Police Academy to the Cuckoo's Nest: Guttenberg's Back!

Duck Walls: 'Under-coverage in America Mental Health Care at it's finest. Chef Mickey Beans serves up the chow and more at this unstable group home, while the owner Dr Stern touches bases with the patients. Just long enough to get his fix.


In an effort to expand our capabilities and reel, BSB took on a serious gig: editing a TV pilot with producers lined up to see it, which was shot on the RED camera and stars Steve Guttenberg. The writer/director/producer, Robroy Mountjoy, explained the footage before us: he was shooting his feature film 'Duck Walls', but halted production after day one. Things needed to be worked out somewhere...

He was able to shoot four scenes that day, and a lot of takes.  For months he sat on this footage, and finally decided to see if something could be made of it. That's when he found BSB. Mountjoy told us that he could find funds, as the footage suggested, and decided to test and see if BSB could be his first stop post-production company. Well, that's a test we are up for any day of the week, for anyone interested.

BSB didn't have narrative storytelling on the reel, so when we were told that there would be no/little pay, we swallowed hard and agreed anyway. Little did we know that this would turn out to be a job we'd charge well into four digits for if we were charging. My people, my people, what we won't do...

The following trailer was quickly made on I-movie from the original 22 minute TV pilot made on FCP 6. Mountjoy met with an ABC producer, and they put on some focus group screenings to see what people thought before taking it to pitch to the executives. It was decided that more needed to be shot, and some characters better developed, yada yada, but people were really intrigued by the story idea and cinematic editing.

Instead of re-shotting for what might happen, Mountjoy is moving on to the next production... and yes, BSB passed the test and will be editing that project as well. Duck Walls will be going into TV Pilot festivals, and maybe some cable network will have the brains to put it on television. For now, tell us what you think of the trailer!!!