Hey,
Hoping someone with better Google-fu or YouTube-fu than I have can find the IFC promos that they did about 10 years ago with Hallie Kate Eisenberg. They’ve got to be online somewhere. The promos may have played on T.V., but I remember seeing them play before the trailers at the local “Art House” movie theater.
Eisenberg, who was about 4 or 5 years old at the time, played a cutting edge independent film director who’s recent film Horses Are Pretty had been creating a lot of buzz a recent film festivals. (“I call my film Horses Are Pretty because horses are pretty”)
The promos were really funny, I remember two of them- maybe there were more.
The first one:
Shows behind the scenes footage of Eisenberg directing her film, screaming at the actors.
Actors talk about how difficult she can be, but that it’s part of her genius.
Lili Taylor shows a bite mark on her arm where Eisenberg had bitten her when she tried to ad-lib a line.
The second one:
Matt Damon sitting at a table with Eisenberg.
Telling her what a big fan he is, how he loved Horses Are Pretty and he just can’t wait to see her new film, Oogy Boogy Booger.
Edward Norton stops by the table.
Introduces himself to Eisenberg, apologizes for turning down Oogy Boogy Booger. Says his agent steered him away from it, says he hadn’t seen Horses Are Pretty and didn’t realize what an amazing talent she was.
Matt Damon becomes very upset.
“You were offered Oogy Boogy Booger??? I wanted that part! I saw Horses Are Pretty!”