Studio Break-in and Release
On the morning of August 18, 2004, editors arrived at the Universal Groove post-production facility to find it vandalized, and robbed. Of the thirty-six hours of footage originally shot, only twelve remained. The stolen footage included unedited shots for critical scenes necessary for the development of the plot. Universal Groove went on indefinite hiatus while the producers tried to determine whether the production could be salvaged. In late 2005, footage began appearing on the internet, made accessible through torrents, peer-to-peer file sharing networks and on websites.
In 2006, the project was revived when director Francois Garcia crafted a plan to rebuild the film while preserving as much of its intended vision and integrity as possible. The film was eventually released on DVD in December 2007. The final version of the film contains alternate takes of some scenes that were released on the internet, and some scenes for which the original footage had been stolen but had been assembled.
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