Man About Town
Man About Town (Lionsgate Films) stars Ben Affleck and John Cleese. Produced by Jack Binder. Written and Directed by Mike Binder
A top Hollywood talent agent (Ben Affleck) finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, and as well, that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Ben Affleck is hilarious in a rare comic role as a top Hollywood talent agent. An extraordinary cast of talented actors fills this ensemble comedic, action, drama thriller with memorable laughs and parodies of showbiz professionals scrambling to keep their secrets hidden.
John Cleese (Monty Python) adds his sophisticated professor role to the film with his well admired comic flair. Rebecca Romijn plays a sympathetic, individualistic, and strong female lead opposite Affleck with heartfelt emotional moments touching on marital, love, and commitment issues.
The Cast
The Man About Town cast includes Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese, Jerry O’Connell, Kal Penn, Adam Goldberg, Amber Valletta, Gina Gershon, Bai Ling, Damien Dante Wayans, Sam Ball, Howard Hesseman and Mike Binder.
Rebecca Romijn stars opposite Ben Affleck in Man About Town
Distributor
Lionsgate Films distributed the film which was produced in Vancouver, Canada and Los Angeles, CA .
Producer & Director
Produced by Jack Binder (also DGA UPM, Second Unit Director)
Written and directed by Mike Binder
View the Official Trailer featuring Ben Affleck & John Cleese.
Production Notes
Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada at Lionsgate Studios. The film was shot on soundstages and in the streets of downtown Vancouver.
Studio versus Location
Many practical locations were used as well. This included Chinatown, which was a grueling endeavor to shut down the busy shopping zone during daylight. Working with the Chinese community and the local authorities (and a very hard working Location Manager) we were able to secure the location for three days shooting.
A giant office set was built by the construction crew on the soundstages at Lionsgate Studios Vancouver. The office set consisted of many rooms, a large conference room and grand central office space.
Key Production Features
Translights and backings were shot of Los Angeles to be included as backings for the window shots giving a realistic feeling of being in Century City, Los Angeles, the heart of the Hollywood entertainment business.
A complex VFX sequence was overseen by Producer Jack Binder with Rainmaker VFX. The most challenging shot was a pull out from outside the window of Ben Affleck’s character’s (Jack) office to turn and zoom down Olympic Boulevard. The fast moving, flying shot careens toward downtown Los Angeles and find Jack’s Mercedes.
The camera finds the car and dives into the sunroof, finding Affleck and swiveling down into a side raking profile shot of Jack driving.
Airplane photography was utilized to map the route of the camera motion. The sunroof shot was achieved with a snorkel cam on the soundstage with greenscreen for the passing storefronts, which Jack Binder filmed with handheld shots in a convertible automobile.
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