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Movie shoot sets up shop behind Theodore's

Date: 11/17/2008

By G. Michael Dobbs

Managing Editor



SPRINGFIELD It's after 9 p.m, on a Monday night in downtown Springfield and National Hockey League vet Ken Daneyko is getting out of a car parked in the alley behind Theodore's -- over and over and over.

Such is the magic of movie making.

Daneyko is one of the actors in a new movie, "Red, Right, Wrong," being shot by Robert Stock of Granby. The short film stars Daneyko, the long-time drummer for Twisted Sister A.J. Pero, actor and producer Antonio Saillart and the film's writer Malachy Murray.

The company was shooting two scenes Monday night -- one involving a character opening the back door of the restaurant and looking into the alley. Warren Amerman, who works in both films and music production locally, opened the door and purposely looked out into the cold night.

After over 10 takes, Stock seemed satisfied and moved onto the next set-up involving Daneyko's character getting out of the back seat of a Lincoln -- borrowed from David Horgan, another Western Massachusetts filmmaker, who was playing the car's driver.

Daneyko joked about the cold -- he didn't like it -- and said it was funny that for a man who made his living on the ice -- he was a long-time player for the New Jersey Devils -- that he didn't like the frigid temperatures. He ducked inside Theodore's when he had the chance.

In between scenes Murray spoke about the project. He is a New York-based writer and actor whose professional credits include stints on "One Life to Live" and "All My Children." His story concerns two old friends who have an issue and decide to settle it with a game of Russian roulette.

Murray explained the title of "Red, Right, Wrong" came from his days working on a tugboat. He said that seeing a red buoy in the water meant not to go to the right of the buoy.

He added his two characters are "on a collision course."

He met Saillart, the film's executive producer, when both men were working on "All My Children."

Saillart has appeared in television shows such as "The Sopranos," "Lipstick Jungle" and "Rescue Me," among others, and worked on Stock's two horror films, "Angel's Blade" and "Angel's Blade 2."

He said he intends to enter the short film into as many film festivals as he can.

Pero said there isn't much difference between appearing before camera to make a music video and making a film. Speaking of the film, he said, "It's exciting. It's a great story."

Pero and Murray are also both involved in Celebrity Spotlight Radio, a Web-based radio program.

Daneyko, who is a broadcaster for the New Jersey Devils, said he was enjoying himself, but summed up working on a movie -- "You've got to have patience."