Friday February 07, 2012
Booked; mostly
I got a call from Central Casting asking why I was not on set for Atlas Shrugged: Part III. I truthfully replied that I'd received no word of having been booked on it. Tessa gave me the information and I assured her I'd get there as quickly as possible.
I hastily phoned my calling service which was surprised; somehow someone had mistakenly listed that the night before I had been contacted and that I'd confirmed, none of which being true.
Thankfully the location was at MacArthur Park, so I only had to catch the Red Line to get there. My calling service had at least assured me they'd make sure with Central that I would not be considered at fault for not being on time.
I arrived and was given my voucher, and quickly learned my friend Gary-7 was also booked thereon.
I told Gary how I'd seen and enjoyed Atlas Shrugged Part 1 when it was released, that I'd worked on the second film Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike.
After a while we who'd be working on the "soup line" were brought down to the park, at the pedestrian tunnel. I was put at the front of the line, and I was instructed to break back into the line despite having already been served. It was only two takes, so presumably I should be rather visible.
We waited outside the tunnel for some time, and eventually we were sent back to holding. It was an 11:30am calltime: lunch was called at 5pm, and one of the best catered lunches I'd ever had: steak, from-scratch mac and cheese, steak fries, et al.
Gary was doing his bit when at 7pm the soup line folk was wrapped, signed out at 7:18. I caught the Red Line back to where I'd been staying, and looked forward to the film's release (which I doubt really would be [sometime in] July 2014).

Monday September 15, 2014
Viewing
The film got little to no press, certainly little to none across which I came, and was only available at one of the three Burbank AMC Theatres: the one tucked inside the mall.
Thankfully it was not an empty theatre, though there were no pre-noon screening which I'd hope to attend on Sunday but had been unable to do so.
The film was okay, though in my personal opinion, surprisingly not up to par as the previous two installments.
The soup line was probably less than five seconds, but I can be seen snagging the bread and walking away.
While not containing As Much of the philosophy as I'd have liked, it was okay.

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