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Andy Griffith The 'new' star on independent
film circuit
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Associated Press
Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. - At the age of 81,
Andy Griffith has been discovered.
Sure,
he'll always be known as Sheriff Andy Taylor, the
gentle father to son Opie and gunless lawman in
Mayberry who dispensed a homegrown wisdom on the
"The Andy Griffith Show." Or as disheveled, yet
shrewd, Atlanta defense lawyer Ben
Matlock.
But he's now a breakout star of
sorts in the critically acclaimed "Waitress." He's
only a supporting character in a movie starring
Keri Russell as Jenna, a top-notch pie maker
trying to leave her brutish husband, but steals
the show as the cranky owner of the diner where
she works.
"I'm glad to be back," Griffith
said. "I loved working in the film, and I just
thought it was actually wonderful."
The
movie was written and directed by Adrienne Shelly,
who was found slain in the Manhattan apartment she
used as an office not long after "Waitress" was
accepted at the Sundance Film Festival. Griffith
said that Shelly, who also stars in the film,
"knew exactly what she wanted to
hear."
"She wanted me to be very firm, and
she kept after me to be firm, be firm," Griffith
said. "I said, 'I'M TRYING.' She said, 'That
way.'"
Griffith lives a fiercely private
life with wife Cindi in the North Carolina Outer
Banks town of Manteo. Until "Waitress," he hadn't
appeared in a live-action film since 2001. But he
said he got two other scripts at the same time as
"Waitress," choosing that project for the quality
of Shelly's writing and because Joe "was a good,
pivotal part. Joe means a lot to this
film.
"We went to the grocery store a
little while ago and the manager over there said
his mother had seen it and just wished I'd had a
bigger part," Griffith said. "But it was big
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GOV. EASLEY REAPPOINTS TATHAM AND TROUTMAN TO
FILM COUNCIL
Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley has reappointed
Travis Tatham of Canton and Beth Troutman of
Charlotte to the North Carolina Film Council.
Tatham is director of special projects at
Biltmore Estate. She is a vice chair of Junior
Achievement of Western North Carolina and
president of the Canton Children's Community
Foundation. Tatham received her Bachelor's degree
in business administration from Mars Hill College.
Troutman is the co-host of "Fox News
Rising" on FOX 18 WCCB, Charlotte. She spent four
years with "The West Wing" and is a board member
for Kids Vote. Troutman received the Key to the
City of Concord for Outstanding Community Service
in 1998. She received her Bachelor's degree in
political science and women's studies from UNC at
Chapel Hill.
The council serves as a forum
for filmmaking concerns and makes recommendations
to the secretary of the Department of Commerce
relating to the film industry in North Carolina.
The council has 25 members, each serving a
three-year term. The governor appoints all
members.
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ERMP Profile
Highlight
Deborah Harvey
Mathes
Director
of Human Resources
On
June 04, 2007, Deborah Harvey Mathes accepted the
position of Director of Human Resources for Eno
River Media Production. Deborah will be
responsible for directing and coordinating all
Human Resources activity within our non profit
organization.
Deborah was
born in Southern Pines, North Carolina in the
summer of 1969. Deborah graduated from high school
in Fayetteville, North Carolina and earned an
undergraduate degree in political science from
N.C. A&T State University. She received
her MBA from Strayer University.
Deborah
has worked in both the private and public sector.
However, her most rewarding work has been with
state government. First with the NC Department of
Health and Human Services, and most recently with
NC State University, which has strengthened and
developed her interests in education, governance,
and administration.
Deborah
co-founded and is the 1st Vice
President for Governance and Operation of the
Seventy-First High School Alumni Association,
which is a non-profit organization, with the goal
of improving the educational, career, and personal
growth potential of youth in Fayetteville,
N.C. Deborah considers her participation a
way to give back to the community
that nurtured her and to grant Fayetteville
youth greater exposure to the arts and other
educational opportunities. Deborah is a
dedicated volunteer with a history of service in
the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity;
Exchange Club of North Raleigh which is a national
service organization devoted to child abuse
prevention.
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Inaugural SCENE FIRST Student
Film Festival to be held in Wilmington,
NC
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Wilmington, NC -- The inaugural SCENE FIRST
Student Film Festival will be held in Wilmington,
North Carolina on June 14-16, 2007. Together with
EUE/Screen Gems Studios - the largest full service
motion picture facility in the U.S. east of
California - and the department of film studies at
UNC-Wilmington, Campus Entertainment has created
SCENE FIRST to provide student filmmakers "access
without attitude." The nation's first student film
festival will bring together future filmmakers and
film enthusiasts from all over the world for three
days of film screenings and educational
programming. Tickets and a screening schedule are
now available online at
www.scenefirstfestival.com.
For the
inaugural festival, Frank Capra, Jr., president of
EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, will serve
as honorary chairman, and film industry veteran
Sam Connelly will serve as executive director.
Most recently, Connelly served as producer of "A
Moment in the World" (2007), a documentary film
written and directed by Angelina Jolie. His past
credits include associate producer on "Flag Wars"
(2003) and "Chelsea Walls" (2001).
"SCENE
FIRST provides students with the knowledge and
tools needed to advance their art and help them
become tomorrow's great filmmakers," said Capra.
"What's more, Wilmington is the ideal location for
student filmmakers to meet and learn from some of
the most talented people in the
industry."
The opening event on Thursday
evening at Riverfront Park will feature a free
screening of the surfer film, "One Winter Story".
This hour-long film takes viewers inside the
overly hyped sport, exploring the nature of fear
and desire through the experience of one young
woman, a big-wave surf pioneer, and
scientist.
The impressive line-up of film
industry leaders scheduled to attend and
participate inaugural SCENE FIRST include: Gary
Winick, Director/Co-founder of InDigEnt
("Charlotte's Web", "13 Going on 30", "Tadpole");
Alan Blumquist, Producer ("Chocolat"; "What's
Eating Gilbert Grape?"; "Walk the Line"; "The
Cider House Rules"); Frank Capra, Jr.,
Producer/Pres. of EUE/Screen Gems Studios
("Firestarter"; "Play It Again, Sam";
"Waterproof"); Mary Mazzio, Documentary filmmaker
("Lemonade Stories"; "Apple Pie"); Dave Beavis,
President of Carolina Effects ("Surface";
"Idlewild", "The Water is Wide"; "Mission
Impossible"); Rick Butler, production designer
("The Hottest State"; "Imaginary Heroes";"The
Talented Mr. Ripley"; "28 Days"; "Philadelphia";
"The Black Donnellys").
All festival
attendees will have the opportunity to view over
100 original films created by student filmmakers
in many categories: Narrative, Documentary,
Animation, Experimental, International, Comedy,
Music Video, Horror, and PSA/Commercial. Film
selections represent 90 educational institutions
in 24 states, Washington, DC, and eight countries.
A screening-only pass is available for $30.00 per
person and provides attendees with access to all
film screenings. For individual film screenings,
festival attendees can pay $7.00 per screening.
Student filmmakers can showcase their films,
network with industry professionals, and receive
hands-on training from film industry experts.
Presented by Campus Entertainment, and in
partnership with EUE/Screen Gems Studios and the
Film Studies Department at UNCW, SCENE FIRST is
dedicated to providing young filmmakers with the
tools needed to take the next step in their
careers. For a complete screening schedule and
more details about SCENE FIRST, visit
www.scenefirstfestival.com. For a free Visitors
Guide to Wilmington, NC's Cape Fear Coast, call
1.866.266.9690 or visit www.gocapefearcoast.com
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With lease lost, Raleigh
costume shop will fade.
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Raleigh (WRAL-TV) - A landmark on Hillsborough
Street in Raleigh - Raleigh Creative Costume* - is
dropping the curtain on a career of renting out
the outfits of the past.
The owner
throughout the store's run has been one owner Doug
Haas - and no, her name is not a
disguise.
Haas has run Raleigh Creative
Costumes for 32 years, but her run will end with
the month of July.
"I opened in '75," Haas
said, and she has 8,000 square feet of outfits and
accessories.
"We do a lot of theater," she
said. You can be anything you want to be in her
shop, though there sometimes are extra
requirements.
"There's some basic things in
history that they should know," Haas said of her
customers - like the kid who wanted a Confederate
costume.
Read the complete story and see
video from WRAL-TV>
* Among her
many contributions to North Carolina filmmaking,
Doug Hass helped supply costumes for the 1992
BAFTA and Oscar®-winning film, "Last of the Mohicans" shot in
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Casting: Forgiving
Injustice:
The Lena Baker Story
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SAG low budget 35-mm
feature set to shoot in Georgia on July10th.
All roles are paid according to
the SAG Low Budget contract.
The storyspans from
the years 1911-1945, so looks should be
traditional and not contemporary."Forgiving
Injustice: The Lena Baker Story" is about a young
black girl growing up in the cotton fields of
South West Geogia with dreams of becoming asinger.
Years later, after a hard life,she is convicted of
murdering a white man and during the travesty that
was the trial, became the first woman sent to the
electric chair. 60-years later she was pardoned.
Breakdowns for
principals and extras are available at
http://www.castinginthecarolinas.com
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Crew
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News from Henderson, NC.
We've got crew positions available for a film
being shot here. It's a horror flick, shot
digitally, and has been featured in two local
papers for our area.Check out the website for
Cottonmouth Productions, Inc.:
http://cottonmouth-films.com/crew.htm
Also, my
workplace, NBC-17, in Raleigh, is still hiring a
boatload of people for various ends of TV
production. Please get the word out. Here's their
website for jobs
there:
http://jobs.mediageneral.com/JobSearchHead.asp
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Casting:
Nowhereland
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The team at Carlyn Davis
Casting has been hired to search for the 2nd lead
of the feature film "Nowhereland" starring Eddie
Murphy and written by Ed Solomon and Chris
Matheson. Our Casting team is deligently searching
for an African American girl to play "Olivia",
Eddie Murphy's 6 year old daughter.
This
young star must be an incredible actress. Singing
and ice skating is a huge
plus.
"Nowhereland" is the story of a
workaholic father (Eddie Murphy) who discovers
that his daughter appears to have an uncanny
magical ability he can exploit to get ahead at the
office. However, while he is using her, he
discovers that his relationship with her is more
important than any career success he could
obtain.
We are accepting DVD/Video
submissions. To request a copy of the sides,
please email nowhereland.cdc@gmail.com. We are
accepting submission via:
1.Email
nowhereland.cdc@gmail.com OR
2.Send a hard copy
of photo and resume to:
Carlyn Davis
Casting, Inc.
207 Park Ave Suite B6
Falls
Church, VA 22046
Attn: Nowhereland
Casting
If you know of the perfect little
girl for this huge part, please
contact
Carlyn's office immediately.
Please help us
spread the news of this casting. We were proud to
cast
the lead in "Stick It" and now we want to
do the same for
Paramount
Pictures.
www.carlyndaviscasting.com
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