Project Greenlight season 1 Getting the Footage You Need - Metacritic

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Jan 27, 2002
29 m

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Jan 27, 2002
29 m

Project Greenlight

Summary One of the most unique concepts in TV history. "It's the Hollywood Cinderella story. Two childhood friends share an apartment in LA, struggling to break into acting. Unknown after years of hard work and tired of bit parts, they write their own script and star in it. Not only do they get recognized, they become famous and win an Oscar for...

Written By: Alex Keledjian

TV-MA
HBO
Jan 27, 2002
29 m

TV-MA
HBO
Jan 27, 2002
29 m

Project Greenlight

S1 • Episode 10

Getting the Footage You Need

Air Date: Jan 27, 2002

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Summary One of the most unique concepts in TV history. "It's the Hollywood Cinderella story. Two childhood friends share an apartment in LA, struggling to break into acting. Unknown after years of hard work and tired of bit parts, they write their own script and star in it. Not only do they get recognized, they become famous and win an Oscar for...

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Episode 1 • Dec 2, 2001 • 30 m

The Contest: Part 1

The concept of the show is introduced and three finalists are chosen from thousands of script submissions.

Episode 2 • Dec 2, 2001 • 31 m

Pete Goes to Work

After hours of deliberations a winner is selected from the three finalists. Ben then reveals him to the world on The Tonight Show.

Episode 3 • Dec 9, 2001 • 29 m

The Dilemma of Experience

Pete deals with his first production meetings and script notes and begins to see the compromises and challenges he will be facing.

Episode 4 • Dec 16, 2001 • 29 m

Don't Be Alarmed by This Memo

There are more budgetary concerns that must be dealt with. Further issues come up when the potential lead actor makes a series of requests.

Episode 5 • Dec 23, 2001 • 29 m

The Crunch of Time

Pre-production gets underway as Pete tries to nail down a cast, locations, and a shooting schedule.

Episode 6 • Dec 30, 2001 • 28 m

Execution of the Day

It's the first day of shooting and Pete feels the pressure when he has to deal with sound issues from passing trains and looming time deadlines.

Episode 7 • Jan 6, 2002 • 29 m

A Nice Fertile Ground

Producer Chris Moore flies to Chicago for day two of production and everything that can go wrong does.

Episode 8 • Jan 13, 2002 • 30 m

Things continue to be difficult as the crew have to contend with a rainstorm when they are filming an outdoor softball game.

Episode 9 • Jan 20, 2002 • 31 m

The Juggling Act of a Director

Tension mounts as Chris feels like he needs to let one of the producers go. Pete has to contend with filming an action sequence involving fire.

Episode 10 • Jan 27, 2002 • 29 m

Getting the Footage You Need

People start to notice that Biagi may have a little too much control. Later, the crew prepare to work on a difficult scene at a lake.

Episode 11 • Feb 3, 2002 • 30 m

The problems continue on the lake as the crew race to complete the scene before the sun goes down.

Episode 12 • Feb 10, 2002 • 29 m

The film is finally completed and is premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

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