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The kids start back at school today. In order to celebrate the last day of their summer vacation, we took them to see Jeepers Creepers 2 last night. "Every 23rd spring, for 23 days, it gets to eat. Eat what?" The first 20 minutes were slow. But then things got interesting. Nick sat next to me. He was so scared you couldn't pry his hands from his face with a crowbar. (Don't think I didn't try.) He covered not only his eyes, but also his ears. I kept saying, "The monster is gone, Nick. You can look now." But he would have none of it. I doubt he saw more than half the movie. If you're a regular RADIFIED reader from way back, and remember the days when we used to post weekly updates of Wendy's adventures at the world's finest Film school .. you may recall Jon Powell, who starred in the 546-semester film she edited, titled Echo. Anyway, Jon is in Jeepers Creepers. He comes in at the very end .. playing the grown-up version (23 years later) of a young kid in the story. He has only a small part - maybe a minute - but he does a great job .. with good screen presence. They give his face a full-screen close-up. There was no doubt: it was him. I stayed and watched the credits at the end to make sure. This was the first time I saw someone I actually knew in a movie. He did a great job in Echo. His talent was evident even back then. So it doesn't surprise me that he's moving up. Creepers is produced by American Zoetrope .. a company started by Francis Ford Coppola (my favorite director, Apocalypse Now) .. which means Jon is on his way. You can say, "I knew him when he was doing student films..." |
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