Liars and Lunatics :: Film Blog

It’s one week to the the gala film premiere of Liars and Lunatics on Friday, October 26th.

In case you’re wondering, here’s a list of what NOT to wear to the gala… 

1. a tuxedo with tails and a top hat (a little too fancy)
2. your sister’s prom dress from 1985 (too… well… 1985) 
3. your favorite halloween costume (we thought about that theme, but decided against it)
4. spats (does anyone wear them anymore?)
5. pajamas (with or without the bunny slippers)
6. clothes you wear to the gym 
7. overalls and a plaid shirt (unless you’re Davie Malvideo, and we hope even Davie has the good sense to dress up a bit)
8. lederhosen (unless, perhaps, you’re coming from Oktoberfest celebrations)
9. dressing up like you’re Karen Lynn Gorney (unless you ARE Karen Lynn Gorney)
10. space suits (even we Moon Brothers won’t be wearing those)

What to wear, then? Check out the Gala FAQs on the film website…

Saturday was Mad Hatter Day. And in honor of this, we’ve put together a bunch of photos of, what else? People in the cast and crew of the feature film Liars and Lunatics… wearing so many different hats…

For some of us, it was all part of the costume.

{{ photo :: left - Fumbles (Myron Buchholz) getting ready for his big scene in the courtroom :: right – Hume (Bruce Nicholls) enjoys a game of backgammon in his party hat }}

For others, we had to wear the same hat…

{{ photo :: left – Hudson Chambers as Davie :: right – Maya Serhan as Paige }}

And then there were the hats worn at the Costume Party.

{{ photos :: Our background actors dressed for a Halloween Party. }}

Some of us seemed to use our hats to help us concentrate.

{{ photos :: Blaze Kelly Coyle jotting down some notes in her costume notebook :: Maria and Kim seem to be enjoying the costume party }}

And then there were the people on the set who used hats to conceal their identities.

{{ photo :: A mystery person and Kevin Wiley look at the monitor. }}

A year ago, we were all sitting around a large table. The finalized scripts of Liars and Lunatics were in our hands. Yes, this was the first time the cast and crew were to meet each other…

Except for one exception. The one actor who was missing was Karen Lynn Gorney (who played the Judge). She couldn’t make the date we chose due to jury duty!

Can’t remember who read for the Judge. It probably was Kim Wiley, our production designer.

Besides a read-thru of the script, we took advantage of everyone being there to do some costume fittings. Being an indie film, most costumes were to be provided by the actors. So our costume supervisor Blaze talked to each actor about what they needed. For those actors who brought some clothing possibilities in, we even did some camera tests.

{{ photo :: Blaze Kelly Coyle with her trusty ironing board. }}