Gowanus Lounge reports that a film called Diminished Capacity was shooting at Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street in Park Slope yesterday. Did anyone see Matthew Broderick or Virginia Madsen, Lois Smith or Alan Alda. Quite a cast.
GL got pix of the catering trucks and equipment – no celebs. The film is, according to Yahoo Movies, about a man, who suffers memory loss after getting hit on the head. He takes a trip with his high school sweetheart and his Alzheimer’s-addled uncle to a memorabilia show, as the group concocts a scheme to sell a rare baseball card.
At MS 51 on Fifth Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets, filmmakers were shooting an anti-drug Public Service Annoucement. There were quite a few trucks on Fifth Avenue and on 4th Street next to JJ Byrne Park.
Remember when it was fun to watch a movie being made?
Oh lighten up OTBKB Reader. The film industry generates many needed jobs and economic activity to the city. Too bad you have to walk around the block. Get over it.
I was just let go from my job, and I am willing to work as an extra. I am a very attractive 49 year old single woman with a beautiful and outgoing personality, and I am a diligent and hard worker. Cheryl Kim Bruce- White 201-915-0269
Production is looking for people to be in the movie!
Dates: June 5-8, 2007
Email dimcapcasting@gmail.com for more information
Film shoots in our neighborhood disrupt life and inconvenience residents.
Forget about gawking at stars…what about those young PAs who tell you you can’t walk home from work along your usual route, you can’t walk your dog in the park, you can’t hang out on your stoop? What about the need to move cars? The lights at night? The car scenes where vehicles endlessly roll down PPW?