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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Friday, February 25, 2011

Where are we?

Here is where things stand as of today:

We are hard at work looking at, and submitting to, festivals. We have submitted to three so far, and have more to go. So, far we have submitted to the Comic Con International Film Festival in San Diego, The Festival de Cannes, and the Cannes Independent International Film Festival. Question to anyone reading this: Would you like to see BGR, but aren't in the area? Are there any film festivals in your area that you would recommend?

Beyond that, things are a little more relaxed as far as BGR goes. We raised a good amount of money through the 2/7 Screening, so I thank everyone who participated in that. I also have to thank Frank Theatres for donating their share of the ticket sales to the future of BGR. That was incredibly generous, and we truly appreciate it.

Things are ramping up as far as "Red Scare" goes. Honestly, if you told me that we would have even made a full length trailer out of the small "Red Scare" scene from BGR, I would not believe it. So, imagine my surprise when last night I finished a feature length screenplay for a full "Red Scare" movie. Nothing is definite yet, but it looks like this BGR spinoff might be our next project... and that would make it Part 2 of Narrow Bridge Films/Lion Face Lemon Face Productions' Zombie Trilogy. I feel good about that. We learned so much working on BGR that I think/hope that "Red Scare" could/should be a much smoother shoot. More info on that to come.

Til then.

Stay Tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
Blaming George Romero


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Friday, February 11, 2011

"Red Scare" & a few more things



Above should be the trailer that ran before BGR on Monday (if it uploaded okay). The trailer for a movie called "Red Scare..." Except its not a real movie... yet. It could possibly be our next project. We are working that out.

Today, I submitted BGR to our first film festival: The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. This is it. We are officially getting into the film festival game. Wish us luck!

Finally, if you are on facebook, you can now review the movie by clicking on the review tab. If you are not on FB, but want to share your thoughts, feel free to email us at BlameRomero@gmail.com. We would love to see your thoughts.

Stay Tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
Blaming George Romero

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Footage from the 2/7 Screening



Here is some footage from the screening... Shot by Sean Feuer, it features people arriving and Billy Dautrick, Bobby Lise, and my opening speeches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgPzYaxqY4o


A second part is forthcoming and will have the Q&A and raffle along with a few other things.

Stay tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
Blaming George Romero

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

... one more thing about last night...



One more thing about the screening. My mind was so frazzled last night, that I completely forgot some people to thank. It happens, and I did my best. Liz White who worked on our most excellent cast party cake was there, and it completely skipped my mind to bring her up... Mike B who helped secure us with various equipment pieces... MandyJo, who did our modern zombie makeup left before I could thank her... but the one that stands out most to me right now is the person that we dedicated the movie to.

We have all lost people throughout the years... People who were huge influences on us... We lost grandparents, and friends... Billy lost his father.

But there was one loss that hit us all... One person who bound us together, and I have no doubt in my mind that without him, there would be no BGR. That person is Isaiah "Shia" Saltzman. He was my first director, and never showed me anything but the most amazing level of support. Without him, I don't know if I would have met Meg Z, Bobby, Billy, Matt H, and more... I certainly wouldn't enjoy the relationship that I currently have with all of them. And I am not sure where I would be without the support he gave me throughout my early years as an actor. I owe... We all owe Shia so much...

We lost Shia in 2008, but he remains with us in our hearts. He gave us so much, and asked for so little in return. We will always miss him, and we will never forget him.

And that is why "Blaming George Romero" is dedicated to his memory... Because whether or not he knew it at the time... He put us together... He put the pieces in motion.

זיכרונו לברכה
zikhrono livrakha
"May his memory be a blessing..."

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I thank you.




Phew. Well, that was fun. Last night's screening of "Blaming George Romero" was a huge success. We only really had a problem with the theatre once, and as far as things go that is a success for me. We had a great turnout, and a great audience. It was such a rush to see the cast, and crew, and people who support us... both family, friend, and stranger. Being able to finally share BGR with an audience has been a long time coming. And honestly, it feels like a giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders. And look at those pictures! Standing in front of a marquis with the BGR title... right next to an Oscar nominated flick! Its humbling, its amazing, and I am just so proud... of my cast, my crew, the movie, and of myself.

A bunch of the crew and I were nervous for the past few days... What if people don't like it? What if something goes wrong? What if, what if, what if... Well, that part is over, and people genuinely seemed to dig it. That means so much to me.

From here, we hit the festival scene, and hopefully people outside our circle dig it as well. Updates will be fewer at this point. There will still be updates, but they will be less now that we have a finished movie. When I started the blog, I said this would stick around throughout production, and as far as I am concerned that means through the festival world as well.

We also have some more footage to share with everyone. We had video taken of yesterday's intro, Q&A, and audience reaction, which we hope to splice together and share with everyone. So, that'll be coming some time in the next few weeks. I will also share the "Red Scare" trailer that premiered yesterday. And we are most certainly not done making movies... We will be doing other things in the future. Of that, there can be no doubt.

So, that is that. We learned an awful lot on this set. We forged our way through negativity and obstacles that none of us could have imagined, and we came out stronger for it. We learned what to do and what not to do. But best of all, we had a good time, and we have a movie to show for it. We actually made a fucking movie... I am still letting that sink in, honestly.

Another chapter in the BGR saga has closed... But this is only the beginning!

Stay tuned!

Sam
Actor, Writer, Producer
Blaming George Romero

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