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Vauxhall, NJ, United States, 2008/11/17 - ("TBC") is a dramedy about friends and foes in an insular New Jersey neighborhood. Mr. Goins has mined his experience as a barber and barbershop owner to tell the story of honorable men and women, hilarious hijinks and high stakes in the 'hood’.
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A spirited and confident professional, Mr. Goins has become a neighborhood fixture, but his profile began to rise considerably as he began his foray into filmmaking. It was something, he soon found out to his delight, that he was meant to do. After developing the script he gathered a great cast and crew and began to shoot. With all the challenges that filming entails he was able to trust both his instincts and his capacity for hard work and little sleep to ultimately succeed.
"The Barbershop Chronicles" has a cast that includes several talented actors that are familiar to television audiences. Carl Clemons, of HBO's "The Wire" was a staple of season four. This year he completed filming four features in addition to "TBC," including "Shelter," starring Julianne Moore and "Brooklyn's Finest," directed by award-winning director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day.").
("TBC") Is a fast-paced film about the loves, lies, frustrations and fun that fill the fictional barbershop created by the true-life barber/proprietor and filmmaker Bobby Goins.
Functioning as a psychologist/sounding board, mentor and mediator the lead character is host to an eclectic group of colorful characters who visit the shop for a haircut, but leave after experiencing a kind of camaraderie that men in this blue-collar neighborhood generally don't have at their jobs.
Add a surprise visit by 2 gangsters, a cable guy, a neighborhood hustler and a limo driver and you have a recipe for danger and conflict, as well as heroism and humor.
Says Goins, ”People cry and laugh in the barber chair."
BOBBY GOINS, Filmmaker
Filmmaker Bobby Goins has succeeded in taking raw talent, confidence, fierce ambition, a warm and professional manner and creating two distinctly different films, including the soon-to-be film festival darling “The Barbershop Chronicles.”
Using his experience as a barber and barbershop proprietor he fashioned a script that enables the viewer to experience the unique world he has inhabited for the past decade.
Starting out with more confidence than experience he soon found out that calling on friends and calling in favors was the best way to go in order to get the job done. He treasures his first film because he got invaluable OJT (on-the-job training), the kind of experience that no film school can provide. As a former 'class clown' and world-class imitator of famous actors he hadn't realized how much work/strategic planning/diplomacy & negotiation went into filmmaking. But he was a fast learner!
Red carpets and bright lights illuminating smiling actors gave way to middle-of-the night shoots where the catering crew was a 'no show,' 'stealing' shots because paying for locations would totally bankrupt the production, building his own dolly because rental fees were exorbitant, and lots of 'actor pick-ups' at Newark Penn Station -- none of the actors owned cars. Trial-by-fire, however ultimately resulted in a streamlined and efficient crew whose members eventually had a great way of communication via visual shorthand.
Independent filmmaking at its finest resulted in a tight-knot crew that braved extreme heat and humidity, loud fire trucks, unhappy neighbors, and last-minute script changes necessitated by challenges 'the little crew that could' had to meet.
Mr. Goins would not be as proud of his feature film had it not been for the dedication of his talented cast, all of whom met every unplanned situation with professionalism and humor.
The trip from New Jersey to Hollywood is many miles, but it can be accomplished by a magical combination of talent, perseverance and luck. Bobby hopes that he's got the recipe just right.
Bobby has ordained his excellence in 2 new film productions titled, "Trakks" the story about the everyday life of the people that take the train and the colorful animation comedy titled, "Drew and the Dilla Hopper" the story about a nerdy introvert teenager and a special friend that's half grasshopper and caterpillar. This film exposes the pressures that real life kids experience in school and around their neighborhoods and thus promotes the importance of education, love and friendship.
Bobby E. Goins' next step is a distribution deal. Toward this goal he will be entering "TBC" in several film festivals in 2009.
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