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The Search for Count Dante

Search for the Deadliest Man Alive!

Chicago, Illinois
United States

Project Status: Fundraising

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Tags: chicago martialarts dimmak dojowar karate kungfu playboybunnies crime murder dojowars dragonwars

Synopsis: n the 1960s and 70s, his scowl was unmistakable and his kung fu pose conveyed a menace that went beyond martial arts mastery. He called himself Count Dante and he claimed to be “The Deadliest Man Alive” in garish comic book ads and gruesome instructional manuals. While his name and title may have been more show biz than lineage, his drive to live up to his fearsome reputation left one man dead and a promising career in ruins.

Count Dante’s real name was John Keehan and he grew up in a posh section of Chicago. In the early 1960s he was one of the most intriguing figures in America’s nascent martial arts scene. Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris were his contemporaries, but Keehan’s appetite for self-promotion was greater than a movie star’s. When he wasn’t putting on karate tournaments, he was styling hair and courting Playboy Bunnies. He was one part “Black Belt Jones” and one part Warren Beatty from “Shampoo.” He challenged Muhammad Ali, tested his hand speed against a quick draw artist, and kept an African lion as a house pet.

IndieGoGo URL: http://www.indiegogo.com/TheSearchforCountDante

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The Search for Count Dante (Count Dante’s real name was John Keehan and he grew up in a posh section of Chicago. In the early 1960s he was one of the most intriguing figures in America’s nascent martial arts scene. Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris were his contemporaries, but Keehan’s appetite for self-promotion was greater than a movie star’s. When he wasn’t putting on karate tournaments, he was styling hair and courting Playboy Bunnies)

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The Search for Count Dante

In the 1960s and 70s, his scowl was unmistakable and his kung fu pose conveyed a menace that went beyond martial arts mastery. He called himself Count Dante and he claimed to be “The Deadliest Man Alive” in garish comic book ads and gruesome instructional manuals. While his name and title may have been more show biz than lineage, his drive to live up to his fearsome reputation left one man dead and a promising career in ruins.

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$8,000

How will these funds be used?
To shoot additional interviews, employ an editor and motion graphics artist

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$25	DVD of completed film+	DVD of finshed film, on newsletter email list, access to new interview excerpts. Credit in Film as supporter.
$100	DVD+swag	Invitation to festival parties in your town, DVD of completed film, t-shirt and newsletter with access to new interview excerpts from film. Credit in Film as supporter.
$1,000	DVD++	Completed DVD, 2 t-shirts, invitation to parties, a lesson with an original Count Dante Student in Tai Chi or Dim Mak. Credit in Film as supporter.

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What makes The Search for Count Dante different?
This project is a social history of martials arts with the iconoclastic character of John Keehan/Count Dante at it's center. It will examine how this character came to be in a climate for martial arts that did not exist before the 1960s.

All the macho icons of the last 50 years resonate in this documentary, martial arts, the mob, Playboy Bunnies, the occult, and the true crime of armored car vault robberies.

What is the name of the legal entity behind this project, if any?
e22.digital.filmworks

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If you still need an editor and fx person, I would be willing to help out. I have a state of the art online system that captures full 4:4:4 uncompressed real hd with out any assited compression software programs.I am African American and have been an editor for most of my life.I am certified by Adobe corporation as a media expert.I can edit in real time in a movie theater at film resolution comming directly from my system. DAVID MAC

David, how are you? I would love to talk to you. Please email me your number at fwebb@itutu.com

I grew up in Chi-town in the wonderful 70-80s. I remember something about Dante. I've been involved in Chinese Internal Martial Arts for nearly 13 years. And my teacher who's 73 talks about some bad dude named Dante from the past. I feel this film should get made and would work on the action channels.

Hey Floyd! With the release of Zohan, I'm sure you'll get more folks on-board with financing. Best, K.

hey ms steger, what are you up to?

Interesting history... But what's the film about?

Guess you will just have to wait and see. :-)