I went downtown (Traverse City, Michigan) this morning, and as I turned into the main street, I saw it was blocked off. My first thought was, "What is Michael Moore doing now?", because I remembered he did an armored car stunt related to his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story". But then I remembered that they are supposed to be filming a new movie "A Year in Mooring" around town. That is what it turned out to be. So, I decided to get some pictures of the film crew at work.
Below is a video clip of them filming a woman in a car:
The movie is directed by Chris Eyre, who has directed "Law and Order", "We Shall Remain", and has been involved in other projects such as "Smoke Signals". Many of his projects are related to Native American subjects. I am not sure if I got Chris Eyre in any of the photos I took, but perhaps he is the one in the green jacket below sitting in a director's chair. After all, shouldn't directors sit in director's chairs? In any case, you can see a picture of Eyre to the left, as he appeared on the cover of"Native Peoples" magazine.The movie stars Josh Lucas. The last thing I saw Lucas in was "Glory Road", which was directed by a local director. However, this project seems entirely unrelated. Lucas was around somewhere, but I didn't see him.
The movie is to be filmed entirely locally. This article describes more about it. The movie is supposed to be released in 2011.
One of the scenes involves a near-accident on the corner of Cass and Front Street. I was told by one of the crew that they would be working on this scene all day.
18 comments:
lucas was downtown in the big yellow parka...
Anne Faba is the woman who plays the wife in the car scene. Great local talent from Michigan.
Looks exactly like the North End of Boston looked while Ben Affleck was filming "The Town" a few weeks ago.
His film crew turned my laundromat into a bank. Instead of "Spin City Laundry," it sported a sign for a fictitious Boston bank.
Good times, good times.
It was interesting to view today.
Barbara: I don't think I saw anyone in a yellow parka.
Stacey: Thanks! I was wondering who that was. I know so little about the movie.
Thanks "new visitors", and I think I see many many others searching for this subject
Shaw: Thanks also for visiting.
"....a sign for a fictitious Boston bank."
Seems like there are too many fictitious banks these days!
The area where this is filmed is likely 1/20th the size of North Boston, I would think. This downtown is about 3 blocks long and 2 deep.
Smiles: You need to add a blog there!
Oh, I love seeing filming going on. They use downtown Glendora quite a bit.
Dmarks, would you be willing to pick a word for us this week? We need you!
We got to the blocked-off corner by Horizon Books and decided not to try for a cup of coffee. Missed the whole scene, not even knowing what was going on! Didn't find out until I saw today's Record-Eagle and your blog. There must be a lesson there somewhere.
How fun! They do not film much here, though they did Short Circut a long time ago... but just a short section. I did not get to see that happen.
I like Josh Lucas. It'll be fun to see how it turns out.
That's so cool. I've been around movie sets before and it's kind of exciting.
I'm sure you heard they are filming a remake of Red Dawn in Detroit. I hope the invading Chinese Red Army brings some jobs with it as the tank roll up I-75. What is your opinion of the Michigan Film Tax Credit?
Cool.
My buddy wrote the screenplay for this and is living in TC for the duration. He's the best guy you'd ever want to meet...it's great to see good things happen to good people. Thanks for posting these pictures!
Thanks, Anon. Anything you want to add about the movie, let us know! The IMDB entry is rather lacking.
The movie compnay just bought my father's 70-year-old wooden sailboat, Elysia, to be in the movie. We're very excited.
The actress from Angels and Demons is also in this film.
Thanks! Would that be Ayelet Zurer ?
For recent photos from Bowers Harbor see http://www.flickr.com/photos/34783051@N08/sets/72157622865487284/
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