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The Daily OrangeCampus gets onboard with 'Express'
By Miyoko Ohtake
Posted: 8/28/07, 12:33 AM EST Section: News
"Davis is a freshman on campus, and the student body is unwelcoming," explained Dustin Bowman, 24. Bowman, a Canton resident, was one of 50 people chosen to be an extra in the movie.
More than 1,200 SU students and central New York residents applied for the compensated position, according to a member of the production team.
At 2 p.m., after countless takes in front of Carnegie, the extras were dismissed for a half-hour lunch break. A crew member patted Bowman on the back as he walked by. He told Bowman that his close up would definitely make it into the film. Bowman answered with an excited smile, but the fact that he had been there since 5 a.m. was showing as he headed to the trailers for lunch.
Meghan Lisson, another extra, was tired from pushing a bicycle around and around a tree while the crew filmed the scene from all angles, but her excitement squashed any possible yawns.
"It's so much fun," she said, running on adrenaline.
In the fall, Lisson will begin her third year of studies at SU as a broadcast journalism and political science dual-major. Although she has seen herself on TV before as a reporter, she said she cannot wait to see herself on the big screen.
"I'm going to be in a movie!" she said with a squeal.
A member of the production team announced on June 22 that Universal Pictures and Producer John Davis are considering holding the premiere of "The Express" in Syracuse, at either the Carrier Dome or the Landmark Theatre downtown. The movie is scheduled to be released Oct. 10, 2008.
More than 1,200 SU students and central New York residents applied for the compensated position, according to a member of the production team.
At 2 p.m., after countless takes in front of Carnegie, the extras were dismissed for a half-hour lunch break. A crew member patted Bowman on the back as he walked by. He told Bowman that his close up would definitely make it into the film. Bowman answered with an excited smile, but the fact that he had been there since 5 a.m. was showing as he headed to the trailers for lunch.
Meghan Lisson, another extra, was tired from pushing a bicycle around and around a tree while the crew filmed the scene from all angles, but her excitement squashed any possible yawns.
"It's so much fun," she said, running on adrenaline.
In the fall, Lisson will begin her third year of studies at SU as a broadcast journalism and political science dual-major. Although she has seen herself on TV before as a reporter, she said she cannot wait to see herself on the big screen.
"I'm going to be in a movie!" she said with a squeal.
A member of the production team announced on June 22 that Universal Pictures and Producer John Davis are considering holding the premiere of "The Express" in Syracuse, at either the Carrier Dome or the Landmark Theatre downtown. The movie is scheduled to be released Oct. 10, 2008.
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