Today’s Backstage casting notices include opportunities on stage and screen that you don’t want to miss. An upcoming CBS pilot seeks talent for a paid background gig, a regional production of the famed “Chicago” is casting for leading roles, and other opportunities for actors of all sorts! “Mission Control”Male and female talent ages 22–70 is needed for background roles in “Mission Control,” an upcoming pilot for CBS. Actors will depict scientists and astronauts in the piece, which provides “a look at the personal and professional lives of Nasa” employees. Shooting is slated for March 15–21 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will provide some pay. “White Boy Rick”“White Boy Rick,” a feature starring Matthew McConaughey, is casting talent for several background roles including prison visitors, corrections officers, and more. The shoot is set for April 1 in Cleveland, Ohio and will provide minimum wage pay. “Assassin Of Youth”Male and...
- 3/1/2017
- backstage.com
Today’s Backstage casting notices include opportunities on stage and screen that you don’t want to miss. An upcoming CBS pilot seeks talent for a paid background gig, a regional production of the famed “Chicago” is casting for leading roles, and other opportunities for actors of all sorts! “Mission Control”Male and female talent ages 22–70 is needed for background roles in “Mission Control,” an upcoming pilot for CBS. Actors will depict scientists and astronauts in the piece, which provides “a look at the personal and professional lives of Nasa” employees. Shooting is slated for March 15–21 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will provide some pay. “White Boy Rick”“White Boy Rick,” a feature starring Matthew McConaughey, is casting talent for several background roles including prison visitors, corrections officers, and more. The shoot is set for April 1 in Cleveland, Ohio and will provide minimum wage pay. “Assassin Of Youth”Male and...
- 3/1/2017
- backstage.com
Ahead of American Ultra’s release in UK cinemas, we look at the rise of the stoner in film, from the 30s to the present...
"The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you. It would not have been possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly increasing numbers. Marihuana is that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - the Real Public Enemy Number One!
So reads the opening crawl to the now infamous film Reefer Madness. Originally released in 1936, it was designed as a hard-hitting expose of marijuana and its inherent dangers. The drug could cause "violent, uncontrollable laughter," the movie's introduction read. It could induce "dangerous hallucinations," "monstrous extravagances," all eventually leading to "shocking acts of physical violence... ending often in incurable insanity."
Reefer Madness was one of many...
"The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you. It would not have been possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly increasing numbers. Marihuana is that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - the Real Public Enemy Number One!
So reads the opening crawl to the now infamous film Reefer Madness. Originally released in 1936, it was designed as a hard-hitting expose of marijuana and its inherent dangers. The drug could cause "violent, uncontrollable laughter," the movie's introduction read. It could induce "dangerous hallucinations," "monstrous extravagances," all eventually leading to "shocking acts of physical violence... ending often in incurable insanity."
Reefer Madness was one of many...
- 8/27/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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