Jackson Heights Life

FYI

Have you see the signs along 77th and 37th?

You might want to make a note of this especially if you park in the area

check it out:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1153053/

Regards

Here's another link
http://www.movietome.com/movie/366328/7-to-the-palace/index.html

Saw them this morning. PA's standing practically in the middle of 37th Street. You'd figure they would at least have the sense not to set up on a main thoroughfare. For all the excitement of having a movie made in your neighborhood it's amazing what a nuisance they can be.

Yes, one of the crew this morning told me they were filming something called 7 to the Palace.

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Does anyone know what they are filming on 74th Street just south of 37th Avenue?  They've been there all week...

I'm going to be in the movie tomorrow. yayoo
if you want to be in it as an extra, i think you can just show up at tandoori palace at 7 am.
i dont think theres pay but there is lunch.
i have some information to get in so get in touch if you def want to go tomorrow.

My lunch was prepared by the folks at Jackson Diner.

Im going to write about it in detail on my blog now, so you can check stuff out there http://iwantmorefood.com

but ill sum it up here because i am not here to shop around my website....
so basically me and my friend waited most of the day inside the school on 37th and 78th. at about 2.00 they called us over to the tandoori palace to be people standing outside the restaurant. if the scene is used, i will be seen in the window. so thats cool . there were about 10 extras like me. some were locals some were from other parts of the city.

it was mostly waiting though, i felt like it was a waste of time - especially b/c i had 2 jobs asking me to come in!

i had to leave now, and my friend is still there. last i heard all they were doing was standing outside the restaurant so it looks like there is a line.

all the extras went to lunch in jackson diner and the crew ate in the school catered - by who, im not sure.

as a plus, I saw the little indian man from the wes anderson movies. he seems really nice.

so thats a brief report.

Hey! I was extra on this shooting too in line outside of the restaurant. Were you the two guys with hat?

haha, ill tell you whats great about living here unlike the hipper areas of brooklyn I was once considering:
I can wear ANYTHING around these streets and no one cares. I just bought 2 awesome fedoras from the temple thrift shop. these things are so cool, and I love to wear them just to wear them. i don't really want anyone talking to me about them or making a big deal. just let me be 1950 and I'm cool to have fun with myself. If I were in brooklyn heights, it would be a self conscious fashion show.

Yes, I agree with you on this point.  I generally have no problem when I walk about with my ascot and smoking jacket on in the neighborhood.  I get an occasional snide remark from some rapscallions or threatening glances from drink-sodden popinjays, but I simply wave my gold tipped walking stick, and they get the message.

so, the film crew came in. and now all of the sudden theres all these young hipster kids walking around the neighborhood.

My wife said the same thing about the film crew, that they all look like "Williamsburg hipster types"!

Would you happen to know if they are planning one of those big Bollywood dance extravaganza scenes for the film?  Perhaps closing down the streets, and having those machines that create artificial rain, thus causing the sarees to cling to the female dancers, and having 20 male dancers in the background?  That would be interesting to see!