Internet Solutions goes sponsorship 'crazy'
Internet Solutions (IS) has sponsored the making of the movie based on the Crazy Monkey inserts on MTV. IS sponsored the successful stand-up comedy fundraiser show, Laugh Out Loud, in 2002 which did good things for many South African artists, and raised money for 'Reach for a Dream'.
Now IS is providing the infrastructure for the online activities of The Crazy Monkey movie, which is due for release by Ster Kinekor in August this year, as taken from the locally produced 'Crazy Monkey' series of funny MTV inserts, that has been circulating the globe for the past three years.
The Crazy Monkey team is sponsored by IS' founder, Ronnie Apteker, who met Brendan Jack, the lead actor in the film and one of the founders and screenplay writers of the Crazy Monkey, doing stand-up comedy in 2002 during the time of Laugh Out Loud. There was an instant connection and a fruitful relationship followed. The end result is a wonderful collaboration of high-tech wizards, entrepreneurs and artists.
Go to www.crazymonkeymovie.com if you want to laugh. The Crazy Monkey team recently finished shooting and are currently in edit on the film. IS helped the Crazy Monkey team in more then just a high-tech way - in the final climax of the movie, a number of IS faces can seen in the 'Snuggery' bar scene in Benoni. Even IS' CEO, Angus MacRobert, got roped in for the antics.
"We are very excited to be able to contribute to South African artists that are pushing the envelope and making a proudly South African product. We give them a very big two thumbs up!" says MacRobert. Greg Payne, of the IS Hosting division, a featuring extra who was born and bred in Benoni, says "This movie is all heart. It is going to put both locally talented artists and Benoni on the map." The website is state-of-the art, utilizing all kinds of database and tracking technologies to enable the Crazy Monkey team to maximize their online reach.
