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Jake Gyllenhaal
(OCTOBER SKY, DONNIE DARKO) stars on the Marblehead
street set of BABY'S IN BLACK. The young heart
throb claims that "learning about life" not
stardom is the most important thing to him.
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MASSACHUSETTS
The 35mm all-Boston film THE
STRANGLER'S WIFE (Imagine, April 2001) wrapped production
on May 20 and concluded with a wrap party at Doyle's
Cafˇ in Jamaica Plain (3484 Washington St. 617-524-2345)
on Sunday, May 22. "Doyle's is a big supporter of
CityScape," says Laura Wilson, director and founder
of the school/production company. There was lots of
food, fresh fruit, and hot hors d'oeuvres to be had
and everyone at the party was "pretty enthusiastic"
because "they were feeling good about what they accomplished,"
says Wilson. While Roger Corman - who partially financed
the project - got bogged down and never made it to
Boston for the production, he is sure to be pleased
with the footage. "It looks fabulous," admits Wilson.
BABY'S IN BLACK (formerly
called BABIES IN BLACK, by this writer) wrapped their
three-week shoot in and around Boston's North Shore
in May. Marblehead and Gloucester were sent back in
the time machine to the 1970s for the production.
And finally, as film fests
go, there's Provincetown (June 13-17, www.provincetownfilmfest.com),
Nantucket (June 20-24, www.nantucketfilmfestival.org),
and Woods Hole (July 28-August 4, www.woodsholefilmfestival.org).
Get your reservations and tickets early!
VERMONT
It's film festival season
in the Green Mountain state as well. The Fifth Vermont
Independent Video Festival (VIV) was held May 25-27
in Brattleboro at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery
(139 Main St.). Started in 1995 the festival features
works screened on video and with a definite Vermont
flair, either by Vermonters or about the state. This
year the festival combines the Castleton Videofest
of high school entries to be included in the VIV program.
Check them out on the web at www.sover.net/~viv
. And Vermont Public Television will be airing some
of the winners on their REEL INDEPENDENTS show, airing
every other Friday night at 9pm.
March in Vermont saw the
Women's Film Festival at the Latches Theater, which
benefits the Women's Crisis Center in Wyndham County.
And we can't forget about
the Vermont International Film Foundation's screenings.
For more information see their website at www.vtiff.org
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Dustin Hoffman is
on the film set of Disney's BABY'S IN BLACK,
set in 1973 on Washington St. in Marblehead,
MA.
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RHODE ISLAND
"My news is that all our projects
are still on hold until the strike issues are solved
one way or the other," explains Rick Smith, Director
of the Rhode Island Film & TV Office. "I can say I
have scouted two studio pics, but they are for fall."
There have also been seven commercials and two television
series that have scouted there as well. The premiere
of the Rhode Island-shot SWIMMING UPSTREAM was held
on Sunday, May 20th. Kelly Rutherford (CBS's THE FUGITIVE)
looking "great, and engaged," tells Smith.
The Newport International
Film Festival (June 5-10, www.newportfilmfestival.com)
and the Rhode Island International Film Festival (August
8-13, www.film-festival.org)
round out the state's festival activity.
CONNECTICUT
DEEDS, a feature from Columbia
Pictures starring Winona Rider, Adam Sandler, and
Peter Gallagher, began production in New Milford on
June 1st. The 9-day shoot there has set Bank and Main
Streets into movie-mode by dressing it up for the
production. Frank Weller has been working hard by
building community support and being the point person
for various issues as they come up. On May 19th, more
than 6000 would be extras answered a union and non-union
casting call, most to play townspeople. The Town of
New Milford's Film Commission has advertised their
town in Imagine for more than a year.
The film office and local
municipalities in the Nutmeg State easily accommodated
the 10-week shoot for TOUGH ENOUGH, a new reality
show for MTV that is set to make WWF wrestling stars
out of ordinary folks. It's clear that without the
support of the film office, shows such as TOUGH ENOUGH
wouldn't shoot in Connecticut, explains Guy Ortoleva,
Managing Director of the Connecticut Film Office.
The 14th Connecticut Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival was held June 1-9 at the
Cinestudio Theatre at Trinity College in Hartford.
Carl
Hansen is a location coordinator and writer based
out of Los Angeles. If you have any comments or questions
please feel free to e-mail him at: fhansen1@netzero.net
Photos
by Tim Grafft, MFO
