Britt Plunkett runs his forearm across his head, pushing sweat off his brow. “I actually took a picture of the thermostat,” he says. “I just had to record it: 99 degrees.”For Paul Rudd, the decision to star in Jay Roach’s new comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks,” was an easy one. “I thought the script was really funny,” he says. “That was it. It was kind of a no-brainer.” Of course Rudd, who’s built an impressive resume of smart comedies, was just as enamored of the man behind the camera. Though Lilith Fair returned from an 11-year hiatus to a very different musical landscape, it is one that Sarah McLachlan and Co. helped lay the blueprints for more than a decade ago.Although facts on the famed Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding, which is rumored to happen this weekend, are tighter than Hillary Clinton’s smile, some details have leaked out. Sources report that groom Marc Mezvinsky has “hurt” his father’s family by not inviting them to the wedding (Ed Mezvinsky pleaded guilty in 2002 to swindling investors out of $10 million.He may play the part of a high-end gigolo in “The Extra Man,” but offscreen, Kevin Kline continues to be quite a charmer.
“Gladiator” helmer Simon Stanley-Clamp oversaw all CGI effects on “Moon.” “Alien” alum Bill Pearson and Peter Talbot of the Bond films were the prop makers. But Jones says snagging Sam Rockwell to play the lead was “the biggest get.”
INTERVIEW. When directors are limited to a $5 million budget and a 33-day shooting schedule, they usually won’t do anything too arduous — especially for their first films. But director Duncan Jones, 37, tells us that he “wanted to do something with ambition” for his debut flick. So instead, Jones, who is the son of David Bowie, decided to make the sci-fi adventure “Moon,” which opens Friday. The affable Brit explains how.
When you went to all the openings, did you leave when the lights dimmed or sit through another screening?
[Laughs]. I do try to leave all the time now, to be honest. When I do end up sitting and watching it I get anxious for the first 15 to 20 minutes, but then I end up getting sucked into it.
How did you assemble a team of so many sci-fi masters ?
I was a very, very lucky guy, to be honest. In the studio where we were working, we were just this little film that was going to be fit in between “Angels and Demons” and “Robin Hood.” But then the writer’s strike happened. So all of these film crews were just hanging around and all of these amazing, expensive experts just ended up helping us out.
So the writer’s strike was all just a part of some grandiose plan of yours?
Yes! If another one comes up, you’ll know I have another film coming out.
From “Dark Side of the Moon” to your father’s “Space Oddity” and now your new film — what is going on with the Brits’ fascination with the moon?
Well, it’s that Pagan/Celtic thing going on that we can’t get rid of. We all live on an island, for goodness sakes.
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