Re: [FWDLK] My Car, The Movie Star...

["Ron Waters" <Ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>]

Dave -

        Good job !  Although the $100 seems a bit low.  My friends have gotten as
much as $500 a day for their cars.  Although, that was for theatrical
movies, not TV movies.

        How did you find out about this gig ?

Ron



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> From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] My Car, The Movie Star...
> Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 9:33 PM
>
> Well,
>
> Today I took the day off from the ol' grind and went on set of the movie
> "Temptations", which will air early November on NBC.  You'll be able to
> see my car in at least three scenes, the most memorable being when the
> main character is serenading a girl on her way home from school.  When
> you hear "Earth Angel" keep your eyes peeled.  My car is right behind
> the "Detroit Diaper" truck is my car.
>
> When the main character, Williams, is asking the girl out for a date, my
> car will be prominently in the background.
>
> Keen-eyed folks will also notice my car outside of the window in the
> night scene where Williams is picking up the girl, and also during a
> schoolyard shot, where I will be I will be driving my car off in the
> distance in the back of the shot.
>
> Pretty fun.  Got my car in a movie.  They fed me.  They gave me $100.
> Plus, I got a tan, and one of the make-up crew girls gave me her phone
> number.  Just because I wasn't a Temptation doesn't mean I'm not
> tempting... =)))
>
> -Dave