A man talks on his cell phone as he gets on an escalator at a sports arena. He’s the only one descending on the escalator because he’s left during overtime of what we later find out is a hockey game.
Suddenly a look of terror crosses the man’s face. We then see what sparked his facial expression–a bear (actually a man in a bruin costume) at the foot of the escalator.
The man tries desperately to escape–running up on the down escalator–but to no avail.
Next we see the bruin dragging the man along the floor, picking him up and then throwing him through a plate glass wall.
A super then appears which reads, “Never leave early to beat traffic.” We are then informed that this is one of the sacred Boston Bruins hockey rules.
Mike Maguire directed “Escalator” via Picture Park, Boston (he is on the roster of The Directors Bureau) for agency Mullen.
The DP was Patrick Ruth.
Editors were Merritt Duff and John Marinis of Cutting Room.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More