Teaspoon's Finest hits the silver screen!
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"Remember the Riders" opens nationwide Tuesday April 1st, sneak preview Sunday March 30th!
Directed & Produced by: Teaspoon Hunter.
Starring: William F. Cody, Buck Cross, James B. Hickock, The Kid, Louise McCloud, Ike McSwain.
Special appearances by: Teaspoon Hunter, Rachel Dunne, Bill Thompkins.
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Serious interview with the cast; Teaspoon's Finest!
By Anita Pea
I'm back in Morocco, it's Sunday afternoon and at the set Teaspoon Hunter is wrapping things up for the final time. After 586 days of filming "Remember the Riders" is finally going into post-production. According to Mr. Hunter, they have caught about 3 hours of serious takes and almost 289 hours of goofiness on tape, and in the end the film is supposed to run for approximately 4 and a half hours. I couldn't figure out that equation, so I gathered the cast and asked them.
Q: Will this be a goofy film?
A: (William F. Cody) I should hope so!
A: (James B. Hickock) Define goofy…
A: (Louise McCloud) I think that's up to the audience to say.
A: (Buck Cross) Heck no! This is a serious story about five guys and a gal on horseback, playing music while delivering mail.
Q: Would you say it's a lovestory?
A: (Buck Cross) Guys… help!
A: (The Kid) What he means to say is that we're serious musicians and we're very passionate about what we do, and we're very serious about the work we put into our music. We're serious.
Q: So this is a very serious story, then?
A: (William F. Cody) I should hope so!
A: (James B. Hickock) Define serious…
A: (Louise McCloud) I think that's up to the audience to say.
A: (Buck Cross) Large yes! There's six of us and we ride, play music and deliver mail. That's serious stuff.
A: (Ike McSwain signing) There are several serious monologues in this film.
A: (The Kid) We're serious.
Q: Okay, my publisher wants me to ask this next question. Do you all have girlfriends?
A: (William F. Cody) I should hope so!
A: (James B. Hickock) Define girlfriend…
A: (Louise McCloud) I think that's up to the audience to say.
A: (Ike McSwain signing) Not yet, but I hear bald is considered hot these days.
A: (The Kid) I have a very serious girlfriend. We're serious.
A: (Buck Cross) I don't have a girlfriend, per say, but I do have a really huge knife, though.
Q: Sorry, Louise, I forgot you're a girl. Do you have a boyfriend?
A: (Louise McCloud) You know, sometimes I ask myself that question too!
A: (The Kid) Seriously?
Q: Hey, I'm asking the questions here, okay?
A: (William F. Cody) I should hope so!
A: (James B. Hickock) Define questions…
A: (Louise McCloud) I think that's up to the audience to say.
This is where my tape recorder broke, most likely because I dropped it in the sand earlier. But the rest of the interview sounded pretty much the same, so you get the picture. Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that this serious flick will be worth two trips to Morocco!
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The much-dreaded reviews:
"I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. This film has everything; horses, cowboys, guns, badges and lots of action. And music. And yet when I left the theater, four and a half-hours older, I couldn't remember a single rider. Go figure!"
"Like Jerry Bruckheimer's 'Remember the Titans', only with cowboys and dust instead of football…"
"There has got to be a better way to spend $8.00!"
"During Cody's two-hour conversation with his on reflection in the mirror, I seriously considered suicide for the first time."
"Is this some kind of April Fools Day joke?!"
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Exclusive interview with director and producer Teaspoon Hunter
By Anita Pea
I meet him at the set where "Remember the Riders" is being filmed, located some 200 miles southwest of Marrakech, Morocco. It is the 411th day of filming and Mr. Hunter is very pleased with how everything is progressing. He is willing to take a moment off to meet me over a cold sarsaparilla in his trailer on this hot January afternoon.
Q: How is the film coming along?
A: Well, since Noah (Dixon) left, things have been rather slow. He was the engine, so to speak.
Q: Why did Noah leave the project?
A: He, um… (pause) He couldn't stand the heat. His dark skin would get very hot, see… He would easily dehydrate.
Q: I thought dark people were more resistant to sunlight?
A: Ah, well, that's what they teach you in grade school, but in reality it is not so.
Q: Really?
A: Yup.
Q: Okay, so will you replace him?
A: No, no, no! (Laughs) We'll just use a dummy tied to his horse, no one will ever notice a difference.
Q: What about close-ups, how will you solve that?
A: We'll just use old footage, no problemo.
Q: Okay. What is the movie about?
A: It's about… um… (long pause) I can't tell you that! Then no one will go and see it, will they? You'll just have to wait like everybody else.
Q: That's fair. But why are we in Morocco, can you at least tell me that?
A: Yeah, we originally meant to shoot most of the scenes in Texas and Arizona, but it appears that those states have been all colonized. So we thought we'd move the set to Nevada instead, but the Army keeps bugging us about some restricted area, I don't even know what it was.
Q: Area 51?
A: No, some place where they hide aliens and such.
Q: That would be Area 51, wouldn't it?
A: No, it was a place where they hide all these alien carcasses and UFO's and such.
Q: I thought you said you didn't know what it was?
A: I don't, what have you heard?
At this point in my interview, the crew was growing loud outside and demanded Mr. Hunter's attention. As it turns out, William F. Cody and Ike McSwain who both star in the movie, had been caught in a sandstorm and were unable to exit their trailer. Everyone, including Mr. Hunter and myself, had to help dig them out. So, this is where the interview ends. But fear not, for I will soon return to the set to interview the members of the cast, so stay tuned!
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