Wednesday, March 9, 2011

"Red Scare" Auditions

Hello. So, first, some bad news. Got an email from the Festival de Cannes telling me that BGR was not accepted, blah blah blah, so many entries, blah blah blah, they can only select a very small number, yadda yadda yadda. Well, it's not like I wanted to go to an amazing festival in a beautiful part of France and hobnob with people who can advance my (and the rest of the BGR family's) career. Sigh. C'est la vie. We still have plenty more festivals to hear back from, and more that we haven't submitted to yet.

Next. Some better news. In April, we plan to hold auditions for several of the roles in:



If interested in auditioning for this movie, please email headshots and resumes to RedScareMovie@gmail.com.

The following parts need to be cast. Note: all roles must be comfortable wearing basic makeup. All principle roles must have great comic timing.

Principle Roles:

General Carter (Male, 30’s-40’s) The guy in charge. Strong presence, natural leader.

Miles O’Shaunnesey (Male, 20’s) Young, enthusiastic hero worshipper, but smarter than he seems.

Sasha (Female, 20’s-30’s) Gorgeous. Must be capable of an American accent and a Russian accent and everything in between the two. Russian accent doesn’t have to be accurate, can be over the top. Must be able to range from evil, to seductive, to slapstick comedy in the same scene.

Winston (Male, 20’s-30’s) Preppy, arrogant high schooler. Willing to cast older or younger.

Carl (Male teens-20's) African American High Schooler. Incredibly expressive face.

Lou (Male, 30’s and up) Older, but full of energy. Think Ed Asner from Mary Tyler Moore Show or J. Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies.

Stevie (teens-20’s) Must come off as young/easily frightened, enthusiastic intern/photographer. Willing to look at both men and women for this role. Must be excellent at slapstick comedy.

President of the United States (30’s and up) Leader of the free world, in a wheelchair. Commands attention. Calm and gentle one minute, ruthless the next.

Nurse (20’s-30’s) Sexy nurse. Not too bright, giggly, Marilyn Monroe type.

Secondary Roles

The biker gang:
Eyepatch (Male, late teens-20’s) Biker gang type, tough, but a follower. Must be comfortable in an eyepatch.
Tooty Fruity Judy (female, late teens-20’s) Female member of the gang. Tough. Character types welcome.
Slim (Male, late teens-20’s) Tough. Can be comically skinny or fat.
Rough Randy (Male, late teens-20’s) Short, lots of energy.

The minions: Russian soldiers. Capable of Russian accents, or cartoon versions of Russian accents.

The preppie gang: a group of both men and women to be Winston’s gang.

Stay tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
"Blaming George Romero"

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Monday, March 7, 2011

More festivals and a Quick Update on "Red Scare"

Howdy! Quick answer to a question I have gotten several times the past few weeks: "Have you heard back from any of the festivals?" Answer: No. We only started sending out to the festivals a few weeks ago. They copies need to arrive there, and then they need to be watched, and then judged, etc etc etc. No worries, as soon as we know, we will share that information.

In the meantime, we have submitted to several more festivals: Las Vegas Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Hoboken International Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Arizona Underground Film Festival, NJ International Film Festival, American Independent Film Festival, and Bergenfield Film Festival.

We are now on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1842327/

That feels pretty great to see a movie that I wrote almost a year ago have its own page on IMDB. It also feels pretty great to be able to give some people their first ever IMDB Credit. Its not a huge deal really, but I remember how I felt when I got my first IMDB credit... I was really very happy. Its kind of a big deal, because even though it might not mean that you've made it (anyone can really set up an imdb page) to me it means that you're on your way. That's my opionion anyway.

Red Scare is proceeding very well. I have talked to many of our cast & crew, and we are all very excited to work together again on this project. For the time being, I will update you on Red Scare here. Eventually, we'll progress to where Red Scare has its own (slightly different) blog and various web presences. For now, I will tell you that we plan on holding auditions for some of the roles in the middle of April (likely a Wednesday & Thursday around 4pm or 5pm). Look for updates on that and all other things Red Scare & BGR coming soon.

Stay Tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
"Blaming George Romero"





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