Go Kart sent us the following:
We here at Go-Kart Records are extremly proud to annouce that we have started a new division called Go-kart Films (took us awhile to come up with that). While Hollywood continues to churn out limp TV remakes and soulless, big-budget blockbusters, thousands upon thousands of unique visions continue to thrive in independent filmmaking communities around the globe. Many of these don't fit into Hollywoods preconceived idea of what should and shouldn't be released, and because of that, we felt compelled to start Go-kart Films.
The first film project is the award-winning documentary, Horns and Halos by Michael Galinski and Suki Hawley.
HORNS AND HALOS captures the unlikely connection of three men - an ex-con biographer, a janitor turned publisher, and U.S. President George W. Bush - whose paths to power and popularity become tangled in a controversial book.
In October 1999, an article appeared in the New York Times indicating that publisher St. Martin*s Press had recalled FORTUNATE SON, the first published biography of George W. Bush, when it was revealed that the author, J.H.Hatfield, had been convicted for trying to murder a co-worker. At the time of its recall, the book was a bestseller, no doubt due to the book*s allegations that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession in 1972.
Several weeks later, small underground imprint Soft Skull Press, led by the self-styled *punk of publishing,* Sander Hicks, announced that it would re-publish the book. Set against the backdrop of the fierce 2000 presidential campaign, Horns and Halos follows Hatfield and Hicks as they battle lawyers, media, and mounting debt to get FORTUNATE SON back on shelves. After months of lawsuits, bad press and financial ruin, Soft Skull attempts to make a splash at the Book Expo of America, as Hatfield reluctantly reveals his sources for the book*s cocaine allegations. The consequences are explosive and, in light of current events (see book by Kitty Kelly), are more enlightening than ever.
The film, which has already recieved outstanding reviews from numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Variety, and The Village Voice, is now available as a 2-DVD set, loaded with extra features.