My Two Movie Stars!

A friend of mine has a phenomenally successful/wealthy brother. When asked the secret of his success, he has stated he is "just LUCKY".

I believe that is the case with my honey, Farmer Jeff. He is lucky and knows it!

Last Wednesday I noticed an announcement in the online local paper. It was calling for movie extras and vintage trucks. I thought Farmer Jeff would enjoy getting the truck into a movie. He was VERY tickled with the idea and so he speedily emailed photos of the truck. As long as the email was going out, he thought of including a photo of himself, just in case they still needed folks to portray vintners in the film.

The film, Bottle Shock, tells the story of the 1976 blind winetasting in Paris where California wines were pitted against French wines - the gold standard of the time. Judges deemed the California wines triumphant, and gave Sonoma and Napa Valley a preeminent place in the world of wine.

After a little phone tag, the casting company contacted my honey and asked him to show up, with our sweet, old Ford truck, at 2 pm at Buena Vista Vineyards in Sonoma. He was to bring several changes of clothing, but wore a shirt that his mom had embroidered for his dad back in the 70's. Luckily his dad had saved the shirt for Farmer Jeff.

I was working at the Windsor Farmer's Market the night of the filming and received a very excited text message that Farmer Jeff was in a scene with Bill Pullman and Freddy Rodriguez, standing no more than 10 feet away!

When Farmer Jeff came home, he was elated. He had so much fun. I think what he was happiest about, besides the fact that he was the ONLY person that didn't have to change their clothes (they loved the embroidered shirt) was that the truck is going to be a STAR!!!

For news on the filming, check out:
http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/
2007/08/04/news/doc46b27d6f1cd32055771802.txt

PS: Farmer Jeff was just contacted by the casting company to see if he was available for 4 more days of work at the end of August. Heavens! Does this mean he will now want his own trailer?