10-19-2005, 05:02 PM
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Taken From: http://avpress.com/n/19/1019_s11.hts Quote:
Dark clouds loomed Monday over Lake Los Angeles film site Club Ed, but the threat of afternoon storms wasn't enough to deter the makers of the independent feature film "Nobel Son" from finishing a scheduled daylong shoot.
Dodging puddles from an earlier downpour and bracing themselves against chilly winds, the cast and crew of the low-budget comedy-drama milled about the diner and motel set, grabbing a quick bite to eat at the craft service truck before preparations for the next shot began. Clad all in black, actor Bill Pullman emerged from the ramshackle diner and made a beeline for a waiting town car.
"When we first came out (to Club Ed), it was probably 100 (degrees)," director Randall Miller said. "We got here (today) and it was downpour rain."
Miller and executive producer Tom Soulanille maintained a positive attitude about the unpredictable weather, saying it simply comes with the territory when you're shooting a low-budget movie.
"It provides actually a little bit of drama," Soulanille said. "It creates much more interesting sky."
"Whether it's rain or hail or sunshine, we'd be shooting," Miller added. "That's what's exciting about independent filmmaking. You have to adapt."
A TV director with numerous series, including "Northern Exposure," "thirtysomething," "Salute Your Shorts" and "Popular" under his belt, Miller penned and is producing "Nobel Son" with his wife, Jodi Savin.
The couple, who met while attending the American Film Institute, previously wrote and co-produced the Sundance Film Festival hit "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School."
"Nobel Son" is about two mismatched brothers who conspire to scam their chemistry genius father out of his Nobel Prize winnings.
The brothers are played by Bryan Greenberg, who stars opposite Uma Thurman in the upcoming "Prime," and Shawn Hatosy, who recently played John McCain in the television adaptation of "Faith of My Fathers." Pullman plays a cop sent to retrieve the swindled money. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, Eliza Dushku, Mary Steenburgen and Danny DeVito.
Hatosy said he was drawn to "Nobel Son" because of the quality of the script. "It was just something as I was reading it … . I've read a lot of scripts and it's rare to enjoy reading a script. It really is a character piece."
According to Miller and Savin, "Nobel Son" is partially autobiographical. Dushku's character, who Soulanille describes as a crazy painter-poet, is based in part upon Savin, while the premise of the son struggling to come to terms with his father's success sprang from Miller's own "dysfunctional academic family."
"My dad was a professor of immunology, biochemistry, at Cal Tech," Miller said. "It's not exactly my dad (in the film), but my dad was a guy who thought he should have won the Nobel Prize but never did."
"There's quite a bit of both of us in this movie," Savin said.
The couple plan to wrap filming of "Nobel Son" in just 31 days. The majority of the shoot will take place in the Los Angeles area.
Soulanille said the Club Ed set was chosen for Monday's shoot because of its beauty and remoteness. "It's … representing a couple of remote bus stations where some millions of dollars are stashed … a location that's removed from the hustle and bustle of the city."
As volatile as the weather was Monday, it could have been worse.
According to Soulanille, at one point, "Nobel Son" was scheduled to be filmed in Louisiana.
"We were able to find local financing," he said, "which turned out to be fortunate."
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im sure they will find a distributer
