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Watch CORPS on Youtube
2007-08-01
CORPS been posted on youtube, at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAwNKIyFMBU
Enjoy!
In other news, CORPS won a Gold Award at the Houston International Film Festival.
ARTIE'S FILM will screen in June
2007-05-08
ARTIE'S FILM has been selected for the Brooklyn Film Festival, which runs from June 1 to 10, 2007.
Festival details and screening times can be found at:
wbff.org
CORPS chosen for Japan Short Shorts festival
2007-03-08
CORPS has been selected for the "Short Shorts & Asia 2007" film festival tour. The Short Shorts Film Festival will kick off its 9th annual tour of Japan in Tokyo June 25-July 2 , 2007.
Tony and Jesko thank for the festival organizers for including them in this event.
More details as they become available.
Corps online with Seattle
2006-09-01
CORPS is being streamed online as part of the Seattle film festival. Follow these links:
http://www.siffcast.com/2006/2006/09/post.php
http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=21319&FID=33
That old end of term feeling
2006-08-18
"I'm off for a short Summer Holiday tomorrow – a week in Cape Cod with the family.
I don't know if I've always felt this way, but, this time around, there is an "end of term" feeling in the air . I feel like something is ending, and something esle about to begin. I'm feeling reflective.
Since my last Summer vacation in exactly the same place at exactly the same time last year, some great things have happened. We made CORPS, and even before we made it, I started directing commercial projects here and there. We scored POINGS D'APPUI, and got to play in front of a small but I hope appreciative crowd at its launch. I've done a a lot work on a new book, currently called PRESERVE, about a subject of vital interest: sustainability. And,of course, there is THE HUMAN FLY. We did some documentary shooting and research work, and, on the day that I post this, I will deliver the Second Draft to the project's producer.
My daughter is 16, my son will soon be 5, and, somewhere in the frenetic activity of the past 12 months , we managed to conceive another child, a girl due in December. Earlier this Summer my brother Bob asked me: "how does it feel to be the father of a 16 year-old girl?" She's a great kid, and since teenagers have begun streaming in and out of my house in the last few years, I have been surprised to learn how much I can relate to their outlook and energy. I am always delighed by their strength of purpose, loyalty, integrity — and, in cases where they haven't been ripped off by their elders, and even cases where they have —their hope and lack of cynicism. So I guess the short answer is "it feels alright, because they're alright."
As we pack our bags, I'm feeling grateful and fulfilled. I guess need a break at some level, but I certainly don't feel burned out or beaten down by life.
If all goes well, it shouldn't be long now before THE HUMAN FLY is sent out to broadcasters and distributors who we hope will want to climb on board as we head to the next step of production (that is, submitting for funding from government agencies.) Writing a script is long and complex, and sometimes it's hard to see what you've done for closeness to the material. Before this very last phase, I had some interesting feedback from a screenwriter/producer in England, whose fresh reaction helped me get a lot of knots out. We worked on Skype, the miraculously free long-distance program which has so far allowed me to stretch my tendrils to London, Berlin and Los Angeles from the safe confines of the Foxhole. The draft we have now has humour, heart, quirkiness and surprises. I am no fan of my own writing, but I think that it is at the very least fresh and interesting.
I'm not sure what comes next. We'll see if The Fly takes wing. I hope so.
I have been VERY lucky since last year to be working with friendly and supportive people in my other life as a copywriter/creative guy in what we call "advertising", but which has for the last year consisted of 3-D and immersive website experiences, short comedy films, interactive museum exhibits and hotel concepts, magazines, documentary-style videos, and very little that resembles traditional advertising. Since I usually work with agencies with clients of their own, I have not found this website to be an appropriate setting to talk about these projects, which nevertheless take up a good portion of my time and which have become increasingly interesting and creatively rewarding. But that is going to change.
I work on many of these projects with Kris Manchester, who created 20 YEARS UNDER THE SUN with me for Cirque du Soleil. We are also working on PRESERVE together. Kris is a Creative Director at Diesel Marketing in Montreal, a company that is doing lots of exciting work in Canada, and, increasingly, in the US and abroad. Kris suggested some time ago that we put up a blog together touching on these projects, and we agreed to move forward with it this week. He has a big web project about philosophy and the art of living that will be going online soon, and I'm sure he'll have some interesting things to say about it.
I assume that we'll start posting things by mid-September some time. The very first thing I want to do is drum up interest in and support of some of the people who are currently making great strides in the effort toward more sustainable living. (We've become aware of them as the book has progressed). I would also love to draw more regular attention to some of the great and inspiring ideas, concepts and talents we run into. A fellow we work with called Martin Gauthier already has a good blog in this manner (in French) at www.martworld.blogspot.com
If you scroll down the news section, you'll see that CORPS, after being broadcast on Bravo!, is starting to be seen at festivals. I hope I can announce more screenings soon. Jesko is currently based in Berlin and touring Europe and parts of Asia with a small cabaret production. He occasionally flies to wherever SALTIMBANCO is on its South American tour to help out in some way. Despite the enormous geographical difference and our shared business, the miracle of Skype and e-mail has allowed us to start working on a theatrical version of CORPS. There is already some interest in a production of this type - the problem is finding time to work together. But we will!
My friend Jacob has finished ARTIE'S FILM. I contributed the Sound Design, and it is an mtl/ART film, but it's his baby all the way. It is accomplished, serious, personal work. about the effect of memory and a continued effort to find meaning in the shadow of World War II and The Holocaust (yes, that again.) It also features a tremendous jazz score played by Adam Over, John Sadowy and Jim Doxas, the last who has to be one of the most precise, controlled and yet wild drummers I've ever had the privilege of sitting next to in a recording studio. I have no doubt that it will be screening at festivals soon. You'll read about it here.
Bringing THE HUMAN FLY to the next stage will clear tremendous space in my head and heart. I'm not yet sure what will fill it.
Maybe something will come to me on vacation."
Tony
Montreal
18/08/06
CORPS plays the Bumbershoot Festival
2006-08-09
CORPS will be screened at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival on Sunday, September 3, as part of the "Life: Choreographed" lineup, between 1 and 2 p.m. at the McCaw Lecture Hall.
You can read more about Bumbershoot, Seattle's Music and Arts Festival, at www.bumbershoot.org
In other festival news, CORPS was recently screened at the Mas Sorrer Festival in Spain. A PDF of the Mas Sorrer schedule is attached here.
 A rare appearance
2006-06-18
"Julie and I have been married for 18 years today. We met when we were 20, and married four years later.
We still make a each other laugh a lot. Weve been very lucky.
She's very unlike me, in that she has no interest at all in public attention, and is completely unimpressed with the glamour of show business and the arts. She would much rather look at her garden than in the mirror.
Here is a picture of her with Robert Marchand (not me!) at the CORPS premiere.
My beloved. "
Tony
June 18, 2006
 Tony's Dad voices Artie's Film
2006-06-15
"My father came into Studio LaMajeure in Montreal last night, to provide some voice-over work on ARTIE'S FILM, the just-completed new mtl/ART project. You can read more about it at mtl-art.com. It took Jacob six years to finish the thing, but I think it's his best film yet. It's filled with emotional power and resonance, and completely invested with Jacob's big heart. I'm credited as 'Sound Designer'.
It was really fun to have my father in the studio. It's the first time he's been at La Majeure, and I think he got a kick out of it. He did a very, very good job.
I'm posting a photo of us together in the recording booth. I've been working at the studio for 11 years, and they've always been good to me and my shoe-string budgets.
More news on ARTIE'S FILM when it comes in, both here and at the mtl-art site."
Tony
Montreal
June 15, 2006
We hear the new baby
2006-06-15
"My wife Julie is expecting our third child in December (he/she will join our two: Sophie, 15, and Max, 4). Today was her first appointment with the doctor. This is the appointment during which the doctor applies a device to the expectant mother's belly, to listen for the baby's heartbeat.
The heartbeat came through loud and clear. In these busy times for us, it cut through the clutter and filled the room: a beautiful sound, the sound of new life, the sound of welcome."
Tony
Montreal
June 15, 2006
 A tale of misadventure
2006-06-15
Here is a posting of a new essay. You can download it by clicking on the attached word file
foxglove@videotron.ca
2006-05-27
If you are trying to reach Tony by e-mail, please send to foxglove@videotron.ca
The foxglove1@sympatico.ca e-mail will be shut down over the next few weeks.
 Meet Kris
2006-04-26
“Kris and I met about ten years ago, when we were both running start-up communications companies, which then shared office space briefly in the late 1990s.
We started working together in 2000, when he became part of Diesel Marketing. He hired me to work on the Cirque du Soleil web pitch, which eventually led to 20 Years Under the Sun.
We’ve worked and traveled together quite a bit over the years, and he’s a wonderful guy to do both with, filled with positive energy.
Lately, he’s been traveling like a jet setter from Hell. He leaves straight from Vegas to Whistler for a few days.
Here is a rare photo of us together, taken in the walking desert garden on the future site of Springs Preserve.”
_ Tony,
Las Vegas
April 19 2006
 Working on a new book with Kris Manchester
2006-04-20
“I write this in Las Vegas, where I am staying at the MGM Grand for a couple of days.
I am down here to begin working on a new coffee table book, once again with my friend, Kris Manchester. This time, we are working through Diesel Marketing , the Montreal company for whom I have been lucky enough to do a lot of branding and web-related work since 2000 – mostly as a writer, and more recently as a director, too.
The book is planned as a ‘non-linear, playful exploration of the ideas, mission and people at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas.’ Springs Preserve, which will open in 2007, is a combination natural history museum, cultural center and community meeting place dedicated to sustainability in all its forms.
You can read more about Springs Preserve at www.springspreserve.com
Pictured here is a stack of notebooks, photographer’s portfolios and some of the books we are looking at for inspiration, on a pool-side table at the MGM Grand. Tools of a very rough trade indeed.”
_ Tony,
Las Vegas,
18/04/06
Tony to lecture on creativity in business
2006-03-13
NOTE: A FRENCH VERSION OF THIS TEXT WILL SOON BE POSTED.MILLES EXCUSES.
Tony has been invited to give the keynote address at a conference for businesses in the Saguenay/Lac St-Jean region of Québec.
The theme of the conference, titled "La Créativité en entreperise: une formule gagnante!" is creativity in business. Tony will make a presentation titled: "Circling the Square: Creativity in Business", which will combine an analysis of the history of Cirque du Soleil with exercises designed to convey how creative thinkers view the world. The ultimate point of the presentation is to demonstrate and explain the necessity of creative thinking as a key to future success in business.
Dancing About Architecture again
2006-02-28
The mtl-ART film "Dancing About Architecture" will be re-broadcast on Bravo! as part of a series of short films about architecture.
The broadcast is scheduled for March 17 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. E.S.T.
 First Human Fly draft delivered
2006-02-16
"The first draft of the feature film script for The Human Fly has been completed.
The process has been great so far. Researching and writing it, and shooting and editing the supporting documentary material, has been an energy-boosting - rather than energy-draining - experience. I hope the script reflects it.
Amerique Films is currently applying for "second phase" funding from Telefilm Canada and SODEC. We should have news in a couple of months."
Tony
The Foxhole
4:11 p.m.
February 16, 2006
CORPS to air March 23rd at 7:30 p.m. ET
2006-02-09
CORPS will have its broadcast premiere on the Bravo!FACT videos show at 7:30 p.m. ET on March 23rd, 2006, on Bravo! (Canada).
A word of thanks
2006-02-08
"When we were researching the first draft of The Human Fly, I was trying to track down anyone who might have worked on the Marvel comic at the back end of the 1970s.
Our research led me to Kurt Busiek, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Jim Salicrup, whose names will be familiar to comics readers, and all of whom were very generous and helpful. I was also helped by a cat called Vu who runs a very nice George Perez website at vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/perez/index.htm
At this stage, the film which has insisted itself onto the page does not concern itself much with the behind-the-scenes making of the comic. Sadly, many of those involved in the comic are now deceased. And, yes, I know it was of marginal interest to most fans (though the first copy sold 400,000!). But many of the artists, for instance, were industry warhorses.
Nevertheless, it was nice to know that there are such good guys behind The Good Guys"
— Tony
The Foxhole
12:14 pm Feburary 8, 2006
 A little rough editing
2006-01-30
"We are submitting The Human Fly to various government agencies for additional funding these days. As part of the process, I have been editing some archival documentary footage on Final Cut Pro. So it's coming together.
So far, it cuts like a dream! My cat could use this program - it's that simple!"
—
Tony
The Foxhole
"Leonard Light My Cigarette!" screens on February 11
2006-01-29
"Leonard, Light My Cigarette" has been selected to be screened at an upcoming Bravo!FACT & MaxFACT event in Québec City.
The screening will take place at Musée de la Civilisation, auditorium 1, 85 rue Dalhousie, Québec on Saturday, 11 February 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
 The Human Fly takes form
2005-12-16
" There are, I understand, many ways to write a screenplay. I learned how to do it when working with Jacob Potashnik on the sadly unproduced 'Beautiful Losers.'Jacob introduced me to the card system - you start by mapping out a film scene-by-scene, writing each scene down card by card. As you go along, you put the cards up on the wall so that, by the time you're finished, you quite literally 'see' the film in it's entirety. It's a superb tool for mapping out structure.
I have finished the card phase for The Human Fly. In this case, it was made easier by the fact that I was working from my brother Bob's research, archival documentary footage, filmed interviews with a key figure behind the story, and, of course, the Human Fly comics published by Marvel in the late 1970s.
It's been, as Leonard Cohen might say, a 'voluptuous' experience. It's also been an energizing experience - I hope a good sign."
Tony
The Foxhole
11:33 p.m. December 16, 2005
How to pronounce "Corps"
2005-12-13
"A lot of people, jokingly I hope, have been calling our film 'Corpse' in English.
The actual English pronunciation is 'Core', as in 'Peace Corps' or 'Marine Corps'. It's intended as a play on words, with echoes of 'Corp.' (as in 'corporation') and the French 'corps' for 'body'. The idea was to contrast the more rigid codes of group behaviour in a corporate environment with the freedom and individuality so evident in the physical expression of our wonderful cast.
Perhaps I was just being too clever by half?
However you pronounce it, I hope you will find the film enjoyable. We'll have news about where and when it can be seen soon."
Tony
CORPS sent to Bravo!
2005-12-03
A completed version of CORPS was sent to Bravo! on Friday, December 2 by Priority Post.
We are still waiting for a CRTC number, but that bit of red tape should be delt with in a few short weeks' time.
We will post details of when CORPS will be broadcast on Bravo! as soon as we receive them.
A little project update
2005-11-14
"This is a terrifically busy time, and soon people will see the results.
Jesko and I have been putting the finishing touches on CORPS. We have completed the 'offline' edit, and striped it with a wonderful score by Robert Marchand. Les Sept Doigts de la Main watched it this past Saturday night and gave us their thumbs up.
So what's next? Tomorrow we add a little music to the end credits at Robert's new basement studio off-island. Wednesday we mix the sound a Studio La Majeure. And Friday we complete the online edit. The film will then be finished.
Soon after, we'll send it to Bravo! and launch it at a party somewhere. There's talk, too, of combining screenings of the film with upcoming Seven Fingers shows in Montreal and, I think, Ottawa.
It's been a lot of fun so far. Tiring, but fun - all of this has coincided with a lot of activity in my other life as a commercial writer and now director. I look forward to sleeping a little more when CORPS is out there for the world to see.
THE HUMAN FLY is also advancing beautifully. My brother Bob has been acting as a researcher on the project and has uncovered wonderful stories and really great archival footage. We were actually at NBC in New York City this past Friday viewing some of it. There's a film here for sure. Jim Salicrup - where are you? We need to talk!
We shoot some documentary interviews this coming Thursday. With all of this background material collected and collated, can a script be far behind? After the frenzied activity of the past few weeks, I look forward to spending some time in the Foxhole as snow begins to Fall, communing silently with my beloved Muse. "
— Tony Babinski
Montreal
14/11/05
 CORPS shot
2005-10-26
Jesko von den Steinen and Tony Babinski succesfully completed shooting of CORPS on Sunday, October 16. They heartily thank everyone involved, including cast, crew and extras. They extend a special thanks to Les Septs Doigts de la Main, whose contribution was invaluable and deeply appreciated.
The film is currently being edited and should premiere at the end of November.
Here is a production still.
ARTIE'S FILM one step closer
2005-10-15
Tony and Jacob Potashnik recently got together to work on the musical score for ARTIE'S FILM: The Topography of Loneliness.
Visit the mtl-ART page by following the mtl-ART link on your left for details.
 CORPS rehearsals
2005-10-13
"Jesko and his artists have settled into a space generously provided by Le Theatre Sans Fil and are rehearsing the numbers they will perform on set when we shoot CORPS this Sunday. It's a real joy to watch these talented and committed people working with so much sincerity and purety of intention.
Rehearsals began last Saturday, and I dropped in just after producing a jazz soundtrack for ARTIE's FILM with a bunch of seriously gifted musicians (see related post here and at the mtl-ART site). Going from one group of pros working at such a high level directly to another group in another field who are setting an international standard was humbling and gave me much to feel thankful about on Thanksgiving week-end.
Here's a shot of Seb and Gyspy from Les Septs Doigts in rehearsal."
TB
 Jesko and Pat
2005-10-11
"Here is a shot of Jesko working with Pat of Les Septs Doigts.
The Fingers have been extremely generous and supportive,lending the weight of their impressive organization, btw".
TB
POINGS D'APPUI airs on Radio-Canada September 30
2005-09-26
POINGS D'APPUI, the original French-language version of CONNECTING, airs Friday September 30 on Radio-Canada at 9 p.m. EST on ZONE LIBRE. It will air another couple of times over the week-end (see web link below for show times).
Fans of Otis Grant should try to catch it.
Find out more here:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/hci2/TVF/Horaires/050930I.shtml
Here is a summary:
Ce soir : Poings d'appui. Tous les espoirs étaient permis pour le boxeur Otis Grant, lorsqu'il y a 5 ans un accident de la route a changé sa vie. Ce dernier échappe miraculeusement à la mort. Sa carrière de boxeur et ses espoirs de devenir champion du monde ne sont plus qu'un rêve. Grâce au soutien de sa famille et de sa communauté, il met sur pied une fondation pour venir en aide aux plus démunis de la société. Cinq ans après son accident, la fièvre de la boxe le reprend et Otis décide de remonter sur le ring et devient, contre toute attente, un aspirant au titre mondial des super mi-moyens. Un documentaire de Bob Babinski et Tony Babinski. Production: Les Productions Magenta inc.
TB
Human Fly feature receives development funding
2005-09-17
The Human Fly feature film has received first draft development funding from both Telefilm Canada and SODEC. The Foxglove Concern has teamed with production company Amerique Films (EISENSTEIN) on the project. Research and writing are to begin later this month.
Anyone with any documentary information or archival material pertaining to the true story of the Human Fly as it unfolded in the late 1970s are asked to contact Tony Babinski at humanfly@tonybabinski.com .
 Production on CORPS moves closer
2005-09-04
"Jesko is back in Montreal for a few months, and we are working together in anticipation of shooting CORPS in mid-October.
We have been meeting regularly to work out script and production details. Jesko's totally dedicated, which is wonderful to see. A serious, ambitious young man (as I am a serious, ambitious, greying man).
Here's a photo from a September 4 conference at Café Melies on Saint-Laurent street. Not pictured: two Romeo and Julieta cigars, recently arrived from Europe.
This will be a busy and exciting Fall, with CORPS just a part of it.
Will post more details as they come in. "
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Tony
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We're done
2005-07-29
"Robert and I got together Thursday through Sunday of last week to finish the soundtrack for the Otis Grant documentary, following reception of the latest cut (approved by Radio Canada).
We got off to a bumpy start: Robert’s hard drive crashed, and we lost the original tracks we recorded weeks before. He has six hard drives, and had saved the work on what he thought was the most sturdy. So much for sturdy. And no, he had not made back-ups, though we did have two-track mixes of most of what we'd done, which helped.
So we re-recorded, this time to picture, and it everything now sounds even better. And it was fun, recording mostly in an empty studio complex downtown on a week-end in the middle of Summer.
Our producer Martin Metivier and my brother Bob came in to view the work on Wednesday, and pronounced themselves satisfied.
So, that’s another project done. It airs, we are told, sometime in September (details to follow).
Robert and I look forward to further collaborations."
TB
Music and Film sections updated
2005-06-11
Thanks to Tom Kouri and the HTC team, this site is now completed. As promised some months ago, you can now discover more about various projects in progress in the "Music" and "Film" sections. (Scroll over icons at left)
What's the latest score?
2005-06-03
"Robert and I delivered seven nearly-finished demos to my brother Bob to score The Otis Grant documentary with a little over a week ago. The work went smoothly and well, even though I was simultaneously pushing Robert to get ready for a live gig we did with drummer Alain Giguere and bass player Mark Dunn at O Patro Vys on June 7. He's a patient guy.
I dropped by the editing studio to watch the work in progress (Bob is well into a rough cut/offline). It was great to see the script come to life. And the music, much of it already placed, works well.
We'll be taking this sucker to the next level in the days following June 17. I think Radio-Canada (and the viewing public!) will be pleased. It's a nice project."
Tony
June 3, 2005
 Tony and Robert have begun making music
2005-05-11
"Robert Marchand and I signed our contracts to begin providing music for CONNECTING, the Otis Grant documentary, last week.
We met today for the first time to go over some of our first ideas. Robert was fired up by the shooting script and has begun work on two great songs with a reggea feel. We also went over some rough sketches for the main title theme, and a more "spiritual" piece intended for an important section of the film. We tracked a lot of this one - it sounds like Moby meets Philip Glass meets Terry O Reilly.
We'll meet again on Friday in his studio. In the meantime, he'll send me MP3s of his mostly completed songs to write lyrics to. Technology, the great enabler.
We may meet tomorrow, but it will only be so Robert can show off his new motorcycle!
Off to a great start. This should be some soundtrack. "
Tony
Montreal
11/05/05
 Jesko Von Den Steinen in the Foxhole!
2005-03-29
Tony's co-conspirator on the CORPS project, Jesko, is briefly in town from Paris (and sometimes London). He set up there after retiring from the touring production of Saltimbanco to study with Philippe Gaulier (see www.ecolephilippegaulier.com).
He dropped into the Foxhole to talk about CORPS, which has been re-scheduled for Autumn 2005.
Tony visits L.A. to discuss Circus Arts
2005-03-11
Tony has been invited as a guest lecturer to a group of 60 third year architecture students at Woodbury University in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 14 , at around 3:00 p.m..
The studio is class is taught by Jim Bassett, Matias Creimer, Paul Groh and
Nick Roberts with Warren Wagner covering the sustainability component. Matias describes their term project this way:
"...for this project, we have established a fictional scenario where Cirque du Soleil needs to build a circus school in Los Angeles. It might not be compatible with Cirque du Soleil's way of doing things, but it works very well for our studio. The shows are so inspiring visually and structurally that we are giving the program a break from the point of view of its feasability, and just going for it.
The class is an architecture studio for students to learn to put together a program that involves long span structures (such as the main training/performance space), mid span
structures (like smaller classrooms and warehouses) and short span structures (administration, storage, etc.). The site is an actual site at the intersection of 2 freeways in an industrial area outside Los Angeles."
Tony will give a presentation about Montreal's "Cité du Cirque", which contains both the Cirque du Soleil Studio headquarters, and the École Nationale du Cirque. He will also talk about the roots of Cirque's inspiration in the Utopian architecture at Expo 67, the implications of connectivity in public space, and about the origins of architectural innovation in the circus arts in performance dynamics and need.
Tony is grateful for the support material generously provided to him by both Cirque du Soleil and the École Nationale du Cirque by (variously) Renée-Claude Menard, Geneviève Bastien, Chantal Côté and Kristoff Rousseau.
For more informaton about Matias Creimer, go to:
www.creimer.com
 Human Fly film project details
2005-02-28
After some months of negotiation, The Foxglove Concern has secured the rights to the story of The Human Fly.
In the late 1970s, television viewers across North America were introduced to The Human Fly, a costumed, self-styled "superhero" who rode on the tail of jet liners. Never revealing his identity, the Fly claimed to be the survivor of an auto accident that took the lives of his wife and infant child. Bionically reconstructed, the Fly dedicated his life to a new purpose: accomplishing amazing feats of daring-do in support of children's charities.
For a short while, the Human Fly was famous, and became the hero of his own Marvel Comic ("The Wildest Superhero of All - because he's real!"). After an aborted attempt at jumping 23 school buses with a rocket-powered motorcycle at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the Fly disappeared from view.
Tony is currently at work on a feature film screenplay combining elements of documentary and fiction that will reveal the bittersweetly comic true story behind The Human Fly.
 A peek at "Connecting"
2005-02-23
Since the end of 2004, Tony has been working on a documentary for television about the Montreal boxer Otis Grant. Grant, 37, is on the come-back trail after a near-fatal car crash some years ago. He is also a gentleman of the first order, a superb athlete who devotes a great deal of his time and efforts to helping the less fortunate - partly through his Otis Grant Foundation.
The documentary, called "Connecting", is being directed by Tony's brother Bob Babinski, and produced by Martin Metivier. It will first air in French, on Radio-Canada, later in the year.
As of February 2005, the script has been written and some footage shot.
We'll give you more info as it becomes available.
For now, here is a shot of Otis Grant preparing for his October 04 fight against Mark Woolnough, in the company of his brother and trainer Howard Grant (foreground).
you are viewing a work in progress!
2005-01-27
Welcome to tonybabinski.com. We have just gone live and are working out little details here and there while we get the site up and running.
This section will feature regular updates about works in progress.
We will begin by posting information about CORPS, a short film project with Bravo!FACT, in the "film" section.
We will also be posting some examples of recent musical works in the "Music" section.
Enjoy!
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