THE FRONT RUNNER

[jo]

I wonder if Hugh Jackman has met the former senator?


Jo

[jo]

Off the set - it looks like everyone wants a photo with "Wolverine"

[jo]

Sept 20, 2017 2:27:31 GMT -5 jo said:

LOLOL! I can't believe I did not recognize HUGH JACKMAN at first glance


I thought I had a handle on how he looks like, no matter the makeup changes

http://instagr.am/p/BZP-jBQDYfc

*It's the wig
*It's the grey in his hair
*It's how they reshaped the eyebrows a little

But the smile is still there

A twitter reaction to the photo uploaded by Hugh for first day of principal photography --

Gentry60‏ 
@gentry602

Replying to @realhughjackman @jasonreitman @bronstudios

You are way more attractive than Hart ever thought about being!! Good luck!!

Are Hugh's looks getting in the way of getting serious roles ?

The above shows that he is ok being made less attractive to look closer to the subject being portrayed. And he has done the same with PAN/THE FOUNTAIN/LOGAN/part of LES MISERABLES.

He cannot be Leopold-perfect ( in looks) all the time


Jo

[jo]

The process of transformation --

http://instagram.com/p/BZSvgoaFMap

[jo]

Recalling the 1980's -- specifically 1984 when Sen Gary Hart first came into prominence :

http://instagram.com/p/BZT72mSlkBu

Sometimes I wonder if they spend most of the budget of a film recreating the look of the period

[jo]

Gary Hart, San Francisco, 1984.

[jo]

[jo]

"looking-hella-the-opposite of sexy" -- sounding more and more interesting

New photos...or have we seen them?


Jo

[carouselkathy]

Sept 21, 2017 18:37:45 GMT -5 jo said:

Gary Hart, San Francisco, 1984.

I remember all of the women in this photo. Champions of women's rights.

[chessie]

Me too Kathy, and they certainly were. Impressive group.

Carol

[carouselkathy]

I'm currently reading ALL THE TRUTH IS OUT (The Week Politics Went Tabloid), by Matt Bai. Not quite half way through it, but so far, it's an interesting profile of Gary Hart and the circumstances of his downfall. Since many previous politicians and Presidents had affairs, this book is attempting to explain why the Gary Hart behavior was the tabloid trigger point.

[jo]

It looks like they will be moving filming closer to the Atlantic -- going to Savannah -- in the first week of November. For the filming of the infamous yacht scene, among others ?





Hugh - how could you




Casting calls --

savannahnow.com/news/2017-09-27/casting-call-hugh-jackman-liam-hemsworth-need-you-their-savannah-movies

[jo]

WOW!

[jo]

[jo]

[jo]

Given the heightened political conflicts in America, the story of Gary Hart's success and downfall seems an important footnote and a relevant film theme these days, as suggested in this political discussion from William Bradley of HuffPost.

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-dangerous-distractions-of-dj-trump_us_59cd2c58e4b0149549227e21

Excerpts :

Hugh Jackman Twitter

Hugh Jackman stars as Senator Gary Hart in ‘The Front Runner’, now in production, about the moment in which the mainstream media suddenly went tabloid and destroyed his candidacy. Ironically, the ever-opportunistic Trump backed Hart, among the most cerebral of politicians and far more intellectually prepared than the presidents who came after him.




This sure isn’t what I hoped for 2017 when I began my regular columnizing, with time for plenty of other stuff, in the September 1987 issue of ‘California Business‘ magazine. 

My old friend and boss Gary Hart’s front-running presidential campaign had blown up a few months earlier, destroyed by the mainstream media going suddenly tabloid, for the first time going after a politician’s private life. (Hart’s rather sedate sex scandal was spoon-fed to the media just as hearings began into the vastly more consequential Iran/Contra scandal. Which coincidentally posed a grave threat not only to Ronald Reagan’s presidency but also to the conservative Republican hold on the White House.)

Ironically, the ever-opportunistic Trump backed Hart, one of the most cerebral of politicians who was far more intellectually prepared than any president who came after.

Hugh Jackman, portraying Hart in the photo above, that the movie star sent out earlier this month, is making ‘The Front Runner‘ right now on the events leading to Hart’s downfall and the shift change in our media culture.


I met Trump during this period and took an instant, intense dislike to his amazing braggadocio. While saying “Mmm, yes, interesting,” I visualized ways of conducting him through a nearby plate glass window.

Although Hart’s hoped-for presidency had been destroyed, I focused in that first column three decades ago on whether the Democrats could win California, then a Republican stronghold in presidential politics. I argued that they could and should, with a special focus on “high tech and Hispanics,” a mantra of mine inside the Hart campaigns.
Of course, I actually got the idea from Jerry Brown. 

The then two-term former governor and two-time presidential candidate was viewed by conventional thinkers as, well, something of a nut. Woodchips, windmills, satellites, Zen, era of limits  ...  “Why do you talk to that guy?,” people would ask.

Today, California is the bedrock of the Democratic presidential coalition, backbone of the Resistance to Trump, and world leader in fighting climate change and promoting the “re-powering of the economy,” as Brown puts it, promoting renewable energy, conservation, and new transportation modes.

But the country as a whole, well, that has gone the wrong way, at least for now. All foreseeable, but only to those with eyes wide open.

No offense or provocation meant if the above discussion is politically-alienating to anyone. It's just that the topic of The Front Runner may have accidentally become part of current discussions.

[jo]

[jo]

We *hart* Hugh!







*Borrowed from CinematicCorner

[jo]

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/BZnTvcJntFd

[jo]

What's happening on the set --

http://instagram.com/p/BZpVHr9hGxB

http://instagram.com/p/BZn9unaHGCq

http://instagram.com/p/BZmwhBhAqag

[jo]

While director Jason Reitman shares a few filmmaking scenes. techniques, and '80's memorabilia --

http://instagram.com/p/BZpWOBmFEfy

http://instagram.com/p/BZjv08TlGfr

I never realized SOUND MIXING is very complicated. When Les Miserables was filming, the movie's sound mixing head Simon Hayes joined us on IMDB for a short while on discussions on the subject. As it later turned out, Mr. Hayes won the Oscar for doing the job!

http://instagram.com/p/BZg3rwBFkVx

[jo]

Hugh's getting-to-know-you practice with co-workers continues

http://instagram.com/p/BZ6aZx0BUUG

[mamaleh]

Well, it's Friday, after all.

I wonder if anyone has ever hit it big with a scratch-off ticket provided by HJ?

Ellen

[jo]

Twitter exchange --

adult human female‏ @annejumps 6m
6 minutes ago

Replying to @el_gray
Hugh Jackman is in Atlanta?!




Gray Whitten‏ @el_gray 3m
3 minutes ago

Yes, I stood a few feet away from him on set a couple of weeks ago. He sings to himself between takes. He's playing Gary Hart.




adult human female‏ @annejumps 3m
3 minutes ago

*gasp*

*Rehearsing something for something?

*Preparing for the press junket for THE GREATEST SHOWMAN in case media asks him for a sample of his talent?

*Vocal training daily requirements, per instructions of vocal coach?

*Or just loving to sing ?



Don't we wish we were around to hear him sing

Jo