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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Trek star to film movie in Iowa

Now that you have "stage" experience, dkw -- why don't you audition for William Shatner's new flick?

How far is Riverside, Iowa from you?

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
she's not answering so she must still be off gallivanting around celebrating Bob's birthday....

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
*bumping again because she's not answering*
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
She left Denver around 9:30 AM CDT, so she's still not home yet.
 

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Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
Riverside is south of Iowa City. I think dwk lives near Ames, am I right? It's 2-3 hours drive from Ames to Iowa City, I think.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Too far away and not enough time.


 

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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
 
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-09/30/11.30.tv

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New Shatner Film A Hoax

William Shatner recently spent time in Riverside, Iowa, filming what residents believed to be a low-budget SF film titled Invasion Iowa, but was, in fact, a new reality show for Spike TV, the Associated Press reported. "Everything in front of and behind the cameras was faked," Shatner said. "The only thing that was real is the love we have for Riverside."

Shatner has a connection to the city through his role as Capt. Kirk in the Star Trek television series and films. Riverside, which proudly touts itself as the "future birthplace" of Kirk, hosts an annual TrekFest convention celebrating the franchise. Shatner showed several scenes of the fictional movie he'd shot in the town for a crowd of 800 before revealing that it was all an elaborate hoax for a future reality series. To soften the blow, the actor announced that he and his co-producers were donating $100,000 to the city to be used for community projects and collected $12,000 for the Riverside Elementary School Book Fund, the wire service reported.

Mike Hanson, a local who had been hired as an extra in the fictional film, said he and his fellow actors had been suspicious about the project. "It was too cheesy to be real," he said after Shatner's announcement. "If it was really a movie, we'd be more scared of how bad it was." The reality series is set to debut on Spike TV next year.

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