May 7, 2008
Well Gang -- it's May already, and that means an anniversary is coming soon. ChaneyKley.Net will officially be 5 years old on May 30th! That's a pretty big deal for me! I've worked hard on this website through the years and I've been so proud of it. I'm very glad to see it reach this special birthday.
In honor of that birthday, I'm going to give the site a makeover very soon. I'll be getting my own copy of the official Mr. Blue Sky DVD in the mail any day now, and the site will get some new screencaps, a new main banner, and a few other face-lifts here and there. I hope you all continue to come by the site and check out the new additions coming soon.
If anyone has anything they'd like to contribute to the site - pics, personal stories - anything - please email me.
My heartfelt thanks go out to all of you who continue to visit the site. I know Chaney would have appreciated everybody's support. So thanks to everyone. God bless.
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March 23, 2008
!Special Announcement!
Hey Everyone. Mr. Blue Sky is now officially available on DVD!! Please be sure to go by the official Mr. Blue Sky to get your copy today! See the following email from Executive Producer Tom Lee for more information about the exciting release.
As March 21, 2008, WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY is finally here, we all hope to bring awareness to
Down syndrome with hope and acceptance.
In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, the Mr. Blue Sky movie is now available on DVD!
The story of Mr. Blue Sky (film) is a heart-warming love story, which is as much about hope for children born
with Down syndrome as it is an inspiration for all children born with any intellectual or developmental challenges.
The main message of the film is: Social inclusion and acceptance for all individuals born
with any intellectual or developmental challenges.
By purchasing the DVD you will be partnering with us in both raising Down syndrome Awareness
and also making a contribution as a portion of the proceeds of Mr. Blue Sky DVD will go back to the
Down syndrome community in honor of our so LOVED children and their families!
To purchase DVD just go to the website www.mr.blueskymovie.com and follow the link for BUY DVD.
'Mr. Blue Sky challenges society's barriers by presenting a fresh look at our preconceptions for defining people's lives.
''Mr. Blue Sky is a story that asks us to see all people as individuals capable of similar wants, needs, and accomplishments.'
And, it is a LOVE story that will touch everyone's heart! The exposure we can bring to the public for these
individuals born with Down syndrome and other developmental challenges will be phenomenal!
MR. BLUE SKY IS A FILM THAT CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THE BETTER
Please help continue to spread the word to all friends and family that
Mr. Blue Sky DVD IS NOW AVAILABLE, and ask them to
forward to all family and friends as well etc...
Thank you for your support and concern
Sincerely,
Tom Lee
Executive Producer
Mr. Blue Sky
(516) 319-2013
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January 31, 2008
Here's a correction on the date for the Mr. Blue Sky Houston premiere. Again, everybody that possibly can, be sure to check it out!! The better the movie does in these limited releases, the better the chances of it getting a good distribution on DVD!
Quick correction...Mr. Blue Sky is opening up in Houston AMC
on Friday, February 29th with the "premeir" event Saturday,
March 1st.
Seems they can't wait to have us there.All other info from prior email stays the
same.If you are in the area please try to make it to the theatre.
AMC studio 30 2949 Dunvale Houston. 281-319-4262
Also feel free to call any time for further info (516) 319-2013.
With a strong box office in Houston, Mr. Blue Sky will move to cities
acrosss the nation and then hopefully internationally.
Thank you for everybody's support
www.mrblueskymovie.com
Tom
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January 25, 2008
Hey all you fellow Texans out there! Listen up!! Check out the latest information on theater screenings of Mr. Blue Sky! Houston is the next venue to host the movie, and the more people that come out for the show, the better the chances of a national release. Everyone who can be there, let's make this theatrical release a success! Everybody be sure to check out the Mr. Blue Sky website link below for more info.
Mr. Blue Sky is headed to theatres in Houstonopening up at AMC Studio-Houston at
Dunvaleon March 7th! With a strong showing it will quite possibly lead to a
wider/national release. The Down Syndrome Association of Houston and International
Mosaic Down Syndrome Association are working with us to promote the film. Please
visit the theater if you are near the area and check our website for updates.
www.mrblueskymovie.com Thank you Tom
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December 21, 2007
From ChaneyKley.Net, may you all have a blessed, safe, and very Happy New Year! May the new year bring new happiness, new joys, and new blessings. The staff here thanks you all for being loyal to the site, and to Chaney. His life was truly a blessing to all who knew him, and will always continue to be. God bless you all.
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December 21, 2007
The staff at ChaneyKley.Net extends their best wishes to everyone this holiday season! To all who celebrate Christmas, have a very safe and happy holiday. May you all have a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year.
God bless to all of you who knew and loved Chaney. This will be a hard Christmas for all of us. Chaney's love and life will be remembered, and will be cherished. We all love him and will remember him forever.
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December 2, 2007
Check out the latest email from Tom Lee.
Hello to everybody. For those of you who have already seen Mr. Blue Sky and want to
cast a "readers vote" on the film please go to this website....
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ create user account...search for Mr. Blue Sky under
"search site", then click on Mr. Blue Sky, look for box that says "grade this
movie"...then grade select grade. If you saw the film, didn't think it was an "A",
don't force yourself, be honest, but leave blank if you didin't think it was at
least a "B"Your vote goes anonymous. No one can see your specific vote. It will
only take 1 minute. site gives gross box office for our first week, not udated for
second week. theatre owners around the country may be viewing this page, so can't
hurt to have "viewer grade" as high as possible, It may mean nothing, but it may
mean something
thank you tom
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November 27, 2007
Check out the latest email from Tom Lee, and please be sure to head on over to the Mr. Blue Sky Official Site and sign the guestbook!! Let them know where you are and that you, too, want to see Mr. Blue Sky in your town! Thanks so much everyone.
As many of you know Mr. Blue Sky opened at Babylon Clearview Cinemas, Babylon, NY
and ran from Nov 9th through Nov 20th. The public response was amazing!!!
Some of you on this email list were there to see the film and others on this list
have heard about it or have at least seen the trailer and look forward to Mr. Blue
Sky coming to a theatre near your city.
If possible, please sign our guestbook at http://www.mrblueskymovie.com/
with comments of your thoughts on the film (if you have already seen Mr. Blue Sky)
or if you look forward to Mr. Blue Sky coming to a theatre near you, whether you
live in NY, or L.A. or Texas or anywhere in the world, and especially if you
represent a group of families, such as a local Down Syndrome group and can include
the entire group (say 500 people) who are intrerested in seeing Mr. Blue Sky at your
local theatre and mention what city you are from.
Please forward this email to all organizations/groups who would be interested in
seeing Mr. Blue Sky at their local theatre.
This would definitely provide the incentive to our distributor for further
distribution of Mr. Blue Sky across the nation and worldwide.
We appreciate all help and comments. Thank you to everybody for their interest in
Mr. Blue Sky and to those who were able to see the film at Babylon Clearview
Cinemas.
I am grateful beyond words to everyone for your support!
Sincerely
Tom Lee
Executive Producer
Mr. Blue Sky
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November 20, 2007
Again, a little late in posting this. So sorry!! This initial email was sent on November 13, so the theater times may have changed by now. If you have plans to check it out, be sure to check with the theater first! And be sure to pass on the word to everybody you know to try to keep the movie going.
Due to popular success Mr. Blue Sky is extended at Babylon Clearview Cinemas through
Thanksgiving at least. Again the better it does here, the better chance it will
reach out to further theatres in NY and L.A. and other cities very shortly. If you
haven't gone please get to the theater! I appreciate it! The overwhelming respose
to the film so far has been unbelievablyamazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A portion of
proceeds are going to Best Buddies New York also by way of the Wallstreet Journal,
for whatever it's worth,Mr. Blue Sky was the 4th best grossing film per theatre
(granted we were in just 1 theatre)for the past weekend behind 1)Bee movie,
2)American gangster and 3)fred cause...ahead of such films as lions for lambs and
dan in real life and we crushed the competition atBabylon Clearview.But I found out
today it was behind some other one theatre films. Oh well. Show timestues through
thursday 6:30 8:30Friday 7:00 9:00Sat and
Sun 2:00 4:00 6:30 8:30Monday 4:00 6:30 8:30 Please
forward to as many individuals as possible Thanks again to everybody Tom
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November 2, 2007
Got this email from Tom Lee, writer and Executive Producer of Mr. Blue Sky::
Here's another Mr. Blue Sky reminder...advanced tickets are now available online at www.clearviewcinemas.com at very top of page under "movie tickets and theatre showtimes", select a theatre...under drop down menu...scroll down to Long Island
and select Babylon Cinemas...then look for "showing on" and drop down menu select
date you will be attendingfor instance Friday November 9th and click on date...then
under Mr. Blue Skyyou'll see 'Buy tickets" and the showtime dates...click on show
time, for instance 7:00then just fill out the info for purchasing.... Please tell
everyone you know and forward this email...the more who get online ticketsin advance
the better. the theatre will fill up, seats are going fast,especially on weekend
and Friday. Next Saturday Night channell 11 will air a story on Mr. Blue Sky
10:00.Ashley and I will be on. keep looking for reminders.
Mr. Blue Sky is officially in theatres starting Novemebr 9th at Babylon Clearview
Cinemason Long Island New York. It's starting as a limited engagement and hopefully
it will spreadto a much wider release across the nation following. It will play
initially for 1 week Show times Monday through Friday I think 7:00 and 9:00 but 2
showings each night in any casesat and sunday 4 showing through out the day and
evening Everybody please try to attend at least one showing, especially during
slower days like monday and tues...the better box office it does the better chance
at a wider release.don't forget to tell everyone you know and so on.... Thank you
very much Tom
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October 31, 2007
Exciting News!! (A little late in putting this up on the site... sorry Tom!)
Mr. Blue Sky opening in New York!
Visit the movie theater's official site for more details, or to pre-order tickets. Clearview Cinemas
**I'm working on a new layout, too, but it's proving to be more complicated than I thought it would be. I hope to have it up soon. Thanks again to everybody who still comes by to visit the site. Your support is so special to me and to those who loved Chaney.**
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August 17, 2007
If you haven't had the chance to go by the official site of Mr. Blue Sky and see the trailer, you MUST go! This is truly one of Chaney's greatest works, if not the best. The story is wonderfully written, and one of the most touching movies I've seen in a very, very long time.
Be sure to read the email excerpt from Kelly Reed above. Katelyn Reed is the beautiful angel that played little Corey - the Sixth Soul Mate. <3
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August 12, 2007
I have added a few screen caps of the trailer to Mr. Blue Sky to the photo gallery. Thanks again go to Tom Lee.
Visit the official site of Mr. Blue Sky to see the trailer.
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August 7, 2007
I received a message from Mr. Tom Lee, asking me to post a message about one of his personal experiences with Chaney.
Thank you so much, Tom, for allowing those of us who never met Chaney this rare look into the man he was.
(The message from Tom is the one that appears above.)
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July 28, 2007
This was published in the Denver Newspaper Agency on 7/27/2007.
Chaney Kley Minnis was born August 20, 1972 and passed from the flesh in Venice, California on July 24, 2007. He is survived and mourned by his beloved fiancee and girlfriend of 15 years, Melodie Ann Baker and her loving family, his father Robert E. Minnis, brother Andrew Peter Schultz, sisters Merrit Chelsey Schmidt, Anne Marisa Minnis, Leslie Catherine Minnis stepmother Doris Hellinghausen, former stepmother Ilene Allen, grandfather Saul Nova and many friends including "The Fellas". Chaney is welcomed to a better place by his mother Linda Joan Minnis, who predeceased him in 1977. He was a deeply beloved family member, friend, actor, acting coach, teacher, writer, dancer, golfer, basketball player, Broncos and Nuggets fan and fantasy footballer. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School and the University of Colorado where he majored in drama. He appeared in many films, television shows and theatrical productions but was most proud of his work in the television drama "The Shield" and his performance in the Chicago Dramatist stage production of "The Angels of Lemnos" for which he received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Leading Actor in a Drama in 1998. We will never forget his loving spirit, amazing talent, humor, charisma, sensitivity, intelligence, generosity, creativity, handsomeness, natural dance and athletic ability, spiritual curiosity, style and courage. Thank you Chaney for all that you gave us. Memorial Service Saturday 2:00PM at Fairmount Mortuary Chapel.
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July 26, 2007
It is with a very heavy heart that I post this message tonight. It has been confirmed to me by Tom Lee that Chaney did in fact pass away on Monday, July 23.
I do not have any information as to the cause. All I know is that he was in his LA apartment.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and most of all, his fiance, Melodie. He will never be forgotten.
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