[Grovenet] "From Kilimanjaro with Love"

[Kristy]

Hi Allen,
Couldn't resist adding that about 18 months ago we had a film crew at our 
family farm...and I got to be the one to be there to watch. I LOVED it!

My brother had a request...and both of us expected that "doing some filming" 
meant that there would be a couple of kids from the local university and a 
camcorder. Boy, were we wrong! There was a crew of 25, which they thought 
was very "skeleton" indeed. Some were doing double duty on the jobs, for 
instance. But they were all from either Chicago or Los Angeles, and included 
all the things you see in the credits...producer (a "working" one...not so 
usual), a director, a best boy, a key grip, sound man, makeup, on and on, 
and several layers deep on many of the job descriptions; and four actors 
too.

They were doing the director's "thesis" for graduation...and spending plenty 
of money to do so (tho none found its way to us 8-)) with the hope that some 
day their 20 minute story would be purchased and turned into a "full length" 
film. It took them 3 1/2 days to film it. I watched most of the time, ate 
with them, and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the film from a very different 
angle.

If you ever see something called "Pull", check it out. It's a "sweet" story 
about a boy learning to do tractor pulling in order to win the girl...and 
the old reprobate who helps him learn.

May you have as much fun with your venture!
Kristy


> On Wednesday & Thursday this week, or at least that's the proposed 
> schedule for now, an Independant film company will be using a few rooms in 
> our home to shoot scenes for a new movie: 
> http://www.roadsendfilms.com/kilimanjaro/index.htm.
>
> I don't know how exactly Roads End Films chose Forest Grove as a potential 
> site for interior shots but much thanks to Jo & David Morelli for 
> suggesting our home as a good candidate.  Being this is an "Indy" film 
> means we don't profit off the use of our home for the filming but it's 
> neat this is happening in Forest Gove.  The only thing that worries me now 
> is our house is starting to talk about getting an agent.  Sheesh!
>
> I think if you visit the website you can pretty easily figure out which 
> character is the "owner" of our home.
>
> Allen Warren
>
>
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