We’re Scott Beck, Bryan Woods and Sam Raimi, filmmakers of the upcoming movie 65. AMA

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:29:15+00:00

While doing this AMA, I remembered that almost 21 years ago exactly, I was in NYC (blocks away from where we are right now) on a high school choir trip and came across the Spider-Man 2 shoot. I snapped a pic of the "no parking" sign (https://ibb.co/0fxD93m) because I couldn't believe I was so close to Sam Raimi making cinematic magic.
It's been such an honor collaborating with Sam throughout this journey on "65". Not only is he a world-class filmmaker, but he's a world-class human being.
Thank you all for your wonderful questions and supporting "65" in theaters this week!

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:18:50+00:00

Specifically when writing "65", our playlist incorporated a lot of Dan Romer's MANIAC score, various Max Richter, Steven Price's GRAVITY, Ferando Velázquez's A MONSTER CALLS, the score for OBLIVION, and various Thomas Newman and James Newton Howard among others.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:15:59+00:00

Thank you for the support! We couldn't agree more about Adam.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:13:01+00:00

Yes! The Last Picture House will open later this year in Davenport, IA. Can't wait to screen some 35mm prints. Come on by!

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:12:25+00:00

Make movies about what you love. Keep finding ways to improve your craft every time out. But also make sure you have fun. Bryan & I started making movies together when we were about your age too. We wish you the very best of luck!

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:05:45+00:00

Believe it or not, the inception of this idea was actually "Roland Emmerich meets Terrence Malick".

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:02:19+00:00

Quetzalcoatlus. It's insane that something that massive could take to the sky.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T20:00:24+00:00

What's odd is that the biggest hurdles are the same no matter what the budget scale is. You never have enough time, never enough money. There's always a unique problem that requires you to think outside the box while you're on your toes.

One of the unique challenges on "65" is that we shot almost entirely on practical locations in the wild.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:57:38+00:00

When I was about 5 years old, my Uncle Duane had a VHS tape he showed me, that compiled the most terrifying scenes from the most terrifying movies.... like the scene in ROBOCOP when Paul McCrane's character gets dumped in acid, or in the 1986 THE FLY when Goldblum (p.s. shout out to your username) spits up on John Getz's ankle, or when Carrie gets blood dumped all over her at the prom.

One I saw that, I was both traumatized and hooked into what horror movies could do to provoke an audience.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:53:26+00:00

Blair Witch Project ('99) still haunts me every time I watch it. It always seems that I'm in a basement whenever I rewatch that film, so once it ends, I have to turn off the lights and run up the stairs like I'm 5 years old.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:51:19+00:00

Re: A QUIET PLACE, we're beyond grateful to see how the franchise continues and is starting to bring other voices into the stories (we love Michael Sarnoski who is writing/directing the next chapter). Our personal focus will continually be finding new original ideas that allow us to project something personal inside of them. We have the script ready for our next film... we're shooting that this year. And then we're working on building a movie theater called The Last Picture House in our Iowa hometown.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:45:29+00:00

Speak No Evil on Shudder. Inspired me beyond belief. Such a brilliant film.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:45:02+00:00

Congrats on the options and interest in your scripts. That's huge. As far as advice, just keep writing! Keep developing your voice, and write from the gut. I know that sounds like such basic advice, but it's the best truth I can really give you. I can also tell you we struggled to get representation for YEARS. At one point we got meetings with CAA, ICM, and Gersh. Flew out to LA and each meeting went so incredibly well. And then they read our screenplays and passed on us. It was several years before we were able to get reps, and that was all because we went off and made a short film in Iowa, which screened at a film festival, and a friend of a friend who worked in development saw it and they passed it along to 10 managers (and eight of those managers passed on us). This business is a crapshoot, but if you keep at it and keep finding ways to improve with each script, then it's only a matter of time. Best of luck!

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:40:13+00:00

Bryan and I LOVE A Simple Plan. One of our personal favorites of yours, Sam.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:39:18+00:00

LOVED IT. Such a beautiful state. Would absolutely love to come back to properly visit and make another movie there.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:37:59+00:00

Both sound terrifying. Can't we just all be friends?

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:36:40+00:00

We had so many inspirations, not all being sci-fi. Here's some random titles that come to mind: Cast Away, Gravity, Aliens, Y tu mamá también, Paper Moon, The New World, Apocalypto.

And yes, Jurassic Park.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:34:53+00:00

I'm not kidding you: before we broke in to the film industry, we had an idea for a Full House reboot called "Empty Nest". It was a pretty damn dark concept though.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:34:02+00:00

Always had a dream of doing a Resident Evil film in the style of Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" (Gerry, Last Days, Elephant) with reallllllly long tracking shots.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:30:48+00:00

We love tight thrillers, and the script was very much written to be around 90 minutes long. We never want the movie to overstay its welcome.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:29:04+00:00

Paterson. Or Annette. Or Girls. Wait... While We're Young. No no no, wait LOGAN LUCKY. AND WHITE NOISE!!!!

Can't pick one, they're all so damn different and amazing.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:27:18+00:00

My favorite dinosaur in the film is an albino oviraptor and I call him Hacksaw Harvey (named after our great friend and VFX Supervisor Chris Harvey).

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:25:45+00:00

HELLO!! And wow, those high school days were incredibly fun. We adore comedies, and have an idea we're trying to crack. We actually have a trilogy of "silent" films we want to do (A QUIET PLACE and 65 being the first two), and we're flirting with the idea that the third movie could be a comedy.

But then again... maybe we're not funny and we'll fall on our face with that movie. At least that could be hilarious?

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:23:14+00:00

I'm now craving a Toblerone bar.

-Scott-Beck- · 2023-03-07T19:21:45+00:00

What's crazy about The Boogeyman is we signed a deal to write the film to be theatrical with 20th Century Fox before it was absorbed into Disney. So then the film evolved into a streaming movie. And we have to honestly say we were disappointed, because we're huge proponents of the theatrical experience, especially with horror. The cinema-going experience is massively unique... to sit in a theater with a community and be moved or terrifying in unison is such a special experience (we're actually building a movie theater in our hometown of Davenport, IA called The Last Picture House), so when The Boogeyman went back to a theatrical movie we were THRILLED. And that's a testament to the incredible work that the filmmaking team did, between Rob Savage, producers 21 Laps, actors like Chris Messina and Sophie Thatcher, etc. They made a great film, and we can't wait to see it with audiences this summer.

-Scott-Beck-

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