
A L'ORAGE Production
A Chase/Cevallos Film
A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur

The Fairy Tale is Over...
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A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN, KING ARTHUR
A L'ORAGE Production
A Chase/Cevallos Film
GENRE: Documentary
STATUS: Distribution

Narrated by Golden Globe/Emmy Award Winner, Brian Cox
Director DP Editor - Tyler A. Chase
Producer - Lisette Cevallos, Tyler A. Chase
Legal - Innes Smolanski
Insurance provided by Film Emporium
1:41:14 DCP Available
Subtitles available in French, Spanish and English
DCP or Apple Pro Res HQ
Music: THE END
by Cody Geil
Album: GO WITH THE DAY
This film is dedicated to Cynthia Wood and for those who dare to dream.
A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur with Golden Globe Award winner, Brian Cox as the Narrator is an intimate and journalistic documentary by filmmaker, Tyler A. Chase. Filmed over a period of seven years, A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur, brings us through the doors of the iconic Broken Angel building and into the world of its creators, the visionary, Arthur Wood and his wife Cynthia as they cling to their life’s work, the Broken Angel building, the last symbol of the bohemian artist culture that once permeated Brooklyn, NY.
Filmmaker, Tyler A. Chase renders the Woods’ story as one both magical and heart wrenching; following them through triumphs, judicial blunders, injustice, evictions, and comedic moments all the while inspired by the indomitable spirit of visionary artist and creator of the Broken Angel, Arthur Wood.
"I am still haunted by Chase's clear-eyed, unsentimental but utterly empathic filmic observations on the clash of creativity, capitalism, obsession, free thought, and community in postmodern America. " Reel Roy Review

OUTLINE
The intimate and journalistic documentary, A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur, filmed over a period of seven years brings us through the doors of the iconic Broken Angel building in Brooklyn, N.Y., and into the lives of its creators, the elderly couple, Arthur and Cynthia Wood.
The Woods created the 108 foot Broken Angel objet trouvé building as a sculpture and landmark for the community located in a section of Clinton Hill bordering on Bed Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The Broken Angel building is the subject of local and international news specials; photographed by many. The Woods are loved by their neighbors who see the iconic structure as a beacon of freedom and the threat of its destruction as an omen of the disappearance of a way of life and community. To many it is a symbol of freedom - to others an opportunity for profit.
Filmmaker, Tyler A. Chase renders the Woods’ story as one both magical and heart wrenching; following them through triumphs, judicial blunders, injustice, evictions, and comedic moments all the while inspired by the indomitable spirit of visionary artist and creator of the Broken Angel, Arthur Wood.
The uniqueness of this film lies in the diversity of the individuals involved with the Woods, the narrative style in which it’s told; the animation of the evictions and the encapsulation of their anguish into a chilling enactment.

Individual Music Composed/Performed By
Cody Geil, Emmy Award winner - Michal Towber, Shanimal, Mike Mermin, Phyllis and Richie Naef and Tyler A. Chase
Aerial Drone Footage - L'ORAGE SUAS Drone Services
Animation - Evan D. Normand
Editing Consultant - Craig Parkes
Poster Image - Robert Cadena
Still Images - aka MARIELLE
Additional Photos Provided by:
Martha Cooper, Chris Wood, Mark Blackshear, Elizabeth Wood, Dan Dalrymple
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TRIVIA: Arthur won the Pratt University Dean's Bronz Medal and his architectural drawings were exhibited at Pratt University.
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Arthur Wood Quotes: NRG Magazine
"Architecture affects your mind Mr. Wood says, whatever box you live in is going to affect how you think and what you do. The smaller the box they make you live in, the more confined your brain is going to be."