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     Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2539 Registered: 12-2001  |
Whatever virus issues existed at FWF are gone. No more inadvertant Marxism. Thanks for the headsup Red Sox.. though I wish you had answered the PL. When someone finally did contact me about the specifics of their anti virus warning, it made it easier to know what to look for. but its all better now. And some production photos from the most recent film have been added so go check it out www.freshwater-films.com | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2649 Registered: 12-2001 |
So in the realm of isnt that nice MNN is rebroadcasting the episode of On The Scene With Billy MoDean tonight at 10pm on channel 67 in NYC. It will also be streaming on the website www.mnn.org on the channel 67 button. If any of you watch please head here to leave a review or check out www.freshwater-films.com to see what else we have done in two short years. Thanks. | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2725 Registered: 12-2001 |
So I am sitting here waiting for Alec Baldwin to call me. His secretary already has to confirm I will be available. He has turned down the role I offered him in the feature I am developing but he wants to steer me toward a producer who would love the script. He is proving an exception to the rule. He and Dan Lauria have both been so helpful to me in terms of contacts and the like. While I am sorry he is not going to do the film (he doesnt want to play another molester/monster kind of role so he doesnt get in that rut) I take solace in the fact that he thinks highly enough of the script that that would even be an issue for him. I have to say the screenwriter, a dear friend of mine, nearly wept when he heard Alec's comments on the strength and power of the script. This is all good. And I am very excited. I need this now amidst the wreckage that is my house. | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1398 Registered: 5-2001 |
Tell Alec to call me. He's one of my "three." | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1399 Registered: 5-2001 |
Oh, and it's great the script is so well regarded. (I had to snap out of THAT dream.) Good luck with it.  | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2726 Registered: 12-2001 |
Ball of Roses, my first feature film as a director, will be a co-production with El Dorado Pictures. Suffice it to say the phone call went very, very well.  | ||
| Wendyn Citizen Username: Wendyn Post Number: 706 Registered: 9-2002 |
AWESOME!!! And if you can have Alec introduce me to Billy, who is one of my top 10, I would appreciate it.  | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1414 Registered: 5-2001 |
Hey Wendy, we could double...ahh, never mind!  | ||
| Wendyn Citizen Username: Wendyn Post Number: 709 Registered: 9-2002 |
Somehow I doubt Billy would dump China (sp) Phillips for me, even 7 months preggers. | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2741 Registered: 12-2001 |
The witching hour approaches. Lets see how seriousl he was on Thursday... | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 2834 Registered: 5-2001  |
Yadda yadda yadda. Baldwin Boys -  Let me know when you do a deal with Renee Russo, Nicole Kidman or Gina Gershon.  BTW - Wendy, how'd you get 10? I thought we could only have 3... Seriously, Dunc- break a leg! | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2742 Registered: 12-2001 |
Greenie you will have to fight me off of Nicole, honey. Grrrrrufff | ||
| Wendyn Citizen Username: Wendyn Post Number: 712 Registered: 9-2002 |
I think Renee would be better in bed. Plus I love that name. ;-) Well I can't count Billy in my top 3 (he's not all that) so I expanded to 10. Honestly it's been so long since I've even thought about my list I would probably have to make some serious changes. Duncan, what happens Thursday? FYI...we signed a contract for our addition this weekend. They are saying 3 months, hoping it doesn't take 6! | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2743 Registered: 12-2001 |
I spoke with Alec on Thursday...thats when he asked if he could co-produce and after our 15 minute chat he said he would call me Monday to go into more details as he was off to a meeting. He was in Santa Monica at the time. On LI today. So we will see 1) if he calls me back and 2) how serious he was on Thursday. | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 1415 Registered: 5-2001 |
Awesome! | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2783 Registered: 12-2001 |
This is the second article on Bust since we wrapped in July. Not too bad for a short with no Publicity budget. Thats what a TV star will getcha every time..From the Asbury Park Press. Film projects are a wrap at NJ Rep By TOM CHESEK Correspondent While Labor Day weekend is traditionally something of a siesta for most area stages, the actors, directors, playwrights, producers and tech types who make up the quasi-official stock company at New Jersey Repertory have been laboring overtime to preserve some of their very special stuff on the much-maligned (by theater-snob types) medium of celluloid. A close look at the actor bios in any of the NJ Rep mainstage or script-in-hand productions is enough to show that there's no real 'anti-cellulite' snobbery in effect among these working actors of the tri-state area -- and any longtime NJ Rep subscriber who also happens to follow the NYC-based "Law & Order" franchise on TV has surely been able to place a few familiar faces among the shows' grand parade of suspects, witnesses and victims. Currently in post-production -- having gone before the lens in mid-July -- the independent short film "Bust" is an ambitious little feature with a marked NJ Rep pedigree. The capsule crime drama was scripted by one of the most familiar faces in the Long Branch-based troupe -- Dana Benningfield, who also co-stars as a Russian prostitute. The actress -- seen most recently on the stage of NJ Rep's Lumia Theatre as a young mom tempted into an extramarital affair in Mike Folie's sweetly sour comedy "Lemonade" -- has never let her leading-lady good looks interfere with her choices as an accomplished character player ("North Fork") or as a promising new director. She appears in her own tale with a lead actor who undoubtedly rings a few bells with TV watchers: Dan Lauria, the dad from the old "Wonder Years" series -- here in the somewhat uncharacteristic role of a "tough-as-nails detective investigating a mob-related murder." The cast under the direction of Maplewood native Duncan M. Rogers also features Rep regular Philip Lynch, an actor who's lit up the Lumia with some stellar work in both leads ("The Adjustment") and slightly surreal support ("Spain"). This linchpin of the NJ Rep family co-starred in the company's very first mainstage offering, and appeared alongside director Rogers in the troupe's inaugural script-in-hand reading, to boot. Rogers, meanwhile, has busied himself as an indie filmmaker; having completed a couple of short features -- "The Able's House is Green" and "The Reader," the latter starring Tony winner Elizabeth Franz. Long Branch residents who get an opportunity to view the finished film (plans are in effect to submit the work to several film festivals, and even to pitch it as a possible TV pilot) might spot yet another familiar face in a cameo -- city police Sergeant Frank Rizzuto, who served the production as a Law Enforcement Consultant. He's joined by several other community businesses and entities -- including the Long Branch Arts Council, Siperstein's, Amy's Omelette House, Casey Jones Restaurant, Wilson's Ice Cream, Island Grille and Attilio's -- who lent a helping hand to the homegrown opus. Also pitching in on the project were a number of NJ Rep stalwarts -- from production manager Rose Riccardi to craft services coordinator Lina Moccia -- who have been integral members of the extended family headed by company founders Gabor and SuzAnne Barabas. This clannish vibe was perhaps never more apparent than in "My Rifle, My Pony and Me," a three-day festival of short works (all of them built around the theme of the American Cowboy) presented last winter as the first in the troupe's projected series of Theatre Brut productions -- with the Brut-al weather failing to stop this sold-out showcase from assembling a virtual 'Who's Who' of regional creative and performing talent; a homecoming for practically everyone who ever made a contribution to this still-young company's already formidable legacy. The only thing this observer disliked about "My Rifle" was that all of the playlets were presented exactly one time only, ostensibly never to be seen again -- until now. With the formation of NJ Rep Film Brut Production Company, director Eric Stannard is getting underway with plans to film several of the cowboy-inspired one-acts for posterity. While the segments have yet to be cast or even selected, there's been mention made of two pieces that originally involved the talents of Dana Benningfield: the Folie monologue "There's a 200 Foot Cowboy in Istanbul" (in which she starred as a disillusioned but sadly seductive tobacco company exec) and Dickie Nessinger's 'Harvest Moon,' which she directed as a gently hilarious tall-tale slice of magical realism. New Jersey Repertory inaugurates its new season this October with a production of Lee ("A Walk in the Woods") Blessing's sociopolitical satire "Whores." For more information on this and other Rep offerings, visit the company's Web site at www.njrep.org. | ||
| Wendyn Citizen Username: Wendyn Post Number: 730 Registered: 9-2002 |
Go Duncan go duncan go duncan... | ||
| Colleen Citizen Username: Cbroderick Post Number: 122 Registered: 7-2001  |
Very exciting! | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2877 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yup, its official. Freshwater Films, LLC in association with El Dorado Pictures presents Ball of Roses directed by Duncan M. Rogers Had a wonderful phone call with Mr. Baldwin this morning and am now scrambling madly for an entertainment lawyer. I posted in the work section, but if anyone knows someone that would be a big help | ||
| Duncan Citizen Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2951 Registered: 12-2001 |
 My first two films will screen at the first Goat Short Film Festival. I will make a bigger splash about it in the arts entertainment section later, but for now.. The Reader (Shot here in Maplewood) will screen Saturday night Oct 2 @ 7pm The Ables House is Green will screen Sunday Oct 3rd @ 5pm. I will be at both screenings and hope that if any MOL'ers come they will introduce themselves and say hi. thanks |
