SaxInTheCity's Blog

I've always thought it would be cool to write a screenplay or direct a movie. I've known and interviewed many who've tried--and failed, miserably.  I know people in L.A. who've spent years and years trying to break through, to no avail. It's a tough, tough business. Bad movies get made if you know the right people; good movies sometimes fall through the cracks because the necessary power-brokers don't or won't sign on.

With all that said, it's a credit to the Chicago guys profiled in this story (aired 7/26/07) who stuck to their guns and knocked on every door possible to get this flick, called "Home of the Giants" made.

They even got former child star and Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment to star. I met him at the Chicao premiere and--like most actors in tinsellalalandtown--he's very......short.  They are ALL short in the movies. It has something to do, I think, with really big people looking really FAT on the big screen. But what do I know....

Anyway, Haley Joel (now 19) seemed very down to earth, and promised that--despite his headline-making drunken car crash last summer--he will never again follow in the footsteps of Paris, Britney and Lindsay. Let's hope he keeps his word. I'm keeping the tape where we pinky swear on it.