Crimson Tide Filming Miniatures

[Albacore 569]

Port holes? Never let a Hollywood director near an WW2 or cold war suspense story, except maybe Steven Spielberg or Ron Howard. Let hrits do it. Anyone but. Americans.

I had a man come to my shop to see what rc subs I had to show in a film being filmed with Keanu Reeves in San Francisco. Im sure Keanu is a great cool guy. But the scout or prop agent liked my models, but he said it would be filmed in salt water. (The SF Bay.) I said my models wouldn't do well or may not even function at all in salt water. I said No thanks. Best decision I ever made not to help. Ass holes they are rabid it's all money and tight schedules. and it you're not union forget any name in the credits. **** them.

[redboat219]

I had a man come to my shop to see what rc subs I had to show in a film being filmed with Keanu Reeves in San Francisco. Im sure Keanu is a great cool guy. But the scout or prop agent liked my models, but he said it would be filmed in salt water. (The SF Bay.) I said my models wouldn't do well or may not even function at all in salt water.

Movie is Sweet November. Keanu's character helps a kid being bullied at an RC sailboat race. He pays a nerdy guy with an RC sub to wreak havoc with the other kids' boats.

Tom Anderson accepted the job for that movie scene. He used a Thor Flight III Los Angeles class with an D&E Miniature WTC.

The salt water of the bay caused disruptions with the radio signal until they rigged up an above water antennae extension.

[Albacore 569]

Movie is Sweet November. Keanu's character helps a kid being bullied at an RC sailboat race. He pays a nerdy guy with an RC sub to wreak havoc with the other kids' boats.

Tom Anderson accepted the job for that movie scene. He used a Thor Flight III Los Angeles class with an D&E Miniature WTC.

The salt water of the bay caused disruptions with the radio signal until they rigged up an above water antennae extension.

Yup. I know. That's fine. I have a Pict of Tom and Keanu Tom sent me in my sub files. That cartoon, the artwork looks like an old New Yorker Magazine cartoon. I miss magazines and Cartoons in many of them.

[Das Boot]

Is Tom still in the game? I haven’t seen anything from him in ages.

[Das Boot]

Fair enough. The movie ENTERPRISE was specifically detailed and painted for exceptionally large format film stock -- film that would capture much more image defining features than stock 35mm stuff. Same was the case with 2001 and a few other big-buck productions. Otherwise, so-so miniatures filled the bill.

What a beauty.

[Albacore 569]

Tom and actor Keanu Reeves in San Francisco during production of 'Sweet Novemeber'.

Last I heard secondhand Tom Anderson was in Italy still morning over the loss of his spouse taking Italian cooking classes. Wishing him the best.