Got an interesting email Thurs night...

[David Maxwell]

...from a sound editor at Warner Bros. Studios. Turns out the new Ang Lee film, "Lust, Caution", shot in Shanghai China has a P15 in it. The movie is scheduled for release in late Sept, but the sound they recorded for the car came out bad. They found my website and contacted me to see if they could record interior and exterior sounds including: doors closing, engine starting, idling, cruising, accelerating, u-turn, 3-point turn and stopping. They're paying me for it, and their sending the sound mixing team up to Santa Maria to do it. No need to drive to Burbank. So, I guess my P15 will hit the big screen Sept/Oct of this year!

[BobT-47P15]

two thumbs up.......

[Don Coatney]

David;

Your hard work is paying off! Make sure you keep us posted on the movie so we can see or at least hear your car sounds.

[greg g]

Gotta give them credit for wanting to make the sounds authentic. A far cry from the old movies with the scenery flashing by the rear window while the gear selector is in Park or 2nd or reverse in a standard.

[eric wissing]

I hope all of this stardom doesn't go to the car's head. Sounds cool. I am not surprised they picked your car. Eric

[TodFitch]

Gotta give them credit for wanting to make the sounds authentic. A far cry from the old movies with the scenery flashing by the rear window while the gear selector is in Park or 2nd or reverse in a standard.

I don't know how authentic David's car sounds on the inside: He put in a lot more and better sound insulation than the factory did.

[Normspeed]

David, make sure they don't record the sound of your car driving off...and not coming back:D

[James_Douglas]

Gotta give them credit for wanting to make the sounds authentic. A far cry from the old movies with the scenery flashing by the rear window while the gear selector is in Park or 2nd or reverse in a standard.

Greg,

Old movies ! Remember Mr. Hanks "Saving Private Ryan" ? Well there is a scene when a squad moves out and the head of the squad says "OK, Lets Rock-n-Roll".

Only problem is Rock-n-Roll was not invented yet. So much for big budget quality control.

Apparently a number of WW-II Vets complained and I understand that they dubbed in something about Jitter-Bug....

...James

PS. On that vain, I was at an air show and the announcer made several historical (WW-II) mistakes during the show.

[DAVE KNOXX TENN]

...from a sound editor at Warner Bros. Studios. Turns out the new Ang Lee film, "Lust, Caution", shot in Shanghai China has a P15 in it. The movie is scheduled for release in late Sept, but the sound they recorded for the car came out bad. They found my website and contacted me to see if they could record interior and exterior sounds including: doors closing, engine starting, idling, cruising, accelerating, u-turn, 3-point turn and stopping. They're paying me for it, and their sending the sound mixing team up to Santa Maria to do it. No need to drive to Burbank. So, I guess my P15 will hit the big screen Sept/Oct of this year!

I am so happy for you and your long nights working on you car!!!!!!!!!!!!!.GO GET HER DONE!!!!!!!!!!!.ONE DOWN AND MOORE TO GO!!!!!!!!.YOU MUST NOT (DODGE) THE CALL ON THIS ONE.!!!!!!!!!!!.LOOKS LIKE THE BIGG RACE STILL CONTNUIES??????????????

[Brad Lustig]

Very cool, David. Yeah, you're going to have to drill some holes in the floor to get some authentic sounds into the interior. I'm still waiting on the dvd of the movie that my car was in. Just talked to the producer the other day and he said he's registering the movie for some film festivals. The dvd should be ready in about another month.

[bob_amos]

Kool David. I look forward to hearing how it all went. Guess Margie and I will have to see the film too.. (Doesn't sound like our type of movie, but the car sure is a good one.) Congrats!!!

[builtfercomfort]

As a ex-local (I graduated from 'Regretti' high school but I'm on the other coast now), congratulations. What is the web site (want to put it in your sig?)

--Tom

[Johnny S]

David, that's absolutely great. I look forward to "hearing" it.

[TodFitch]

As a ex-local (I graduated from 'Regretti' high school but I'm on the other coast now), congratulations. What is the web site (want to put it in your sig?)

--Tom

David's web site is http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bojeta/indexpage2.html

There are lots of images and the page load slowly (at least on my Internet link).

[David Maxwell]

Tom, what year did you graduate from Righetto (LOL!)? I have been teaching there for 12 years.

Tod, you're correct that my car is definitely much more quiet than the typical P15, however, that's exactly what they needed. They wanted pick up the drivetrain and engine noise without all the road noise and rattles included. This allows for the soft spoken dialog in many of the car scenes to be audible.

Bob, Margie and anyone else thinking about seeing the movie; Ang Lee has made some very good films as well as some very controversial films including: Sense and Sensibility, Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The HULK, Brokeback Mountain etc. This film, Lust Caution is already getting great reviews and I was given a sneak preview today and can confirm it is a visually stimulating story with great intrigue. However, it is STEAMY to say the least, and there are some pretty calous characters in it. If you're not offended by graphic sex and violence, I think you'll enjoy it. Just want you to be forwarned.

OK, a little update on what we did today?

1. I met at 9:00 AM the sound technician and we previewed a number of scenes from the movie including all scenes involving the car.

2. We discussed the car a bit. While I was initially concerned when told the car was a 1946 Plymouth sedan, which of course could not have existed in Japanese occupied China, I was relieved to find they were mistaken. The car was in fact a 1942 Plymouth which, while unlikely to find its way to Shanghai, in 1942, is certainly possible.

3. He explained the problems they had with the original recordings of the `42 Plym.

4. We went over the script for the 32 shots that needed to be recorded. I had to memorize the script in relation to the video clips we reviewed.

5. We were each wired with two-way radio headsets and I was given direction while driving the car on some very quiet backroads in the Santa Ynez Valley.

6. We took between 5 and 10 takes for every recording. The car is driven by a chauffeur in the movie and he's not the greatest driver. So I had to drive the car normally for some takes and then drive to emulate his shaky shifting in other takes. This turned out to be quite a long hot day. I was dripping sweat and extremely tired at the end of 12 hours of recording.

7. My car will be replacing all driving sounds for the `42 Plym and possibly a Buick in one scene. The `42 Plym is used quite a bit in the film. I estimate there will be between 3 and 5 minutes of my car's sounds in the film.

8. Some fun spots in the day: He wanted to record the horn. Well, he setup his equipment in front of the car, put on his headset and gave me the signal to give it a good medium blast. LOL!!! You can all imagine his shock when he heard those twin trumpets blow!!!! Nearly floored him! He adjusted his equipment and we were able to continue.

9. They will be sending me a copy of the script from today as well as copies of the soundclips for my website. I thought that was really cool of them since they are paying me for the job as well.

Well, the movie comes out in late Sept to early Oct. My family is definitely going to get a kick out this. Thanks again!

[David Maxwell]

I was looking at various clips from the movie online and quite a few show the Plymouth.

[DAVE KNOXX TENN]

...from a sound editor at Warner Bros. Studios. Turns out the new Ang Lee film, "Lust, Caution", shot in Shanghai China has a P15 in it. The movie is scheduled for release in late Sept, but the sound they recorded for the car came out bad. They found my website and contacted me to see if they could record interior and exterior sounds including: doors closing, engine starting, idling, cruising, accelerating, u-turn, 3-point turn and stopping. They're paying me for it, and their sending the sound mixing team up to Santa Maria to do it. No need to drive to Burbank. So, I guess my P15 will hit the big screen Sept/Oct of this year!

Happy for you dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PatS....]

Sounds like quite the adventure, David!!!!

They sure go through some detailed things to make a movie. Most people don't know that most, if not all, of the sound we hear in a movie are done later like in your case.

Most people have no idea what a Foley Artist is.

I hope you treated the Plymouth to some leaded on the way home

[Guest jjmorrse]

I am a pretty big blues and jazz fan, so I thought the term rock and roll in a 1940s context was pretty funny. That was long before the don't ask, don't tell policy was instituted.