![]() ![]() They really are drunk by the end of the scene, and each person’s real characteristics came to light. There was an hour and a half worth of footage shot in the hotel when the actors are getting drunk.Also the flavor of Power Bar Mike was holding up earlier in the film was not available in 1994. A few vehicles shown were not around in 1994. The directors recognize certain anachronisms in the film.During the scene with Mary Brown you can tell he’s mishandling the camera, as much of it is out of focus. The shot in the car of Josh complaining about meters on the camera was really actor Joshua Leonard trying to explain his inexperience with the camera.The make-shift wooden gate was already there. She’s referred on the commentary as the “world’s oldest college student,” the scene was actually shot at her home, and no production design was done to it. Patricia DeCou, who plays Mary Brown, was the only person to sign up. The production put out fliers at a local community college looking for interns.Chief among these was the scene of the man with the backwards baseball hat whose story about Rustin Parr ended up giving the story the biggest clue as to where it was headed. A number of shots and small scenes were filmed after The Blair Witch Project had been picked up at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.After filming, the directors tried with no success to find the woman to get her to sign a release form. ![]() She made up the entire story on the spot. The woman on the street telling her account of the Blair Witch and the events in Burkittsville was just a random woman the actors came across on the street.The scene at the cemetery is the only scene actually shot in Burkittsville, Maryland.Now the production team receives boxes of Power Bars shipped to their offices. It took forever to get approval to use Power Bars during the scene where the three are buying groceries.Likewise, the song playing on the radio during filming was The Animals’ “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place,” but the production could not afford the rights. Mike’s voice during this scene is that of Tony Cora who did the film’s score. Heather’s voice during this scene and the song were mixed in later. The scene of Heather and Josh picking Mike up at his house is the only scene that was overdubbed.This was about 10 years ago, so the inflation on that makes the camera worth at least $10,500 in today’s market. Josh’s camera used throughout the film, a CP-16, sold on eBay for $10,000.Punctuality” is an in-joke, as Josh Leonard was extremely late to the shoot that day. The shot Heather takes at Josh calling him “Mr.The directors spent a number of weeks testing people on the crew to find the right “moron voice.” Likewise, this shot was filmed in Lonnie’s house. The off-camera voice heard in the opening shot of the film is Lonnie Glerum, head production assistant on the film.The Blair Witch Project (1999)Ĭommentators: Daniel Myrick (writer/director), Eduardo Sanchez (writer/director), Rob Cowie (producer), Gregg Hale (producer), Mike Minello (co-producer), Eduardo Sanchez’s stomach growling #BLAIR WITCH PROJECT CAST MOVIE#Here’s what we learned from the commentary on this, the movie that kicked off the latest trend of found-footage movie-making. ![]() It also remains a sure-fire way to scare your friends or making them violently ill from all the shaky cam. This week we’re listening to the commentary track for The Blair Witch Project, the infamous, no-budget shocker that became a cultural phenomenon in 1999. In this edition, Jeremy Kirk heads into the deep, dark woods to listen to the commentary for the film that kicked off the found-footage horror craze, The Blair Witch Project. Welcome to Commentary Commentary, where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. ![]()
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