More Zotts.
I bought course readers at the Stanford bookstore. I am a huge nerd.
In this photo, we plaster the walls of Berkeley, one poster at a time.
Here we're on the Berkeley campus and Darren tries to get the campus Democrats to come to our movie. I think it only fair to note that Darren did not approach the campus Republicans. Darren also supports tax cuts for the middle class.
In our attempt to find the film department at Berkeley, we stumbled upon a class in session. Here, Darren longs to return to an academic life.
That's a tiny Darren standing in front of the Hollywood Theater in Portland where HC will be playing. The theater has been open since 1926. It's pretty sweet looking.
Darren and I after a couple of hours of canvasing Portland.
Darren and I taking a picture with our producer, Jason Weiss, who decided to dress up for our sneak preview screening.
Beautiful sunset in Seattle.
Okay, so that bald head belongs to our producer. Then, look at the sign right above him!
This picture was taken in our hotel room. They have "Humboldt County" available for order!!
A closer screen shot reveals, though, a sad misspelling of Jeremy's last name. Go Mr. Stong!!!
Darren is standing outside of the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. We played here at the SXSW festival and now we're going to play here as part of our release. That's our poster outside!!!
Above is a picture of me at the KGSR radio interview we did after the shock jock one. Notice what's in the b.g. -- they still use CDs! Isn't that quaint?
Darren and I being dumb on the radio.
Above, I am hugging our poster in the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse.
Dear LCLs:
Well, if you're from St. Louis like us and are therefore are a lifelong Cardinals fan, then the answer to that question is simple:
We watched batting practice before the game and sat in the owners' section of seats right next to the Cardinals dugout for the game Tuesday (a hugely important game against wildcard leading Milwaukee, whom the Cardinals needed to beat. Sadly, they did not, and the 12-0 loss was one of the worst of the season. Needless to say, we didn't see Tony after that game). A few more pictures from the field:
We also enjoyed the buffet dinner and food/drink service throughout the game (also gratis, included in the tickets) that goes along with the "green" seats at fabulous new Busch Stadium. If this is how the other half lives, then it's easy to see how that half gets to stay rich (they don't have to pay for anything).
Returning to our lives in Los Angeles where splurging means paying the extra couple bucks for guacamole on our Chipotle burritos (but only every once in a while, that's a lot of money after all) was a reminder that baseball is a far more lucrative profession than independent filmmaking.
One last anecdote: there were many highlights, but my own personal favorite moment took place during batting practice before the Tuesday night game against Milwaukee. Danny and I were leaning against the batting cage (as we'd seen people do on TV before) and watching the group of Ryan Ludwick, Troy Glaus and Albert Pujols hit. Tony La Russa came to join us and for five minutes he dissected Albert's swing and explained how he follows the hitting philosophy of the late Charlie Lau, a man who changed hitting in baseball.
Listening to a geat baseball man like La Russa talk hitting while a great player like Albert took his cuts was, well, a life memory I will be taking with me for a long, long time.
Here's a shot of Tony La Russa giving 85 year old legendary Cardinals Hall of Famer Red Schoendiest a hard time for not shagging flyballs with him during batting practice.
