“The Details,” an indie black comedy about a couple whose lives are led astray due to a series of events stemming from disagreements over how to deal with their raccoon infestation (oddly appropriate given the numerous reports of raccoon attacks on the hill this summer), is filming at Kerry Park today.
Sixty or so onlookers shuffled in and out for most of the morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of Tobey Maguire, who is filming a scene at the hilltop location.
Tobey arrived at around around 12:40 p.m. (That’s him in the white t-shirt). He enjoyed the beautiful Queen Anne view for half an hour, then rehearsed for about five minutes, before disappearing amidst the production set-up.
According to one of the location managers, Mark, who has lived in Ballard with his wife since November (yay Seattle pride!), in today’s scene Tobey’s character, Jeff, parks his Toyota Prius at the Kerry Park Viewpoint in a red zone, a meter maid comes to give him a ticket, and he runs over to the car. In the words of Bugs Bunny, “That’s all, folks.”
“The Details” has been filming all over town recently, shooting at Fuel coffee house and in front of the Seattle Police Department downtown last week.
LM Mark said the team chose these specific locations around Seattle in order to capture the city’s vibe. “One of the goals of this movie is to show Seattle for Seattle,” Mark said. “I would take my lunch break here…It’s beautiful, it’s real.”
One thing’s for sure, Kerry Park sure is gorgeous. At least four tour buses came by while I was there, and each time the production team had to shoo them away from the shoot. But despite filming going on today, the iconic viewpoint is still open to the public, In fact, the men’s and women’s soccer teams from SPU were taking their team photos at the lookout, next to the production team.
“The Details” is scheduled to be at the park until 5 p.m. today, though the no parking signs on Highland list 3 p.m. as the cut-off.
Other big names in “The Details,” scheduled for release in 2010, include Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Ray Liotta.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 skibum1175 // Sep 2, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Surprising that the Seattle Film Office doesn't have some authority to close the park for a period of time. http://www.seattle.gov/filmoffice/
2 a_marie // Sep 2, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I saw it unfolding down the street and decided not to add to the fray.
But good report! Love it.
3 griffinteam // Sep 6, 2009 at 10:54 am
I think that it's so neat the view from Kerry Park. I've been living in Arizona since 74 , and I found that alot of people have their winter homes here(Snow Birds).
Propertys are sooo inexpensive right now and so many to choose from. Brand new Homes around 2500 sq ft. are selling for anywhere from 125k and up. I family that I spoke with recently bought a waterfront property, 1600 sq ft for around 100,00 and it was a gated community. I was in
Seattle in July as the heat wave was hitting and got out of there before the worst of it, we are prepared in Arizona for heat, being that almost everyone has air conditioning. If you would like to check out some of the Great Buys in Arizona.. check out my web page.
4 griffinteam // Sep 6, 2009 at 11:10 am
http://griffinteam.yourkwagent.com is my website.
I attended Coe Elementry and McClure Jr High. I used to walk to this park and enjoy the breath taking view. And I can't believe now that I used to walk up the counter balance. Those were the days!!!
Mary Greif Griffin
5 griffinteam // Sep 6, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I think that it's so neat the view from Kerry Park. I've been living in Arizona since 74 , and I found that alot of people have their winter homes here(Snow Birds).
Propertys are sooo inexpensive right now and so many to choose from. Brand new Homes around 2500 sq ft. are selling for anywhere from 125k and up. I family that I spoke with recently bought a waterfront property, 1600 sq ft for around 100,00 and it was a gated community. I was in
Seattle in July as the heat wave was hitting and got out of there before the worst of it, we are prepared in Arizona for heat, being that almost everyone has air conditioning. If you would like to check out some of the Great Buys in Arizona.. check out my web page.
6 griffinteam // Sep 6, 2009 at 6:10 pm
http://griffinteam.yourkwagent.com is my website.
I attended Coe Elementry and McClure Jr High. I used to walk to this park and enjoy the breath taking view. And I can't believe now that I used to walk up the counter balance. Those were the days!!!
Mary Greif Griffin
7 tooniesse // Jul 31, 2010 at 8:12 pm
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