Post by Omnipotent on Feb 26, 2008 12:08:15 GMT -5
From his myspace blog...
Hey everyone... we are busy editing The Box here in Los Angeles. Everything is going great...
I wanted to post a link to a great behind-the-scenes segment produced by our friends at NASA on location at Langley, profiling our last week of filming. In the footage you will see brief glimpses of some of the (very large) sets constructed for the film in the large-scale wind tunnel, which has never been used in a motion-picture... until now!
Here is the link to THIS WEEK AT NASA:
youtube.com/watch?v=QFqTkMZ7qKY
And here is a link to an article about the historic wind tunnel, when it was officially de-commissioned in 1995:
www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/1995/Oct95/95_101.html
Also... I wanted to post the official synopsis of the film, as there has been some inaccurate stuff circulating out there:
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, "The Box" stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, played by Frank Langella, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world...someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Also... the Southland Tales DVD comes out March 18th... and The Prequel Saga graphic novel is available at bookstores and on Amazon.com. Hopefully everyone who didn't get to see it in theaters will get their chance soon!
As for bonus features, there is a cool 30 minute documentary and an animated short film on the disc. I didn't have time to record a commentary... but I'm sure there will be a much more elaborate multi-disc release down the road... when we have more time to compile the massive amount of supplemental material related to the film, assemble a longer version, etc. No word yet on a date for the Blu-Ray disc.
More soon...
RK
Hey everyone... we are busy editing The Box here in Los Angeles. Everything is going great...
I wanted to post a link to a great behind-the-scenes segment produced by our friends at NASA on location at Langley, profiling our last week of filming. In the footage you will see brief glimpses of some of the (very large) sets constructed for the film in the large-scale wind tunnel, which has never been used in a motion-picture... until now!
Here is the link to THIS WEEK AT NASA:
youtube.com/watch?v=QFqTkMZ7qKY
And here is a link to an article about the historic wind tunnel, when it was officially de-commissioned in 1995:
www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/1995/Oct95/95_101.html
Also... I wanted to post the official synopsis of the film, as there has been some inaccurate stuff circulating out there:
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, "The Box" stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, played by Frank Langella, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world...someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Also... the Southland Tales DVD comes out March 18th... and The Prequel Saga graphic novel is available at bookstores and on Amazon.com. Hopefully everyone who didn't get to see it in theaters will get their chance soon!
As for bonus features, there is a cool 30 minute documentary and an animated short film on the disc. I didn't have time to record a commentary... but I'm sure there will be a much more elaborate multi-disc release down the road... when we have more time to compile the massive amount of supplemental material related to the film, assemble a longer version, etc. No word yet on a date for the Blu-Ray disc.
More soon...
RK
