![]() “I don’t think of things from a money perspective, but I do believe our film is going to get people back to theaters,” Huang continued, “It’s not a huge blockbuster, but it’s a unique film of its kind.”īoogie tells the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin (Taylor Takahashi), a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. We’re coming out of the pandemic and I wanted to be one of the first films back.’ “ gave us options for dates, and I said, ‘I want March 5.’ There was a point where they wanted to move it back because there was a good response to the trailer, but I said, ‘No, I really think this film is coming at the perfect time. “I picked the date because I had a feeling about this month,” Huang told us.Ĭourtesy of Nicole Rivelli/Focus Features this coming weekend, we’re still just slightly north of 50% of all U.S. How did the filmmaker feel about having his movie released at such an uneven time for exhibition during Covid? With NYC recently reopened, and L.A. Focus became attached to the project in November 2017. ![]() Huang shot Boogie in 26 days in September 2019 in Flushing, NY and downtown NYC. So, I turned it off and ate popcorn and Sour Patch Kids.” It was funny because I was so grateful that Focus allowed me to have a premiere, but I sat in my car and 45 seconds in, I just turned it off, because the sound at a drive-in isn’t synced to the film. He added: “I did an intro for 200 cars at a drive-in, but it doesn’t look the same. “My heart is racing watching this in a theater this is really cool.” Deadline “I did an intro at a drive-in, but it’s not the same,” Huang told Deadline tonight. “It means a lot to me that you came to watch this film today,” Huang said to the hoots and hollers of moviegoers in Auditorium 11. NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Goes For 'Boogie' As City's Theaters Reopen
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