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String player AND Actor? I Want You!
I'm starting a new film project if I can find a few essential elements. First, I'm looking for an experienced feature film producer who is passionate about classical music. Second, she or he needs to be skilled at putting together pre-sales for a medium budget film.
That's the easy part. The film is going to be about the musically and personally intertwined lives of four people who are forming a string quartet. Everyone will need to be a world-class string player, able to act convincingly in English, (more)
and willing and able to spend the time necessary to create a real string quartet, as well as take the month or two filming will require. A passion for Beethoven 131 is a plus. Feel free to post this on graduate music schools everywhere. I will be looking at both acting and musical tapes. Many thanks -Smiles
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