Event Coverage Hollywood Goes to Dry Lake Bed

Cool car. Do you have any photos without all those people in it.

 

you watched it for the car,the car, remember it's only the car!!

 

Hey, It could have been worse! At least it wasn't some gangsta rap crap!

 

The Muntz looks great out there on the dirt even if the cleanup is a pain.

I had to play the video with the sound off so my daughter wouldn't give me that 'what the Hell are you doing listening to that"? question though.

 

After doing some extra work at movies shot here in Shreveport LA area I learned a lot about the movie business. I have been all day at a shoot for about 3 minutes of movie time. Different camera angles can make you shoot the same shot 8 or 9 times until it looks right to the director. I even drove one of my vehicles in a movie, not HAMB type car LOL though. That vehicle is actually what my screen name is, can you figure it out? Also movies don't "waste" money, they have a budget person that keeps the movie out of the red. There is always a reason for everything they do, union rules, safety rules and so on. The movie people work incredibly hard for 3 to 6 weeks to shoot the movie, usually 14 to 16 hours a day, 5 days a week. Union rules require 2 days off after 5 days of shooting although that does not neccessarily mean Saturday and Sunday off. You usually get fed well especially big screen movies. The people I have come across were generally nice including the stars I met. Some liked to talk to you, others were more distant but I have never seen any being rude.

 

wow that music sucks... your car looks good...

 

Thats cool, My unkle had a 40 ford that was in a coke commercial back in the 80s and they used the car for a few days when he got the car back it had a few dents in it and they were like we did not do that

 

These folks were EXTREMELY professional, and asked me to hang around my car fulltime just to avoid that type of situation. They asked for my permission on anything related to the Muntz.

 

True, so true! Did you notice how many hits this "just released" video has had the first day? Freakin' unbelievable!

 

Wow! A little over one day and already close to half a million hits! I want to be a teen idol! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQpu11ZNGI

 

TC are you considered a "talent" now?

 

No Screen Actors Guild card, yet! But I do have a much deeper respect, and appreciation for that entire industry now. The thousands of man-hours that are expended for a few seconds of entertainment....
The Muntz was a nameless, non-descript, bit-player to launch some New Jersey kids to further Disney stardom. It does look kinda bitchen' speeding on the dirt, though!

 

Agreed!

 

That's what I was thinking. Guess I've become my Dad...

 

To answer Gene Winfield Rod & Custom ... Yup those peski German film makers were there shooting....They came into the timing trailer and got some footage of the timing operation...

 

Its a look into a different world thats for sure..glad you and the Muntz survived, hopefully a little richer.. I was a "Greensman" for a local shooting of a series awhile back called "Blue and Grey", "North and South" something like that..We were out on a ranch of some friends of ours, and the scene they picked had a multi-story building way in the background, so we got permission from the landowners and cut down a whole tree, moved it with our gen-pole truck and propped it up in the scene to blot out the building..We were paid well and spent most of the day in the catering tent...

 

There was no music being played when they were filming!
As a side-note, the stunt double for the actress (the driver of my car) was even cuter than the female lead! Oh yeah, the camera DOES add 10-15 lbs! The "talent" was pretty skinny....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQpu11ZNGI

 

Can you believe I didn't see this thread until tonight?

Thank you again for replying and being so easy to work with!! It was also cool to see some felow HAMBers working the shoot.

Look forward to working with you again!