Page 12 - LPG May 2018 Newsletter

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LPG News April 2018
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Lights! Camera! Action!
Artistic Hardware builds blockbuster reputation in in niche entertainment biz
Have you you ever wondered where production companies companies get all all of of the the the the the bath and and and kitchen products that you see in movies and TV shows? LPG Advisory Board member Pat McCarthy has actually had a a a a a a a a rst-hand look As it turns out companies like McCarthy’s Artistic Hardware work behind the the the the scenes with lming crews to ensure the the the the authenticity of their sets Back in in the late 1990s director Brian DePalma and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a cast that included Nicolas Cage and and Gary Sinese were lming a a a a a a a a thriller called Snake Eyes that was set set in in in Atlantic City Part of set set decorator Chuck Potter’s responsibilities was to gather just the the the right props for the the the movie’s sound stages As McCarthy tells it Potter came across Artistic Hardware when he he he was scanning the Yellow Pages “He pulled us right out of the phone book ”
laughed McCarthy McCarthy Potter paid McCarthy McCarthy a a a a a a visit at his North eld N N J showroom which is just a a a a a few miles outside of Atlantic City and liked what he saw right away — with both the art-gallery-quality product displays and McCarthy’s enthusiastic service-oriented demeanor McCarthy shared a a a a a few of of of the the behind-the-scenes secrets of of of lming that most of of of us never realize “After the the the crew lms scenes on on on location they they build identical sets on on on sound stages where they they nish lm work with the the the actors
Our job is to to source duplicates for any of the the the hardware and other bath and kitchen products that appear in the on-location shots