Movie Shoot

We shot the video for the murder mystery that will be shown at the Staff Captain’s party in August. Do not read on if you are going to be attending an America’s Cup party in Sweden this summer, because I am about to spoil the murder mystery surprise for you. It was basically a master class in acting taught by Sue. She got to play twins, one a shy spinster grown mad by unrequited love, the other a hellcat who hid her pain beneath a mask of drinking and cocaine dealing. She wore a blond wig when she played the drunk twin, which meant that the Costume Designer for the Monday night show (and at one point, Jason) served as Sue’s head double when she would play the spinster twin. The videographer even employed some high tech split screen techniques first pioneered in “The Parent Trap” and “The Patty Duke Show” so both twins will appear in the same shot. Paul and Beth played a high powered Texan couple who had had nefarious business relationships and a thwarted love affair with the murder victim respectively. Randall and I both played undercover KGB agents who were trying to kill each other. Ellie, who is the principal singer for the Monday night show, was in it also, and called one of the Russian dancers for us so we could learn how to say “I am a KGB agent” in Russian. We spent most of the rest of the day saying, “Ya agint Ka Gay Bay” to each other (I spelled it phonetically to help with pronunciation). Ellie was the virtuous hotel director who was having an affair with the first mate and fending off advances from the murder victim. Jason played the first mate and the murderer, and he did a great job of portraying the desperation that drives someone to bludgeon somebody with a flashlight and then dump them overboard. I really like mysteries and was excited to take part in this, because it seemed to fulfill a childhood wish to guest star on “Murder, She Wrote.” While I hate to be critical, this mystery seems a little convoluted and there don’t seem to be any clear cut clues that would point you in the right direction of the murderer. I’m not sure how anybody will logically figure out who it is, and I don’t know how well it will all translate to a Swedish audience. But I’m willing to be optimistic.