Here are locations that you can view Radio Free Albemuth online:

iTunes

YEKRA

Both found on the Radio Free Albemuth‘s web site.

Also, the film is available on [Your Local Cable Company’s] Video On Demand.

I also discovered the film on
Amazon Instant Video

I’m delighted to see that it is also still in theaters:

• South Lamar Theatre
  Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas
  Late Shows August 29 and August 30

• Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Opening August 29, Radio Free Albemuth will play for one week.

Tickets for both theatres are available at the Radio Free Albemuth Screenings page.

If there are other locations to view Radio Free Albemuth, please leave a comment and I’ll add them to the list. As far as I know, there are no more theaters scheduled to show the movie.

More information can be found at the Radio Free Albemuth Screenings page or at the Radio Free Albemuth Facebook page.

Here are the cities and theaters selected for the release of Radio Free Albemuth:

New York – Quad Theatre – New York City (Greenwich Village), NY 10011

Los Angeles – NoHo 7 Laemmle – North Hollywood, CA 91601

Chicago – The Logan Theatre – Chicago, IL 60647

Philadelphia – Frank Theatres Montgomeryville Stadium 12 – Lansdale, PA 19446

San Francisco – Rialto Cinema Elmwood – Berkeley, CA 94705

Atlanta – Plaza Atlanta Theatre – Atlanta, GA 30306

Seattle – Pickford Film Center – Bellingham, WA 98225

Phoenix – Harkins Valley Art Cinema – Tempe, AZ 85281

Minneapolis – The Heights Theater – Columbia Heights, MN 55421

Cleveland – Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes – Mentor, OH 44060

More information can be found at the Radio Free Albemuth site or at the Facebook page.

Up into now, the film Radio Free Albemuth has only been shown and available at special events like the Philip K. Dick Festival, the Hugo Awards at Worldcon, Science Fiction Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Seattle, and in the near future at the Indie Night Series at Lincoln Center Film Society in New York.

The film has received excellent reviews and when screening the film, it has received an enthusiastic response. Unfortunately the major distribution companies have not selected this film for wide spread release. The filmmakers believe that there is an audience who would like to view Radio Free Albemuth, and have been trying since 2010 (when the film was completed) to show the film as often as was possible but many potential audience members are still denied access to see it. I am one of these frustrated potential audience members who because of geography, haven’t been able to attend any of the locations Radio Free Albemuth has been screened.

Because of these reasons the filmmakers have decided to try the self-distribution (DIY) route. Like many frustrated artists, writers, filmmakers, etc., they have created a Kickstarter project to raise the money to distribute Radio Free Albemuth to a wider audience. The link to the Kickstarter project is http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elizabethkarr/radio-free-albemuth-theatrical-release. Please help support the distribution of this film. From what I have heard and read it is the most faithful adaptation of any of Philip K. Dick’s novels.

Here are some links for more information about Radio Free Albemuth not coming from the filmmakers:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129396/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Albemuth_%28film%29

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/radio_free_albemuth_2011/

The filmmakers have been advertising Radio Free Albemuth in social media in addition to the press they receive at the events where the film is shown.:

http://www.radiofreealbemuth.com/

http://www.facebook.com/rfamovie

http://twitter.com/rfamovie

Click on the image below to play a short from the filmmakers about this project:

I recently received an email from the filmmakers and promoters of Radio Free Albemuth with some great news and with an appeal for help from the movie’s fans (including anyone who hasn’t been able to see it yet but wants to like me). Here is what they wrote:

Radio Free Albemuth Release Plan (We need your help)

For Radio Free Albemuth Fans

Two Big News Items to Share!

RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH AT LINCOLN CENTER JUNE 4, 2013

Radio Free Albemuth has been selected to screen at Lincoln Center Film Society as part of their curated, prestigious ‘Indie Night’ Film Series on June 4. They are flying writer/director John Alan Simon in for conversation after the screening to be interviewed by producer Christin Vachon. If you are in New York City, we would love to see you there.

KICKSTARTING INTO THEATRICAL AND DIGITAL RELEASE

Even more important news – We are launching our Kickstarter campaign this weekend for RFA distribution.

It has been a long and winding road but we are finally ready to bring Radio Free Albemuth to the general public.

While we’ve had great receptions at every screening and special events we’ve played around the world, it’s became clear to us that if we want to release this film properly we would have to pursue the Hybrid distribution model – engineering the modest theatrical component ourselves for the publicity and reviews to maximize the digital release.

The Kickstarter campaign will raise the funds to play Radio Free Albemuth in theaters around the country and to release it on DVD and Digitally so that audiences can have the chance to see this film that’s already received glowing advance review from Variety and the PKD fan/sci-fi community.

Grass roots efforts like this depend on support from friends and fans of the film — especially early on in the campaign.

Tell your friends, family, and coworkers. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

We simply can’t reach our goal without your support in the outreach effort. Even to simply tell 5 friends about this film with an email link will make a big difference.

There will be cool rewards at every pledge level!

Any help blogging or promoting the campaign is much appreciated! If you have any suggestions and/or connections for places to reach out to PLEASE let us know.

Whatever you do is appreciated. You’ve helped make this moment possible. You’ll be the first to know when the campaign is launched!

We believe in the power of Philip K Dick’s story and we think this has the ability to connect with both the loyal faithful reader and sci-fi fans as well those previously unaware of his work.

Thank you for all the love and support! We know we have the best fans out there!
Sincerely yours,

The Radio Free Albemuth Team
John Alan Simon
Chip Rosenbloom
Stephen Nemeth
Elizabeth Karr

A fan sent me a Philip K. Dickesque movie and asked if I could share it. I have embedded it here and put a link to it on the Multimedia page. The film is described by Ewan as “sort of a psychotic comedy about a man who seems to be trapped in a Philip K Dick novel.”

Dickhead from Mark Emmitt on Vimeo.

My comment: You had me involved in this movie until the hammer bit and then I was bored. I think by going outside Philip K. Dick plots and characters the ending doesn’t fit the rest of the movie.

If anyone else would like to provide feedback on the film, please leave a comment below.

From blogtalkradio:

Phillip K. Dick fans will love hearing about how director John Alan Simon transformed PKD’s vision into his movie by the same name as his novel. Alanis Morisette even stars! Find out more about this visionary director and what he has in store for the future. Learn more about this project at http://independentstreak.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sci-fi-spotlight-radio-free-albemuth.

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If the blogtalkradio.com player doesn’t work, you can go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiestreak/2012/02/12/interview-john-alan-simon-director-radio-free-albemuth to hear the interview.

Another story from  the Wall Street Journal blog this week about Ridley Scott.  A post titled “Ridley Scott Spills the Secrets of ‘Prometheus’”, his next movie which will be a science fiction movie and his first in several years.  I believe that it is a prequel to Alien.  I especially like this quote which also bears some relevance to the sequel to Blade Runner he’s developing:

“I think the reason why I haven’t attempted science fiction in a number of years is because I haven’t really come across a script that I really liked,” Scott says. “This developed and came out extremely well.”

The original article is posted here:

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/11/07/ridley-scott-spills-the-secrets-of-prometheus/

I have been cautiously optimistic when the news broke a few months ago about Ridley Scott directing another Blade Runner movie, only cautiously because I tend to be skeptical when sequels/prequels of great movies are made especially when they were not planned from the beginning like the Star Wars or the Matrix movies.  But there have been a few good sequels like Star Trek 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Superman 2, The Dark Knight,  The Road Warrior and The Silence of the Lambs (Yes!, look it up.).  There are more I could list but not lots and lots.

Blade Runner is my favorite movie of all time and I don’t want a pointless sequel to be made just to cash on the insurgency of Philip K. Dick in the public zeitgeist.  But I like all of Ridley Scott‘s science fiction movies and if he wasn’t directing, I would be hesitant.  Also this quote from the Wall Street Journal blog post “Ridley Scott Says He’ll Direct ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel”:  “Scott says the new “Blade Runner” project is moving ahead “not with the past cast, of course.” No Deckard? “No, not really,” he says.”

I’m encouraged that it’s going to be a sequel and not a prequel.  Who can replace Harrison Ford (and there’s no way to make him look that young again!)?  I’m impressed that Scott is making another movie in the universe and maybe something that is thematically similar.  Or even moving on to another related theme that he extracted from the first movie?  I’m not really sure but those are hopeful thoughts.

My feeling has moved from cautiously optimistic to looking forward to the movie.
The original article is posted here:

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/11/04/ridley-scott-says-he%E2%80%99ll-direct-%E2%80%98blade-runner%E2%80%99-sequel/