| Casting Call |
[Apr. 15th, 2009|11:59 pm] |
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I'm looking for cast members for my new short film (my 4th-year project for Fine Arts), working title MIDNIGHT CLIMAX, to be shot in June during weekends and evenings (TBC once cast is determined).
The script isn't fully written yet, hence some character descriptions being kind of vague. Also the characters may change - I'm primarily looking for interest at this point, with a view towards casting in the next week or two.
All cast must be available for the shoot period (there probably won't be more than 5 or 6 days of shooting all up, but I'll figure the details out once I have an idea of who's in it) and be able to do a convincing American accent.
The story (based on true events) concerns part of the CIA's mind-control experiments in the 1950s, specifically Operation Midnight Climax, in which prostitutes were hired to lure clients into CIA safehouses, at which point the clients would be drugged and observed from behind two-way mirrors. The film will centre around George Hunter White, the old-school narcotics cop hired to run the operation (who, by day, would hunt down drug pushers, and by night would feed drugs to strangers while chugging back martinis and taking notes). It'll be set in 1950s San Francisco (I'll manage it somehow).
CHARACTERS:
- GEORGE WHITE: 40-50yo. Tough, disgruntled old-school narcotics cop with a thirst for alcohol, kinky sex, and power. A son of a bitch, but with a sort of charming side too.
- SIDNEY GOTTLIEB: 40-50yo. Head of Project MKULTRA (the parent operation of Midnight Climax). Has a stutter and a club foot, and is religiously enthusiastic about the use of LSD in espionage.
- IKE FELDMAN: 30-40yo. White's partner/assistant, very patriotic. Poses as a drug dealer and a pimp in order to catch drug dealers and recruit prostitutes.
- ALBERTINE CALEF: 40-50yo. White's wife. Bubbly, intelligent, aware but consciously ignorant of her husband's activities. (may be cut from final draft)
- PROSTITUTE(S): 20-40yo. Drug-addicted and hired by White to do the dirty work for him. Kind of scared by the whole operation (understandably).
- CITIZEN/CLIENT: 30-40yo. upstanding citizen who loudly applauds White and Feldman for arresting the junkie, then visits White's prostitute, and gets drugged and observed.
- DRUG BUYER: 20-30yo. seedy 50s junkie type, roughed up and booked by White and Feldman trying to buy drugs.
- EXTRAS: for potential exteriors/group scenes.
If you're interested, flick me a message (or comment here). Additionally, spread the word if you know anyone who might be keen (and capable). And any questions, ask me. Rock. |
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From: (Anonymous)
2009-04-20 03:03 am (UTC)
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Innerested.
Depending on shoot dates. But innerested.
I love this concept. | |
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