By Robert Goldrich
A young man opens a door and enters an apartment building. A super sets the stage for us. It simply poses the question, “What if you could visit yourself in the future?”
The guy walks up a winding staircase and reaches his destination, an apartment–understandably with some trepidation. He takes a deep breath and knocks on the door, bracing himself for a glimpse of himself years from now.
The door swings open to reveal an ape man. Next come a series of quick cuts which reflect our young guy’s mind running wild, envisioning a planet-of-the-apes society. We see an ape at a news anchor desk, a gorilla president, and a military consisting of armies of monkeys. These are just some of the counter-evolutionary sights.
However this worst case scenario comes to an end when the ape at the door takes off his mask, revealing an older man. “Wow, it’s me,” he says upon seeing the young guy. “Hungry? Thirsty? Meet my friends.”
A series of supers put this slice of life into context, the first identifying the sponsor, “AMF Pension,” accompanied by the slogan, “More to live for.” The rest of the supers are more of a hard sales pitch, asking, “Have you picked the best pension fund?”; “We have the best results of all pension funds.”; “And we also have the lowest fees.” An end tag provides a Web site address for more info.
“The Planet” was directed by Jesper Ericstam through Social Club, a production house in Stockholm, Sweden, for agency Foresman & Bodenfors, Stockholm. (Ericstam is repped in the U.S. by Venice-based Backyard Prodcutions).
Producing for Social Club was Magnus Theorin, Production manager was Henrik Ludqvist. The DP was Carl Sundberg.
The agency team included copywriter Jacob Nelson, art driector Lotta Agerup, producer Magnus Kennhead, production manager Anna Chantre and project manager Leif Sorte.
Editor was freelancer Niclas von der Burg. Online editor was Johan Boije of STOPP, Stockholm. Colorist was Edward Negussie of Fireplace, Stockholm. Audio post mixer/sound designer was Martin Dahl of Housework, Stockholm. Music composer was Stockholm-based Tom Levin. Principal actors were Borje Ahlstedt and Claes Ahlstedt.Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More