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Author Topic: Have you had a 'special' trainee? Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-26-2003 06:47 PM                       quote: I was kidding of course! When "Das Boot" was filmed in 1981, I was just 12! Oh, you dog! I would've never known. I ran that picture when it first came out and I was about 20... you look to be about the same age. Okay, I fell for that one hook, line, and sinker!  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 01-27-2003 01:25 PM                        If I had put a smiley next to my post, I couldn`t have torpedoed Tim. Stealth and surprise are the chief weapons of the successful sub commander.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-27-2003 02:33 PM                        My Dad was an extra in "The Natural", with several full-frame close-ups as a fan in the final championship game. He was about 78 years old at the time when the old-time stadium scenes were shot in Buffalo NY. He died three years ago, and it's nice to be able to find him on my DVD of the film. BTW, my Dad's cousin was "Frankie" Pytlak, who was catcher for the Cleveland Indians, and caught for Hall-of-Fame pitcher Bob Feller: http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pytlafr01.shtml http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Pytlak_Frankie.stm http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/P/Pytlak_Frankie.tbi.stm http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=pytlafr01 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/all_time_stats/players/p/44788/ http://www.baseballhistorian.com/html/american_heroes.cfm?page=113  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 01-27-2003 02:56 PM                        I wonder why Tim didn`t tell us that he appeared in "The 13th Warrior...  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-28-2003 06:31 AM                     James: I just cued up 'Rushmore'. Is that you with the mohawk? You pass him in the same direction he's walking, right? That's very cool! How did you get involved in that? Great movie, by the way. I have the Criterion. Certainly one of my most treasured discs!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-28-2003 08:01 AM                       quote: Tim didn`t tell us that he appeared in "The 13th Warrior... Oh, no, I'm exposed! There are some things you'd rather not have anyone know about.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-28-2003 07:18 PM                     Back in the 70's when I was working at the Cinema III in Red Bank, NJ, we had a relief manager/operator by the name of James Randi. His stage name is "The Amazing Randi".  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-28-2003 07:22 PM                     It might be a different James Randi to the one I'm thinking of, but there is one that exposed Uri Geller in the 70's, and continues to de-myth-ify (that's not a word!) other 'quacks' claiming extraordinary things. I suppose there's more than one Randi.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-28-2003 09:18 PM                     Randi is still out there, and heads up an organization that will pay $1,000,000 for "evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event". He writes a weekly column for his fascinating website: James Randi Educational Foundation  |  IP: Logged Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 01-29-2003 09:43 PM                     Well the other projectionist (just put in his 2 weeks) and his brother sold their movie to a large motion picture company, and began work on the script last month. As for me, you'll be hearing about me in a few years....  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 01-30-2003 12:49 AM                     well, i never had a special trainee, but I had a "special" trainer. In the late 80s, I worked as an usher in a long island cineplex odeon multiplex( i think 4 or 6 theaters). We had this middle aged short usher who looks a little like a loser version of Buck Henry. Since I was new that summer, he latched on to me and kept putting me to sleep on how to tear a ticket the most efficient way and point the customers to the right theater in one elegant swoop. I felt sorry for the guy. He must have been 50 and was working as a career usher. Maybe that's why I never asked him to shut up.  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-30-2003 12:35 PM                     Michael: Yep, thats me. I actually found out about it from a small blurb in the news paper that said they were holding a casting call for extras. My then girlfriend and I went up, filled out some papers, gave them pictures of ourselves, and they called us back. She is in there at a couple of parts too. It was really fun.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-30-2003 06:29 PM                     Michael Barry: You are correct- that's him. Mark Lensenmayer: You're on track, too. Randi began his career as a magician. He's quite a character. Still lives here locally. He likes to refer to himself as James Randi: Charlatan.  |  IP: Logged Kristin Wahlund Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Eagan, MN Registered: Jul 2001 posted 01-30-2003 07:57 PM                     A good friend of mine, Luke, and his brother are the guys playing guitar when the parade explodes in Drop Dead Gorgeous.. Also the gym shots of Sugar and Spice were filmed at my high school... Looks like we have a reputation for bad teen movies here...  |  IP: Logged

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