Fan Boys Movie Shoot in my town!!!
My tiny New Mexican town is, in a way, the very last Wild West village left in the country. During the renovation craze of the 50s and 60s, my town rested, too poor to cover existing Victorians and ancient adobes with a nouveau facade. As a result, movie companies love the ambience and character of this town! I've already seen three shoots, and was an extra - along with my boys - in the upcoming film, Astronaut Farmer, starring Billy Bob Thornton.
Today, Fan Boys is being filmed just eight blocks from my house! The boys and I watched a big filmed brawl between Star Trek and Star Wars fans! Guess which side we were rooting for! Ha! The crew has been wonderful this morning - they gave my boys a copy of the Call Sheet. William Shatner is in this movie, too! The film will follow a group of hardcore Star Wars fan boys who set out to take their dying friend to Skywalker Ranch to see the movie in a perfect setting before he passes away. The crew is filming at the Montezuma castle this afternoon, as well as a shoot in the one-screen movie theatre five blocks from my house.
I'm scooting back to watch a car crash involving a bronze bust of Captain Kirk on the plaza, but in the meantime, check out a couple of cute photos of the Trekkies in the film and my boys, Harry (9) and Gandolf (11):
I'm so glad my boys are getting to experience this! They loved meeting James Doohan ("Scotty") before he passed away, and this is almost as good.
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