as an Insider If youve ever dreamed about being part of the movie business, this isyour opportunity! Brick Top opens up all the possibilities of theindependent film industry for you. As a Brick Top equity owner, youll enjoy a wide range of exclusiveperks and benefitsincluding access to industry events that offergreat opportunities to meet successful writers, directors, on-screentalent and our distinguished board of Brick Top Insiders. Most importantly, youll personally benefit from everything currentlyand anything that ever will be in the Brick Top Premiere Portfolio, ourshowcase of feature film and television projects. 3. What is Brick Top Productions? Brick Top is an independent film studio andfinancier with a member community of high-net-worth individuals who work together toproduce top-tier feature films and televisionshows. 4. The independent film phenomenon There is a definite consumer appetite forindependent filmand it continues to grow.Audiences are now demanding to seeindependent films at the local cinema. For years, the film industry has had barriers toentry, making it difficult to connectexperienced filmmakers with film enthusiasts 5. The solution We have created a new standard for independentfilmmaking by uniting an exclusive community ofqualified independent film enthusiasts with anindependent film studio and specialized filmfinanciers. Our team has proven experience inevery phase of television and filmmaking:Development, production, marketing anddistribution. We are actively engaged in bringingunique, compelling independent stories to the 6. THE BUSINESS : Brick Top, was organized for the purpose offinancing the production and distribution oftelevision Pilots and feature films that will belicensed for exploitation in domestic andinternational theatrical, television, cable,home video and pay per view markets. BrickTop has completed its first television pilot,and anticipates actively seeking additional 7. Independent Film Retailers 8. The Initial Project The Doorman Brick Top has just completed the financing,development, and production, of a televisionpilot titled The Doorman which was written anddirected by Nicholas Turturro, who also starred inthe project. 9. Nicholas Turturro Nicholas is an American film, television and prolific on-stagecharacter actor, perhaps best known for his role as Dennis Franzsand Gordon Clapps rookie plainclothes partner, Sgt. James Martinez,on NYPD Blue (a role he played from 1993 to 2000). Nicholasgarnered an Emmy nomination for playing Officer/Det./Sgt. JamesMartinez on the TV program NYPD Blue, where he sparked awonderful on and off screen chemistry between both Franz & Clappand became a favorite among younger viewers. His list of creditsinclude portraying Al Capone in The Young Indiana Jones Chroniclesand playing the role of "Brucie" in the 2005 remake of The LongestYard as well as "Renaldo" in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. 10. Filmography 11. Michael Badalucco Michael is the son of Joe Badalucco, a movie set carpenter, and Jean, a homemaker. Known for being shy, he nonetheless found he could have a release by acting in school productions. He attended the State University of New York at New Paltz. For two decades he worked as a prop master on New York-based movies. He caught the occasional minor acting role along the way. He was noticed on the set of Michelle Pfeiffers One Fine Day (1996) movie set. She touted him to her husband, David E. Kelley for "The Practice" (1997) television series he was putting together. Initially, Michael was just being considered for one episode as a flasher, but his permanent role as "Jimmy" quickly materialized. 12. Anthony DeSando Anthony De Sando (born December 4, 1965), also known as Anthony Joseph De Santis, isan American actor. He is of Italian descent, his grandparents were immigrants from thesouthern Italian regions, they emigrated due to better work opportunities to the UnitedStates. De Sando is often being displayed as a jocker and dappered villain in mob filmssuch as New Jack City. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has appeared in such television series as L.A.Law, Crossing Jordan, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace and Sex and the City. One of his mostprominent roles is Brendan Filone in The Sopranos. He also starred in A Day In Black AndWhite and co-starred in the movies Cement, Beer League and The Whole Shebang. Healso did the voice of Reggie in The Sopranos: Road to Respect video game. Recently heappeared as a character in Dito Montiels films A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints andFighting. 13. Vincent Pastore Welcome to the world of Vincent Pastore. A former bar owner from New Rochelle,New York, Vincent discovered acting late in life (at the insistence of Matt Dillon andhis brother Kevin) and since it has become his calling. A versatile actor, he hasappeared on Broadway in the smash hit, "Chicago" as Amos Hart. Having appearedin several movies including "Revolver", "Gotti", "This Thing of Ours", "Mickey BlueEyes", "Mafia", "The Jerky Boys", "Made", "Two Family House" and "Hurricane" withDenzel Washington (to name a few). Vincent is also a familiar face on television.Besides playing the character, Big Pussy Bonpensiero, on "The Sopranos", Vincenthas also made television appearances on NBCs "Ed", VH1s "Celebrity Fit Club", "ThePractice", "Witness to the Mob", "Law & Order", the Soap Opera, "One Life to Live","Americas Most Wanted", and "Vegas" and more recently Donald Trumps "CelebrityApprentice". Besides all this, he has also found the time to be the host on the RepoMan television series, traveling all over the United States, to recover unpaid secureddebts. 14. Danny Hoch is an actor, playwright and director whose plays have garnered many awards including aGuggenheim Fellowship, 2 OBIEs, an NEA Solo Theatre Fellowship, 2 Sundance Fellowships,the CalArts/Alpert Award In Theatre and a Tennessee Williams Fellowship. His plays havetoured to 50 U.S. cities and 15 countries. He is a Senior Fellow at the New Schools Vera ListCenter For Art & Politics and his writings on hip-hop, race and class have appeared in TheVillage Voice, New York Times, Harpers, The Nation, American Theatre, and various books:Out Of Character, Extreme Exposure, Creating Your Own Monologue and Total Chaos. His bookJails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop is in its second printing by Villard Books/Random House.His writing and acting credits for television and film include Bamboozled, Washington Heights,Prison Song, Some People, Subway Stories, Thin Red Line, Whiteboys, Blackhawk Down,American Splendor, War Of The Worlds, Lucky You, We Own The Night, HBO Def Poetry and thefilm version of Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop.In 2000 Mr. Hoch founded the Hip-Hop Theater Festival which has since presented over 100Hip-Hop Generation plays from around the globe and now appears annually in severalAmerican cities. He directed Will Powers Flow (New York Theatre Workshop), Paul FloresRepresenta (Mission Cultural Center), and his own Till The Break Of Dawn (Abrons Arts Center).He was the 2007 Sundance Theatre Labs Playwright-In-Residence and was awarded a 2008Guggenheim Fellowship for Drama. His latest play Taking Over, about gentrification in NewYork City premiered at The Public Theater in November 2008 after a free tour of Brooklyn,Queens and the Bronx. 15. Bobby Cannavale Cannavale began his acting career in the theater with no acting training and gainedearly film roles in Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) and The Bone Collector (1999),Cannavale became well-known when he starred as Bobby Caffey for two seasons on ThirdWatch. Following this, in 2001, he starred with Alan Arkin in 100 Centre Street whichwas written and directed by Sidney Lumet, his then-father-in-law. In 2002, he joined the cast of Ally McBeal for the last five episodes but the show was thencancelled. Following this, he starred with Yancey Arias and Sheryl Lee in the miniseriesKingpin. In 2003, Cannavale briefly appeared on the last two episodes of Oz. From 2004to 2006, he had a recurring guest role on Will & Grace as Vince DAngelo, the first long-term boyfriend for Will (Eric McCormack) on the show. For this role, he won his firstEmmy Award as "Outstanding Guest Star in a Comedy Series" in 2005. He has alsoappeared in the films Snakes on a Plane, The Guru (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004) andRomance & Cigarettes (2005), and guest starred in Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Oz,Law & Order - and its spin-off series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order:Special Victims Unit. He appeared in The Take (2007) alongside John Leguizamo andTyrese Gibson, as Agent Steve Perelli. 16. Description of the Pilot The Doorman is an urban dramatic comedy set inNew York City. It is centered on the lifeexperiences of a doorman at a historic andupscale Central Park South hotel. The doormanand his colorful cast of friends, throughinteractions with one another and the hotelsupper class celebrity and high society guests,provide a unique perspective of everyday life inthe big city and of the similarities and distinctionsbetween the classes. Nicholas Turturro describes 17. On location: The Doorman set 18. Current projects Brick Top is currently in the developmentalstages of its next project a major featurelength film. There is in fact a limitedopportunity for investors to get involved atthe ground level and to participate in thebenefit of the revenue generated by this andall other future projects produced andacquired by Brick Top. 19. Investment Brick Top is currently in the process of filing aregistration statement to become a publiclytraded company on the OTC Bulletin Board. There is only a limited opportunity to purchaseequity ownership in Brick Top prior to its tradingpublicly. Equity is being offered at $1.00 per share until 20. Result Now imagine having had equity in a film suchas: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which cost$450,000 to make and has since returnedupwards of over $368 million. Or a television show such as Seinfeld orFriends. These are just a few examples of low budget 21. Vision Now imagine one step further, having hadequity in companies such as the followingprior to their becoming public: 22. Other Public Film Companies DreamWorks Animation: Opened in the $30range, traded to over $43, earning $1.23 pershare with a 2.7 billion dollar market cap. Lions Gate Entertainment: Opened around$1.50, traded to over $12 with a 1.1 billiondollar market cap. Regal Entertainment Group: Opened around$17, traded to over $25, earning .36 cents per