Jason Behr - Frost #2: The only playboy we'd happily oblige! - Page 5

VeronicB · 01-13-2008, 04:40 AM

Thanks everyone for the info! Wish I could get a T-shirt or a postcard....

But if I can't I'm glad some (if not all) of the people who are going will get those!

**Roswell 10/2/00** · 01-13-2008, 04:55 PM

Thomas one of the writers to FROST posted this on his myspace Bulletin. I guess I am a attractive young thing (Being I was an extra in the movie)

Very GOOD article!

BlackBook: ‘Frost’ Bites!

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‘Frost’ Bites!
But not in a sucky way. In a 'Lydia Hearst takes her top off in an independent movie' kind of way.

Meet Jack Frost (Jason Behr). His world is shattered when his best friend and supposed lifetime love Carolina (Monet Mazur) gets engaged to another man. He’s an unfortunately named playboy whose wealth enables him to maintain a dour personality and still attract a bevy of beauties with ridiculous names like Parsley and Serafina. Welcome to Frost, the world of playboys and socialites.

The film opens with the innocence of young love. Flashbacks of a pre-teen Jack and Carolina dancing and laughing hint at a simpler, happy time. But isn’t everything simpler and happy when you’re 11? The appearance of Sophie (India Ennenga), Jack’s 11-year-old neighbor, suggests yes. A precocious pre-teen, Sophie becomes Jack’s companion and—as precocious pre-teens in the Dakota Fanning tradition always do—helps him find his way to contentment.

With beautiful shots of New York City and a cast of attractive young things, the film is a solid independent effort. The expressive soundtrack complements the witty screenplay, which was co-written by director Steve Clark and Thomas Moffett. As Jack mopes his way through an existential crisis, comic relief comes via Scotch, a wannabe playboy played by Mike Landry, one of the film’s producers, who refers to himself as “Scotch on the Rocks” and spouts phrases like “pessiminism” and “Let’s *******.”

The “last international playboy” realizes too late that he loves Carolina. But is he really in love with her or the idea of loving her? We won’t give away the ending! [Ed. note: It’s the idea of loving her.] —Ariel Vered

Frost premieres on January 19 at the Slamdance Festival in Park City.

**Dreamer 4 Ever** · 01-13-2008, 04:59 PM

Thanks Erin

**Roswell 10/2/00** · 01-13-2008, 05:52 PM

No problem. Getting so excited about this movie!

**Crystaline** · 01-13-2008, 06:56 PM

That's a great review!

Thanks for bringing it over, Erin!

**Dreamer 4 Ever** · 01-13-2008, 07:01 PM

And just think, next weekend you will be getting a true review from yours truly

**Crystaline** · 01-13-2008, 07:09 PM

Have I told you lately how much I hate you?

VeronicB · 01-14-2008, 02:23 AM

I'll have to joine that statement Crystal!

I really want to see this movie! I hope it'll do well in the Festival and get a good distributer!

**Crystaline** · 01-14-2008, 06:55 PM

Jason's indie projects usually take a while for us to see. But once they're out, the wait seems to be worth it.

ILikeShinyObjects · 01-14-2008, 09:18 PM

Definitely, he never fails to deliever and I'm really excited about this one too!

**Crystaline** · 01-14-2008, 09:52 PM

I think this film may turn out to be my fave one yet.

ILikeShinyObjects · 01-14-2008, 10:07 PM

Yeah, the story's got real heart.

**Crystaline** · 01-15-2008, 06:41 PM

Tends to be a trend with indie flicks.

**Dreamer 4 Ever** · 01-16-2008, 03:17 PM

I found a new interview with Jason mention and a new pic

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Jason Behr in director Steve Clark's FROST

Exclusive interview with Steve Clark, Director / Writer of " FROST "
Interview by: Luis Pedron of Fanclubx.com
2008 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Frost, playing in the Slamdance Film Festival Sat. January 19, 2008 @ 8:30 pm and Wed. January 23, 2008 @ 10am at the Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City, Utah

Luis Pedron: Friendships in a big city like NYC could be either super close or superficial. Please describe some of the different types of friends/relationships portrayed in your movie FROST.

Steve Clark: They are probably quite close to the friendships we all have. Some of Jack's friendships, say with Sophie, Scotch and Ozzy, are life-saving and deep, and others – though important in their own way and pleasant –are less significant.

Luis Pedron: Please describe your lead character Jack Frost and why he is nostalgic about his first (former) love.

Steve Clark: I think Jack is especially nostalgic for his first love because he does not want to grow up. In a way he is clinging to the life he had before his mother killed herself. Growing up would mean coming to terms with his mother's death and saying goodbye to her, which he is unprepared to do. . . I think there is a place reserved inside us for our first love, which is never vacated. However it should be looked back upon like one's first apartment, with warmth and nostalgia, not with the desire to move back in 25 years later!

Luis Pedron: What makes Jack Frost the last of the dying breed of International Playboys?

Steve Clark: Kate Hardwick, the reporter, calls him that for revenge . . . We use that title "The Last International Playboy" when referring to Jack a bit tongue-in-cheek; he is certainly not a playboy on an international scale.

Luis Pedron: The elite high society socialites are known to be shallow and wreckless. What will make us the audience empathize with these characters?

Steve Clark: Yes, that was one of our main obstacles. But I think at the end of the day people judge others on who they are rather than what class they come from.

Luis Pedron: There's an interesting relationship between the young Sophie, who ends up as Jack Frost's surrogate mother figure / savior / confidante. Why did you choose to have an unusual but unique relationship like this?

Steve Clark: Since Jack is consumed with the young Carolina from his past, we thought it would be interesting to have a girl the same age in his present. In a way the Sophie character becomes a bridge between these two worlds. I liked that ambiguity, and the way Sophie guides Jack out of this nostalgic childhood haze into a more mature clarity.

Luis Pedron: Depression is something that a lot of the young and the not so young have to deal with in the city. What are some of your suggestions in dealing with this problem?

Steve Clark: I think the horror of depression is that you feel you are the only person who has felt this feeling in the history of the world, and that you are utterly alone with no vocabulary to articulate what is happening to you. . . Darkness Visible by William Styron is such a beautiful expression of this horror and the path through and out of it . . .I would say you should talk to someone who can help you.

Luis Pedron: What was your casting process like? How did Jason Behr (Roswell) get involved in the project?

Steve Clark: UTA sent Jason the script and he met with me in LA. There was no question that he was the person we were looking for . . .

Luis Pedron: How was your experience filming your project?

Steve Clark: Most fun of my life.

Luis Pedron: Do you have any advice to young filmmakers out there in their pursuit of their dreams?

Steve Clark : Surround yourself with people who believe you can do it and then do it.

Source: [/url=http://www.fanclubx.com/FrostSteveClarkinterview.html]FanClubx.com[/url]

And it looks like that Frost is listed under the Buzz-Worthy Films for the festival

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FROST (Directed by Steve Clark)

Jack Frost (aka The Last International Playboy) unravels when he finds out his one true love is marrying somebody else. Amidst friendships with Scotch Evans, a New York City nightlife correspondent; Ozzy, a troubled but loving heroin addict; and Kate Hardwick, a bewitching, quick-witted reporter, Jack sinks deeper into depression. Haunted by lost love and his mother's suicide, Jack plunges into whiskey and self-destruction until his eleven-year-old neighbor, Sophie, an unlikely mother figure, leads Jack back into himself—and out of the nostalgia and excess that consumed him.

- Claire - · 01-16-2008, 03:54 PM

Thanks for this news!!! I love his hair on the pic!!! :heart:

Finally I got my old account back!