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Nicknames, Schmicknames

From Chris Conte to You

C'mon Down!!

260,000 miles?!? That's a moonshot!! What took an Apollo 3 days only took Corolla 14 years :)

Anyone who has a car issue on this movie should get a nickname. And since I've been so named "Clutch," by the power vested in me, I designate you...."Alt." Quick. Pithy. and Electrical. Not as sexy as "Tesla," but first come, first served :)

(And by the way, why didn't you post "schmicknames" as a response to my blog? That… Continue

Added by Mark S. Cartier on November 14, 2008 at 12:09pm — 2 Comments

Edge of Darkness Earning a Nickname

So after a week or 2 hiatus from EOD, I get the call to do more driving. And when I show up to set, my name is listed as Chris "Clutch" Conte. Stu informs me, "Did you know you're listed as "Chris 'Clutch' Conte?" "That's 'Clutch Cargo Conte' to you, pal.....and if you remember that odd cartoon, you're older than I am... :)

But this brings me to the subject of nicknames. The crew now universally addresses me as "Clutch." That same night, cruising down 495, Mike W. hit a deer, or more… Continue

Added by Chris Conte on November 7, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Timid Driver/Precision Driver?

My car is playing a primary role without me in Edge of Darkness. It's ironic because when I bought my current car the one thing that disappointed me was the color. It's silver and I wanted some odd, bright color so that I could find it easily in a crowded parking lot. I didn't want a car that blends in and gets lost. Well, the very fact that it's an average color is why it get used in so many films. In EOD it has been parked right next to Mel Gibson and the action with 1st unit, generally while… Continue

Added by Andrea Lyman on October 27, 2008 at 2:12pm — 9 Comments

Edge of Darkness Driving at South Station

The full story for those of you who worked in Boston today (10/16/08) and were driving around South Station. Yes, I was broken down! I didn't even get one lap around the route, and the clutch cable in my 1993 Volvo snapped, leaving me with 5 gears of neutral! :O Desperately I yanked on the shift, pushed pedal to floor, but no go. So there I was, blocking traffic. I put my hazards on. The horns started. I waved them around me. More horns. I opened the driver door, and threw every ounce of my 190… Continue

Added by Chris Conte on October 16, 2008 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

Bangor Film Fest report

Well, I'm sorry to say I was a little disappointed. It is a "very" long drive to Bangor and I was really hoping to see "Fathers" on the big screen. What was there was a beautiful auditorium (the local high school), but a tiny screen set up on the stage and a home quality unbalanced video projector. The audience was very small, probably because there were more than one events going on at the same time. They were very appreciative though and that part was nice.

The other films that… Continue

Added by Mike Francis on September 10, 2008 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Dangerous Dread work on Surrogates

I originally thought I was posting this blog on New England Actors when I was actually posting it on Our Film Space. The two sites look the same to me (not so tecno savvy here). So I copied the blog from one site to paste on this one. Anyway, here's my experience as a Dread on Surrogates:

This was without a doubt the most ruggedly dangerous set I have ever experienced. I worked on action films in the past, but never been a part of the action scenes. We, Dreads ( background actors ),… Continue

Added by Andrea Lyman on August 2, 2008 at 8:16am — 1 Comment

"Fathers" to appear at Bangor Film Festival

I worked on a grad thesis film for a student (Bridget Lake) from Loyola U in California a couple of years ago. "Fathers" will be shown in the upcoming Bangor Film Festival on Friday August 15. We had a great cast including NE actors, Michele Romano, Bill Mootos, Bill Steele and NY actress Diane Gioseffi, as well as a wonderfully talented crew from all over. If anyone is attending the festival, I'm going to try to get up there myself. Please look me up.…

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Added by Mike Francis on August 1, 2008 at 4:49pm — 3 Comments

SAG 75th Party

Well, after lots of hard work planning and organizing, the SAG 75th Party finally happened this weekend. I had a Blast (pun intended). Sold out with 500 people! We had a great group of volunteers for this event. What an upbeat positive bunch. Steve Auger found the Ritz for the event. Bill Mootos, Julie Wood and Dona Sommer did most of the overall organizing. The rest of us pitched in with various duties such as PR, mailings, designing the invitations, writing the Blasts, checking people in,… Continue

Added by Andrea Lyman on June 23, 2008 at 12:50pm — 6 Comments

CINE GOLDEN EAGLE FILM AND VIDEO COMPETITION 1992 WINNER DIRECTORY

http://www.cine.org/directories/1992-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf

DOCUMENTARY
My Uncle Joe
PRODUCTION: Coruway Film Institute -
Madbury, NH
William C. Rogers, Producer/
William C. Rogers, Director/
William C. Rogers, Writer/
Jane Wang, Sound/
Tedd Tramoloni, Editor/
Nicolas Villamizar, Music Producer & Composer /
Phil Rowe, et.al., Camera/

Added by Nicolas Villamizar on February 17, 2008 at 2:00am — No Comments