Help Wanted
George Clooney‘s Monuments Men, which begins filming in Berlin and surrounding environs very soon, is looking for 1500 extras (mostly men, some women and children) to show up on Saturday, March 9th, at Studio Babelsberg in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam.
Monuments Men, based on Robert Edsel’s book and slated to open on 12.18, is about an allied group trying to save art treasures from destruction at the hands of the German military during World War II. It’s basically a cousin of John Frankenheimer‘s The Train (’64). Pic will costar Daniel Craig, Clooney-with-the-beard, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Jean Dujardin, Matt Damon and Bob Balaban. Sony and 20th Century Fox are co-producing and splitting territories.
Roughly translated this German-language announcement says they’re looking “for about 1,500 men between 18 and 70 years” plus women and children of all ages. “The men must be prepared to get a 1940s-style haircut” and should not stand taller than 190 centimeters (about 6’2″) and not be too fat. And anyone who’s been to a tanning salon recently is out — you have to look gray and pale.
The producers in particular are lookng for people with arm and leg amputations; ditto “younger men with military experience” as well as “very thin women, men and children.”
The announcement states that Clooney will not be at the casting call so no gawkers or lookie-lous and definitely no autographs or iPhone photo ops.
I toured the legendary Studio Babelsberg last May 11th.
Title of this one is off-putting somehow.
Whaddaya mean? They’re looking for any and all Berlin amputees for realism’s sake, No harm in that. Okay, I’ll come up with another headline.
Fuck them Goddam krauts.
Not missing a wing but I drag my left leg on account of a stroke.
Any idea what they’re paying?
Previous title seemed fine to me, honestly, but I suppose it depends how sensitive one is to these sort of matters…
Actually, it has less to do with The Train than with this.
http://www.movingpictureshow.com/movies/mpsRapeEuropa.htm
So… a movie that’s being widely tipped as a front-runner for next year’s Oscars… hasn’t even been filmed yet?
The Train is based on a book by Rose Valland, a supporting character in Monuments Men to be played by Blanchett.
Love the Dating Amputee banner at the top of this one
Meant the title of the fucking movie.
This seems promising and I’m sure the book is good and all that. I’m assuming it’s a true story or something like that, but were there really Allies trying to save some paintings while innocent people were being exterminated? Really. No offense. I dig art but life is a fuckload more important.
it’s quiet interesting… i’m so excited to watch it