I Once Knew a Man From Nantucket…

UPDATE (Oct. 15/09): I was informed that it was probably in my best interest to take down the set photos from the Moby Dick shoot. However, if you’re still hoping to check them out, go to Shelburne County Now’s Website.

I apologize, I don’t know the punch line to the Nantucket line, I never have, but I’ve always assumed it ended with the words “Suck it.”

The reason that I have titled this blog entry as such, is because my portion of MOBY DICK is based in Nantucket… in retrospect, I probably should have just called this entry “Moby Dick, Day One”… moving on.

On Wednesday, I had my first day (of three) working on Moby Dick. This was huge for me, really huge. Allow me to indulge you in a hyperbole: this was like a young rookie pitcher being called up to the Yankees for a try out. And now allow me to break it down literally, last weekend, I was working on a movie for sandwiches, on Wednesday, I was working on a movie with a budget of $25 million. I ate so many f***ing sandwiches.

Adding a layer of absurdity to the day was the fact that the film was shooting in my hometown of Lunenburg!

This was either going to be the absolute best day or the absolute worst day of my life.

The film, directed by Mike Barker, (who directed Sea Wolf in Halifax last year) features an insanely talented cast, that I don’t think I am allowed to name (or confirm) just yet. Stay tuned for that goodness.

At the Knot Pub for a celebratory Stella Artois (Glen Matthews’ drink of choice). My Mother was sadly afflicted with the inability to open her eyelids at the time of this photo…

The day came and went, and I can definitely say that it was definitely on the side of “Best” day of my life. I had an amazing time, and I’m fairly confident that the final product will be a quality addition to my resume. I still have two more days of shooting next week in Shelburne to f*** it all up. Let’s hope for more of the best, shall we?

The Coast, Best of!

THE COAST, Halifax’s premiere free publication (no, I didn’t forget about you, FACES) is currently in the final stages of voting for their yearly awards, handed out to awesome people, who ask lots of their friends to vote for them. So, I’m asking you to vote for me as your favourite “Local Film/TV Actor”.

You are required to register with TheCoast.ca (which takes about 2 minutes, so do it), and fill in a minimum of 10 categories to submit your votes. Not sure who to vote for? Let me throw a handful of suggestions your way…

• Best Visual Artist: Best Film/TV Actor: Glen Matthews

• Best Visual Artist: James White

• Best Film/TV Actress: Mary Fay Coady (I think Ellen Page can do without your vote)

• Best Theatre Actor: Ben Stone

• Best Theater Actress: Sue LeBlanc Crawford
  

• Best Comedian: Peter White (Mark Little has 25k to console him)
  

• Best Local Filmmaker: Jason Eisener

• Best Local Newspaper Writer: Mark Palermo

• Best Festival: Atlantic Film Festival
  

• Best Movie Theater: Oxford Theater

• Best Salesperson: Dave Howlett
  

• Best Comics Store: Strange Adventures

• Best Retail Clothing Store (Women’s): Pretty Things Boutique

Voting ends on Thursday, September 24th, so head on over to TheCoast.ca and VOTE!

And the Winner is…

The contest is over, and a winner of the two tickets to Atlantic Shorts IV has been crowned! After sifting through a grand-total of 3 entries, I am pleased to present the winner…

…Well, this is actually the winner’s kids; and due to the fact that the internet is a creepy, creepy place, we’ll just forgoe listing the winner’s name, address and social insurance number. Congratulations you winner, you!

AFF Excitement Contest!

What a momentous occasion! For the first time ever in the history of the Excitement/World Traveller Blog, I’m hosting a contest! Up for grabs is (drumroll)…

Two Tickets to Atlantic Shorts IV, Monday night at Park Lane at 7:00pm!!

A prize valued at twenty-two Canadian dollars. Atlantic Shorts IV’s awesome lineup includes SuNfiSh (starring Mary Fay Coady), DOG GIRL (cinematography & editing by Dayle Hendrix), MEAGAN, LE CHIEN (Directed by Jeff Wheaton, starring myself & Kevin Kincaid), SLUG (starring Evany Rosen), & Andrew Bush’s Bridge Award BACKSHIFT.

Big thanks to my Le Chien co-star Kevin Kincaid who acquired me the tickets that made this contest possible!

HOW TO PLAY:

STEP #1: You’re going to have to download then print off a PDF that has the words “GLEN MATTHEWS WOULD MAKE A GREAT BATMAN”, because I think I would. (Click the link below or the photo to download the PDF).
GlenJMContest

STEP #2: Take a picture of yourself displaying your support for me as Batman (example below).

(Mask not neccessary.)

STEP #3: Email your photo to me at glenjm@hotmail.com

STEP #4: Wait.

Tomorrow (Sunday the 20th) afternoon at 12:00pm, I will randomly draw from all of those who entered, and the winner will recieve two tickets to Atlantic Shorts IV. Yeehaw!

I should host a game show!

INSERT DICK JOKE.

For those of you who are either (A) friends with me on The Facebooks, or (B) follow my tweets on Twitter, you may have noticed that I posted/tweeted an entry that went as follows, “Just had myself a terrible audition. Please send cookies.“

Well as it turns out, I don’t need none (double-negative, I know) of your pity-cookies, because I wasn’t as terrible as I had thought I was because I received a phone call from my agent earlier today informing me that I got the part. The project that I have been cast in is a miniseries based on…

That’s right! Mother fucking “MOBY DICK“!

Please send in your sea-faring falic jokes to glenjm@hotmail.com .

This adventure will provide me an opportunity to complete one of my life goals: to achieve only one degree of separation between myself and Ethan Hawke, who is rumored to be playing the part of Ishmael (via TV Squad).

In all seriousness, this is pretty darned awesome! I’m going to have an opportunity to work with some very well established actors, within the confines of a literary masterpiece. Shooting is set to begin early October.

Today has been a good day.

Updated Poster: 11:11

Glen Matthews and The Coast agree: “11:11” is recommended for your viewing pleasure.

The Coast has posted their glowing review of “11:11″ on their website, which you can view by clicking HERE. Simple enough! Below, is the poster, updated to include The Coast’s all-powerful opinion…

YOU have seven more magical chances to check out this wonderful show!…

Sunday 6th 3:10 PM AND 7:30 PM
Monday 7th 2:20 PM
Tuesday 8th 7:20 PM
Thursday 10th 7:20 PM
Saturday 12th 8:00 PM
Sunday 13th 3:40 PM

Facebook event page for “11:11″.

Atlantic Shorts IV

A few weeks ago, I posted an entry about the annual heartbreak of the rejected films & filmmakers for the Atlantic Film Festival; well now that the AFF has released it’s program to the world, a hand full of people can rejoice.

I am one of those lucky bastards that squeaked through.

This year, the short (almost avant-garde) film LE CHIEN (directed by Jeff Wheaton), which I starred in, will play as part of Atlantic Shorts IV on Monday, September 21st, 7:00pm at Empire Park Lane 8.

I’m incredibly excited because (1) I don’t have to work that night, and (2) Atlantic Shorts IV is looking like it’s going to be an awesome lineup of locally produced short films.

The lineup includes SuNfiSh (starring Mary Fay Coady), DOG GIRL (cinematography & editing by Dayle Hendrix), MEAGAN, LE CHIEN (that’s me), SLUG (starring Evany Rosen), & Andrew Bush’s Bridge Award BACKSHIFT, which offers up a healthy portion of Picnicface members…

So come on out… I’ll buy you a chocolate bar.

Check out the online program for the 2009 AFF over @ http://atlantic.bside.com/2009/

Design: In Pink

Left Foot First Productions has commissioned my ass to produce a poster for their upcoming Fall tour of IN PINK. Have a gander below…

Odd thing to note: once I completed the poster, I did some Googling of Left Foot First for some contact info, and I came across the old poster for In Pink, which was created by super awesome local illustrator Mike Holmes, and I was shocked to find that both posters featured a clothesline theme…

Weird, right? …I swear I didn’t plagiarize!