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Mochrie, of the hit show Whose Line
Is It Anyway? and The Drew Carey
Show, and others received small cash
honorariums. They also got points
with the acting guild, choice roles and
a percentage in the distribution deal.
"They liked the script and knew I
didn't have any money, so they agreed to
do it without the salary," said Leutcher.
Kodak Canada donated of a new kind
of film for super 16 cameras — worth
$300,000 — so Leutcher could test it
out. To obtain good equipment, he shot
on weekends and bargained with a leas-
ing company: homemade cookies and
brownies in exchange for equipment.
"Sometimes I would be up for three
days in a row and I wouldn't have the
time or the strength for that matter to
make them homemade brownies," said
Leutcher. "Entenmann's always worked."
As for the roles of producer, co-edi-
tor, director of photography, location
manager and production manager,
Leutcher handled them himself.
An accomplished musician, he
scored the film, too, at times simulat-

Tribes, which airs 8 and 10 p.m.
Sunday, April 16, on A&E.
His thirst for the filmmaking experi-
ence began long before that, when he
was a student at the University of
Michigan. He took a few classes there to
broaden his knowledge about films, and
later took a summer cinematography
course at New York University. That
convinced him to dabble in the art form
while he earned his master's degree in
religion at the University of Toronto
Center for the Study of Religion.
Leutcher has signed a contract as a
screenwriter with International
Creative Management in Los Angeles
and his film, he says, has gained the
attention of several "players" who, he
hopes, can help him get established in
his chosen career.
But even if he doesn't make it as
the next Steven Spielberg, Leutcher
has something on which he can always
fall back. The industrious young man
is wrapping up his doctoral studies at
the University of Toronto, and in
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latest in digital technology.
Along the way, he encountered a
variety of potential fiascoes, like the
time a group of hoods followed him
on a dark night as he lugged the
loaned camera. Thinking quickly,
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languages and is working on adding
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