CASTING CALL FOR "FREEDOM REAL TIME"

The musical adaptation of "Freedom Downtime" is accepting submissions for several key parts. In addition a number of non-speaking extras will be cast in the weeks ahead.

The Hollywood production, whose working title is "Freedom Real Time," has taken the key elements of the award-winning documentary and turned it into a complex major motion picture, complete with a murder mystery and a high speed car chase through the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina. The decision to make the production into a musical was not without controversy and was said to be responsible for the departure of Julie Andrews and Luciano Pavarotti from the production, both of whom claimed they were absolutely sick to death of singing. Andrews had been set to play Kevin Mitnick's grandmother while Pavarotti had been signed as computer sleuth Tsutomu Shimomura. There is no word yet on a replacement for either.

There are a handful of parts which have been opened to the public. We're told that it is not necessary for you to have acting experience. The producers are interested in people who can bring reality to the parts. If you're interested, pick a scene from the four below, make a video, and upload it somewhere (YouTube is fine). You can notify the producers by emailing downtime@2600.com with the URL of your video. You can also send your headshots to this address, whether or not you're applying for the specific scenes below.

Shooting of "Freedom Real Time" is set to take place from mid August to late September at various locations in the United States, including New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Wilmington (North Carolina), and East Rutherford (New Jersey).

The Fedex Connection
The Landmark Building
Harvey's Fear
Tapping with Kevin

EXT. PARKING LOT

A small parking lot next to a two-lane highway. A Fedex dropbox is visible facing away from the highway.

The street is moderately busy as traffic goes by. We hear the WHOOSH of the cars.

Into the scene walks FEDEX GUY. He matter of factly and without any sign of fear walks to the Fedex dropbox and crouches down. He is there to open it.

He has a sudden look of fear.

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INT. BUILDING LOBBY

A small lobby with a RECEPTIONIST, a 30ish MAN, and a SOUND MAN for another film in the background. The MAN is smoking a clove cigarette.

ELEVATOR MUSIC can be heard from the stairwell.

EMMANUEL enters the lobby with CAMERAMAN.

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INT. HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S OFFICE

This office screams money. There are leather couches and expensive bottles of sherry as far as the eye can see. HARVEY is pacing the marble floors holding a cigar in his hands, not entirely sure whether he will light it.

From the outside can be heard the chanting of a demonstration. "Miramax distorts the facts" and "Free Kevin" are words which can be made out quite clearly.

He rushes to the window.

CLOSE UP on HARVEY

EXTREME CLOSE UP on HARVEY

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INT. FEDERAL PRISON

We see KEVIN standing at a window approximately one half inch wide, struggling to get the attention of the people down below in the street by TAPPING on the window.

Around him, other PRISONERS come and go, attending to their daily business.

FADE TO BLACK