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Joined: December 2002 Posts: 584
Location: atlanta | My daughter Kaki will appear as a body/hand double for a 10 year old boy, a "musical prodigy", in a new movie called August Rush (starring Robin Williams). She performed two of the guitar pieces, one of which is a Michael Hedges tune called "Ritual Dance." She was filmed recently in NYC's Washington Square Park near NYU:
I could be mistaken, but I believe the guitar being used in the movie is a Gibson Acoustic L-200 Emmylou Harris model. Of course she would have preferred her Adamas, but the child actor (Freddie Highmore) uses the Gibson in most of his scenes.
Freddie was in Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--both with Johnny Depp.
Notice the makeup on her right hand--it's there to make her hand look dirty, like the child's.
The movie will be released sometime next year.
Best to all--
Dave King
Kaki's dad |
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Joined: July 2005 Posts: 3410
Location: GA USA | 10 years old sounds about right. The Youtube video of her playing on Conan is almost comical at the end when he's standing next to her. Like Treebeard and a hobbit.
Edited: Sorry Dave, I forgot to congratulate you and Kaki. Congrats!
Jas |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Gotta give it-up to casting directors. Way to go Kaki... not just anyone can do Michael Hedges....let alone pass for a 10 year boy... |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | . . and out-run Witko . . |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13987
Location: Upper Left USA | Too cool Dave! |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal | J-200, not L-200.
But way cool Dave... |
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Joined: August 2006 Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | COOL...way to go dave & kaki..jason |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 659
Location: Hiram, Georgia | Thumbs-up Kaki! Congrats Dave. Phil |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Way to go Kaki.
It looks a little cool up there.
I remember living in upstate New York.
No outdoor gigs past labor day weekend,(not unless they paid good). :D |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Actually, it's been pretty warm here. Though they say we will have 64mph gusts at midnight, followed by rain, followed by cold, followed by clearing, followed by snow, followed by ... |
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