The Upper Footage

The Upper Footage also known as Upper is a 2013 found footage film directed and written by Justin Cole. The movie first released on January 31, 2013 to a limited run of midnight theatrical screenings at Landmarks Sunshine Cinema in New York City. The film centers upon the death of a teenager and attempts to cover it up. The film was initially met with much controversy, as some believed that the footage depicted an actual death and cover up after the media reported on the events around the film as fact for years prior to its release.

The film is said to be a 90minute edited version of 393 minutes of recovered footage documenting the death and subsequent cover up of a young woman by a group of NYC socialites. The film is set up in a documentary format explaining all the media events around the project before and after the showcased footage.Drawing from the marketing for films such as Blair Witch Project, Cole allegedly began releasing videos on YouTube starting in 2010, all of which featured the actors with pixelated faces. The first uploaded clip was titled NYC Socialite Overdose followed byadditional clips that were eventually pulled from YouTube. He labeled the first film Socialite Overdose and uploaded several more clips from the movie during 2011, all of which were supposedly pulled off of YouTube. Media outlets then alleged that Quentin Tarantino had expressed an interest in picking up the footage and releasing it under the name Upper, but that he had to kill the film due to pressure from outside forces. A website then emerged and claimed to have the complete footage and would release it under the name of The Upper Footage. Some media outlets reported on the footage, claiming it to be true. Chelsea Kane, a Dancing With The Stars contestant at the time and Disney starlet was briefly named as one of the participants in the video, prompting her to issue a statement saying that it was not her. During this time, fliers and posters advertising the disappearance of Jackie were distributed in several areas. ........

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