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Common Thread Films aim to make character driven films about life in suburbia.
The Team:
Brent Holgate |
Scott Holgate |
Ian Thomson |
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| Nickname | Melon, BJ-Supreme, Holgrasy | ‘Vona' a.k.a The Russian Boner | Thommo, T-Bone, T-Train |
| Education/Background | Completed APA International Film School in 2004. Currently studying Psychology/Arts at University of Canberra. | Completed an Advanced Diploma in Communication and New Media At The Canberra Institute of Technology. Currently studying a Bachelor of Communication/ Media Production at University of Canberra . Two months of English at Kip McGrath when I was thirteen and began a hair dressing apprenticeship at Maxi Salon in 2004. |
Bachelor of Arts with a major in film at A.N.U. Graduate Diploma in Education |
| Day job | Senior Executive Sales Assistant at a huge capitalist retail corporation. | Unemployed. Usually I play golf during the week. | High School Teacher |
| Top 3 fave films | You Can Count On Me, Raining Stones, Crimes and Misdemeanors. | The best film ever made is Raging Bull. But my favorites are, The Squid and the Whale, Husbands and Wives, and JuneBug. | Singing in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Fight Club |
| Film Idols | Woody Allen, Ken Loach, The Dupluss Brothers. | Ed Burns, The Dupluss Brothers, Martin Scorsese | Terrence Malick, Brad Pitt, Chris Nolan |
| Star you most resemble | Adam Banks from the original Mighty Ducks. | I hate to admit it but that idiot kid in Eragon who rides dragons or whatever he does. | I reckon Hugh Jackman, been told Jack Lemmon |
| Favourite film quote | “Don't be difficult” - Bernard Berkman (The Squid and the Whale) |
Jake Gittes: "But, Mrs. Mulwray, I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it. And I still think you're hiding something." Chinatown | "Nobody's Perfect!" (Some Like it Hot) |
| Choc-top or Popcorn? | Popcorn. | Choc-top. | Neither, M&M mix ups baby! |
| Most memorable movie-going experience: | Watching Bruce Willis play what appeared to be John McClane's long lost brother in 16 Blocks at a male only cinema in Cairo. Absolute Madness. | Passed out in The Squid and the Whale due to two root canals in the one day (on the same tooth). Woke up in the foyer of the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, New York. |
Watching The Empire Strikes Back on Christmas Island when I was 6. They put the first reel on upside down, then they put the third reel on before the second, and finally it started to rain- as this was an outdoor theatre this caused some problems! everyone rushed to the covered back three rows, and I watched the end on my fathers shoulders. |
| Most memorable on-set experience so far: |
Definitely Scott's on set fits of rage or Ian's grips gloves (I still have no idea what they're used for). | Ian's grips gloves are up there. I do apologize for the odd on set rage-a-thon and forgetting the camera that one time. |
Either having my driving skills criticised by Jeremy Just, or almost getting beat up while holding $10,000 dollars worth of equipment in the Richo drains. |
Any on-set good luck charms/routines? |
Coffee, listening to Morrissey in the morning, a Woody Allen film the night before. | Remember to bring the camera, and remind Brent we are shooting that day. | Cigarettes, and lots of them... |
| Favourite production assistant: | I don't know…however there is this person called Noams who loiters around the set an awful lot. |
Good question. Probably Casey because she thinks all my ideas are the best ideas. | Either Nomes, or Katherine from The Car Park. |
| Most under-rated B-grade action flick: | All Steven Seagal films, without a doubt. | Brent said Steven Seagal Movies but I don't consider them B-Grade at all, rather modern genera classics. Probably Citizen Kane though. | Ghostbusters |
| Margaret or David? | Margaret - She and I went to the same Laundromat. | Margaret - She went to the same Laundromat as Brent. | For a beating?...both! |
First line of your pre-prepared Oscar's speech: |
“I would firstly like to thank Johnny Depp and Van Damme for doing the film and my lovely wife Scarlett Johansson for supporting me”. | “I never expected this – perhaps a golden globe but not this…” (cry and ask to see Mr. Eastwood). |
"Shut up....You know it baby! The T train has arrived...." |
| You arrive on set to find the caterer has supplied cinnamon donuts, completely ignoring your specific request for pink iced yeast donuts in the shape of little men. What do you do? |
Kill the caterer and get mum to pick up some pink men and bring them to the set immediately. |
Relax, take a breath and try to push through. Don't blame the caterer because she is my Girlfriend and I'm not paying her. |
I pay him his promised $20 and then proceed to eat a real, manly donut.... |
| Anything else we should know? | Everybody should watch a Ken Loach film before they die. | One day we hope to make a feature film that you will enjoy. Thanks for visiting our website. | I may or may not have had a romantic moment at Fadden oval with one of the Holgate brothers while doing "Foley".... |
