#the Disaster Artist

[theclassymike]

Josh Hutcherson

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[callmebrycelee]

MY MAN CRUSH MONDAY IS...JOSH HUTCHERSON

FULL NAME: Joshua Ryan Hutcherson

DATE OF BIRTH: October 12, 1992

PLACE OF BIRTH: Union, Kentucky

AGE: 31

SIGN: Libra

BEST KNOWN FOR: Portraying Jesse Aarons in Bridge to Terabithia; Sean Anderson in Journey to the Center of the Earth and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; Laser Allgood in The Kids Are Alright; Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2; Philip Haldiman in The Disaster Artist; Josh Futturman in Future Man; and Mike Schmidt in Five Nights at Freddy's.

HEIGHT: 5 feet and 5 inches

[pricelesscinemas]

[men-men-everywhere]

James Franco

[your-gracee]

as I continue my journey of watching every single movie josh hutcherson has ever been in, please know that every time this man came into frame, I was giggling and kicking my feet

[nirvanacoded]

finding out that nathan fielder, josh hutcherson, & seth rogen were in a movie together literally changed my life

[a-dotrivenitupontop]

im such a disaster but im also such an artist. im kinda like that timmy wazoo guy.

[hauntedpearl]

A lesser known fact about The Room (2003, dir. Tommy Wiseau) is that the iconic "Oh, hi, Mark!" scene is inspired by one of the charged confrontations that take place between Goncharov and Ice Pick Joe in the first act of the Scorsese film. Now, Wiseau is infamous for his poor directorial skills, and so, it's no surprise that this reference that he put in the movie was almost indiscernible as an homage by the audience. However according to this interview, it was something that was really important to him as he based Lisa's character off of Katya Goncharova, and also wanted to depict the relationship between Johnny and Mark to be similar to the one Goncharov shares with his not-so-trustworthy double-crosser of a right-hand-man Ice Pick Joe.

In the book about Wiseau and the filming of The Room, The Disaster Artist, his co-star and friend Greg Sestero writes:

Tommy was always very secretive about where he came from, or how he came by the fortune that he spent on the filming of The Room. He often vaguely alluded to time spent on the French coast or the vineyards of Italy while talking about his past, but he never did go into the specifics of his life, or his businesses. From these conversations, I got the idea that his life before he came to the States probably involved things that were either extremely illegal, or traumatizing, or both. Still, there's always been a dreamer in Tommy. It seemed that he'd clung to the idea of fame and the glamorous life of a Hollywood star to get him through those years.

In the early stages of the production, before we'd begun filming, Tommy and I were getting dinner at an extremely expensive restaurant in downtown LA. It was the kind of place paparazzi flooded in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive Elite in the business. Over plates of fish that cost more than my rent, Tommy told me about the kind of film that he wanted The Room to be.

"I watch this film when I was young," he said, a faraway look in his eyes that reminded me that for all that Tommy came off as the clown with too much money to burn, he had come from pain. "It was a Scorsese. We did not have it in English, so my brother and I, we watch this in Italian. I think, 'I am going to go to America, and I am going to make movie like this.' And look! Now I am!"

He was, of course, talking about the '73 Scorsese classic, Goncharov. It's not unknown that physical copies of the film were really hard to come by in the 80s, which is probably when Tommy and his brother would have watched the film. My guess is that they might have managed to find some illegal copies of the Italian dub of the film through personal channels. Debates about the differences in the two versions of the films aside, I understand what about that film drew Tommy into the industry and the glitz and glamour of it all. This story about love and power and betrayal and family, all set in the bustling streets of Italy — streets that Tommy was familiar with, I'm quite sure — that captivates the audience and makes them forget where their world ends and Goncharov's begins. It's a special movie, and Tommy is a special guy. Makes sense that he was moved by it. That it inspired him.

We toasted to this sentiment that night, and for that one moment, even though I knew that The Room was an unintentional parody of the genius of Goncharov at best, I believed in Tommy. I believed in his dreams. I hoped that at the end of this journey, we would make magic like that, too.

The book is a great read (would definitely recommend!!), and it's filled with these little moments where we see what it was like to interact with the person Tommy rather than the caricature Wiseau has become over the years. It's quite heartwarming to see how a film like Goncharov reached this little boy somewhere, and made him want to leap for the stars. Maybe we didn't get another Scorsese out of it, but we did get a cult classic that managed to have a huge cultural impact, all the same.

It's really fascinating to see the ripples Goncharov has caused in the landscape of film, the unexpected projects it inspired and continues to do so to this day. So. The next time you watch The Room, and have a hearty laugh about it, remember that there's a little piece of Goncharov in it, too. God!! Truly, what a masterpiece of a movie!!

[dave-skylark-tonight]

I should rewatch the disaster artist (I literally watched it 2 days ago)

(also happy late birthday to James Franco)

[theclassymike]

Josh Hutcherson in preview for 57 Seconds coming to theaters/digital September 29th, 2023.

[sebsgirlsblog]

Welcome to my blog🩷

-my favorite artists are, Ariana Grande, Eminem, Rihanna, some Madonna, the Beatles, queen, Guns N’ Roses, radiohead, i love 60’s, 70’s, 80’s 90’s and 2000’s music🩷 im not really specific about any genres.

-my favorite movies are, the karate kid, kick ass, the disaster artist, the hangover trilogy, the night before, 21 jump street, i, tonya, fresh (2022), and this is the end.

-Favorite actors, Sebastian Stan, James Franco, Brad Pitt, Seth Rogen, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Ariana Grande, Pamela Anderson, Lana del rey, Nara Smith.

DNI if you hate Jews, or the LGBTQ+🩷

[twomothsholdinghands]

Just went to a special showing of The Room with a Q&A with Greg Sestero, and along with learning that Mr. Sestero is lovely man who has a lot of heart and a great deal of care for his friend’s work, I also learned these tidbits of lore:

- During production, the placeholder music in the sex scenes was Bon Jovi

-apparently there is a production cut with the Bon Jovi music and even longer sex scenes on a VHS tape that Sestero has, but is currently misplaced

- Greg Sestero has seen Columbo

- The “Oh Hi Mark” scene took 36 takes

- The Chris R scene took 3 weeks to film, and the one scene that was cut from the film was an alley scene with Chris R, which would have introduced the character earlier in the film

- The movie is 99 minutes long to meet a “hollywood standard.” Apparently Wiseau told Sestero, upon hearing that his new film Miracle Valley was 88 minutes long, he told him that he was making a big mistake

- Tommy Wiseau likes ham sandwiches

- Sestero and Wiseau are still friends. Wiseau also talks to Sestero’s mother at length on occasion

- The screenplay for The Room was written while the two were roommates in LA. Apparently Wiseau was quite an eccentric fellow to live with!

-When Sestero first informed Wiseau that he had landed a lead role in a big project and was being flown out to Romania to film, his first reaction was to ask for candy

It was an honor to meet Greg Sestero in person, and his dedication to his fans and to his friends is admirable. I look forward to seeing more of his films in the future!

[fanaticforlife]

We think too much and feel too little.

"While there is life there is hope."

[vampirecorleone]

365 Movies Challenge #204; The Disaster Artist (2017) dir. James Franco: “Why is he having sex with her bellybutton? He knows where her vagina is, right?“

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