Boulder company premieres film featuring Jesse Ventura.

• Author: Kauwthumrong, Patricia
• Position: [THE ARTS] - Brief article

Boulder-based 42 Productions celebrated a series of first in February as it rolled out the red carpet for the world premier of its feature film "Woodshop," starting former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura, at the University of Colorado ATLAS Institute in Boulder.

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"This production was the best collaboration of my career if not my life," said Pete Coggan, the film's writer, director and producer, a full-service film and video production company.

"Woodshop" is 42 Productions' first script-to-screen feature. The film is also among the first shot in a new format called digital cinema. The state-of-the-art production facility filmed the entire movie in Boulder last spring.

The former governor of Minnesota plays a tough high school detention for a "Breakfast Club" -esque cast of characters in this comedic drama. Ventura said he was intrigued by the movie because Coggan wrote the script with...