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[LL Moonmanhead]

Anyone else here had the pleasure of watching Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece?

One of my favorite scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4KzClb1C4

[BreakfastInBed]

Wow. This is all kinds of special. Thanks!

[LL Moonmanhead]

I did not hit her. it's not true. it's bullshit. i did not hit her. i did not.......oh, hi mark!

[tek75]

Wow, I NEVER thought I'd see a thread about this film on here. But boy oh boy does it ever deserve one. It really needs to be seen to be believed, from the "Oh, I have cancer" scene, fake-as-hell city backdrops, the football "passes" between people that are basically standing next to each other, and the one unnamed character who shows up from nowhere whose presence is never explained. And of course, there's the acting--especially by that Tommy guy--which is so bad that it ends up brilliant.

But out of many contenders, my favorite part is the did-that-just-happen-the-way-that-I-think-it-did scene in the flower shop. Again, BRILLIANT!!!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMp5gdNNCZo

[tampabulls]

This movie has brought me great joy.

[rumdiary]

I was sure that scene was going to end up in gay sex.

[rumdiary]

The Room originated as a play and a novel completed by Tommy Wiseau in 2001.[6][9] He eventually decided to try to make a film out of the project. After failing to get his idea supported by the Hollywood system, he wrote the script himself and spent five years developing and fundraising the project independently until he could shoot it himself. Wiseau has been secretive about exactly how he obtained the funding for the project, but he did tell Entertainment Weekly that he made some of the money by importing leather jackets from Korea. He eventually amassed $6 million, all of which was spent on production and marketing.[6]

According to Greg Ellery, the actor who portrayed Steven in The Room, Wiseau came to the Birns and Sawyer film lot, rented a studio, and bought a "complete Beginning Director package," which included the purchase of both a brand new film camera and a $30,000 digital camera intended for shooting the "making of."[10] Wiseau, confused about the differences between 35 mm film and high-definition video, decided to shoot the entire film in both formats with two cameras side-by-side on the same mount. This experiment allowed Wiseau to compare the formats on a large scale, and he plans to use the information that he gathered for a DVD documentary and a book.

Principal photography lasted eight months. It was mainly shot at a Los Angeles soundstage, but some second-unit shooting was done in San Francisco. The film employed over 400 people, and Wiseau is credited as an actor, an executive producer, the writer, the producer, and the director. Wiseau had a number of problems with his behind-the-camera team, and replaced the entire crew two times.[6] Some people had multiple jobs on the film; for example, in addition to playing the role of Mark, Greg Sestero also worked as a line producer, assistant to Tommy Wiseau, helped with casting,[11] and as an interviewer to the filmmaker in the bonus features of the DVD release.

Many lines of dialogue (especially those of Wiseau's) in the film are dubbed, with the audio often not synching to the mouth movements onscreen. The original script was actually much longer than the shooting script and contained numerous wordy monologues and more irrelevant information.[6] The script was heavily edited on set by the script supervisor and the actors.[6] One anonymous cast member said that the script contained "stuff that was just unsayable. I know it's hard to imagine there was stuff that was worse. But there was

[perelandra]

It's now playing regularly as a midnight feature in a few artsy cinemas in the US, right alongside The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Though The Rocky Horror Picture Show is intentionally bizarre and actually well-made, the accidental appeal of The Room is endearing. Both films are great for encouraging audience participation, ha.