Perhaps another way to approach it might be to ask them-- we are a bird rescue involving bird types that seem to be featured in your movie; if you partner with us, we can be another venue for promoting your film (among rescues)-- do you think this is appropriate, or does the content not lend itself to parrot rescue?
If they actually are willing to talk to us (already a long shot), we can inquire whether any part of the movie is encouraging of people breeding birds for the pet market? - and if so, politely back away.
I realize it sounds a bit obsequious, but we are not bringing a lot to the table from a filmmakers' or studio's point of view; even if we encourage our followers to go to the movie, the numbers of potential moviegoers we might influence is simply not on a major-motion-picture scale. If they think they have a huge hit on their hands, they'll think we're unimportant; if they think they have a dog that needs all the help it can get, we may not want anything to do with it anyway.
I'm sorry to be a bit negative about this- I worked in film for 25 years, and not too many people in that industry do much for anyone who can't reciprocate in kind.
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On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Vincent J. Hrovat wrote:
Here’s a recently-released teaser for this movie:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rio/trailers/11111382 (You have to sit through a short, loud and annoying ad first.)
It consists of many of the same scenes that have been in previous trailers, mostly schmaltz and slapstick. However, this one also reveals that the “blue macaw” pair is captured and stolen by poachers as part of the story (“they must be worth a fortune”), which might make a good platform to talk about illegal trafficking of birds, wild-caught v corporate bred birds in the pet market, etc.
I still think we’d need to see the whole movie to determine its feasibility as a partner, but this does make it look a bit more substantial than what I had previously seen.