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WRAP BEER!
Scott Davis and John D. Kretschmer
Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 19
Capturing the origin story of the Wilmington, North Carolina Film Industry, as recounted and explored by the filmmakers themselves.
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016 - Gerald, We Don’t Hug the Chinese!
Season 3 · Episode 16
dimanche 14 juillet 2024 • Duration 44:46
The WRAP BEER community is forever thankful for Gerald’s dedication, effort, and success!!!
Theme music by Turbo Pro Project.
015 - Gerald Aced the Test! - Part 1
Season 3 · Episode 15
dimanche 30 juin 2024 • Duration 39:49
If the movie studio at 1223 North 23rd Street is anything - it’s an engineering marvel. Exposing motion picture film requires a significant amount of light, and therefore an enormous number of electrons arriving at the right place at the right time. Six stages that became nine - and then ten - needing studio distribution, house lights and air conditioning for the sub-tropic climate of the Cape Fear. A five-block-long backlot - christened as New York City’s Chinatown - with 400 neon lights. Construction mills and SPFX welding shops among the total of 22 buildings - rising from the swamp - in need of power, office lights, and HVAC.
Gerald Waller, our only Studio Engineer - guided by his training, his instincts and the strict North Carolina Electric Code - figured it out.
The WRAP BEER community is forever thankful for Gerald’s dedication, effort, and success!!!
Theme music by Turbo Pro Project.
Six Pack #2 Trailer
Season 2 · Episode 6.1
mardi 12 mars 2024 • Duration 06:54
NNew Episode Drops March 25 and Weekly Thereafter!
007 - “The Dr. Is In Again!” - Tom Jones, Jr. with Chuck Potter on the guest bar stool.
008 - “What Can We Do for Each Other?” - Jayme Bednarczyk
009 - “There’s No ‘I’ in Grip!” Jeffrey “Moose” Howery, Bobby Huber, Dennis Zoppe
010 - “gelber Mann!” - Fred Pickler with Vernon Harrell on the guest bar stool.
011 - “Telemedia Saves the World!” - Francine DeCoursey & Michael DeVries
012 - “Two Bros. Griff” - Vic & Johnny Griffin
006 - MORE BUBBLES!!!
Episode 6
jeudi 22 février 2024 • Duration 56:09
Guest: CHUCK POTTER
Hailing from Mississippi, Louisiana and Nashville . . . Chuck Potter passed though Wilmington on his way to New York City . . . and an esteemed career as a set decorator. But he keeps coming back!!!! Chuck’s stories are as rich and delicious as the homemade gumbo he serves up at his home in Wilmington.
Buy Them A BEER! - Folks who were mentioned on WRAP BEER!
Frank Sinatra RIP
Gretchen Rau RIP
Jama Ball RIP
Mel Smith RIP
Nat King Cole RIP
Tim McKinna
Another Round! Other Mentions on WRAP BEER!
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971)
Forces of Nature (1999)
Homeland (2011-2020)
The Inkwell (1994)
King Kong Lives (1986)
Love Field (1992)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
Marie (1985)
New Jersey Drive (1995)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Radioland Murders (1994)
Sanford and Son (1972-1978)
Sex & The Other Man (1995)
Shag (1988)
Simple Justice (1989)
Sleepers (1996)
Surface (2005-2006)
The Choice (2016)
The Crow (1994)
The Shining (1980)
005 - The Dr. Is In!
Episode 5
mercredi 21 février 2024 • Duration 01:00:43
GUEST: TOM JONES, Jr.
Mr. Jones joined the migration from Shelby and spent four decades building scenery in Wilmington and beyond. Famously cool and calm in the most strenuous conditions, ie. “The Abyss,” Mr. Jones has finally become . . . well . . . famous.
Dino DeLaurentis RIP
Bill Collins
Bob Know
Chris Nelson
Cliff Werber
Dave Bubb
Donald Pleasence RIP
Fred Thompson RIP
Gary Wissner RIP
George Alsina
Jimmy Dean
Ken Paddington
Linwood Taylor RIP
Michael Myers
Nick Law
Paul Davis
Ron Cobb RIP
Roy Smith aka "The Splinter" RIP
Sam Brown
Shawn Clark
Another Round! More mentions on WRAP BEER!
Army Wives (2007-2013)
Black Knight (2001)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cat's Eye (1985)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Firestarter (1984)
From The Hip (1987)
Halloween Kills (2021)
Homeland (2011-2020)
Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll (1980)
Manhunter (1986)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
No Mercy (1986)
Paper Towns (2015)
Raw Deal (1986)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Summer Catch (2001)
The Abyss (1989)
The Strangers (2008)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989)
004 - Everybody Loves the Monkey!
Episode 4
mardi 20 février 2024 • Duration 49:00
Guests: MICHELLE JOHNSON & ROBBIE BECK
With ten feature films “in-the-can,” and five more being produced, DEG Studios in Wilmington was now a beacon of hope for wanna-be filmmakers in the south and beyond. And yes, giant apes were harmed. . . .
Buy Them A BEER! - Folks who were mentioned on WRAP BEER!
Dino DeLaurentis RIP
Alex Thomson RIP
Gary Wissner RIP
Hugh Scaife RIP
Jim Henson RIP
Nicolas Roeg RIP
Sven Nykvist RIP
Tony Teiger RIP
ANOTHER ROUND! Other mentions on WRAP BEER!
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bull Durham (1988)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Excalibur (1981)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999)
Insignificance (1985)
King Kong Lives (1986)
Lolita (1997)
Manhunter (1986)
Matlock (1986-1995)
Noble House (1988)
Schitt's Creek (2015-2020)
In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
The Abyss (1989)
The List (2007)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Track 29 (1988)
Upload (2020 -)
003 - This is It.
Episode 3
vendredi 16 février 2024 • Duration 49:25
Guests: VERNON HARRELL & JOHN BANKSON
After Dino & David Lynch’s “Dune” flopped at the box office, Lynch arrived in Wilmington to produce “Blue Velvet” on a drastically reduced budget. Cinematic history was made, and a 60 lb festering Amberjack was reeled in . . . .
Buy Them A BEER! - Folks who were mentioned on WRAP BEER!
Dino DeLaurentis RIP
Backseat Bonnie
Dean Stockwell RIP
Dennis Hopper RIP
Jerry Clower RIP
Peter Falk RIP
Another Round! - Other Mentions on WRAP BEER!
Eraserhead (1977)
King King Lives (1986)
Manhunter (1986)
Miami Vice (1984-1989)
Rambling Rose (1991)
Cronies
002 - The Tribe
Episode 2
jeudi 15 février 2024 • Duration 48:48
Guests: JEFFREY SCHLATTER & RUSTY EDMONSON
“If it hadn’t had happened already, I would tell you that it couldn’t be done.” - Bill Arnold, NC Film Office. In the 1970’s, Earl Owensby filmed over 35 feature films at his home-grown studio in Shelby , NC. When Dino Delaurentiis came to North Carolina, he first visited The EO Corporation before deciding to settle in Wilmington. He was followed by dozens of experienced EO employees who migrated to the Cape Fear.
Buy Them A BEER! - Folks who were mentioned on WRAP BEER!
Dino DeLaurentis RIP
Jeff Ginn RIP
Michael Stringer RIP
Harold Michelson RIP
Sir Ken Adam RIP
Gus Ramsden RIP
One More Round! - Other mentions on WRAP BEER!
Challenge (1974)
Walking Tall (1973)
Reuben, Reuben (1983)
Marie (1985)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Cat’s Eye (1985)
Prancer (1989)
The Crow (1994)
Golden Years (1991)
Betsy’s Wedding (1990)
Date with an Angel (1987)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Dune (1984)
Total Recall (1990)
The Abyss (1989)
001 - WRAP BEER!
Episode 1
mercredi 14 février 2024 • Duration 52:26
HOSTS SCOTT DAVIS AND JOHN D. KRETSCHMER
On July 13, 1983, the Morning Star headline read, “Firestarter” Set to Film on Location in Wilmington.” The town would never be the same. Hosts SCOTT DAVIS and JOHN D. KRETSCHMER introduce “WRAP BEER!” and recount their very first days, and the dawning of a new era on the Cape Fear.Buy Them A BEER! - Folks who were mentioned on WRAP BEER!
Dino DeLaurentis RIP
Elliott Schick RIP
John T. Kretchmer (the creative one)
Rick Barefoot RIP
Joanna (casting)
One More Round! - Other mentions on WRAP BEER!
Anatomy of Motion Pictures ( Book)
014 - The Tribe in 3-D!!!
Season 3 · Episode 14
dimanche 16 juin 2024 • Duration 46:40
It may be said that any great cinematographer is only as good as their gaffer. And many cameramen have enjoyed having Lynn ”LD” Dodson by their side. And whereas the movie industry can often alter one’s personality, either for better or worse, LD may be the very exception to that norm. In a business where every job, every day, and every minute is different . . . LD has managed to remain the same Shelby boy that Jock Brandis recruited back in 1984. Veteran electrician Rusty Edmondson bears witness as Wrap Beer! once again hosts two members of The Tribe - albeit from opposite sides of the track - and this time showing in 3-D!!!
No rubber chickens were harmed in the making of this podcast.
Theme music by Turbo Pro Project. End-credit song, “Chasin’ Down a Dream!” by Mama Said.
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