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Fred Rheinstein, chairman and primary owner of Hollywood-headquartered The Post Group, told SHOOT that he has entered into an agreement in principle for a stock sale of The Post Group to Matt Cooper and David Cooper, owners of Lightning Dubs and part of Hollywood-based iO Films. Rheinstein–who said plans call for him to remain with The Post Group as vice chair–reported that the parties to the deal are in an accelerated due diligence phase….Rooftop Edit has opened in New York, with a talent base that includes veteran editors Ed Kisberg and Geno Tulchin, Smoke artist Anthony Forte, audio mixer/sound designer Chris Russomanno and assistant editor Jeremy Ambers….Sound designer Jon Klok plans to re-launch the Audio Lounge in Venice, Calif. He has spent the past three years working on varied projects in his native Denmark. The Audio Lounge is slated to open its doors on March 1. Klok’s background includes working as a sound designer for Machine Head, Venice, then partnering in the former CHKW and next becoming part of Audio Lounge during its first go-around…. Editor Michael Saia of New York-based house Jump is wrapping up work on the Jerry Bruckheimer-executive produced feature Glory Road, directed by noted spot director James Gartner of Santa Monica-based GARTNER. At press time, Saia was slated to again be available for commercials in early February….Category:Street Talk
Meet Larry Saltzman, The Musician Who Taught Timothรฉe Chalamet To Play Guitar Like Bob Dylan For “A Complete Unknown”
He's not a movie buff, so New York musician Larry Saltzman doesn't always watch the Oscars. This year, however, he's got a rooting interest.
Saltzman taught actor Timothรฉe Chalamet how to play guitar for the role of Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown." In turn, Chalamet earned a best actor nomination and the film is also up for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
A guitarist who's performed with Simon & Garfunkel, Bette Midler and David Johansen, as well as in the pit at Broadway productions "Hairspray" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," Saltzman has developed a specialty in teaching actors how to play music for their roles. Besides Chalamet, recent pupils have included Adam Driver and Sadie Sink of "Stranger Things."
On a fellow musician's recommendation, Saltzman first got a call from a movie studio about a decade ago. He admits to being cranky as discussions dragged on. "I almost did everything to talk them out of hiring me," he said.
Not until the fifth phone call did the studio identify the client: Meryl Streep.
She needed to learn the electric guitar for her starring role in the 2015 film "Ricki and the Flash," where she portrayed an aging rocker trying to keep her career and life together in the wake of a series of disappointments.
Working with Streep is a little like a political consultant's first client being elected president. If she likes you and word gets around, other students will follow. Teaching actors now represents about 40% of his business, the 69-year-old said.
"My time spent with her was excellent," he said of Streep. "She's smart. She knows how to learn things. There was a steady progress over three or four months. She did very well."
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