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Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) has completed filming a film with Nicholas Cage called Medallion. It looks like he had fun.
Medallion tells the story of a former thief who frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi. Apparently she remains there for a good deal of the movie.
Tanc plays the role of Pete in the film. Filming took place in New Orleans. As a big budget film ($35 million), we should see some good press for this one!
Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) has leapfrogged off of his success with his $20 short films and has launched Five Island Films.
A grass roots company dedicated to the love of
cinema and the art of storytelling.Our objective is to create entertaining, thought provoking films that resonate with an international audience.
The film company is currently working on two projects, Our Home and Where The River Flows. You can see all of Tanc’s work here.
Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) has completed filming Not That Funny, a love story “about a woman who ‘just wants someone who makes her laugh’ and a man who is not that funny. As he tries to learn how to be the man she says she wants, they each find an unexpected chance at happiness.”
The film stars John Kapelos, Tony Hale, Brigid Brannagh and Timothy V. Murphy. Tanc plays the role of Tyler who is the foil to the lead character, Kevork (John Kapelos).
According to their Facebook page, Not That Funny should be coming out this winter.
Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) wrote and directed another $20 film (a short film made for less than $20 and in less than a week). This one is entitled “A Man, a Woman, a Visa…” This one is quite funny!
Check out the two previous $20 shorts while you’re at it – “Two Straws” and “You Had Me At Hello.”
Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) wrote and directed the short film Flowers and Weeds starring Academy Award Nominee Terence Stamp and with music from Glan Hansard. For a short time only, you can watch the entire Flowers and Weeds film online for free!
Flowers and Weeds is “an urban fairytale centered around a young man looking for love. Trying to live up to people’s expectations he struggles to stand up for what he desires; a simpler life and someone to share it with…”
Watch the film here. Also be sure to check out my interview with Tanc Sade here.
Hat tip to GG Companion
Tanc Sade payed the Life & Death Brigade eccentric Finn on Gilmore Girls. Tanc was born in Australia and had worked in several theatrical productions, as well as some tv and movie roles, before landing his role on Gilmore Girls.
Tanc and I exchanged emails recently, after I promoted one of his short films, Two Straws, which brought together 2 other Gilmore Girls Life & Death Brigade alumns, Nick Holmes (Robert) and Alan Loayza (Colin McCrae). This was Tanc’s second $20 short, after You Had Me at Hello, with a brand new short released just this week, A New Dawn. This latest film features Tanc wearing a Motion Capture Suit doing a little dance as the Hulk. The film ends with a message about Prop 8: “If the Green Man can loosen up a little, so can you. Support same-sex marriage.”
In the interview below, Tanc talks more about these $20 shorts, as well as some of his experiences on Gilmore Girls. Tanc can also be found on Twitter at twitter.com/giddyuptiger.
GilmoreGirlsNews.com: In homage to Twitter, tell us a little bit about yourself in 140 characters or less.
Tanc Sade: A lucky fella who gets to create art and still put food on the table and keep a roof over his head. It may be simple but it’s a good life…
GilmoreGirlsNews.com: What inspired you to start working on the $20 shorts?
Tanc Sade: Between the economy and the looming SAG strike work had slowed down. As an artist, if I’m not working as an actor, I need to be doing something else. I loved the experience of making Flowers and Weeds and thought it would be great to direct again. By giving myself the limitations of completing the films in less then 7 days and for less than $20, it meant I had to really push myself creatively. I think it has also made me a better director.
GilmoreGirlsNews.com: Where did the idea come for your latest short, Two Straws?
Tanc Sade: No idea. It goes something like this. I want to make a short. I want to work with Nick and Alan. I need to shoot it in one location. OK, two guys at a bar. 10 minutes later I had Two Straws. [Read more...]
Tanc Sade (Finn on Gilmore Girls) wrote and directed another $20 film (a short film made for less than $20 and in less than a week) that brings together 2 other Gilmore Girls Life & Death Brigade alumns, Nick Holmes (Robert) and Alan Loayza (Colin McCrae). This film, called “Two Straws”, tells the tale of 3 men, 1 girl and 2 straws… (Warning: for mature audiences only)
Awesome to see everyone working together again!
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