1967HUMAN INTEREST STORY
This charming and funny short takes as its subject a bright and articulate 13-year-old who aspires to be a filmmaker. Young Timmy would grow up to be a Pulitzer Prize winning author and classical music critic for The Washington Post, but seen here, in 1967, he enthusiastically directs his brother, his girlfriend and other pals through his scripted, 8mm productions.
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TITLE CARDS: A DAY WITH TIMMY PAGE, RECORDED ON FILM APRIL 18, 1967, BY IRIS AND DAVID HOFFMAN
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| 01:00:11 11.48 |
BLOND BOY WITH MICROPHONE AROUND HIS NECK, INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS TIMMY PAGE AND THE LOCATION BEING THE PAGE BASEMENT IN STORRS, CONNECTICUT, TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS A MOVIE PRODUCER (HE IS 13 YEARS OLD) AND HIS FILM "A LITTLE FIGHT WITH COMEDY", VERY PRECOCIOUS, ZOOM INTO MS
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| 01:01:02 62.73 |
INTERVIEWER OFF CAMERA ASKS YOUNG FILMAKER TO DESCRIBE THE STORY OF THE WHAT THEY FILMED TODAY, HE CALLS IT "FALL OF A NATION", WHICH DEPICTS CHILDREN WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER THE WORLD, FICTIONAL NATIONS, EXPLAINS CAST AS HIS SIBLINGS
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| 01:01:39 99.6 |
KIDS MAKING FILM, 1960S, FILMING CLOSE UPS, BOY DIRECTS
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| 01:02:04 124.12 |
BOY FILMS CU OF DIRECTOR (TIMMY PAGE) LOOKING UP, BACKYARD MOVIES
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| 01:02:16 136.01 |
CHILD FILMMAKER, TIMMY PAGE, ON THE SPECTRUM, DISCUSSES HIS METHODS
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| 01:02:53 173.44 |
CHILDREN MAKING A MOVIE IN THE 1960S, CONNECTICUT BACKYARD, BOY DIRECTS HIS SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS, TELLS THEM HOW WHAT TO DO, IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
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| 01:03:38 218.8 |
TIMMY PAGE, FILMMAKER DISCUSSES THE STARS OF HIS FILMS, MENTIONS "THE IMMIGRANT"
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| 01:04:17 257.49 |
INTERVIEWER OFF CAMERA ASKS CHILD PRODIGY WHERE HE GETS HIS IDEAS, PAGE SAYS HE LOVED "BIRTH OF A NATION", "INTOLERANCE", "GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY", (1903 VERSION), INFLUENCED BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND BUSTER KEATON AND "THE GOLD RUSH", LIKES THE SILENT MOVIES
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| 01:04:50 290.32 |
MS OF CHILDREN LOOKING AT MOVIE CAMERA, BOY DIRECTS HIS FRIENDS AND SIBLINGS IN CONNECTICUT BACKYARD, LIGHTS, ACTION, CAMERA
-BOY RUNS TOWARD CAMERA, FROM SWING SET,REPEATS SCENE, PAN OVER TO BOY WITH CAMERA SQUATTING DOWN TO FILM |
| 01:05:40 340.89 |
VARIOUS MS OF THE CHILDREN, BOY WITH CAMERA CHEWING GUM
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| 01:05:47 347.45 |
FILMMAKER SCREAMS AT HIS SISTER WHO SEEMS USED TO IT, SHE ACTS FRIGHTENED FOR A SCENE IN MOVIE, FILMS A CU OF BOY TALKING EXCITEDLY
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| 01:06:25 385.26 |
CU OF BOY TALKING ABOUT HIS TECHNIQUES, FIST APPROACHING CAMERA, "CREATED A PERFECT ILLUSION", MENTIONS HIS MOVIES, "THE IMMIGRANT", "THE FALL OF A NATION", "DEPRESSION"
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| 01:07:09 429.37 |
FILMING IN BACKYARD, BOY WITH CAMERA LAYS DOWN IN GRASS AND THE KIDS TRY FOR DIFFERENT ILLUSIONS, CAMERABOY GETS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE
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| 01:07:39 459.86 |
INERVIEWER ASKS WHY THE OTHER KIDS HELP HIM SO MUCH WHEN HE YELLS AT THEM, "THEY'RE HAMS". BOY TALKS ABOUT HOW HE DEALS WITH THE KIDS AT SCHOOL, "A LOT OF THEM ARE APE-LIKE MORONS". HE CATEGORIZES HIS THREE LEVELS OF ACTORS, EXTREMELY CRITICAL, ONE GIRL HE USED TO LIKE.
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| 01:09:04 544.91 |
BOY DIRECTOR WITH CORN COB PIPE IN HIS MOUTH DIRECTS GIRL, BACKYARD MOVIEMAKING
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| 01:09:23 563.74 |
BOY TAKES FAKE PUNCH AND ROLLS ON THE GROUND, STUNT MAN
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| 01:09:43 583.93 |
BOY FILMS GIRL BEING PULLED BY THE HAIR
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| 01:09:56 596.55 |
KIDS FIGHT, PULLING HAIR
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| 01:10:04 604.17 |
BOY DIRECTOR WITH PIPE IN HIS MOUTH DESCRIBES NEXT SCENE
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| 01:10:12 612.75 |
KIDS MAKING MOVIES, BOY HITS GIRL AND SHE FALLS BACK, BOY CALLS THE SHOTS AND DIRECTORS HIS FRIENDS AS ACTORS, GIRLS RUN AWAY, CLIMB OVER STONE WALL, WOODED AREA OF CONNECTICUT
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| 01:10:53 653.47 |
BOY FILM DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS ADVANCES IN TECHNIQUE, VERY EXCITED, HE IS ASKED WHY HE USES CLOSE UPS, VERY ANIMATED RESPONSE
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| 01:11:35 695.21 |
HOMEMADE FILM, STREET SIGN FOR WILLOWBROOK RD, CHILDREN ENACT A MOVIE ABOUT MARRIAGE, CU OF CHILDREN, GIRL HAS A BABY, HAPPY COUPLE
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| 01:12:36 756.38 |
HOMEMADE CHILD MADE MOVIE, BOY IN DRIVEWAY STEALS DOLL AS BABY AND KILLS IT, FUNERAL FOR BABY
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| 01:13:12 792.96 |
HAND WRITTEN CREDITS: TIM PAGE, BETSY PAGE, RICK PAGE, CINDY MATKIN
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| 01:13:14 794.14 |
CHILD FILMMAKER INTRODUCES MOVIE, BUT HIS STUPID SISTER WON'T LET HIM BORROW HER BLACK MAGIC MARKER, BIG LAUGH, SAYS MOVIE TURNED OUT POORLY
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| 01:13:39 819.71 |
CHILD FILMMAKER NARRATES HOMEMADE MOVIE, BOY WRITES SUICIDE NOTE AND ARRIVES IN AMERICA, LONG FIGHT SCENE, LOOKS LIKE WESTERN, "THE IMMIGRANT", PUNCH TO CAMERA, FIRST TECHNIQUE, DEATH SCENE
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| 01:15:54 954.27 |
CHILD FILMMAKER TALKS ABOUT ALL THE VIOLENCE IN HIS MOVIES, SAYS THE FILMS NEED IT TO BE A COMEDY
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| 01:16:29 989.45 |
FEMALE INTERVIEWER ASK BOY ABOUT FELLINI, HE SAYS HIS MOTHER WON'T ALLOW HIM TO SEE HIS FILMS, SHEEPISHLY
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BLANK, CREDITS
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| 01:16:54 1014.73 |
END TAPE
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