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82 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, Aug. 18 - Aug. 24, 2000
Comedy Club's Gemini fdms for movie script in Rehoboth
By Kerry Kester
The New York Comedy Club in
Rehoboth Beach was the set for a
clip in a movie during the Aug. 12
show, when a young entrepreneur
filmed scenes for a film he hopes
to sell to HBO, Comedy Central
or Warner Brothers.
The main character of the film
is Johnny Lombardi, owner of the
club located in the Atlantic Sands
Hotel on the Boardwalk. Lom-
bardi, who goes by the stage
name Gemini when he's perform-
ing as a magician and comedian,
plays the lead role of Colin Stone
in the movie that will be titled, "Is
This Mike On?" The premise of
the film is what goes on back
stage in a comedy performance
during one weekend at one club,
where three comics perform.
"Colin's a talented gentleman,
but his talent no way matches his
ego or his insecurity," said Greg
Hall, who wrote the script and is
directing the film. "He's proba-
bly a little more worried about
how his wardrobe looks than how
his jokes go."
The other two primary charac-
ters are Mikey J, the emcee,
Rocky
Continued from page 81
for the event(s) can be purchased
by mailing acheck to: The Re-
hoboth Beach Film Society, The
Rehoboth Mall, 4493 Hwy. One,
Suite 63, Rehoboth Beach, DE
19971. Tickets will be held at the
event door.
The Rehoboth Mall Cinema is
played by Adrian Mesa, who also
performs at Lombardi's club, and
Tommy Gro-
gan, an im-
personator
who is,,.
played by
Paul Reiss of
Baltimore.
"Tommy
Grogan is a
very bad im-
personator," HALL
said Hall, "but he gets bookings
because he's an excellent carpen-
ter - his day job."
Throughout the film there are
cutaways, many of them se-
quences of audience members
who are asked to say a line or two
on stage. During the filming Aug.
12 in Rehoboth, four members of
the audience took the stage and
performed their scripted lines as
directed by Hall. Other cutaways
will include scenes from a variety
of performers, including Mike
Trixx, a magician whose act
edges along the dark side of a
heavy metal track only to take
sudden, unexpected twists toward
bright comedy.
located at the above address and
the Renegade is at 4274 Hwy.
One, Rehoboth.
For more information on socie-
ty membership or to volunteer for
the festival and its events, call
302-645-9095 or visit www.re-
hobothfilm.com.
The Rehoboth Beach Indepen-
dent Film Festival is sponsored in
part by a grant from the Delaware
Division of the Arts.
At one point in the show, Lom-
bardi and Trixx engage in what
appears to be a spur-of-the-mo-
ment battle of the magicians.
Trixx starts with a simple magic
trick with the heavy rock music
resonating throughout the room.
Not to be outdone, maestro Gemi-
ni changes his tunes to evolve into
bizarre sounds reminiscent of
1960s-style-elevator-lounge-
lizard music.
He one-ups Trixx, who blasts
back to thunderous bass with his
Kerry Kester photos
Mike Trixx passes the flame before his face before conclud-
ing a fire act that includes swallowing fire.
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next trick, and the two battle with
tunes and tricks until the final
round of competition that culmi-
nates with...'?
Whether that skit or part of it
wili'be a cutaway in the film is
not determined, but if any of the
cutaways are close to the quality
of that one, the film promises to
keep the audience enraptured.
Hall said the scripts have al-
ready been submitted to HBO,
Comedy Central and Warner
Brothers, and the filming now is
to provide a visual for each of
them. "We've got rave reviews
for the script," said Hall.
The film will be completed
soon, so Hall will meet the Sep-
tember deadline for submitting it
to the Sundance Film Festival.
He will enter it in the short film
category.
Hall also is entertaining the
idea of using the film as a pilot
Continued on page 83
Frl., Aug. 18 thru- Thurs., Aug 24
The Movies at
Midway
Rt. One. Midway Shopping Center
Rehoboth Beach
645-0200
PERFECT STORM (2:10)(PG-13)
4 Shows Daily - 1:05 3:55 6:35 9:20
THE REPLACEMENTS (1:58)(PG-13)
4 Shows Daily - 1:20 3:50 6:25 9:10
THE CELL (1:48)(R)
4 Shows Daily - 2:15 4:50 7:30 9:55
HOLLOW MAN (1:46)(R)
4 Shows Daily - 2:t0 4:45 7:10 9:30
X-MEN (1:44)(PG-13)
4 Shows Daily - 1:20 4:25 7:05 925
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (1:44)(PG-13)
4 Shows Daily - 1:30 4:00 6:20 8:55
THE KID (1:44)(PG)
4 Shows Dail¢ - 1:554:10 6:30 8:50
SPACE COWBOY (2:10)(PG-13)
4 Shows Dailt - 1:05 3:55 6:40 9:30
NuTrY P 2 (1:47)(PG-13)
4 Shows Dailr- 1:10 3:45 6:40 9:05
NUTTY PROFESSOR 2 (1:47)(PG-13)
3 Shows Dail f - 4:55 7:25 9:50
GODZlLLIA 2000 (1:43)(PG)
4 Shows Dailt - 1:35 4:15 6:45 9:00
BLESS THE CHILD (1:50)(9)
4 Shows Dail r- 2:054:35 7:00 9:35
WHAT UES BEIEATH (2:10)(PG-13)
4 Shows Dail r- 1:003:40 6:25 9:10
COYOTE UGLY (1:41)(PG-13)
4 Shows Dail r - 1:50 4:30 7:15 9:40
MATINEE SHOW
TOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD
1 Show daily 1:00
Frl., Aag. 18 thru - Thins., ,ag 24
Rehoboth Mall
Cinema
Rehoboth Mall, Route One,
Rehoboth Beach
645-0200
PERFECT STORM (2:10)(PG-13)
2 Shows Nightly 7:15 9:40
THE REPLACEMENTS (1:58)(PG-13)
2 Shows Nightly 7:15 9:40
PATRIOT (2:44)(R)
I Shows Nightly 8:00
SCARY MOVIE (1:26)(R)
2 Shows Nightly 7:00 9:15
SPACE COWBOY (2:10)(PG-13)
2 Shows Nightly 7:20 9:45
KINGS OF COMEDY (1:48)(R)
2 Shows Nightly 7:20 9:45