"Broken Record"--very early Jason
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:35 pm
I'm hoping to get some screencaps done (soon!), and I wanted to start a thread about this wonderful little gem of a film.
"Broken Record" was a student film by Shawn Levy, now better known for directing such popular films as "Night at the Museum" and "Date Night." It was finished in 1994, and features a young, unknown actor...Jason Dohring.
Plot summary (hopefully without too many spoilers): 13-year-old Ben is a small-town paperboy, and is surprised one morning when a new girl in town, Callie, gives him a copy of the Guiness Book of World Records. The gift spurs him to attempt to get his name in the book, and after a number of fruitless attempts, Callie comes up with an idea that just might work. But what record is she really aiming at?
This may be one of the gosh darn sweetest films ever made. And Jason, as a twelve-year-old, carries the film effortlessly. (Not that I'm biased, or anything, you understand, but he really does a fine job.)
The film is available on a dvd entitled "Reel Talent," which also includes student films from John Turteltaub, Robert Zemeckis, and George Lucas, "plucked from the vault of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts." Copies can be obtained from fine electronic retailers...
Lucky
"Broken Record" was a student film by Shawn Levy, now better known for directing such popular films as "Night at the Museum" and "Date Night." It was finished in 1994, and features a young, unknown actor...Jason Dohring.
Plot summary (hopefully without too many spoilers): 13-year-old Ben is a small-town paperboy, and is surprised one morning when a new girl in town, Callie, gives him a copy of the Guiness Book of World Records. The gift spurs him to attempt to get his name in the book, and after a number of fruitless attempts, Callie comes up with an idea that just might work. But what record is she really aiming at?
This may be one of the gosh darn sweetest films ever made. And Jason, as a twelve-year-old, carries the film effortlessly. (Not that I'm biased, or anything, you understand, but he really does a fine job.)
The film is available on a dvd entitled "Reel Talent," which also includes student films from John Turteltaub, Robert Zemeckis, and George Lucas, "plucked from the vault of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts." Copies can be obtained from fine electronic retailers...
Lucky
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Those are almost exactly what I was starting with...funny how that happens.
