I'm going to hopefully work on All the King's Men. This is a huge film and I'm really looking forward to it, I got the call today from my buddy who's already on it and he said he can get me in.
I just wanted to let you guys know so you can watch the progress of the film from imdb.com until it's release. I could be working on it for just a few days, or for the rest of the production, so we'll see.
The film is directed by one of the biggest writers out there, Steven Zaillian who wrote the script for Schindler's List, Clear and Present Danger and Searching for Bobby Fischer, among many others. The film stars Jude Law and Sean Penn, with a cast that includes James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet and Anthony Hopkins. All the King's Men is based off a Robert Penn Warren novel that won many awards with a film done in the 50's that won many an Oscar. The story has to do with the life of Willie Stark, who is actually based on a real person - former Governer of Louisiana, Huey Long.
It's a ginormous project, check it out:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405676/
Wish me luck, Lord knows I'll need it.
Are you the coffee man? I think you should try acting lazy fat bum , While I am sure the FCC wont be happy if you do.
That's pretty cool. I wish you much luck, lazy!!
So showing your Darunia film was the key to getting them to take you on? :)
Good news though. But yeah, what would you be doing?
Congratulations, man!
If you see Sean Penn, tell him I think he's a fag.
And also, if you have the chance, give Kate Winslet a little smack on the ass for me.
Congrats on the job, and best of luck! Tell us all how it goes.
Whats the name of that other story, I thought it was called All The Kings Horses, or Men... its a short story by the guy who wrote Harrison Bergeron, and... oh never mind.
Well done, lazy! Good luck on the movie!
So how long before we see "Sean Bradshaw" in big letters over a movie title?
That's awesome lazy. What exactly will you be doing for the production? Or won't you know that until you actually start working there?
Congrats lazy! That is really cool. I'm happy for you.
Thanks everybody, it's been a wild ride so far.
I'm back in Florida right now and i'm going back up to New Orleans Monday. Basically, i've been put in extra's casting and fitting which is where we process the extras as they come in and have them fitted in the 1940's era wardrobe, and then receive a haircut if they need one. Those extras are then given a date and time for the shooting and we're all set for picture on the shoot date.
For the two days I was there we probably went through about 300 people, but production got delayed so those 300 people wont be casted. I was helping the casting people in this weird country area where the fair scene will be, this is where Willie Stark will give a speech in the film. It was really weird seeing the scenics (the guys who take care of alot of the stuff you see on the set as well as painting) build an entire fair (which could have been used as a real town's fair) and then have to take it all down to move to a different location because of the delay in production. Otherwise everything seems to be moving well and I heard they're back on schedule.
I'm concentrating on getting my caddy fixed up so I can take her back up to New Orleans. My next call time, from what i've gathered, seems to be this coming Wednesday so i'm good on time.
I've never seen anything like it before, a giant barn filled with 1940's era clothes, hats and shoes that are probably hand made... every single one of them. And when the extras are fitted in their garb, it's like you just stepped back in time. The extras, most of whom have no acting experience, immediately take on their roles.
The men dressed in suits walk with a classy gate and keep their chins high, nearly aristocratic. The men dressed down in clothes look like they had just survived the depression; they actually take on a look of humble melancholy. The women, regardless of their financial state are almost aggressively proper and polite, holding their hand bags with crossed gloved hands, even the way they talk takes on a feel of the 40's. No acting experience, but with the wardrobe they fell right in to character. Really really cool stuff.
And no, I didn't show anyone the Darunia movie. If I did, I would be arrested and shot. :D
Sounds like you're having a great time, this is a great opportunity for you!
Be a pal and get us Tendites roles as extras :D
Quote:Be a pal and get us Tendites roles as extras
Generally don't movies just ask for extras from the community they are shooting in?
Quote:And no, I didn't show anyone the Darunia movie. If I did, I would be arrested and shot.
Yeah, maybe the TC birthday one... no, I don't think so. Uh, the Canada one? Or maybe making something new would be a better idea. That doesn't show off quite as much of your ... unique... sense of humor. :) (On the note of those videos, We've got to get them off the server because ... well, we have 500mb with 40mb free and those three take up 160mb...)
But yeah, it's great to hear that it's going well.
A Black Falcon Wrote:Generally don't movies just ask for extras from the community they are shooting in?
Yeah, but we know someone with connections!
Wow that is terrific, lazy. Congrats!
You have confuzzled me! I don't know what I'm going to say next!
The voice acting in Star Fox 64 was pretty good, and the low bitrate actually WORKED in that game, flawlessly, because every single conversation was done over radio. Well, strike that. The one time it was glaringly obvious the voice recording had certain audio limitations was the very end of the game when you hear that low quality coming out of the mouth of General Pepper even though he's in the same room with you. If only they could have bumped up at least that small amount of dialog to an adequate bit rate, but as it stands the rest of the game sounds perfect as is and it's another example of how sometimes hardware limitation can actually be turned into an advantage (this isn't to say that low quality bitrate couldn't fit on a CD :D, I'm just saying they made it WORK here).
Man that was an awesome few months, i'll never forget seeing Sean Penn talk to Anthony Hopkins, and Hopkins actually rolled his eyes in disgust at him like "why are you talking to me i'm Anthony Hopkins for god's sake". And then smoking on the steps of the capital with Mark Ruffolo and watching Jude Law chase the hot extras in to the bathrooms (he's apparenntly married too) and the absolute best part out of watching the actors: James Gandelfini asking "where are the hookers?"
Kate Winslette is by far one of the best actors/actresses i've ever met. She commands respect but out of her sweet temperment and disposition, she never once got pissy or acted like a 4 year old like everyone else did. I was also amazed at how small everyone was, here I am standing next to Anthony Hopkins who barely comes to my chest... and i'm pissing my pants and biting my tongue because i want to ask him to eat my liver sooooo bad.
i hope the movie makes it to theaters, i know the hurrican messed alot of pickup shots up but last i heard it was in post and ready to fly and then poof, nothing. It may get cannned which would suck but that's "Hollywood".
Why would an actor get upset? They are actors. They are living their life's dreams. What right do they have to complain about anything? But beyond that, they are tools to be used and when the technology reaches a certain point, they shall be replaced by those of the robot race. All I can say is, I wish I got paid millions just to play pretend.
When I saw the topic of this thread I thought it was going to be Lazy announcing that he was going to be a father.
DJ/ One of the guys I was working with said he was getting coffee and Penn walked up to get coffee too, my friend said "Hey goodmorning... another day another dollar." and Penn said "Another day another ten grande". My friend laughed, Penn did not. Awkward. I would have loved to have been there just to say "wow 10 grade is alot, how much did you make on Fast Times at Ridgemont High? *giant smile* remember? that movie where you had a mullet, and you played an idiot, and people only knew you because you slept with Modonna?"
To be fair, he's a good actor, sam I am/I am sam and the brother in The Game and of course clint eastwoood's mystic river prove that in spades, i just wish he was more of a nice guy/humble character type like good ol' Hannibal or winslette
Dark/ Holy shit where have you been? and thank god but no thank you, If i was going to be a father i sure as hell wouldn't be posting on TC, i'd be too busy crying and talking to my mom.
That's not to say some people are just plain better at playing pretend than others, it's just that it is something that, from what you are describing to me, they need to realize.
Heh, I've been too lazy to post/read posts for the longest time, so I haven't been