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February 27, 2006
Shooting Lincoln, in a different sort of way
The house was visited today by Harvest Films, who created the famous Bud Light skydiver ad--the one where they throw the beers out of a plane and the pilot runs and jumps out after them. By 6.30AM this morning, it looked like the circus had come to Harlem. The block was filled end-to-end with at least 25 production guys, multiple tents, fake greenery, a buffet cart, giant lights, screens, three director chairs, two extra-long movie-star trailers, and two Lincoln Zephyr cars. Meanwhile it was about 20 degrees outside and the film crew left the front door hanging open.
Dolores, the owner of the houes, has built a good relationship with various film crews, who like the curved front stairs and the fact that she leaves the front parlour empty. Toyota filmed a commercial here a few years ago, and Third Watch filmed for 10 days on the lower level. Apparently they found her by going door-to-door in Harlem (itself a dangerous proposition) and asking if people have houses with no walls from front to back.
I didn't hang around for the Lincoln filming today, but apparently a couple of actors walked out of the house and into their waiting Lincoln Zephyr. In other words, it took a day to film a few seconds of footage. And it took at least 30 people to do it. No wonder it costs $200M to make a full-length movie.
Here's the scene looking down the street at 6.30AM after the circus arrived:
Notice that the car is missing a back door. That was left on the front steps. We'll have to wait for the commercial to air to figure out why they're advertising a car without a door.
Posted by adrianjo at February 27, 2006 09:50 PM