Malin Ackerman – Savannah Unplugged http://www.billdawers.com Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 18778551 “CBGB” the movie set for October release http://www.billdawers.com/2013/05/30/cbgb-the-movie-set-for-october-release/ Thu, 30 May 2013 17:44:02 +0000 http://www.billdawers.com/?p=5681 Read more →

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No surprise that CBGB, which filmed primarily in Savannah in summer 2012, will premiered during the second annual CBGB Festival in New York in October. From The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘CBGB’ U.S. Film Rights Nabbed by XLrator Media:

XLrator Media has acquired U.S. rights to distribute CBGB, the film about the iconic New York City club that gave rise to the punk movement in America.

It will be released during the CBGB Musical Festival, which runs from Oct. 9-13 in the Big Apple.

The Randall Miller-directed film stars Alan Rickman as CBGB founder Hilly Kristal and Ashley Greene as his daughter, Lisa. Also: Malin Ackerman as Debby Harry; Rupert Grint as Cheeta Chrome; and Joel David Moore as Joey Ramone, among others.

Here’s the slightly too long preview video about the CBGB Festival:

I noted the good reception at a recent private screening here in Savannah for CBGB, but it will be interesting to see if the movie truly catches the flavor of the historical scene and if moviegoers propel it to screens nationwide.

While I’d say it’s still likely that CBGB could play at the Savannah Film Festival in the last week of October, the timing of the release might mean that the film has already been seen widely in theaters.

Click on through to find CBGB on Facebook:

]]> 5681 The “CBGB” film shoot in Savannah in 50 tweets http://www.billdawers.com/2012/07/29/the-cbgb-film-shoot-in-savannah-in-50-tweets/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:34:07 +0000 http://www.billdawers.com/?p=3490 Read more →

]]> CBGB has finished principal photography, and it appears that the filming has left Savannah’s public stage.

As many of you know already, I’ve been following the shoot pretty closely, and I’ve been especially interested in the effect of Twitter and other social media in allowing fans and stars to engage each other.

Twitter posts are generally public, and there’s an easy feature to embed them in websites. So I’ve selected here a more or less chronological collection of entertaining Tweets that chronicle the movie shoot.

The biggest flurry of public excitement was during Rupert Grint’s time here playing Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, but you’ll see more direct engagement with the city from the movie’s stars, including Ashley Greene as Lisa Kristal, Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry, Stana Katic as Genya Ravan, Ryan Hurst as Mad Mountain, Joel David Moore as Joey Ramone, Freddy Rodriguez as Idaho, Donal Logue as Merv Ferguson, Richard de Klerk as Taxi, Peter Vack as Legs McNeil, Mickey Sumner as Patti Smith, Julian Acosta as Johnny Ramone, Steven Schub as DeeDee Ramone, and Katherine DuBois as Genya’s friend. There’s also a great pic of Taylor Hawkins at The Jinx.

If you’re just looking for photos, click here, here, and here.

Click here to scroll through all my posts about CBGB.

 

]]> 3490 More “CBGB” comings and goings hit Twitter http://www.billdawers.com/2012/07/19/more-cbgb-comings-and-goings-hit-twitter/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:29:31 +0000 http://www.billdawers.com/?p=3462

drummer from the foo fighters in the house ! playing iggy pop in the cbgb's movie ! @gilbertocruzjr twitter.com/thejinx912/sta…

— thejinx (@thejinx912) July 19, 2012

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]]> I guess my first question is this: how the heck did Gil Cruz of The Jinx get his photo taken with both Taylor Hawkins and Joel David Moore? (Click here for a post about The Jinx with lots of photos from the last year.)

I continue to be pleased and a little surprised by how willing some of the CBGB stars have been to put themselves in the public eye via their own and their fans’ Twitter feeds while in Savannah for filming.

Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters plays Iggy Pop. Joel David Moore plays Joey Ramone. Julian Acosta is Johnny Ramone. Malin Ackerman plays Debbie Harry. Mickey Sumner is Patti Smith. Stana Katic is Genya Ravan.

Nice shoutouts here to Eric Culberson and Catfish Staggs.


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