Strata Productions, Inc., Sacco & Vanzetti, LLC and NGNM, Inc., are in Milwaukee scouting locations in the Third Ward and other spots and rounding up extras for its feature film, "No God, No Master," starring Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee David Strathairn.
Strathairn has appeared in many films, including "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "The Firm," as well as on television in shows like "The Sopranos" and "Monk." He won the Oscar and Globe nods for his role as Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck."
According to a statement, the film's writer and director, Chicago's Terry Green has wanted to make the film in Milwaukee since the project's birth.
"The city's rich history, vintage architecture and Lake Michigan's horizon are the perfect backdrop for the 1919 period locations which simulate old world New York City."
There will be a casting call for extras, bit parts and speaking roles on Saturday, July 11 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Radisson Milwaukee North Shore, 7065 N. Port Washington Rd.
Here's the "official" description of the film, which begins shooting beginning July 20:
"'No God, No Master' is the story of U.S. Bureau of Investigation agent William Flynn who is swept into the world of homegrown terrorism during the Red Scare of the early 1900s. His journey into the culture of anarchism sets the stage for a timely drama with resounding parallels to the politics and issues of contemporary society. This action-driven feature film is the story of one man's odyssey into a universe of power, greed and corruption, forcing him to confront the very principles and values that make him an American."
The filmmakers hope to use "a crew consisting primarily of Wisconsin residents."
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
