My son will be in a movie with Harrison Ford!!!

[JenniferM]

I just had to brag on my son!
They did some filming for a new Harrison Ford movie "42" here in Chattanooga. It's a film about Jackie Robinson and they were filming at a very old baseball field here in town. My son got in as an unpaid extra for the first week of filming. The casting company then sent out an email stating that if any of the unpaid extras wanted to be a paid extra for a few scenes, they would need to submit 3 photos. Well, my son did and they called him that day. He filmed for 2 days and in one of the scenes he is sitting about 4 feet behind Harrison Ford!!
I know, it's not that big a deal for a lot of you, but it sure was for my son. He's interested in doing film production and editing, so this was HUGE for him.
The film is due to be released next spring. I'll post a pic of my son then and you guys can look for him if you go see the movie.

By the way, today he asked me: "Mom, what would you think about me getting a Van Halen tattoo?". I told him that he is 19 and it was fine with me if that's what he wants. He is thinking about just getting the original symbol, nothing fancy. How cool is that?

[Diamondjimi]

Very cool!

[Angel]

Good for him! What's with the unpaid extra crap? Cheap fucking bastards. Hope he got union rates for the paid stuff, and was treated well. Some production companies treat extras like shit...

Background performing is a great way to get a feel for the set experience, and is the first rung on the ladder in the industry.

I always like to hear that someone pursuing film-making is experiencing what it's like on the other side of the camera, makes for a better director, imo.

[BITEYOASS]

Great! Just make sure he avoids getting involved with any movie staring Stephen Baldwin.

[kwame k]

[chefcraig]

Good for him! What's with the unpaid extra crap? Cheap fucking bastards. Hope he got union rates for the paid stuff, and was treated well. Some production companies treat extras like shit...

It all depends upon the company, yet then again, if you are filming a crowd scene at a baseball game, you can't expect the outfit to pay every person sitting in the stands. In fact, when The Natural was filmed, the production company wound up using cardboard cutouts of "people", and moving them up and down with 2x4s.

On a related note, this is somewhat interesting: Greatest Crowd Film Scenes/AMC

[sadaist]

check this out

http://www.inflatablecrowd.com/default/Home.html

also

http://web.me.com/crowdinabox/Site/About_Me.html

[vandeleur]

chicken foot will be ringing those bad boys up right now .... fat tart could probably blow it up himslef all the hot air he talks

[chefcraig]

chicken foot will be ringing those bad boys up right now .... fat tart could probably blow it up himslef all the hot air he talks

It simply has to suck when in order to halfway fill a 2000 seat arena, roughly 85 to 90% of your audience winds up being inflatable.

[sadaist]

It simply has to suck when in order to halfway fill a 2000 seat arena, roughly 85 to 90% of your audience winds up being inflatable.

I guess it depends where you have to put your lips to blow them up...

[chefcraig]

I guess it depends where you have to put your lips to blow them up...

From the image, it would appear that Hagar already bit off the valve.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

My film career is already well-established...

I'm in the left field upper deck during this scene (it's actually filmed at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, not Cleveland)....

The PA announcer told us between innings they were filming, and to go nuts when we heard the music....

Not that we needed to hear that, considering how hammered we all were that night.... :D

[chefcraig]

Yeah, my cinematic immortality was represented when I showed up onscreen for roughly two seconds during one of the chase scenes filmed in Fort Lauderdale for the absolutely dreadful Smokey & The Bandit III. The production company spent an entire day filming on the street where my auto parts store was located, running cars up and down the road. My coworkers and I took turns going out front each time they went past, and by random luck, I was present in the take used in the movie.

[jhale667]

Hey, I was an extra in Rock Star (horrible movie, I know) ...lol Funny thing about that shoot, for all the concert footage, everyone else was aping along to a pre-recorded track, but Zakk Wylde was really playing...he kept everyone entertained with riffs and solos between takes...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

It's a fun movie to watch, especially with Jennifer Aniston in there....