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SCREAM ’09: Jamie King on Unnerving ‘Mother’s Day’ Shoot
One of the more interesting conversations we had on the red carpet of the 2009 Scream Awards (airing Tuesday, October 27 at 10:00PM ET/PT) was with Mother’s Day star Jamie King, who took a day off from a brutal shoot to talk with press. Beyond the break you can read about a crazy on set fiasco that happened tonight(!), along with how the film feels like an unnerving documentary.
When asked if she was wrapped on MOTHER’S DAY, she explains she had one more week to go.
“No, I fly back in like 6 hours for one more week,” she tells Bloody Disgusting adding a bit about her character. “I play the lead role, my character, her name is Beth, and she’s a very traumatized woman. She just lost her child about 9 months ago and then their house is unintentionally invaded and then she has to basically – you know it’s `what would you do to protect the ones you love and yourself?’”
“I am one of the captives,” she continues, “my captivity, it’s all the way through. It’s not the ensemble, mine’s more of the lead captive.”
Earlier today director Darren Bousman was Tweeting about some crazy events that occurred on the set. “OMG our actors just got pulled over by six cops with guns drawn while filming a Gun scene! cops thought it was REAL!!!!” He adds, “ turns out there was a bank robbery, the police saw our actors with guns! luckily the police were VERY cool! just doing their job!”
I asked Jamie about the fiasco and she told us she’s glad she missed it.
“I heard! It’s crazy…I missed it. I’m glad I missed it as I’ve had plenty of fiascos.”
While Bousman has openly said it’s not an insanely violent movie, King does say she gets a nice dose of blood sprayed on her. “I get pretty bloody sometimes and I even ask for extra blood. Like in one scene I’m like `Can I get some more blood in my mouth?’ I don’t know why, it just looked cool. ”
And while it’s not incredibly bloody, MOTHER’S DAY is going to be an unnerving movie because it’s based on true events.
“It’s very uncomfortable, it’s not like a horror film, everything that happens in it has happened in real life and so it’s really disturbing because you know that what these people have gone through has actually really happened,” adding that the way it’s shot lends to the terror. “And it’s shot in a way that feels almost like a documentary so when I watch the scenes back its really disturbing because I know its real. ”
MOTHER’S DAY is aiming for a release Mother’s Day of 2010.
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New Documentaries Explore the Cult Legacies of ‘The Keep’ and ‘Wolfen’; Watch the Trailers Now [Exclusive]
Undersung werewolf gem Wolfen and Michael Mann’s The Keep get the spotlight in a pair of feature documentaries acquired by Antenna Releasing.
A World War II Fairy Tale, which covers the infamous production of and reception to The Keep, will receive a limited theatrical release in October, followed by a TVOD release on Apple/Amazon. The Keep will also screen as a double feature for some showings.
For Uncovering Wolfen, Antenna eyes a limited theatrical release for 2027. Both films are currently available for booking via Antenna prior to their theatrical and digital releases.
Both documentaries are directed by Stewart Buck, who co-helms with Stéphane Piter on A World War II Fairy Tale.
“We at Antenna are obsessed with film history,” said Chief Acquisitions Officer Billy Ray Brewton. “Stewart has done such a remarkable job of really diving into the deepest recesses of how these films were made and, in doing so, has created the definitive histories of both projects.”
“We’re delighted to be partnering with Antenna Releasing!” said director Buck. “It’s refreshing to see a filmmaker-friendly approach to distribution with people who know what it’s like to be in the trenches with independent projects that struggle to find a home in the crowded marketplace.”
Check out our exclusive trailer and poster reveal of both documentaries below.
Released in 1983, Michael Mann’s The Keep was a notorious box office bomb, critically lambasted and all but forgotten for years, save for the fascination with Tangerine Dream’s iconic score. In recent years, the film has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence and is widely considered a cult classic, though director Michael Mann and many cast members refuse to acknowledge it.
Wolfen, on the other hand, was critical success but was overshadowed heavily by its flashier 1981 siblings An American Werewolf in London and The Howling. It’s also a trailblazer for socio-political horror, and the doc will explore that via the craftspeople who made it.
Look for them both in theaters soon. Stay tuned for more as it arrives.
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