Humboldt County: The Movie

Humboldt County?

For all the aspiring screenwriters who are writing the ‘real’ story about Humboldt County, your window of opportunity has closed. Someone thinks they’ve got the big hit here. The film debuted last Friday at SXSW film festival in Austin, TX.

The movie proposes to tell the story of a medical student who “loses his way,” comes to Humboldt with a beautiful model, and finds some ‘answers.’

I’m reserving judgment until I see the production but, being in love with the area, I do like this quote, “”In the film, the environment of Humboldt serves to seduce the protagonist, to really … bring him into this place emotionally”

One of the two directors supposedly has family in the area. Aunt Laura even has a blog. According to the website, she’s a beautiful older lady who has lived here a long time. I don’t recognize her, though, she looks vaguely familiar.

Rose left a flabbergasted comment on Aunt Laura’s blog so I know she’s seen it but, surprisingly, I haven’t heard a peep about it until today.

UPDATE: Whoops, North Coast Journal had this and I saw it. I just didn’t click the link.  Sorry guys.

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Chris
Guest
16 years ago

Trailer looks decent…could be good…for the non-Humboldt people like myself, anyways, but maybe not for the locals. Always difficult to get a script like this right so it reflects the spirit of the community while offering a compelling story to everyone else.

Chris
Guest
16 years ago

Trailer looks decent…could be good…for the non-Humboldt people like myself, anyways, but maybe not for the locals. Always difficult to get a script like this right so it reflects the spirit of the community while offering a compelling story to everyone else.

Dan
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Dan
16 years ago

Almost sounds like Michael J. Fox opus “Doc Hollywood”…well, not exactly like it, but close enough for me.

max
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max
16 years ago

A doctor and a model?

Um. I will reserve judgement.

[not really, cough cough cough]

max
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max
16 years ago

A doctor and a model?

Um. I will reserve judgement.

[not really, cough cough cough]

Chris
Guest
16 years ago

Ohhhhh! It received three coughs from Max…that must be like one or two stars on a five star scale 😉

Chris
Guest
16 years ago

Ohhhhh! It received three coughs from Max…that must be like one or two stars on a five star scale 😉

Staff
Member
16 years ago

Wait Max, look at the trailer. The actress looks a lot like you!

max
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max
16 years ago

Which me, the blonde me, the redhead me, or the brunette me?

You are so preying on my vanity now I have to go look at it sheesh.

max
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max
16 years ago

Which me, the blonde me, the redhead me, or the brunette me?

You are so preying on my vanity now I have to go look at it sheesh.

max
Guest
max
16 years ago

Oh that is Fairuza. That is funny, she and I are related though not by blood I did not know she was in this.

Okay, the film looks better than I thought it would I will for true withhold judgement.

max
Guest
max
16 years ago

Oh that is Fairuza. That is funny, she and I are related though not by blood I did not know she was in this.

Okay, the film looks better than I thought it would I will for true withhold judgement.

Staff
Member
16 years ago

I told you she looked like you;>

max
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max
16 years ago

Well that is a real compliment Fairuza is beautiful but any resemblance is pretty coincidental we are related through a string of marriages and divorces it would take the Pope a while to untangle.

max
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max
16 years ago

Well that is a real compliment Fairuza is beautiful but any resemblance is pretty coincidental we are related through a string of marriages and divorces it would take the Pope a while to untangle.

Ren
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Ren
16 years ago

I can’t wait to see that movie.

Ren
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Ren
16 years ago

I can’t wait to see that movie.

Staff
Member
16 years ago

I hope they bring it to the Garberville theater.

Ernie
Guest
16 years ago

Okay, I watched the trailer. Why does it seem so much like a rerun??? I wonder if I met them at Reggae on The river?

Ernie
Guest
16 years ago

Okay, I watched the trailer. Why does it seem so much like a rerun??? I wonder if I met them at Reggae on The river?

Carol
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Carol
16 years ago

I watched the trailer, too. I think I like Ganjasaurus Rex better.

Carol
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Carol
16 years ago

I watched the trailer, too. I think I like Ganjasaurus Rex better.

Jim
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Jim
16 years ago

Hey, that’s Peter Bogdanovitch at the beginning, isn’t it? They must be well connected .

Jim
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Jim
16 years ago

Hey, that’s Peter Bogdanovitch at the beginning, isn’t it? They must be well connected .

Jim
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Jim
16 years ago

And Frances Conroy from Six Feet Under. Now I want to see it.

Jim
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Jim
16 years ago

And Frances Conroy from Six Feet Under. Now I want to see it.

Staff
Member
16 years ago

I thought the trailer and the website hinted at a decent quality. I’d like to at least check it out.

max
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max
16 years ago

Making trailers is an art form and in some cases, I would rather watch the trailer again than the film but it bodes well for the film if the trailer is good and this one is pretty good.

max
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max
16 years ago

Making trailers is an art form and in some cases, I would rather watch the trailer again than the film but it bodes well for the film if the trailer is good and this one is pretty good.

Staff
Member
16 years ago

Some trailers use the only good lines in the movie. Then when I see the movie, I’ve already seen the good stuff.

Ben
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Ben
16 years ago

Max…. Marny Friedman is an extra in this flick. I think it was mostly shot up north somewhere. We should do a movie about Astrinsky’s… no one would believe it. Better than the biker bar scene in PeeWee’s Big Adventure (one of the ten greatest movies ever made.) In my humble opinion.

Ben
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Ben
16 years ago

Max…. Marny Friedman is an extra in this flick. I think it was mostly shot up north somewhere. We should do a movie about Astrinsky’s… no one would believe it. Better than the biker bar scene in PeeWee’s Big Adventure (one of the ten greatest movies ever made.) In my humble opinion.

max
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max
16 years ago

I have never seen PeeWee’s Big Adventure. You like it that much?

max
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max
16 years ago

I have never seen PeeWee’s Big Adventure. You like it that much?

Izora Burns
Guest
16 years ago

Most of this was filmed in Soho, but the end (that I play an extra in), was filmed in Trinidad at the Inn on the side road. I was in a scene w Peter Bogdonavitch & the lead guy, that I don’t recognize. Everyone was really nice! Izora

Izora Burns
Guest
16 years ago

Most of this was filmed in Soho, but the end (that I play an extra in), was filmed in Trinidad at the Inn on the side road. I was in a scene w Peter Bogdonavitch & the lead guy, that I don’t recognize. Everyone was really nice! Izora

Staff
Member
16 years ago

Have you had a chance to see the completed film? If so did you like it?

Izora Burns
Guest
16 years ago

No, I haven’t., not til it plays here. Izora

Izora Burns
Guest
16 years ago

No, I haven’t., not til it plays here. Izora

Staff
Member
16 years ago

I’ll have to ask Chris when they plan to bring it to the Garberville theater.

Jacob
Guest
16 years ago

Fairuza definately looks like a prostitute in this film with all those ugly tattos . You can’t hide the look of a whore when you got that many tattos.
She’s pretty good for an actress but she’ll never make it BIG looking like a hooker or drug dealer .

Jacob
Guest
16 years ago

Fairuza definately looks like a prostitute in this film with all those ugly tattos . You can’t hide the look of a whore when you got that many tattos.
She’s pretty good for an actress but she’ll never make it BIG looking like a hooker or drug dealer .