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THE DRIVE IS GETTING SCARED
A FILM by DUANE BROWN
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:: September 2004
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:: The
Drive is Getting Scared has been accepted to the New Orleans
Film Festival.
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www.neworleansfilmfest.com
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July 2004 ::
:: The
Drive is Getting Scared, the third
short film by Duane Brown, will premiere in downtown Augusta
at Room 9, August 13th 2004.
:: June 2004 ::
:: The Drive is Getting Scared is being
submitted to the Rome (GA) Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival,
and possibly others. It will premiere at the only lounge in Augusta,
GA-Room 9 on Broad Street. Admission will be free to the public and
you must be 21 or older.
:: Be on the lookout for
The Great Kentucky Goblin Spree.
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THE MOVIE
Intended for festival
submission, The Drive is Getting Scared
tells the story of Stan, who is cursed with the redundancy of an everyday
job until his friend, Leonard, calls him with a unique opportunity that
ultimately ruins his career before it begins-but in a funny way. The
flashbacks are told using a Viewmaster technique-a first in film.
Aside from Duane playing the role of Stan, the film also stars Ethan
Brock, Leo Zahare, Reed Scott,
Troy Hodges and Wendell Dean as Jeremy Fontaine. The film
was edited by Stephen Gilliam of Gilliam Graphics, a computer neophyte
and straight up pimp. A lot of the film was shot inside an actual camera
store, but the really interesting parts were shot in a hotel room in
North Carolina that hasn't been renovated since the late seventies.
This is Duane Brown's third short film. His others
include Painting Anna and Watch Me, a film
which drew unwanted attention.
"We made like four copies and distributed them around town. This
was when Ethan and I used to work together. The film was like 10 minutes
long, shot on really shitty video tape. It was about a guy who really
didn't want to go to work, and he sits in front of the video camera
and bitches and moans about his life and the things he covets and this
goes on for ten minutes.
Then at the end he puts a bullet
in a gun, spins the chamber, sticks it to his head and pulls the trigger.
Now, if it kills him he doesn't have to endure going to work but if
it doesn't, well, off to work he goes. So, needless to say it doesn't
kill him, and he looks at the camera and says 'well, I guess I'm going
to work'. So anyway, somebody recognizes Ethan in the tape and think
it's a cry for help. They call the cops, who in turn are waiting for
him when he gets to work and they question him and basically scare the
shit out of him. He wouldn't talk to me for weeks. He still has the
tape with the evidence sticker on it that he won't give back to me."
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MUSIC BY THE TRANSISTORS
"I wanted a really retro, 70's feel to the film,"
explains Duane. "But a really, dirty, old man 70's feel. It just
added to the whole atmosphere of the film."
This retro atmosphere kicks into high gear with the addition of The
Transistors, a lounge band based out of Italy. Duane's original
plan was to use a variety of music.
"I had enlisted some other bands to contribute to the film. When
I initially approached ErMan about using music for the film I really
intended on using one song. After listening to the record I was hooked,
and decided I wanted use them exclusively. Their music just adds to
the surreal quirkiness of the film."
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PHOTOS
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All Photos courtesy by Duane
Brown.
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