Brownsville is celebrating today! “Stand By Me” turns 30 – “The anniversary event is featuring a 5K walk/run as a memorial to Ray Brower, interviews with some of the cast & crew (including the train engineer from the trestle scene), a vintage car cruise in and vintage trailer open house, an authentic sock hop in the historic Brownsville gym, an amateur blueberry pie eating contest, a Geocache Challenge, a replica of the tree house and guided walking tours.Continue reading... “It’s a Beautiful Day in Brownsville – “Stand By Me” 30th Anniversary Is Underway!”
“Thompson’s Mills is a Oregon State Heritage Site in Linn County near the town of Shedd. More than 150 years old, it’s the oldest water-powered grain mill in Oregon, where the waters of Calapooia River drive turbines you can still see running today for demonstrations.
The small town of Brownsville, Oregon celebrated the classic movie Stand By Meon Saturday July 23, 2016. In 1985 Brownsville turned into a town named Castle Rock and was teaming with film crews, actors and all the excitement of the movie making process. Today, the movie is still regarded as a favorite and is listed as one of the top 250 American films of all time. Fans travel from all around the world during the year to see for themselves where this movie was filmed.Continue reading... “30th Anniversary of Stand By Me Was Huge Success”
Alexi Pappas at the Oregon Twilight on May 6. Credit: Thomas Boyd for The New York Times
There is excitement building for the locally filmed and produced, “Tracktown”. It is set to premier at the Los Angeles Film Festival next month. The film explores the struggle to find an equilibrium between a world-class running career, and a regular life, inspired by Pappas’ own life. Jeremy Teicher co-produced the movie with Pappas, and it was filmed on location at Hayward Field, Eugene. Continue reading... “NY Times Gives A Shout-out To Pappas & “Tracktown””
Seaside – the movie.
After being born and raised in Portland, I moved east for college and film school. I love coming back to Portland to visit family and friends but for the past 20 years New York has been my home. That old cliché that you can never come home again ringed true for me.
My first feature, You Belong to Me, came out in 2008. Since then I’ve been itching to do another feature. And inspired by the resourcefulness of many colleagues (especially NYU film school colleagues, Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson – find their new feature, Claire in Motion, which just premiered at SXSW) I’ve come home to take advantage of Oregon’s natural beauty, talented creatives, and a family beach house at the Coast, to make my next feature, Seaside. Continue reading... “You Can Come Home Again – Seaside, The Movie”
This is what MovieMaker had to say about Ashland: ” The great Pacific Northwest… my, how screenwriters, directors and cinematographers love you. While Vancouver, Portland and Seattle battle for the blockbuster flicks and moody TV shows, this scenic, low-key small town in Oregon of around 20,000 people keeps building a hearty film community.
The small town of Brownsville, Oregon celebrated the classic movie Stand By Me 
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