Wett Productions Presents

Don't Shoot the Gay Guy

A film by Kevin Hurley and David Alan Scott Jr.

SYNOPSIS: Hosts Kevin Hurley and David Alan Scott Jr. go up and down Market Street in Corning, NY, interviewing people about controversial issues, to see how diverse (or narrow-minded) people can be. Should people make out in public? Should men dress like women? Should women go topless in public? Should homosexuals be allowed to marry? Should homosexuals be shot? Wait till you see what they say! It's a diverse adventure through public opinion, with special appearances by Adam Lindquist.

CREDITS:

HOSTED BY:
* Kevin Hurley
* David Alan Scott Jr.

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY: Kevin Hurley

CONCEPT AND QUESTIONS BY: Kevin Hurley

INTERVIEWERS:
* Kevin Hurley
* David Alan Scott Jr.
* Adam Lindquist

INTERVIEWEES:
(These are listed in the order they were interviewed, not necessarily the order they appeared in the film.)
* The Ithica couple
* Annie Defendorf
* Monica Defendorf
* Mike McDonald
* Michael Barr
* Josh Ostrander
* Shawna Adams
* Lee Tuma
* David
* Adie
* Brandon Stoobie
* Klaus Placebo (Dan Kurta)
* Elga
* Mary Spisak and friends
* George Spisak and friends
* Davette Glover
* Vicki House
* Gwen
* Becky MacNeill
* Grant Blackburn
* Amelia Harnas
* Jeremy Church
* Amy Drake
* Julia Dordony
* Andy Romance
* Laura Marie Kahl

CAMERA PERSONS:
* Darlene Kent
* David Alan Scott Jr.
* Kevin Hurley
* Jennifer Butler
* Michael Kent

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
* Soul Full Cup
* CD Cafe
* Market St. Brewing Company
* Rico's Pizza
* David Rochele and the CCC CLC
* The Hurley family
* The Scott family
* The city of Ithaca, NY
* The city of Corning, NY

SONGS:
"My Sweet One" (opening theme)
"Free" (closing theme)
both songs performed by Phish

DATES FILMED: May 17-20 (interviews), and June 9 (hosting segments), 1998

DATES EDITED: June 9 and 11, 1998

LOCATIONS FILMED:
* Ithaca College Commons (first interview)
* Corning's Market Street (all other interviews)
* CCC CLC TV studio (hosting segements)

c. 1998 Wett Productions

HISTORY:

For his Personal Law class at East High School, Kevin Hurley--assisted by various friends--interviewed various people on Corning's Market Street district about their opinions on diverse and controversial laws and issues.
Kevin (who I was not dating, by the way) and I filmed over two-and-a-half hours worth of raw footage for the film, which we managed to edit down to under seventy-five minutes.
In return for my help with all of the editing (scheduling sessions at CCC, deciding what segments to edit together, and running the equipment), Kevin gave me the master tape of the finished film, as well as all of the source footage (provided I make copies for him).
As a result, this counts as my second finished film project, as well as my first full-length picture.

REVIEWS:

"It was a great film, but I didn’t have much to do with it. I think I should have had more to do with it, but I wasn’t in the mood, and David was there, so he stole all my parts. The original idea was for Kevin and I to go around and interview people on the street. And I was like, “Sure, I’ll go with you, Kevin”. But I wasn’t in the mood that day, and the next day, or whatever, so Kevin and David just did the film without me. I kind of felt left out when they were going around without me. But I didn’t feel like it [anyway]. I was very depressed, and I wasn’t in the mood for anything [back] then." -Adam Lindquist, 1-12-1999

LAST UPDATED: October 14, 1999

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