The Room
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Short description
The Room follows Johnny, a successful San Francisco banker who is devoted to his fiancée Lisa and to the close circle of friends around him, including his best friend Mark and a young neighbour, Denny. Unknown to Johnny, Lisa has lost interest in the relationship and begins an affair with Mark behind his back. As his friends betray him one by one, his settled life comes apart.
Tommy Wiseau directed, wrote and produced the film, which was released in the United States in June 2003 and runs 100 minutes. It is the first feature he directed in the chronological order given, preceding Big Shark. Wiseau also plays Johnny, with Juliette Danielle as Lisa, Greg Sestero as Mark, Philip Haldiman as Denny, Carolyn Minnott as Claudette and Robyn Paris as Michelle, among a credited cast of twenty. It was produced by Chloe Productions, TPW Films and Wiseau-Films.
Made on a budget of about six million dollars, the film took roughly two million dollars worldwide, far below its cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 4 out of 10 from more than 1,500 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- 400 people participated in the making of the film.
- Dan Janjigian never broke character while on set, so the other actors genuinely feared him.
- Filming was done simultaneously on 35mm film and in high-definition video.
- Access to the set where "nudes" are filmed is usually closed or strictly limited. During the filming of a love scene involving Lisa and Johnny, access to the set was open. This was insisted upon by the director, producer, screenwriter, and actor Tommy Vaiso.
- The role of the youngest character, Denny, went to Philip Haldiman, one of the oldest actors involved in the film.
- Between takes, Tommy Wiseau incredibly irritated Dan Janjigian, so the latter didn't even have to feign anger in front of the camera. It was genuine.
- Greg Sestero, who played Mark, wrote the book "The Disaster Artist" about his friendship with Tommy Wiseau and working on the film. The book was published in 2013, on the tenth anniversary of the release of the romantic drama "The Room." Critics received it favorably.
- During the filming of party arguments and the episode where they "trash the apartment," Tommy Vaiso was taking cold medicine. His less-than-healthy condition and lack of sleep led to him looking convincingly drunk or high, in any case, struggling to think straight. In reality, this was the result of monstrous fatigue.
- Some scenes are out of focus because no one thought to set the camera lens to the correct mode.
- Filming took over six months. During this time, two cinematographers with their assistants and three actors left the project. As for the latter, they were replaced with other actors or their characters were completely removed from the script.
- During filming, the crew openly laughed at the chaos that reigned on set. From time to time, the operator would be overcome with such laughter that the camera would start to "jump".
- Executive producer and casting director Drew Keffrey passed away in 1999, three years before filming began.
- A huge billboard with the poster for "The Room" stood in Hollywood for five years. Wiseau paid around $300,000 for it.
- Almost all members of the film crew and actors were confident that the result of their work would be shelved and never seen by anyone.
- In the alley scene with the 'windows,' paper shades gently flutter in the breeze on the wall behind the characters.
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