So the Comet Ping Pong "lone gunman" / active shooter dude, one Edgar Maddison Welch, starred in a virtually unknown film in 2005 called "Something About Pizza". I've been working in film and television for decades, and nobody I'm aware of has ever even HEARD of this film, let alone seen it or has a copy of it - that's how rare a gem it must be.
With virtually no notes available about the film, it DOES however retain an IMDB listing - which was scrubbed of Edgar's involvement, some time around December 7, 2016. Fortunately, WayBack Machine kept a copy of that change, and here's the link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161207092704/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808473/fullcredits#cast
So yeah, Edgar's involvement and part was scrubbed but we at least have a record of that. His character? Brace yourself: "The Gunman"... cannot possibly make this up.
Oh - this film was made in that bustling capital of cinematic activity known as: LUXEMBOURG? (That's what I said, too.) Okay, so he made a film in Luxembourg... so? I mean, doesn't EVERYONE make a film in Luxembourg?
According to the CIA FactBook, Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries, yet it has one of the highest PER CAPITA incomes in the world, for it's just more than 500,000 citizens. It seems to have a very strong manufacturing base and solid standard of living, but no "film industry" to speak of - even while one of it's main imports listed is "commercial aircraft" (perhaps it's a preferential place of incorporation and porting/fleet operations). Coincidentally perhaps, as of 2015, Luxembourg has exactly 82 "internally displaced persons" (persons with no stated country).
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lu.html
So yeah, it's sort of a forested working retreat for Europeans that can afford it. Every indicator I can see, between this, is that this kid (Welch) made a short film with some friends, while on some sort of "working vacation" with family/associates of family/while galavanting around Europe with pals.
Sounds a bit strange to the uninitiated, but that's how the small/indie film scene happens. Loosely, oddly, if and when at all.
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michelonwheels ago
This has already been debunked.
yabbadoody ago
hardly. I was able to verify this PRIOR to the Dec 7th "scrubbing" of the IMDB listing - it used to live on IMDB just as WayBack machine shows.
Second, the director would have been the person to have made the INITIAL LISTING, which apparently was created on or before Dec 27, 2008 (according to Wayback Machine)... so the director of the film "denying" Welch's involvement? Chalk that up to reluctance to admit an embarrassing feature of an extremely obscure film, which the director himself has ALREADY scrubbed reference to... and had ALREADY (as of about Dec 7th) begun publicly telling people that Welch "had no part" in the project, despite all available evidence as existed online FOR EARLY 8 YEARS at IMDB (there is no "intermediate" backup between Dec 27, 2008 and Dec 7, 2016).
It's a bit like saying "Charles Manson did our soundtrack!" I mean, Charles Manson WAS a musician at one time, you know, and he made several recordings - he's even been covered by some heavyweights. But yeah, Welch is playing an imbalanced kook in the Comet drama, so yeah - most people would distance themselves (most filmmakers I know of, at any rate).
Don't just barge in here with pronouncements and accuse me of not doing any research. You haven't shown anything in this particular thread yet, except perhaps inability to comprehend information that;s been lain out in front of you.
Throw down or go down, I don't care, I'm standing by the information as posted and I say "type casting": Dude had ALREADY played a gunman, in some bizarre "pizza" film.
It's a slam dunk for a casting director looking for someone stupid enough to take the Comet Ping Pong role, imho. Doubt we'll ever find out how either went down tho, but I can just IMAGINE the conversation...
"Man, you'll be GREAT. And you were decent in Boston, Sandy, not that bad - but this is different. It's a lead role, solo performance. And you've already DONE this. You know that. This is your chance to prove to the world that you CAN act. And look at the upside: No one gets hurt, and you "disappear" to live out your days with a once-in-a-lifetime starring role. It's the best thing ANYONE is ever going to offer you, and you know it. So whaddya say? Are you IN?"
Chomps cigar, blows smoke ring. Promises him a slice.
michelonwheels ago
Easy tiger, I didn't accuse you of not doing any research. There was already a thread here about it which concluded with the discovery that Welch was added to the IMDB listing post-pizzagate.
yabbadoody ago
so michelonwheels: where is you original research - or are you merely regurgitating others pronouncements? see directly above.
michelonwheels ago
Dude. Chill the fuck out. We're all here for the same reason (minus the shills).