Lights, cameras, action . . .

Improper Speaking

By Erin Hagedorn, Jessica Iredale & Rich Levine
Wednesday, August 25, 2004

With some of the biggest names in Tinseltown roaming around Boston during the Democratic National Convention, we all might have thought that we were on a Hollywood set. Or at least in New York. But even with the stars having returned home, Boston’s film scene is booming.

Freedom Park, a movie shot in Central Mass. About two men attempting to pay off a gambling debt by wagering on Little League games is set to open in theaters in Belmont, West Newton, and Amesbury September 10.

Local filmmakers also have a knack for suspense. Starting in late August, Arlington’s Regent Theatre will screen the premier of The Killing Hand, about a band of thieves who conspire to take over the streets of Lowell (where the film was shot).

Finally, this fall, Road Rambler Films is set to begin shooting Street Players, a story about a Boston man who wages a war of vengeance on the local mob.