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Movie permits for 'The Judge' OK’d in Shelburne Falls

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:52:00 +0000

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Recorder Staff

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
(Published in print: Thursday, May 16, 2013)

SHELBURNE FALLS — On May 31, between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., film cameras for the upcoming Warner Bros.’ film “The Judge” will be shooting aerial views of a funeral procession down the village’s main streets. The cameras will be filming from a helicopter circling through the village and from the rooftop of McCusker’s Market Building.

Several Shelburne Falls storefronts, from the Neighbors convenience store to the old Mole Hollow Candle Co. building, will have movie “scenes,” now that both the Buckland and Shelburne Boards of Selectmen have approved permits for the filming, for local scenes to be shot from May 31 through June 17.

“As head of the Massachusetts Film Office, I want to thank you so much for how you’ve welcomed these folks,” MFO Director Lisa Strout told Buckland selectmen after they approved tentative filming dates and times. “We’re really excited about this one,” she continued. “Our intention, as the state, is to be available to you all and to the (film) company, and to make this a good experience.”

“I can see this, as a lure for tourism over time,” said Strout. “I think this is a movie that people are going to love for decades to come.”

Shelburne selectmen had approved filming on Bridge Street and around its sections of Shelburne Falls and Shelburne Center on Tuesday afternoon. Buckland selectmen gave their approval Tuesday night.

Filmmakers are preparing to use the upstairs rooms of the Buckland Town Hall this Saturday for a casting call of movie extras, with auditions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will also be using these Town Hall rooms between May 28 through May 30 for script read-throughs and some rehearsals, in closed-door sessions.The film stars Robert Downey Jr. and is to feature an all-star cast that includes Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Leighton Meester, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Billy Bob Thornton. The plot is about a successful lawyer (Downey) who comes to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, and learns that his estranged father (Duvall), a prominent judge in town, is a murder suspect.

Warner Bros. Production Supervisor Peter Novak said there will be 12 to 13 days of shooting, with five or six of those dates to be on the Buckland side of the village. One of those film dates will take place at night, behind the Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom. Novak said any possible noise will be “no louder than the trains” that run through the village.

He said he is working with both towns’ police departments, and will be halting traffic on an intermittent basis. “We’re going to be (notifying) people, dropping fliers, going door-to-door,” Novak said. “We’ll be talking to the residents and businesses.” Novak said lighted signs will be placed strategically, to inform people of filming-in-progress, so that they can take detours or be aware of traffic delays.

Several scenes take place in the rain, so the presence of actual rain is less likely than usual to delay filming, Novak said.

Several signs around town, including parking signs, will be taken down temporarily, when filming takes place.

Among the local places named in the Shelburne permit, where scenes are to be shot, are the storefronts of Good Spirits liquor store and Rethreads clothing consignment store, Baker’s Pharmacy, Mole Hollow, Arms Cemetery, Singley’s Furniture, Wandering Moon, the Shelburne police station, and Zerah Fiske Road in Shelburne Center. In Buckland, the sites discussed included Clement Street, State Street, Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom, and part of the Lamson & Goodnow property.

Selectmen’s Chairman Robert Dean told the Warner Bros. representatives Tuesday night that the village merchants appreciate the production crew’s “Buy Local” initiative, during their stay in the village, which helps the local merchants.

Greater Shelburne Falls Area Business Association Executive Director Mary Vilbon pointed out that the filmmakers have also asked to be part of the business association’s composting program, in an effort to be a “green company.”

When asked about how local businesses feel about the upcoming movie, Vilbon replied: “I can tell you at least 98 percent of the businesses are thrilled, on the Shelburne side.”

However, Catamount Auction owner Michael Budrewicz has come to both boards of selectmen with concerns that filming will block access to his offices on Bridge Street and on State Street. In a letter presented to both boards, Budrewicz said he works irregular hours and needs “unobstructed” access to his office and storage area, to load up his box truck with antiques and other auction items. His letter asks the production crew for “at least two week’s notice of any part of the filming schedule will interfere with traffic, parking or building access.” He said he has several large events coming up, and the dates are not flexible. He said, if he has to relocate his stored merchandise to another site, “then I need to know how I will be compensated for this.”

He also indicated he wanted to be compensated for any loss of income as a result of inaccessibility to his merchandise. Buckland selectmen urged Budrewicz to talk directly with Novak, to resolve his issues. Budrewicz had formerly worked for the movie industry as a landscaper, according to minutes from a recent Shelburne selectmen’s meeting.

See LA Sneak Preview of 'Ass Backwards' co-starring Vincent D'Onofrio

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:43:00 +0000

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Posted May 13th, 2013 by Tactical-Life & filed under News.

Dear FLEOA Members and Friends of Law Enforcement,

FLEOA is proud to announce the online Heroes Benefit Auction is now live and will run through June 10, 2013!

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Casting for 'The Judge' this Saturday!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:00 +0000

Production on the Warner Bros. Pictures feature film The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. is gearing up to begin filming in Boston, MA and surrounding areas. The film will feature an amazing all-star cast with Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Leighton Meester, Vincent D'Onofrio and Billy Bob Thornton among many on board. The story centers on a very successful attorney Hank Palmer, who travels home to Ohio for his mother's funeral and discovers that his father is suffering from Alzheimers. The complicate matters, he discovers blood on the front grill of his father's car and soon learns that an ex-con who was tried by his father was found dead on the side of a road. He becomes his father's attorney when he comes face to face with what his family and friends actually think of him and begins the most excrutiating and humilating experience of his life - the best thing that will ever happen to him.

The local casting directors are holding two open casting calls in Massachusetts for people to work on the film as full paid background extras and also for people who have cars and trucks to use in the movie. They are seeking LOCAL adults, age 18 years and older, all types, all ethnicities. No children!

Time & Date: Saturday May 18th , 2013 10:00am til 4:00pm

Where: Buckland Town Hall 17 State Street Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

Please bring with you a recent clear color snapshot photo. If no photo is available, a digital image can be emailed to Boston Casting. The email will be made available at the casting call. Those who have vehicles are asked to bring a clear photo of the car or truck.

If you are unable to attend the open call you may register with Boston Casting online at:http://bit.ly/9Q2id6 However, please note that people who attend the open casting call will be given first consideration.

Vincent D'Onofrio planning special event this fall for DSA!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:58:00 +0000

DSA President Matt Clay and DSA consultant, John Wainio meet with Hollywood film actor Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Law and Order) in Washington DC this week to discuss upcoming DSA sponsored special event scheduled for this fall....movin and shakin!

Photo: Vincent D'Onofrio poses with fan at last night's NLEOMF'S Candlelight Vigil

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:05:00 +0000

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Vincent D'Onofrio attends NLEOMF'S Candlelight Vigil

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:01:00 +0000

I'll post the video as soon as they have it available...

Photos: Vincent D'Onofrio at the Police Unity Tour event in D.C.

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:15:00 +0000

Happy Mother's Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:18:00 +0000

Retro Vincent D'Onofrio circa 2000

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:12:00 +0000

Be an extra in 'The Judge' with Vincent D'Onofrio!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:15:00 +0000

THE RECORDER

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Recorder Staff

Friday, May 10, 2013
(Published in print: Saturday, May 11, 2013)

SHELBURNE FALLS — Wanna’ be an extra in “The Judge”?

Boston Casting Inc. will hold an open casting call for Shelburne Falls area residents for scenes that are to be shot for the movie this summer.

The casting call will be held next Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Buckland Town Hall, at 17 State St.

The audition is open to residents 18 years old and older, and the casting company is looking for all types of people, but asks that no children be brought to this audition.

“We will be filling in with people in the background,” explained Greg Bull, an extras casting director with Boston Casting. “We will want people in the background, walking on the streets or being in the shops — regular people doing what they’re doing.”

“We start filming June 3,” he said. “We’ll be filming Monday through Friday, about 12 to 14 days in Shelburne Falls.”

He said a casting call will also be held in Boston on May 18, and that the reason for holding both on the same date is so that the local casting call will be mostly for local people.

“It’s your town, and we’re guests, and want you guys to be involved,” he said. “It’s also a chance for us to meet the local people.”

Boston Casting asks those auditioning to bring photos of themselves to the audition. If you don’t have printed photos of yourself, an electronic image could be emailed to Boston Casting, said Bull.

Boston Casting is also looking for cars and pickup trucks for film scenes, with models from the 1980s up through 2000. Those who have a vehicle for consideration are asked to provide a clear photo of it.

Boston Casting is a 22-year-old company that has cast principal actors and extras for several movies, including “Labor Day,” which was partially filmed in Shelburne Falls last summer.

The latest Warner Bros. movie, “The Judge,” will star Robert Downey Jr. It is a drama about a successful lawyer (Downey) who comes home for his mother’s funeral and learns that his estranged father is a murder suspect. The all-star cast is to include Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Leighton Meester and Vincent d’Onofrio.

NYC screening of 'American Falls' announced for June 4th

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:39:00 +0000

TICKETS

'Merchants roll out red carpet for filmmakers'

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:02:00 +0000

THE RECORDER

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Recorder Staff

Thursday, May 9, 2013
(Published in print: Friday, May 10, 2013)

SHELBURNE FALLS — Will movie-making become the next big “tourist” industry for Shelburne Falls? If so, merchants are ready to roll out the red carpet.

While town officials are putting the finishing touches on a filmmaking permit process, local businesses are getting ready for additional business this summer.

“I’m absolutely proud and delighted that Warner Bros. Film Studio has chosen to do substantial filming of ‘The Judge’ in our blessed wee village of Shelburne Falls,” said entrepreneur Michael McCusker, former owner of McCusker’s Market and current owner of the Bridge of Flowers Business Center. In a one-page letter that McCusker handed out at Buckland’s annual town meeting, he said: “I feel that the inconveniences that we will undoubtedly tolerate (which means a little more preplanning of our day) is easily worth it, when I consider the tremendous value the production process brings to the village. ... Having a movie here sheds a most positive light on us one and all, and thus becomes an invitation to ‘customers’ to visit us from nearby communities.”

“At the end of the weeks of filming, we will have benefited from a tremendous marketing package to be felt for months and years to come,” McCusker concluded.

Meanwhile, the Greater Shelburne Falls Area Business Association has announced a special merchants promotion, to help introduce the local village businesses to the filmmakers. The association will be creating eight local products gift baskets that will be given to “The Judge” film stars, the producer and director. Association members have been invited to include some of their products. Also, the business association will create a Shop Local Card to be given to each of the estimated 130 crew members who will be in the village for about three weeks, according to an email from the business association sent out on Thursday.

“We have been told that 80 percent of the crew are from Massachusetts, so they could very well come back to the region with family and friends after filming,” said the notice.

The card will resemble a debit card, with a picture of the area on the front and a special code on the back, along with a website address. When users log in to the website, there will be a list of participating businesses, contact information and the promotion that each would like to offer. The card will be valid from this June until Aug. 30, 2014. At any time, participating businesses will be able to update or change promotional items. Also, they will be given signs to post in store windows, showing that they are participants in this “shop local” effort.

Businesses must belong to the business association to participate, and they must contact the business association by May 20 if they want to be part of this effort. To join, members should email the business association at info@shelburnefalls.com

Last June, Shelburne Falls was the setting for a coming-of-age Hollywood film called “Labor Day,” starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. That film was directed by Jason Reitman and is expected to be released for distribution this year. The movie was about an unhappy single-mom and her 13-year-old son in a New Hampshire mill town. It was set in the 1980s, and so the Shelburne Falls storefronts shown in the film were given 1980s “makeovers,” and the actors wore vintage clothing. The village temporarily became “Holton Mills,” with fake road signs to go with it.

This June, Warner Bros. will be filming scenes for “The Judge,” which stars Robert Downey Jr., Vera Farmiga, Leighton Meester, Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio and others. The plot is about a successful lawyer who goes to his hometown for his mother’s funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder.

A Warner Bros. production office has been set up on Bridge Street, and filming is expected to start in June.

Photos: Vincent D'Onofrio on last filming of Criminal Intent

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:03:00 +0000

Diane just discovered these today and shared on Facebook. I posted some months ago but didn't have these...

17 Jun 2011, New York City, New York State, USA --- EXCLUSIVE: Kathryn Erbe and Vincent D'Onofrio on location for Law and Order: Criminal Intent in NYC. Pictured: Vincent D'Onofrio --- Image by © Splash News/Corbis © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.

THANKS, DIANE!

'American Falls' gets first screening in LA

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:18:00 +0000

- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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Join us Wednesday, May 29th for the Los Angeles screening of "Waiting for SuperMEN?!" and "American Falls" at the Los Angeles Film School sponsored by L.E.A.D Organization. Doors open at 7 pm with a Q&A to follow. NYC premiere to be announce in the coming weeks!

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PHOTO: Blanca with Kathryn Erbe at her newest play...

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:54:00 +0000

VINCENT AND THE MYSTIC PIZZA BOX

I stopped by this afternoon to wish Kathryn the best on her opening night of her play "Nikolai and the Others" at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater. She's such a sweetie!

THANX, BLANCA!

Bobby Goren background...

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:44:00 +0000

Some of you may have heard Bobby Goren was like a modern day Sherlock Holmes but his character was actually based on this man...

Park Dietz, MD, PhD, MPH (born 1948), is a forensic psychiatrist who has consulted or testified in many of the highest profile US criminal cases including Jeffrey Dahmer, The Unabomber, the Beltway sniper attacks, and Jared Lee Loughner. He came to national prominence in 1982 during his five days of testimony as the prosecution’s expert witness in the trial of John Hinckley, Jr., for his attempted assassination of President Reagan on March 30, 1981. Then an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Dietz testified that at the time of the shooting, Hinckley knew what he was doing, knew it was wrong, and had the capacity to control his behavior thus was not legally insane.

Dietz is also a criminologist, and in 1987 he created the specialty of workplace violence prevention in founding Threat Assessment Group, Inc. (TAG), which specializes in analyzing and managing threatening behavior and communications, stalking, risks arising from domestic violence, and other abnormal activity in corporations, colleges, and schools. As of 2013, more than 20,000 senior corporate managers have attended TAG training seminars.

A separate company, Park Dietz & Associates (PD&A), is a forensic consulting firm specializing in criminal behavior analysis, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology and other forensic sciences, serving prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, and attorneys representing defendants and plaintiffs in civil litigation. PD&A’s national roster of experts includes physicians, psychologists, and retired FBI agents with wide expertise on the forensic aspects of fields as diverse as neurology, social work and pathology. Both TAG and PD&A are headquartered in Southern California with PD&A having a second office in Washington, D.C.

The Los Angeles Times called Dietz, “America’s best-known forensic psychiatrist.” On the TV crime drama Law and Order: Criminal Intent, the detective Robert Goren (played by Vincent D’Onofrio) is based on Dietz, who also served as a forensic consultant to that show and the original Law & Order series. A 2006 profile of Dietz in the British national newspaper The Independent quoted him as saying that both he and the Goren character possess, “idiot savant knowledge of obscure things that pop up in relation to crimes.”

Mystery solved!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:13:00 +0000

Those of you who remember the 'Fluff Campaign' from years back when we protested against USA Network's ditching of the main characters of CI might also remember we collected money for this beautiful statue of appreciation for Katie. We sent it to her agent's office and never heard a word. That was over 3 years ago and I just spoke to Katie's niece who contacted her and she confirms she got the statue and it is sitting on her fireplace mantle. She loves it and thanks you all very much!

VIDEO: Interview with Vincent D'Onofrio at SAG Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:18:00 +0000

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an inaugural filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. The most recent event was a two hour career conversation with Vincent D'Onofrio moderated by Broadway World's own Richard Ridge, and you can check out highlights from the discussion below!

Sneak preview video clip with guest star Kathryn Erbe this Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:11:00 +0000

THANKS, CHRIS!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Sun, 05 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000

Vincent D'Onofrio Authentic HAND-AUTOGRAPHED Color Photograph!!

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For auction is this 8” x 10” glossy color photo of the brilliantly talented and perpetually handsome Vincent D’Onofrio of movie and TV’s “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” fame. This photo was taken by me in 2011 and personally signed by Vincent in my presence in 2013 at his sister’s restaurant in Utah where he was appearing at a Meet and Greet. Included with this item description (though NOT in this auction) is a photo of him actually signing autographs on photos at the Meet and Greet. Makes a great gift to yourself or for someone else! Please view photo carefully and ask any questions you may have before you bid. Starting bid: $40.00 Postage with Tracking: $6.00 Ships anywhere! Insurance and/or international shipping would be more. Thanks for looking!

Scouting continues for 'The Judge'

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:13:00 +0000

THE RECORDER

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Recorder Staff

Friday, May 3, 2013
(Published in print: Friday, May 3, 2013)

SHELBURNE FALLS — A parked Peter Pan bus near the Glacial Potholes and a crowd of sunglass-wearing, baseball-capped visitors Thursday did not herald the annual return of tourists, but the start of scouting for a new Hollywood feature film.

On Wednesday and Thursday, film scouts and production workers with notebooks marked “The Judge — trial run” visited shop merchants, toured buildings, and even went on rooftops to consider possible camera angles, according to some people.

“The Judge” is the name of the Warner Bros. film, with an all-star cast that is to include Robert Downey Jr., “Up in the Air” star Vera Farmiga, Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio and Billy Bob Thornton, among others.

The plot of this drama/comedy is about a lawyer (Downey) who goes back to his small hometown for his mother’s funeral and learns that his estranged father (Duvall) is a murder suspect.

Although filming in Shelburne Falls has not yet been announced, it is an open secret around town that film staff has made inquiries about housing and other issues, for tentative filming in June. The production company is unofficially lining up extras.

When asked if the movie will be shot in the village, a stunt coordinator with the film crew, said “yes,” and that a local production office would be set up. “You need to talk to someone else about this,” he added.

Shelburne Selectman Joseph Judd said film production representatives are meeting with the Shelburne Board of Selectmen on Monday night at 7:45 p.m. He said the purpose was to discuss the particulars of the new Shelburne Falls film permit with film production representatives and for selectmen to ask them questions about “what they’re going to be doing while here,” Judd said. He stressed that nothing is definite at this point.

Diane Pearlman, executive director of the Berkshire Film and Media Commission, declined comment.

Also, Fred DeVecca of the Memorial Hall Association said the production crew had inquired about using Memorial Hall’s upstairs theater for prop storage and as a waiting place for film extras, as was done last year for “Labor Day.” However, no definite agreement was reached.

He said film representatives asked for a tour of the town hall roof.

It was only last June that the picturesque village became the setting for a major Hollywood film, called “Labor Day,” and starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet. That film is slated for release this year, although an official release date has not been announced.

In “Labor Day,” Keystone Market, Rethreads clothing store, Greenfield Savings Bank and the back facade of Good Spirits liquor store all provided settings for some of the film scenes.

'Actor Vincent D’Onofrio visits Pleasant Grove for film screening'

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Police » The film and TV star are on a national tour promoting police charity.

By DJ Summers

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published 3 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Often, police are as feared by the public as the criminals they pursue every day.

Silver screen star Vincent D’Onofrio is working to change that perception.

He made an April 19 guest appearance at the Pleasant Grove High School screening of "Heroes Behind the Badge," a 2012 documentary about the line-of-duty deaths of three police officers intended to raise support for police as individuals rather than faceless authority figures.

The message of the film is simple and powerful.

Every 54 hours, a cop dies a violent death somewhere in the United States, and civilians may not remember police are also fathers, Sunday school teachers and Little League coaches.

"It’s unfortunate that it takes the events in Boston and west Texas to remind people who first responders are and which way they’re running when everyone’s running out," D’Onofrio told the sold-out auditorium. "It’s not something civilians think of every day until something like this happens."

D’Onofrio has been doing volunteer promotion work with police departments around the nation since his days as a police officer on television’s "Law and Order: Criminal Intent." During filming of "Heroes Behind the Badge," D’Onofrio approached the film’s producer and director and asked if he could do the narration, for which he refused any kind of payment.

The film sprung from director Wayne Derrick’s mind after he spent four months riding along with the Los Angeles Police Department. Derrick, a BAFTA-winning British director, had a son born only recently, and the fear he felt made him reconsider the nature of police work.

"I remember climbing up rooftops with these guys and thinking, ‘What am I doing? What’s going to happen to my son if I don’t survive here?’" Derrick said. "Then I thought, these guys do this every day of their lives, and they have kids, too. I don’t think a lot of people are aware of that, so I wanted to make a film to show it."

Pleasant Grove’s police department came in full force; nearly every officer not responding to a call was in the high school’s auditorium. Officer Dane Cannavo of the Pleasant Grove Police Department said the police love the good relations from what is an occasionally hostile public.

"I think the public has a misrepresentation of officers," Cannavo said. "A lot of people give a lot of thanks to the troops, and my heart goes out to the troops, but I don’t think a lot of people realize that we as officers are the domestic soldiers. They just see the bad guy giving the ticket."

The national tour promoting the documentary asks for civilians to at least thank a police officer and at most donate to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which produced the film. John Shanks, director of law enforcement relations for the fund, said the documentary and tour have increased community involvement and donations.

"It has a definite impact," Shanks said. "People just aren’t aware of ways they can donate some money, so there’s been a lot more money coming in. We see a lot of people volunteering more and expressing appreciation for law enforcement."

During the public questions session with D’Onofrio, a teenage girl stood up and thanked him for "showing [her] that cops aren’t the bad guys and I shouldn’t hate them like young people do."

The screening was coordinated by Pleasant Grove’s Honorary Colonels, a volunteer group who support the police department and had a lucky connection to D’Onofrio — one of the members is his sister.

"She was our in," said Sherri Atwood, a communications tech for the Pleasant Grove Police Department. "The date worked well for him, and directly after the Boston bombing, it’s pretty apropos."

Lights, Cameras ... Belmont: 'The Judge' Coming to the Center

noreply@blogger.com (Nantz) — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:27:00 +0000

"The Judge" with Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duval propose to use the former Municipal Light Building for two days in July.

By Franklin Tucker

It may be the long-closed Municipal Light Department building to Belmont residents – although each month someone attempts to pay their electric bill there – but to a Hollywood movie team, the town-owned structure will be a prime location to shot a big-time film come this July.

Those are the proposed plans from the production company filming "The Judge," a 2014 release starring Robert Downey Jr. (who is also producing) and Robert Duval after the town received a "letter of intent" to film for two days in July, according to Kevin Looney, the town's Building Services manager.

Part of the agreement is for daytime filming as well as finding space for 30 trailers and trucks required by the crew and cast.

It will now be up to the Belmont Board of Selectmen whether to approve the letter and the rental agreement with the producers, said Looney.

According to Looney, the producers will be doing extensive interior work in preparation to filming which will require a building permit from the town's Office of Community Development.

"They said they would put the building's interior back to its original condition but I told them not to bother," said Looney of the bare-boned inside.

Once any agreement is approved, the Town Administrator's office will inform and coordinate with other town departments, such as police and public works, to assist in the filming.

Belmont's former Municipal Light Building, adjacent to the Police Station and across from Belmont's Town Hall, will become a court house in the film.

If there is a fly in the ointment for the town, it's the MBTA commuter rail line that runs next to the building.

"They told me that it's usually a death sentence when production managers see tracks," said Looney. "But they appeared ready to deal with that."

"The Judge" is a co-production of Team Downey – the first film for the company created by Downey and his wife Susan, a well-known film producer ("Gothika" and the "Sherlock Holmes" series) – and the film's director David Dobkin’s Big Kid Pictures.

According to imdb .com, the film's story line concerns a successful lawyer (Downey) who returning to his hometown for his mother's funeral discovers that his estranged father, the town's judge (Duval), is suspected of murder.

The "comedy-drama" also stars Vera Farmiga (Clooney's love interest in "Up in the Air" as well as Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon’s lover in "The Departed"), as well as Vincent D'Onofrio (of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" fame who'll play Downey's brother) and "Sling Blade"'s Billy Bob Thornton.

Rumors had Jack Nicholson in the judge's role but he back out.

In a feature article in the April issue of GQ magazine, Chris Heath wrote that Downey

... hopes to start shooting the first Team Downey film in June, a movie called The Judge in which he will play the lawyer son of a superior-court judge. Its "beautiful story" was thought up by David Dobkin, director of Wedding Crashers, inspired by something in his own life.

"It's funny as hell, but speaking of emo, it's just openly weeping reading the script. I don't know how I'm going to get through it. It's me and Robert Duvall, a father and son."

About a month ago, Looney was asked by a production assistant to look inside the town's Police Station but it was deemed too small but the abutting Light Department passed the initial test for having enough space for the production.

A day later, the location manager came by and though it was OK, said Looney. Then the next day the location manager's boss entered the building and said they would be back.

And they did come back, this time with director Dobkin who is best know for helming "Wedding Crashers" in 2005 and "Fred Claus" in 2007.

Then a week later, a bus come to town and Looney let about 30 technical and lighting people into the building.

"They were looking around saying, 'This is where the lights can go,' as others were taking measurements," said Looney.

Also on that day came cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, Steven Spielberg's favorite who won Academy Awards for "Savings Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List."

"He was a very interesting guy," said Looney; the cinematographer for "Lincoln" brought two-dozen donuts for everyone.

"I told him the police station was next door," said Looney, who added that Kaminski had "a really great sense of humor."

The last big movie to film in Belmont was the Dane Cook vehicle, "My Best Friend's Girl," in which hoards of Belmont High students trudged out in the early morning hours to get a glimpse of the production and have photos taken with a very-good natured Arlington-native Cook.

Despite the popularity of Massachusetts as being a backdrop to many movies – Sandra Bullock's "The Proposal" was filmed in Gloucester and Rockport even though the action was taking place in Alaska – Belmont has missed out on this trend.

Only "The Thomas Crown Affair" (at Belmont Country Club), "The Cardinal" (a trolley car scene) and PBS's American Playhouse's "Fourth of July and other Disasters" (with an 18-year-old Matt Dillon) were filmed in town.

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Lights, Cameras ... Belmont: 'The Judge' Coming to the Center