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For Release -01-29-14 - New York, N.Y. – (Release from www.Skullman.com) Aside from telling the story of the Lithuanian Basketball Team’s hardships on the road to the 92′ Olympics, the 2012 documentary film, The Other Dream Team celebrates the infamous tie-dyed uniforms worn by the team in that famous Bronze Medal Podium at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The Lithuanian Olympic Basketball team wore NY artist Greg Speirs’ iconic design, the Original Lithuanian Slam Dunking Skeleton, now a historic piece of Lithuania’s basketball culture. It became a worldwide story and symbol of Lithuanian sports when the team stepped on the podium in 1992 to receive their bronze medals wearing the artist's design. However, when the story broke the facts surrounding the artist’s contribution plus his major financial donation to the team were omitted from the story.

The film, The Other Dream Team, sheds a little more light on the facts behind the source of the famous image by including a 23 second clip in the movie of the artist explaining his inspiration. According to the artist who created it, it was not created as the icon of a rock group as it had previously been misrepresented in the news. Speirs was also not recognized for a major contribution of 100 % of his profits (at least $450,000.), far exceeding others in the story. Reporters failed to dig for the truth, misrepresented the facts behind the famous image and ran with the prewritten storyline handed to them. Their reporting failed to credit the artist for his creation and for his major donation to fund the team.

When the shirts started selling news reports boasted that subsequent donations using his trademark skeleton raised millions more which were given to charities and the team. But these reports failed to mention that all of those donations from the sale and marketing of his intellectual property ultimately came from him being the creator and owner of the image and would not have been possible without his permission.

The film, which premiered in in theaters in 2012, is now on DVD, Netfix etc. is a sports and political documentary directed and produced by Marius Markevicius and Jon Weinbach which chronicles the Lithuanian Basketball team’s experiences behind the Iron Curtain, where they hid from KGB agents, feared for their lives and subjected to brutalities of Communist rule. Lithuania’s basketball stars always shared a common goal – to utilize their athletic gifts to help free their country.

In the 2012 documentary film you will see the artist describe his inspiration for the infamous skeletal image. The Slam Dunking Skeleton has come to represent the spirit of the team and used to promote the film's run in theaters across the U.S. The fact is that the image was an independent creation that came from the artist and was not an icon of a musical group. Go to www.skullman.com for more info. The artist’s major contribution to this story remained largely unreported in lieu of a prewritten storyline. “It’s such a good story, I guess others wanted it. The fact is that the story about the image is Greg’s story, no one else’s”, said a spokesman from Skullman.com. (See You Tube video: http://www.gregspeirs.com/greg-speirs-in-the-new-documentary-the-other-dream-team/ and listen to audio interview: http://www.gregspeirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Other-Dream-Team-Greg-Speirs.mp3

The origin of the Slam Dunking Skeleton - from the artist himself: “The 1992 Lithuanian Basketball Team represents what happens in freedom…people excel. The Lithuanian Basketball Team symbolized resistance against an oppressor, and the Slam Dunking Skeleton represented them, a whole country’s team. The struggle of the Lithuanian team struck a chord with me so I decided to come up with an image which I believed represented them. I came up with the Slam Dunking Skeleton because it symbolized the team, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes and coming up from nothing, and rising up to overcome the obstacles, which are represented by the hands blocking the shot in the image. The image is one of breaking out of oppression symbolized by the skeleton finally slam dunking the basketball. This was my interpretation in 1992 and the real meaning of the image. It's not a dead skeleton at all, but this skeleton represents rebirth and a new life. I know that the Lithuanians really understand what freedom is all about, and anywhere people love freedom I'm there to help. Also, you can't have freedom without free enterprise”, recalled Speirs.

The artist then acquired the status as the major sponsor of the team by donating 100% of his profits from the sales of the shirts to fund the team. Recent news reports state millions were given to Lithuania from sales of the T-Shirts, which featured the artist's Slam Dunking Skeleton Trademark with his donation also funding the 1996 Team, Lithuanian Children's Charities and help with the basketball school in Lithuania. He turned down all money generated from sales of his creation, but instead let it all (100%) go to the team and Lithuanian charities. The donation eclipsed all of the funding by the big names involved.

Related news: The Slam-Dunking Skullman and dedication to the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic Basketball Team was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. On Dec. 07, 1993. http://www.skullman.com/basketball%20hall%20of%20fame.htm

Contact: contact@lithuaniantshirt.com licensing@skullman.com 1992 © Copyright Lithuanian Slam Dunking Skeleton shown in The Other Dream Team was created by Greg Speirs. Lithuanian Slam Dunking Skeleton® & Lithuanian Tie Dye® brands are Registered Trademarks of Greg Speirs.