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Saying Goodbye to The Bandit

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

My friend Katie Willard Troebs called me today and told me that Burt Reynolds was in heaven with JL, a legendary transportation captain we all knew and loved.  We lost …

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Zoran Veselic, Final night of principal photography in Atlanta on Sweet Home Alabama
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Focus on Zoran Veselic

August 18, 2018August 19, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

On Wednesday my friend Denise mentioned that she’d been saddened to learn of the passing of a 1st AC she had worked with recently. She linked to a video (included …

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PHOTO BY PYTHON423 - ORIGINALLY POSTED ON ADVRIDER.COM IN 2007
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The Southside Bar & Grill in Helen

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

This is a new installment in my series of posts over the years about by experiences on the movie Black Dog, which shot in Georgia and North Carolina. The lead …

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Film Clapper thanking Governor Deal
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Thank You Governor Deal!

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

On Tuesday morning I drove up to the state capitol for ‘Film Day’, an annual event where members of Georgia’s film industry gather with the Governor and members of the …

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2018 Georgia Film Day Call for Submissions

January 10, 2018February 26, 2018 - by Drewprops - 4 Comments.

Thanks everyone! The video is complete and should run on Tuesday the 27th at the Georgia State Capitol and on the internet soon afterward. With this effort completed I have …

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The Time We Saved Georgia’s Film Industry

October 21, 2016April 1, 2017 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

This is my 20th year as a member of an international film union best known as IATSE, which is an acronym for a 4-mile long run-on sentence describing what its …

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Remembering Tate Nichols

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 - by Drewprops - 8 Comments.

In the early hours of Saturday morning word went out that our friend Tate Nichols had passed away in North Georgia, and my condolences go out to all of his …

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Growing Pains

July 13, 2015July 14, 2015 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

[See update at the end of this blog post] This past Sunday there was an Atlanta screening of the upcoming Marvel film Ant-Man, featuring comedic actor Paul Rudd in the …

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Thoughts About Sarah’s Legacy

February 27, 2014February 28, 2014 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

It was a week today when the news of Sarah Jones’ death began spreading around Atlanta. I didn’t even know the girl’s name last Thursday. A lot has happened in …

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Sarah was all of us

February 24, 2014February 20, 2019 - by Drewprops - 14 Comments.

Dolly grip Tripp Pair has been handing out little stickers that say “Stop and Care” for several years now, and he’s been so very earnest about it. He has meant …

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