Saturday, April 20, 2013

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You

My Granddad Allen liked telling the story about his Hollywood debut.  I don’t recall the movie or the year but he WAS in a movie nonetheless!  Whatever the film was, they needed cars from a certain time period and Granddad was happy to oblige.

Who knows?  Maybe Hollywood is in our genes.  We all thought that Big Sis was the actor in the family but directors, movie stars, and the like seem to gravitate towards me these days.

Just a couple of months ago, we saw a Cadillac commercial being filmed outside of our apartment.


A couple of weeks later, I saw this show up on YouTube.  “Yikes” is all that I have to say about this.  My section of the commercial is from 0:30 – 0:34.  Can you recognize the surrounding buildings?


Just recently Ali and I noticed the movie crew setting at the top of Nob Hill.  On the dog walk that night, we sat and watched as they filmed a short scene for the upcoming release of Need for Speed.  After noticing the film crew setup for a couple of days, here was the main event!


The next day I got a close-up of the set car.  Pretty cool, eh?