Between Fall 2003 and Spring 2004, John McConnell, Trevor Murphy, Ben Geary, Chris Knoepfler, and I took our sweet time in making a period tale of mystery, intrigue, and paleoentology.
A lot of our time in high school was spent in John’s basement making goofball films for classes, which later led to our entry into the 2003 Eastview High School Film Festival: All The Secretary’s Men. The film followed John, Ben, and I struggling to think of a concept for a film for the film festival. This leads us through a magical journey into the heart and the nature of stories. It is ridiculous and embarrassing.
John wrote an outline for a story involving early 20th century political intrigue, dinosaurs, and funny hats. The film that ended up being completed was very different from his vision, which involved a dinosaur battle beginning World War I. The plot hardly makes sense, but what the heck did back then?
In the film, I played German Fashion Minister Baron Von Pantshoven. He is a mysterious man with a silly accent, pulled into this strange and convoluted web of lies.
The film premiered in the Eastview High School auditorium in Spring 2004 to an audience exceeding a hundred people, including moms and teachers. It was received well.
In 2007 I created a website containing trivia, cast information, and a synopsis.
Here it is, in six parts, the motion picture event of the young century:
PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE
PART FOUR
PART FIVE
