JAY — After five years of trying to get manufacturing back into the Otis Falls Mill, owners Mary Howes and her husband, Tim DeMillo, of Otis Ventures LLC are thinking of other ways to revitalize the former paper mill. Those ideas include a banquet facility surrounded on three sides by the Androscoggin River and offering […]
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Turner filmmaker spins personal experience in foster care into a thriller
Izzy is mean. She’s mouthy, profoundly depressed. She has bounced around in foster care for eight years when suddenly, at 15, she has a run-in with the man who killed her parents. As P. Seth Roberts describes his new movie, there’s little happy. No comedy. And, he warns, no feel-good ending. “This is ‘The Empire […]
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Low-budget zombie comedy filming in Maine
PORTLAND — A zombie film by a Maine native who spent the past decade in Los Angeles making horror, comedy and science fiction films has spilled into public view on several streets in Portland. Several blood-covered zombies stumbled onto two Portland streets and cars crashed during filming Monday of the low-budget zombie comedy “Night of […]
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‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ leads to madness and mayhem
Comedic whirlwind focuses on real-life Hollywood in 1939 LEWISTON — What would you get if you put three legendary moviemakers in a locked office full of peanuts and bananas for a five-day marathon screenplay rewrite of a classic 1930s book? Why, “Gone with the Wind,” of course. And that’s the basis for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” […]
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‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’ read for premier at Tribeca Film Festival
PORTLAND (AP) — Two filmmakers who won acclaim for their documentary about Maine troop greeters are ready for the U.S. premiere of their new film, “Beneath the Harvest Sky.” The first feature-length movie by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly will be shown Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Set in the potato […]
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Saddlemire to launch Web series based on his Lewiston home
LEWISTON — After spending the past few years making earnest and artful documentaries about life in Lewiston, filmmaker Craig Saddlemire has created a scripted, Web-based comedy on his Maple Street home. “My So Called Housing Cooperative” is scheduled to premiere Monday on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo. “It’s a way for us to reflect and think […]
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Maine potato fields backdrop for feature film
PORTLAND (AP) — The filmmakers who won critical acclaim for their documentary focusing on the troop greeters at Bangor International Airport are again using Maine as a backdrop. The first feature film by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly is set among the blue potato farms in Van Buren in northern Maine. “Beneath the Harvest Sky” […]
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Miclon calls for movie extras to battle in Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Michael Miclon plans to shoot the battle finale of his movie, “Richard 3,” at his home in Buckfield. And he’s inviting everyone to come watch. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the veteran performer hopes to lure 300 to 400 extras to the fields beside his farmhouse at 119 North Buckfield Road. “We’re looking for […]
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Maine drive-ins struggle to survive in digital age
SACO — For 74 summers, as the sun sets over Saco, a giant screen framed by tall pines flickers to life. The year the Saco Drive-In opened, “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone with the Wind” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” premiered. This week, “The Smurfs 2” and “Planes” kept scores of families entertained under […]
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Take two: Oak Hill filmmakers shoot second film, second summer in a row
People began disappearing in the woods of Rocky Hills. Then rumors grew about strange experiments. And then Cutler wasn’t seen again. That’s the legend at the heart of the second feature-length film by a group of young Oak Hill High School grads. “The Bridge” opens with present-day college kids sitting around the campfire in Rocky […]