Red Barn Films :: About Us

Red Barn Films is a Massachusetts production company which focuses exclusively on entertainment projects geared toward the teen market. Red Barn’s current theatrical independent film project entitled “Dudleytown Curse – the 49th key” is a teen horror film based on the horrific incidents at Dudleytown, Connecticut, which is shooting in Fall, 2007. “DTX” is currently in pre-production. Red Barn is also compiling a book based on the Dudleytown horrors, which is expected to be released along with the feature film. For further info, see the “Projects” page. Other teen projects are in development.

Douglas Kirkpatrick, President

Douglas Kirkpatrick, an entertainment and corporate lawyer, has represented both public and private corporate and entertainment clients for the past twenty years, and assisted in sophisticated entertainment and corporate transactions, all phases of film and video production, including film finance and productions. He is currently representing the Producers of the feature film “Napoleon Dynamite” in connection with the negotiation of their development, production and distribution deal involving their next feature film with MTV and Paramount Classics entitled “Beneath” which has  recently completed post-production in Los Angeles.  Doug recently completed a $500,000 DVD distribution arrangement for two DVD projects featuring the NBA star, Baron Davis, with songs by Game, and another children’s project with Gwyneth Paltrow as narrator based on a children’s book published by Random House/UK.  Kirkpatrick also completed the legal work for a production project with Paramount, involving the exercise regimen “Boneco Capoeira,” which will be rolled out soon at Bally Fitness Corporation. He also recently negotiated the successful sale of a meditative prayer DVD to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Locally, among many artists, Kirkpatrick is representing a new independent film “Still Green,” which features Sarah Jones (Big Love) and is presently completing its post-production phase in Los Angeles.  Kirkpatrick successfully assisted the producers of Still Green in completing their film finance arrangement with private investors. 

Melinda Kirkpatrick, Vice President

Melinda Kirkpatrick, has extensive experience in administration and management in entertainment production, including both video, dvd and feature film projects. Previously, Melinda managed a corporate and entertainment law firm in Westwood, California for 6 years, which represented clients such as Steven Bochco and David Kelly where she gained significant entertainment and production experience. Prior to that, Melinda worked as a paralegal in the corporate department of various law firms. Melinda previously launched a retail and mail order operation on the East coast that had the largest first time run for mail order catalogs in Country Living.

About The Pomegranates:

Exodus chapter 28:33-34 directed that images of pomegranates be woven onto the borders of Hebrew priestly robes. Here is the actual quote:
Exodus 28:33   You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:  a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its tinkling shall be heard when he enters and leaves F the holy place before the LORD, so that he will not die.

1 Kings chapter 7:13-22 describes pomegrantes depicted in the temple King Solomon built in Jerusalem. Here is the quote:
7:18 -  So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital.
 

Jewish tradition teaches that the pomegranate is a symbol for righteousness, because it is said to have 613 seeds which corresponds with the 613 mitzvot or commandments of the Torah. For this reason and others many Jews eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot.

Other Pomegranate trivia:

• The Ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates. The Babylonians believed chewing the seeds before battle made them invincible.
• The Qur'an mentions pomegranates three times (6:99, 6:141, 55:068) - twice as examples of the good things God creates, once as a fruit found in the Garden of Paradise.
• Pomegranate has a calyx shaped like a crown. In Jewish tradition it has been seen as the original "design" for the proper crown.