The 41st Day just posted an update and they are looking for another $20,000 to finish up the project. Did anyone donate to this and what are the odds anyone puts more money into this with the lack of information in addition to Hall's lack of performances? The four children they adopted adds a twist to it but at this point its gone from medal contender to washed up runner and father of four which would be like many people on the message boards today.
They want MORE money for a project that was supposed to be done years ago? What a joke! Anyone else think this is all just a scam???
They raised $58k and now are asking for a total of $77,000 to get them to the end of the trials where they claim the film will conclude regardless of the outcome.
They are simply scamming people out of money. They don't have to report to anyone
I donated $25 originally, so I would get a DVD when it finally comes out. I recently got the email about concluding the film at the 2016 trials regardless of the outcome.
My $0.02 is that they were hoping Hall would medal at London, and that would offer a fitting conclusion to the documentary. From there, things just snowballed downhill really quickly for Hall and the way they originally intended on twisting the movie (showing Hall's successes, fast times, faith, family, etc.) was thrown to the wind partially due to Hall's lackluster performances. They had to rethink the whole process on how to create the movie and will likely be shown differently than the producers originally intended. Now, the outcome of the 2016 trials is not as important for them. I'm still very interested in seeing how this turns out. It's now expected to be released in 'early 2017'. For the record, I don't see Hall being relevant at all at the trials.
The email I got didn't mention anything about asking for more money, however, it states that "...we need your support and optimism..." Due to the increased timeline alone, it doesn't surprise me that they need more money.
They just had a "new goal" or something that wanted to bump the funding to $75k. The founder mentions he worked in a cubicle but now he's living the dream... Getting paid for not producing certainly is. Both he and Hall have got that figured out!
They should have taped that 23 Miler @ 5:17 pace at 9000 feet in Ethiopia. But he could have finished the last 3 miles to make it 26, and call it his last good workout. Then take his T count and put it in the film.
We will see. They have had $75 of my money since 2012. It will take a DVD in my hand before I am convinced that this was not a scam.
They are not asking for $20k more and Tim is not living any lavish lifestyle from your or anyone else's $25. Thankfully the end is in sight.
Serious question, why would anyone donate money to this project? Unless I am missing something, it's not a charity and you don't get a piece of any possible profits. What motivates you to donate to this?
I have the same question - if the producers thought that the film was a viable project, they would be able to get funding or a loan for it. Asking the community to support something that is a complete unknown after this long is crazy.
I've heard from people who dealt with him elsewhere that the guy Tim is a complete flake and not dependable.
Unfortunately I heard this after I had already given my $25. It definitely turned me off the whole kickstarter thing. At the time I was thinking, I'll support Ryan Hall and this project and get a DVD out of it, good deal. Now almost 4-years later, nothing to show for it. You'd think he could have put out a couple short trailers or "teaser" clips at least. Something to show he's been doing something with our money.
Oh well, 25 bucks I won't see again, it's not the end of the world. But I certainly won't be donating more money.
Not Cool Bro wrote:
I've heard from people who dealt with him elsewhere that the guy Tim is a complete flake and not dependable.
Unfortunately I heard this after I had already given my $25. It definitely turned me off the whole kickstarter thing. At the time I was thinking, I'll support Ryan Hall and this project and get a DVD out of it, good deal. Now almost 4-years later, nothing to show for it. You'd think he could have put out a couple short trailers or "teaser" clips at least. Something to show he's been doing something with our money.
Oh well, 25 bucks I won't see again, it's not the end of the world. But I certainly won't be donating more money.
This.
I was a backer on kickstarter for the Roger Bannister documentary celebrating the 60th anniversary (2014) of the sub 4 minute mile. Well, 2015 is almost over and I still don't have the DVD I was promised. They also haven't given an update since July 2014.
Kickstarter is a great website for con artists.
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