Look At What I Found!

I just found this article. It's about the movie Winning Favor! Thought I'd put it up. I know that Nate's trying to put up a post, but with 9 - 14 hour days shooting, he just hasn't had the time. It's fun to get a little peek at what's going on!

Hollywood Finds Its Way to Iowa

One Iowa middle school has had their gym transformed into the scene of a Hollywood movie.

Lights, Camera, Action!

It may look like a movie sound stage in Los Angeles, but it is actually the Gym at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School in Alton, Iowa.

The movie, Winning Favor, tells the story of the 2005 Iowa state basketball championships in which two high schools from Orange City won the championship.

The uplifting story drew a well known soap opera star to play the role of coach.

"I looked at it and its really a lot of great things in it, and I said ok I'd love to get behind this. A chance to play a new and different role, I'd been playing this one character . . . . for the better part of 20 years, and one thing he has never been is a coach."

But even the professionals hit their road blocks. After turning on a fog machine in the middle school the fire alarm went off forcing cast and crew outside.

While waiting for the alarm to be turned off, Matt Roesner, a Senior on the 2005 championship team reflected on what it is like to see someone else, portray you.

"It’s really cool to see someone else acting out what we just did naturally," said Roesner

For the director and screen writer, it was important to film both on set and with the people the movie is portraying.

"When you film on location it’s just more authentic, no where else can you find these great gyms, you can’t find a great gym like this in a studio. Were filming in people’s homes, on people’s farms, you just can’t find that anywhere else except Iowa," said Jamey Durham, Director and Screen Writer of Winning Favor.

An Iowa film with an Iowa cast.

The crew is looking for folks to be extras for their filming on June 24th and 25th. If you'd like to be in Winning Favor just head down to Orange City High School on the night of the 24th, or to Northwest Iowa Community College on the night of the 25th.