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Re: Off Topic: Sea Kayak in Hollywood Movie?
By:Scott Fitzgerrell
Date: 10/8/2012, 11:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Sea Kayak in Hollywood Movie? (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

: Well, here's some news that may liven things up a bit.

: Last April, I had an email from a woman saying she was the
: prop-master for a movie and they were looking for a kayak.

: I thought "Right - Spam!" But I said, "sure, I've
: got just the kayak for you!"

: She said, Ben Stiller was directing and starring in a remake of
: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
: and they were going to film him getting into a kayak from a boat,
: off the coast of Iceland and paddling away.

: I still thought it was spam.

: Well to make a long story short, turns out is was legitimate. I got
: a check from "20th Century Fox" productions
: and shipped out my Disko Bay sea kayak with two Greenland paddles,
: to New York City where the production company's
: headquarters were.

: They said they would have safety divers around Stiller. I told them
: to put fifty pounds of ballast in the boat to increase
: stability.
: I told them they must have Ben get at least an hour's worth of
: instruction from a certified kayak instructor.

: I told them I had just the guy for a technical advisor and stunt
: man, a man who had paddled AROUND Iceland, Greg Stamer.
: I contacted Greg and he said he was ready to go. I never heard back
: from them.

: I guaranteed 50,000+ kayakers around the world would go to the
: movie
: just to see a real sea kayak in a movie.

: I told them they could get a free laugh just having a stunt double
: do the #1 kayaker's trick, a roll.
: And I sent them a link to a YouTube video of a kayaker playing and
: rolling in big surf.

: I said, Greg'll do that for you!

: Never heard back.

: So, they were supposed to be filming in Iceland in September. I can
: just imagine Stiller flipping
: the kayak and that is that, no kayak in the movie.

: The movie is supposed to come out Christmas 2013. I think there is
: a slim chance the kayak will
: make it into the finished film. We'll just have to wait and see.

: Anyone, out there have any more information about this film?

: All the best,
: Rob

Rob, there was a profile of Stiller in The New Yorker a month or two ago--maybe early summer. There was quite a lot of chat in the piece about the Iceland shoot, so maybe it's important--and maybe your DB will make the final cut. Fingers crossed. Of course, if I want to see one of your beautiful designs I only have to stroll out to the garage.

Cheers!

--Scott

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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2012, 2:15 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/7/2012, 7:34 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/9/2012, 2:39 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/9/2012, 2:52 pm
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Yostwerks -- 10/7/2012, 9:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2012, 12:58 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/8/2012, 5:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2012, 12:34 am
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Yostwerks -- 10/8/2012, 8:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2012, 12:35 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/8/2012, 8:50 am
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Yostwerks -- 10/8/2012, 9:31 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/8/2012, 10:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2012, 12:38 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/7/2012, 9:42 am
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ancient kayaker -- 10/7/2012, 1:24 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/7/2012, 5:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2012, 1:01 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 10/8/2012, 11:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2012, 12:40 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/9/2012, 8:32 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/9/2012, 12:36 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/9/2012, 12:52 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/9/2012, 4:45 pm
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SeanD -- 10/11/2012, 8:11 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/11/2012, 8:44 am
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Kirk Fredericks -- 10/14/2012, 10:33 pm