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Dwight Schrute and Me

Posted on: February 7th, 2011 by wmapother 4 Comments

Back in the Stone Age of 2002, before Facebook, before Obama, before recorded history, nearly, I shot a short film called Self Storage that was written and directed by my friend Peter O’Brien.

One of the most fun parts of this business is never knowing whom you’ll work with, or who you’re working with will become.

In this case, my co-stars were the lovely and talented Catherine Kellner and…Rainn Wilson, long before he became known to everyone as beet farmer extraordinaire Dwight Schrute of The Office.  He’s definitely no beet farmer in this film..

Peter has posted the short film online, and you can watch it here:  http://vimeo.com/19624198

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, News & Events, Random, Video (Online & Home)

Sundance Report – Le Fin

Posted on: January 30th, 2011 by wmapother 6 Comments

What a difference a week makes.  Brit Marling and Mike Cahill have rocketed off in the indie film world, and Another Earth has been shown nothing but love up at Sundance.

We premiered on Monday in a 1200-seat theatre to a standing ovation (very rare at Sundance, I’m told), and to the right is my (blurry) view from stage during the post-Q&A.

Then within the next few days, Fox Searchlight bought the film and will release it theatrically both in the U.S. and internationally.  To the right is the poster that was used at the fest…

Finally, last night at the awards ceremony, Another Earth was given both the Sloan Prize for Science and a Special Jury Prize for Drama.

And all from such humble beginnings…

Many great reviews are all over the web, so I’ll just include one, from the NYT, here.

Finally, one of my final memories:  snow and a (relatively) early hour produce the unusual sight of somewhat empty streets at this year’s festival..

Posted in Acting Projects, Film Festival, Photos by Wm

Sundance Report – First 28 Hrs

Posted on: January 23rd, 2011 by wmapother 8 Comments

Bottom line:  Busy, tiring, fun.  Stop.  Stayed out too late last night.  Curse my Slated partners this morning.  Stop.  Sidewalks very busy, esp. with snow and some heavy snowage today.  Serious about not parking (see sign at right).  Stop.
Interviews and photo shoots apparently not disasters.  We’ll see.  Stop.  Another Earth generating lots of interest for its intriguing premise.  Stop.  Pianist playing on sidewalk for passersby and bear (bear right).  Stop.  Accidental, first-time meeting with fellow actor from Louisville Jess Weixler (Teeth).  Stop.  Such is the fun of Sundance.
Posted in Acting Projects, Film, Film Festival, In Person (or, like, Live), Interviews and Q&A's, Louisville & KY, Photos by Wm, Random, Slated

Press Bits for ‘Another Earth’

Posted on: January 15th, 2011 by wmapother 3 Comments

Several films in next week’s Sundance Festival have a Louisville connection.  Louisville’s alternative weekly magazine, LEO, devoted their cover story here this week to the films, and there’s a bit on me and Another Earth.

Ain’t It Cool News has a rundown of the films they’re looking forward to seeing, and they list AE among them here.  (It’s about two pages down.)

Also, yesterday’s USA Today has a story on some of the films — including AE at Sundance here, and a sampling of photos here.

Posted in Acting Projects, Press

An indie resurrection

Posted on: December 21st, 2010 by wmapother 10 Comments

Some may remember that two years ago I played a lacrosse coach in an indie film called ‘Warrior,’ starring Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene, two rising stars from the fertile Twilight series..

I’ve reported nuthin’ cause there’s been nuthin’ to report.  However, I’m now happy to report more than nuthin’:  The film is in late post-production (the usual tweaking of color, sound, music, etc.) and has been retitled ‘A Warrior’s Heart.’

There’s no release date or schedule yet, but as soon as I hear, you’ll hear.  Meantime, over to the right is a poster someone directed me to.  I don’t know if it’s the official one, but as grandfather used to say, it’s better than a kick in the pants.

Posted in Acting Projects, News & Events