I just got an email from Jennifer Scharf who was the writer, star and producer of “Dysfunctional Bookclub”. The world premiere is happening in a few weeks at some fancy Long Island film festival. Here are the particulars:

LONG ISLAND WINE COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL
presents
“DYSFUNCTIONAL BOOK CLUB”

WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND 8:30PM
WHERE: MARTHA CLARA VINEYARDS
6025 SOUND AVENUE
RIVERHEAD, NY 11901

Tickets are available at Martha Clara Vineyards
RSVP Limited Seating 631.298.0075 Ext 14 Tim Walser or timw@marthaclaravineyards.com

www.marthaclaravineyards.com
www.cinderellatravel.com/lifilmfestival/films.html
www.myspace.com/bookclubthemovie

spread the word and don’t forget to have a dysfunctional day!

I plan on going if I can swing it for time. I have a few gigs in August. I am hoping they will have a showing up this way also.

‘Tis all for Now!

Hey,

Here is the poster for that movie I was in last summer in Long Island. It was a total blast to film it. You can read about my good time on the set here.

You can find a trailer here.

‘Tis all for now!

Wow, the other day I got this email from some stranger on the internet. A voice out of the ether. The person found my blog and was inspired by one of my pictures to draw a portrait of me, and she sent it along. I felt honored and almost famous. I imagine Tom Hanks gets hundreds of these. Check it out. I posted the email and the portrait.

Dear Mr. Foley,

I just saw your blog today and really like it. After seeing the pictures you posted of you in costume for Ricky Gervais’s movie, I was inspired to do a portrait of your “serious” headshot, which still makes me laugh even though it is supposed to be serious. In fact, it makes me laugh more than the smiling headshot. I guess you are just a naturally funny character.

Attached is the portrait I drew. I am an aspiring actor as well, but maybe I should be an artist instead, I clearly have huge amounts of drawing skill.

Drew

‘Tis all for Now!

Wow, it has been over a month since my last post. The reason is mainly that not much is going on in the acting world right now. All the big projects that were green-lighted and ready to come in to town are on hold. The reason being that my union, the Screen Actors Guild, could possibly strike at the end of the month. The production companies do not want to start a movie going, only to have the actors strike in the first few weeks of production. Once the negotiations are settled, and a new contract is made things will start hopping again. But basically there have been no auditions for big industry projects since May. I figure there will be no auditions till late July.

On the small budget front I do have 2 projects lined up for the summer. And I had an audition for another last Monday. I feel I did really well and am hopeful I got a role. So this will be nice to at least have some work for the summer.

‘Tis all for Now!

Hey! I noticed the other day that I am on Bob Fraser’s “Headshot Secrets Revealed” order page. I wrote him a nice email giving him a testimonial, and he put it on his page. The link is here. You have to scroll down a ways to see me. Bob’s stuff is really good, and I highly suggest any actor pick up his ebooks. He has a free monthly e-zine that has lots of great insight into the acting industry. It is called “Show Biz How-to”. Check it out here.

‘Tis all for now!

Great news for New England actors and film production people. There was a vote in Plymouth, MA about building a studio there. It passed %80 to %20! Here is the Boston Globe article on it. This will be very exciting if it makes it all the way. The website for the studio is here. There is another possibility for a movie studio coming to mass. There is an idea to have one at the old Weymouth, MA airbase. They now have a website also, it is here.

The only down side in the Mass movie industry is that a possible looming SAG strike has put a hold to all new production. That means no auditions for the next few months. I am hoping that producers and the SAG negotiators come to a quick resolution. Our current contract ends June 30. After that if no resolution is met than a strike will most likely ensue.

‘Tis all for now!