It's been just over a year now since we finished principal photography on May 16, 2008. We've finally finished post-production, and it's time to hit the festival circuit ! It's exciting to finally be at this point after so many months of work. We've got quite a lineup of film festivals to enter, and are crossing our fingers for some of the big ones! Be sure to visit the trailer page for a sneak peek of the movie. Also, check out the director's journal, online newsletters, photo galleries, and crew page. More to come, so check back often! Marbles with Thoreau is a short film inspired by Henry David Thoreau's classic book, Walden. The feature length film is in development. NEWS - MAY 20, 2009 - FEATURE FILM ON THE HORIZON? Big news! Reel Life Media has expressed interest in producing the feature-length version of Marbles with Thoreau! First step is to get a finished script on the table so we can begin negotiations. Read the juicy details and find out how you can help! NEWS - OCTOBER 3, 2008 - MARBLES FEATURED IN VARIETY MAGAZINE Variety Magazine's Youth Impact Report featured Skylar Nelson and her work in Marbles! The issue was released on October 3. Congratulations, Skylar! Read more... THE STORY Ace and Eva Calloway, two children living in the slums just outside a small town in Massachusetts, run off one day to explore the woods near Walden Pond. They stumble across an old cabin hidden deep in the forest. Creeping closer they soon discvoer that the cabin is in fact occupied. They have just made the acquaintance of none other than Henry David Thoreau. As Ace and Eva enter the whimsical world of this 19th century genius, they live in the midst of poverty. Thoreau endeavors to show them that htey are rich already, "if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days," and to teach them how to "live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." > WHO WAS THOREAU? Henry David Thoreau – American author, essayist, poet, and philosopher – was born July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. At an early age Thoreau developed a deep appreciation for the beauty and solitude of nature. In 1845 he built a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond, where he began his famous “experiment” in living. For a period of two years he lived alone, worked the land, and survived on as little money as possible, wishing to have his time free and clear to study, write, and mediate. He recorded his experiences in Walden, now a masterpiece in American literature. “I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear,” he writes. “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” Walden was an inspiration to Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and thousands of others around the world. Thoreau’s additional literary works fill over twenty volumes. "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." - Henry David Thoreau Copyright 2009 Handwritten Pictures