![]() Preparing for a panic of call ins, which turns out to be only a few, but telling. Then seems to focus and repeat parts of and full words and phrases over and over again. Mazzy is skeptical and follows Loney’s live feed as he describes the scene. Loney reports that there are crowds of people milling about the town’s businesses and Doctor’s office. While slapping his chest in an homage to WKRP’s Les Nessman. Who handle things well until Ken Loney, the station’s “Eye In The Sky”, (Rick Roberts) who reports from the town’s tallest hill. McHattie’s wife in real life) and Afghan veteran, Laurel Ann Drummond (Georgina Reilly). Tied up traffic and a missing cat before a grade school field trip drops by and Mazzy is backed up by the station manager, Sydney Briar (Lisa Houle. Laces his Thermos coffee with some scotch and begin a new day. Goes down to the church’s basement to warm up the station’s transmitters. Adding a bit of grist to Mazzy’s consciousness as Mazzy parks. Mazzy stops to offer assistance and is ignored. Awake and prepared as he notices a partially clad woman walking through the snow muttering a phrase loudly to herself. The day in question begins in pitch black and snow drifted, unlit back roads as Mazzy’s station wagon creeps through densely falling snow. Filling his broadcast day with traffic reports from their local “Eye In The Sky” between announcements of lost pets, Saturday Potluck dinner and bake sales. ![]() Broadcasting in the AM range from a small studio in the basement of a non denominational church in Pontypool. Working off an exiled penance for some transgression, real or imagined. Relegated to the far, snow driven out back of Ontario, Canada. Giving surprising life to one time popular radio “Shock Jock”, Grant Mazzy. Creating… More Notable Nuggets: Pontypool (2009)īeginning with a next to nothing budgeted, middle of nowhere treat centered around the poor man’s Lance Henricksen, Stephen McHattie. Then take a quick turn to the frightening surreal and unknown. Through two little known, though intriguing tales that start out heading in one mundane direction. To see if my ongoing theory that independents can produce worthwhile and often notable entertainment still holds true. I’ve returned to the fertile field of independent offerings proffered by The Sundance Channel and The Independent Film Channel (IFC). ![]() Guest Post » More Notable Nuggets: Pontypool (2009) and The Killing Room (2009)Įnjoying a well earned respite during this encouraging change in weather and temperatures.
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