Thursday, December 11, 2014

Sarah-Neezer Scrooge: A New Twist on a Classic Tale



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Last year, May 17, 2013, the dinosaur film Sarassic Park was released in theaters. The film did better than expected, considering it seemed to be a mock-up of Jurassic Park. Now the director of that film, Stephen Iceberg is back with an all-new movie that he believes is going to rock the theater this Christmas! The movie is called Sarah-Neezer Scrooge and as you might expect, it's inspired by the classic story of A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens and first published on December 19, 1843. The story was published over 171 years ago, but it's still one of the most beloved Christmas stories today.

After hearing about Sarah-Neezer Scrooge, my trusty, junior photographer, Daniel P. Smithwater and I went over to Galaxy Pictures movie company to have an exclusive interview with the film's director, Stephen Iceberg, the writer, Michael Engela, and the producer, Katelene Cassidy. The first question I asked was what the story was about and why it had its specific title. Michael is quoted for saying, “Well, after we completed Sarassic Park, we wanted to create a movie based on an older movie or book, but through in some amazing new twists. That's when I figured out that the perfect story to put a new twist on was A Christmas Carol.”

A Christmas Carol,” says Katelene, “is a very incredible and heartwarming story. It's impossible not to like it. Many adults, including myself, remember hearing the story or watching the 1951 film adaptation with our families as children.” After the success of their last film, they decided to change put a new twist on this classic by basing their main character on one person: Sarah Bus Stop Guy. (If you are not familiar with Sarah, please check out these links: link 1, link 2) Sarah's popularity as a knuckle-head has only increased worldwide (though her legitimate fan club has grown too) and the way she behaves is the perfect model for the film's “Ebeneezer Scrooge”.

“The main character of our movie is Sarah-Neezer Scrooge,” says Stephen. “She's very similar to the traditional Ebeneezer Scrooge, as we don't want to get away from that too much, but Sarah is younger and obviously female instead of male. Sarah Bus Stop Guy . . . is famous for not thinking before she says or does something, which often results in her doing something dumb. This is going to play a crucial part in the character development of Sarah-Neezer. We're going to portray her as the kind of person who is greedy, selfish, oblivious, self-centered, bratty and an annoying pest to everyone around her.” Then Michael added to that: “Actually, my co-writers and I were so determined to capture life-like Sarah behavior in the script, that we got permission from Animal Adventures Inc. CEO Nigel Milligan to put up well-hidden cameras around the places Sarah typically goes everyday in order to capture the dumb stuff she says and does on camera. Much of what we've seen and heard was worked into the script.” As with the last film, Sarah Bus Stop Guy declined the offer to portray Sarah-Neezer in the film, so another actress, Sarah Sillyheart, who portrayed Sarah in Sarassic Park, will do the part. It's amazing that they were able to get someone who looks almost like Sarah Bus Stop Guy. With some make-up, the two can't be told apart easily.

“Also, we used people Sarah interacts with on a daily basis to construct the characters Sarah-Neezer meets in the story,” says Katelene. “I don't want to reveal too much about all the characters we'll have in the film, but I guarantee that all of them have at least a little bit of inspiration from real people, not too little inspiration so that they're completely differing in personalities, but also not too much so that we don't have legal issues.”

Sarah-Neezer Scrooge will be released into theaters this Christmas season, on December 12, 2014. Be sure to get your tickets nice and early, because I believe the seats will be full . . . full of people anxious to see this new twist on a classic tale!

Written by: Mr. Smiley
Photographer: Daniel P. Smithwater
Edited by: Christian Ryan


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