SCHOOL OF ROCK – "Your children have touched me. And I believe I have touched them as well."
Some might say that I’m biased because I work for the company that produced this movie. For those who say that, I say, rent this movie when it comes out, and see if you don’t enjoy it. Sure, it’s formulaic. So what? If it works, it works. And this one works. Oh by the way. Works.
SCENE TO REMEMBER: When Dewey first puts together all the instruments for the song "Touch Me" by The Doors.
Mom's note: Sam would be the first to admit that a movie produced by his company wasn't the best on the market, but when he loved a movie he worked on, he pretty much shouted it from the rooftops. He worked on this movie, and it was overseen by one of the higher-ups who actually had the last word in hiring him. So I thought you'd like to know Sam's version of his hiring.
He heard through the Northwestern network that this production company was hiring, so he was able to arrange an interview. After making it through the first round with the woman he would be working for, he was brought back in for a second interview with the man who would make the hiring decision in the LA office. The question he was asked: What movie from the previous year NOT made by this production company did Sam think SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE by the company? His response: FAR FROM HEAVEN, a movie set in the 1950s about a married, closeted (what other kind was there in the 50s?) gay man. His future boss then brought in the woman who had originally interviewed him and asked if they had previously discussed this particular movie in the first interview. When she answered no, he told Sam that he loved that movie and agreed with Sam -- and hired him on the spot. Sam called me that day -- he was so excited, and at the moment he didn't even know how much they were going to pay him. He just knew that he was on his way to realizing his dream...
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| And it had that redheaded beauty Julianne Moore in it... |
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