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Robin Williams continues his reign of terror here in Seattle. He's been filming all over town, of course, for The World's Greatest Dad, directed by fellow funnyman Bob Goldthwait. Williams has done a surprise appearance at a local comedy club, and been spotted all over the city. This week, his film trucks were parked in back of our offices, while the crew apparently did post-production work at a facility located inside our same downtown building. Alas, it seems no exterior shots of our lovely old brick warehouse were filmed.
We'll have to see, perhaps early in 2009 (assuming the black comedy makes it to Sundance and beyond), how much of our cityscape is captured in Dad. Director Goldthwait, who recently played a visit to Northwest Film Forum to profess his love for Hal Ashby, got his 2006 film Sleeping Dogs Lie into Sundance. It dealt with a young woman's embarrassing past sexual misadventure in bestiality. Clearly, Goldthwait is interested in finding laughs in shame, starting with Shakes the Clown (his 1991 debut), and extending through Dogs. This new Williams vehicle looks to be an examination of a different sort of secret: the fake memoir. (Yes, just like James Frey and "J.T. LeRoy.")
From IMDb, here's the film's synopsis:
"Lance [Williams' character] is a high school teacher who protects his family from shame following the embarrassing accidental death of his son. Lance writes a fake suicide note to cover up the death, but without permission the note is published and becomes an unexpected hit. Keen to be a successful author, Lance produces an entire journal which he passes off as his son's."
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Seely says:
This actually sounds fantastic. But nothing can top "the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies."
Posted On: Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 4:38PM