Liar liar - Indiana Jed (382 hits)
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Submitted by haha dumb Twin Assholes, welcome back Barry (View user info) at 2007-10-30 16:28:14 EDT
#1
In 1992, as a sophomore in high school, I met two guys named Mike and Marc Lynn. They had aspirations to be filmmakers and had from an early age been persuing this dream. I don't recal how I met them as they were seniors but somehow I ended up being invited to be in the movie they had written, and were directing and producing.
Filming had already started and I joined them about halfway into the project. My first day "on set" we were filming in a deep canyon in the Black Hills. We caravanned there in about five separate cars and all of us being moronic teenagers were constantly fucking around on during the drive. At one point several of us were hanging out of our car windows shooting at each other with our plastic machine guns and pistols. Just let that sink in and then consider doing something like that today, yeah, we would surely be arrested now.
We finally reached our destination after driving into the canyon on an old fire road that was well past rutted out and not really suited for the cars we were in. We set up a fake camp site for the scene we were shooting and began the day's work. Being the pyro I was I was invited to be part of the special effects team, setting up fireworks to strategically create small explosion and the effect of bullets hitting the ground around us.
I had one small speaking part this afternoon and then the rest of the day we spent "fighting", running, chasing, and generally trying to look like a rag tag army bent on taking over the world. I died several times that afternoon and even managed to scrape open my arm on a giant rock when I was asked to perform a particularly athletic and dramatic death.
The next day we went to a giant culvert next to our high school. This would be our hideout for the day. We shot several new scenes there and I really enjoyed being the guy that had to detain the protagonists' hot girlfriend. I had a few more lines that day and once again died.
The following weekend we drove back to our canyon, again grabassing all the way, and began shooting. We shot the climax of the movie that day but it was the scene we shot at the end of the day that everyone had been looking forward to.
The twins had managed to purchase a Renault for a dollar from their preacher. This poor car had been shot up, crashed into trees, taken off road, and suffered much more abuse at our hands and today was the day it would finally get to rest.
First six of us picked up the car and turned it on its side to drain the gas, we were teenagers and forgotten to bring a siphon and it was an incredibly light little car. Next we cleared a path for the car, removing any large rocks, small trees, and other obstructions. The twins set up the cameras and then instructed us to begin preparations for this final shot of the day. We positioned the car, tied the steering wheel in place and gave it a push.
I have to tell you that watching a little Renault careen down a steep hill and then over the edge of a seventy foot cliff is a beautiful site. Everything went to plan and the twins got their shots, one from the top of the cliff and one from the bottom as this little car went flying out over the edge and then nose first to the ground where it rolled onto its roof. Night was coming on and being teenagers we hadn't come prepared to deal with the aftermath. We flipped the car over laughing at the fact that the boxy little car now resembeled a Delorian. We inspected it to ensure nothing was burning or was likely to begin burning and went home for the night.
I missed the next day when they went back to the canyon to retrieve the remains of the car but I'm told they got back to the location, which was fairly remote, expecting to see the car lying where it'd been left and instead found the car lying where it was left with a forrest service officer sitting next to it. How this guy ended up in this remote canyon on that particular day, especially so early in the morning we never discovered but he was not a happy camper. Initially he was going to fine the twins more than a thousand dollars and charge them for dumping this reckage in the woods. They were finally able to talk him down to a hundred dollar fine when they showed him all the equipment they'd brought to clean up and then he watched to ensure that nearly every bit of the car was recovered and removed from the canyon floor.
We spent many other weekends filming and in the end, two years after they started we had our movie. The premier was held in the high school auditorium and was sold out for three nights in a row. Considering our auditorium held more than 800 people I'd say it was pretty successful. The crowd particularly enjoyed the scene of the car flying off the cliff and gave a rowdy cheer at each new twist and turn. With a cast of 73 high school students and no adult supervision or direct input it certainly was one of the most entertaining things I did in high school. I died nine times in the movie each time being recycled back into "Beloch's Army". Don't believe me? The name of the movie was Indiana Jed, obviously a spoof on Indiana Jones. I'm credited as part of Beloch's Army but got to be involved in so much more. The movie is feature length, has a full score, special effects and best of all we got to throw a car off a cliff. http://imdb.com/title/tt0151055/fullcredits#cast
#2
In 1992, as a sophomore in high school, I met two guys named Mike and Marc Lynn. They had aspirations to be filmmakers and had from an early age been persuing this dream. I don't recal how I met them as they were seniors but somehow I ended up being invited to be in the movie they had written, and were directing and producing.
Filming had already started and I joined them about halfway into the project. My first day "on set" we were filming in a deep canyon in the Black Hills. We caravanned there in about five separate cars and all of us being moronic teenagers were constantly fucking around on during the drive. At one point several of us were hanging out of our car windows shooting at each other with our plastic machine guns and pistols. Just let that sink in and then consider doing something like that today, yeah, we would surely be arrested now.
We finally reached our destination after driving into the canyon on an old fire road that was well past rutted out and not really suited for the cars we were in. We set up a fake camp site for the scene we were shooting and began the day's work. Being the pyro I was I was invited to be part of the special effects team, setting up fireworks to strategically create small explosion and the effect of bullets hitting the ground around us.
I had one small speaking part this afternoon and then the rest of the day we spent "fighting", running, chasing, and generally trying to look like a rag tag army bent on taking over the world. I died several times that afternoon and even managed to scrape open my arm on a giant rock when I was asked to perform a particularly athletic and dramatic death.
The next day we went to a giant culvert next to our high school. This would be our hideout for the day. We shot several new scenes there and I really enjoyed being the guy that had to detain the protagonists' hot girlfriend. I had a few more lines that day and once again died.
One of my favorite weekends was when we filmed the car chase. We drove through the streets and alleys of Rapid City, waving guns out the windows of our cars getting all the footage we needed. Filming was cut short that night when the cops finally pulled us over and after securing us all and ensuring the weapons were not real gave us an incredibly stiff lecture and offered to fine us. I watched the twins work their magic and couldn't believe they talked the cops out of giving any of us citations after promising that any other filming we had to do that could alarm residents would be proceeded by arrangements with the police department to ensure nobody ended up hurt, fined, or arrested. Again, imagine trying to get away with something like that today, not gonna happen.
The following weekend we drove back to our canyon, again grab assing all the way, and began shooting. We shot the climax of the movie that day but it was the scene we shot at the end of the day that everyone had been looking forward to.
The twins had managed to purchase a Renault for a dollar from their preacher. This poor car had been shot up, crashed into trees, taken off road, and suffered much more abuse at our hands and today was the day it would finally get to rest.
First six of us picked up the car and turned it on its side to drain the gas, we were teenagers and forgotten to bring a siphon and it was an incredibly light little car. Next we cleared a path for the car, removing any large rocks, small trees, and other obstructions. The twins set up the cameras and then instructed us to begin preparations for this final shot of the day. We positioned the car, tied the steering wheel in place and gave it a push.
I have to tell you that watching a little Renault careen down a steep hill and then over the edge of a seventy foot cliff is a beautiful site. Everything went to plan and the twins got their shots, one from the top of the cliff and one from the bottom as this little car went flying out over the edge and then nose first to the ground where it rolled onto its roof. Night was coming on and being teenagers we hadn't come prepared to deal with the aftermath. We flipped the car over laughing at the fact that the boxy little car now resembeled a Delorian. We inspected it to ensure nothing was burning or was likely to begin burning and went home for the night.
I missed the next day when they went back to the canyon to retrieve the remains of the car but I'm told they got back to the location, which was fairly remote, expecting to see the car lying where it'd been left and instead found the car lying where it was left with a forrest service officer sitting next to it. How this guy ended up in this remote canyon on that particular day, especially so early in the morning we never discovered but he was not a happy camper. Initially he was going to fine the twins more than a thousand dollars and charge them for dumping this reckage in the woods. They were finally able to talk him down to a hundred dollar fine when they showed him all the equipment they'd brought to clean up and then he watched to ensure that nearly every bit of the car was recovered and removed from the canyon floor.
We spent many other weekends filming and in the end, two years after they started we had our movie. The premier was held in the high school auditorium and was sold out for three nights in a row. Considering our auditorium held more than 800 people I'd say it was pretty successful. The crowd particularly enjoyed the scene of the car flying off the cliff and gave a rowdy cheer at each new twist and turn. With a cast of 73 high school students and no adult supervision or direct input it certainly was one of the most entertaining things I did in high school. I died nine times in the movie each time being recycled back into "Beloch's Army". Don't believe me? The name of the movie was Indiana Jed, obviously a spoof on Indiana Jones. I'm credited as part of Beloch's Army but got to be involved in so much more. The movie is feature length, has a full score, special effects and best of all we got to throw a car off a cliff. http://imdb.com/title/tt0151055/fullcredits#cast
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Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:00:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I've actually emailed them a few times asking them to correct that but apparently they don't care. I am niether, only me.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-31 09:20:48 EDT (#)
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So are you Lea Thompson's brother or the British one-hit wonder?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-31 07:27:35 EDT (#)
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This is ridiculous.
Way to spoil the game!! This competition is going to pot.
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-10-30 17:26:04 EDT (#)
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fair enough. sorry to fuck this up, maybe I can get my account back and rework them
Submitted by beat_raven (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:50:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oooh ... maca-ma-damia nuts.
-- Homer Simpson
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Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:46:16 EDT (#)
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Other stories were *similar*.
Yours are virtually identical.
Takes the fun out of things (at least, for me).
:(
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:40:35 EDT (#)
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this is not the first entry to be submitted like this. Given that the fact that this occurred can be verified i didn't see a way around it. after all i even provided the imdb link.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:35:49 EDT (#)
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Okay, WTF.
There appears to be exactly one itty, bitty addition to the second bit to differentiate from the first.
I'm not voting because this is asinine.
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:34:27 EDT (#)
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oops, sposed to mention to pick the true story blah blah blah. sure you can figure it out.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:33:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I thought this moron-a-thon was finished or didn't you get the memo?
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-10-30 16:32:50 EDT (#)
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oops, meant to change the submitting name, oh well.
~Brdn_Nkd