Introduction

English

Amongst the Pre-Event we organized for fund raising and awareness of “PEARL JAM TWENTY” Screening, our partner notify me that posters for PJ20 are ready. We were checking out the posters and realized that it still needs its white border cut out. But the Standing Banners are ready to display and we planned to display it in the middle of Perfect Ten’s set.

While we are discussing it, a friend notify us that Indonesia has officially been listed on “PJ20″ Screening List (http://www.pj20.com/screenings/.) We were overcame with joy. We checked official Twitter @PearlJam tweet and on the “PJ20″ website. It’s true. It’s no coincidence that the Standing Banner and the announcement arrived at the same time. As if it’s meant to be.

To other countries maybe an official “PJ20″ screening is no big deal. Heck, maybe even a Pearl Jam concert in their country is not a big deal.

Not with us, Indonesian fans of Pearl Jam. We have been waiting for anything official from Pearl Jam to be held in our soils. And to have “PJ20″ officially screened in Jakarta Indonesia means that now Indonesia is recognized, with far larger hope and conviction that one day we can dance and sing with the presence of a Pearl Jam concert. In Indonesia.

“We’re faithfull!”

Indonesia

Di tengah acara Pre-Event yang kami organisir untuk penggalangan dana dan awareness penayangan “PEARL JAM TWENTY”, partner kami memberitahukan bahwa poster “PJ20″ sudah jadi. Kami kemudian memeriksa posternya dan menyadari bahwa masih perlu dipotong pinggiran putihnya. Tetapi Standing Banner ”PJ20″ sudah siap untuk dipajang dan kami berencana untuk memasangnya di saat ‘break‘ performance Perfect Ten.

saat kami sedang mendiskusikannya, seorang teman memberitahu kami bahwa Indonesia telah resmi masuk dalam “PJ20″ Screening List (http://www.pj20.com/screenings/.) Kami merasa sangat bahagia. Kami lalu memeriksa tweet dari Twitter resmi @PearlJam dan juga website “PJ20″. Ternyata benar. Bukan kebetulan jikaStanding Banner dan pengumuman itu tiba dalam waktu bersamaan. Seakan sudah takdirnya.

Untuk negara lain mungkin “PJ20″ Screening resmi bukan hal yang besar. Bahkan mungkin konser Pearl Jam di negara mereka bukan hal yang besar.

Tidak dengan kami, fans Pearl Jam di Indonesia. Kami telah menunggu apapun yang resmi dari Pearl Jam untuk diselenggarakan di tanah air kami. Dan dengan “PJ20″ Screening secara resmi di Jakarta Indonesia memiliki arti bahwa sekarang Indonesia diakui, dengan harapan dan keyakinan yang jauh lebih besar bahwa suatu hari kami dapat berdansa dan bernyanyi bersama di dalam sebuah konser Pearl Jam. Di Indonesia.

“We’re faithfull!” (“Kami percaya!”)

Press Release

“PEARL JAM TWENTY” Worldwide Screening – Jakarta

English

“PEARL JAM Twenty” / “PJ20″ (http://PJ20.com) is a documentary about 20 years-long career American rock band PEARL JAM, directed by Cameron Crowe, a former journalist who became an Academy Award winning director. His works include: Singles, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous and others. One could say his work on “PJ20″ is unique because in addition of always having a musical approach in his works, Cameron Crowe is personally close to the Pearl Jam band since the beginning of their careers.

“PJ20″ scheduled to be played simultaneously throughout the world (http://PJ20.com/screenings/) on one day only, September 20, 2011. In addition to PJ20 film, the 20th anniversary of PEARL JAM will be also also celebrated by anniversary festival “PJ20″ Destination Weekend on 2-3 September 2011 in Alpine Valley, East Troy, USA. Additionally, “PJ20″ movie soundtrack & the book “PEARL JAM TWENTY” will be released.

PEARL JAM INDONESIA (PJ-ID) is a PEARL JAM fans group based in Indonesia. Starting from early 2000s with blogs and mailing list, bringing together PEARL JAM fans in Indonesia, then evolved into a gatherings, PEARL JAM tribute events (Pearl Jam Night 1-5, Acoustology 1-2) and then now venturing into social media: Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/4941612301/) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/pj_id/) with the one thing as glue that stick us together: excessive (but pleasant) love for PEARL JAM.

Several times the PJ-ID launched a campaign and voicing their aspirations for PEARL JAM concerts in Indonesia and has not produced results. As if the name Indonesia was not detected by the management of PEARL JAM. When the emerging discourse of the film “PJ20″ will be broadcast simultaneously around the world, we are still passive, hoping that the name Indonesia will appear in the PJ20 Screening List. Until then, it was announced that our neighboring country Singapore will screen PJ20 with 4 theaters in one network sineplex, then we reacted.

We tried to contact various parties, both networks cineplex in Singapore up to the Production Company movie “PJ20″ (Vinyl Films). Then we are partnering with BIOSKOP MERDEKA (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bioskop-Merdeka/151182701566666) who happened to be our college friends and had been in the film industry for long. Together we tried to contact concerned parties in the international distribution of the film “PJ20″, which brought a light of hope. In organizing the event this big (at least for us), we have also partnered with HEAVEN RECORDS (http://heavenrec.com/) that have been experienced in Event Organizing industry in general, and the music industry in particular.

Negotiations for the screening of “PJ20″ Indonesia’s was pretty hard, until finally we got the deal by independently importing the film with logical consequences as in business as usual. The cost of imported films should be our own responsibility, we must seek sponsorship funding and it will the impact on ticket prices. We are also doing community support by organizing fundraising events, donations and merchandise sale.

Our goal: to bring the film “PJ20″ to Indonesia and watch it together so that we have equal rights to enjoy PEARL JAM as other PEARL JAM fans in other parts of the world. We also aim to be heard by PEARL JAM management and PEARL JAM will play in a concert in Indonesia.

Indonesian

“PEARL JAM TWENTY” / “PJ20″ (http://PJ20.com) adalah film dokumenter tentang 20 tahun perjalanan karir band rock Amerika PEARL JAM yang disutradarai oleh Cameron Crowe, seorang mantan jurnalis yang menjadi sutradara pemenang Academy Award. Karya-karyanya antara lain: Singles, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous dan lain-lain. “PJ20″ bisa dibilang karyanya yang unik karena selain selalu mengadakan pendekatan musikal dalam karya filmnya, Cameron Crowe secara pribadi dekat dengan Pearl Jam sejak awal karir band mereka.

“PJ20″ rencananya akan diputar serentak di seluruh dunia (http://PJ20.com/screenings/) pada satu hari saja, tanggal 20 September 2011. Selain film PJ20, ulang tahun ke-20 PEARL JAM juga turut dimeriahkan oleh konser Anniversary PJ20 Destination Weekend yang berlangsung 2-3 September 2011 lalu di Alpine Valley, East Troy, USA. Selain itu akan diluncurkan juga soundtrack film “PJ20″, buku “PEARL JAM TWENTY”

PEARL JAM INDONESIA (PJ-ID) adalah kelompok fans PEARL JAM yang berbasis di Indonesia. Dimulai sejak awal tahun 2000an dengan dimulai dari blog dan maling list, mulai mempertemukan fans PEARL JAM di Indonesia, kemudian berkembang menjadi Gathering, event tribute PEARL JAM (Pearl Jam Night 1-5, Acoustology 1-2) dan kemudian sekarang merambah ke social media Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/4941612301/) dan Twitter (http://twitter.com/pj_id/) dengan satu hal yang menjadi perekat: kecintaan yang berlebihan tapi menyenangkan kepada PEARL JAM.

Beberapa kali PJ-ID mengadakan kampanye dan menyuarakan aspirasinya agar PEARL JAM mengadakan konser di Indonesia dan belum membuahkan hasil. Seakan nama Indonesia tidak terdeteksi oleh manajemen PEARL JAM. Saat muncul wacana film “PJ20″ akan ditayangkan serentak di seluruh dunia, kami pun masih pasif, berharap bahwa nama Indonesia akan muncul dalam list Screening PJ20. Sampai saat diumumkan bahwa negara jiran Singapore akan menayangkan PJ20 pada 4 teater di salah satu jaringan sineplex, kami baru bereaksi.

Kami mencoba menghubungi berbagai pihak, baik jaringan sinepleks di Singapore tersebut hingga ke Production Company film “PJ20″. Sampai kemudian kami bermitra dengan BIOSKOP MERDEKA (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bioskop-Merdeka/151182701566666) yang kebetulan teman kuliah dan sudah lama berkecimpung dalam industri perfilman. Bersama kami mencoba menghubungi pihak berkepentingan dalam distribusi internasional film “PJ20″, hingga mendatangkan secercah harapan. dalam penyelenggaraan event (yang bagi kami) besar ini, kami juga bermitra dengan HEAVEN RECORDS (http://heavenrec.com/) yang sudah berpengalaman dalam industri Event Organizing pada umumnya, dan industri musik pada khususnya.

Negosiasi untuk screening “PJ20″ di Indonesia berjalan lumayan sulit, sampai akhirnya kami mendapatkan kesepakatan dengan cara mendatangkan film tersebut secara Independen dengan konsekuensi logis halnya dalam bisnis seperti biasa. Biaya import film harus kami tanggung sendiri, kami harus mencari pihak sponsor penyandang dana dan berdampak kepada harga tiket. Kami secara komunitas juga mengusahakan penggalangan dana dengan penyelenggaraan pre-event dan penjualan merchandise.

Tujuan kami: mendatangkan film “PJ20″ ke Indonesia dan menontonnya sehingga hak kami untuk menikmati PEARL JAM sama dengan hak fans PEARL JAM di belahan dunia yang lain. Kami juga bertujuan agar INDONESIA didengar oleh management PEARL JAM dan PEARL JAM akan mengadakan konser di Indonesia.

Farry Aprianto
0818886648 / 02156124856
farry@aprianto.com
Perwakilan Organizing Committee “PJ20″ Jakarta

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PEARL JAM TWENTY Worldwide Screening
Epicentrum XXI, Jakarta
20 Sep 2011 – 9 PM

Organizing Commitee

• General Affairs & Community: Farry Aprianto
• Film & Theatre: Meiske Taurisia
• Ticketing: Indra Kurniawan
• Ticket Box:
• DJ Wirya (Agung Wiryawan)
• Eits! Productions (Mega Irawan)
• Heaven Records (Indra Kurniawan)
• Merchandise: Eits Production (Sutan M. Harahap)
• Graphic Design: Helman Taofani
• Pre-event: Melinda Yournita & Lisa Boy
• Media Partner: DJ Wirya (Hendry Chaniago)

Honorable Donor