(Ed.'s Note: Motorists on 12th Street between Jefferson and Adams just past the Immaculate Conception were detoured Wednesday as a film crew shot scenes for a movie – a romantic comedy to be called "Switch Up" – which they hope will resurrect the city's position as a film maker's destination.
In the picture at top the scene depicts two actors depicting homeless, one with a dog and another in a cardboard box, as they await instructions from the film director.
The film personnel – mostly from Brownsville – include Tara Pirnia, Marcella Ronquillo, Elizabeth Avellan, Melissa Bickerton,Angela Blair, Tina Randolph Contogenis, and Peter Banderas.Go for it, guys! Down in front!)
27 comments:
Homeless -
That's Brownsville? Another hit job on our poor!!!
Movies here portray us as a "Border Town," bro. No need to pump these bozos up. Tell them to film a comedy in Brownsville.
ja ja ja ja
Romantic comedy, starring Jonathan Gracia, in cannot reach the hole.
You picked the right place for a homeless movie. Downtown Brownsville. Abandoned, with new street lights. Just like in the movies.
sonia davila
I don't like that and I'm hispanic
Romantic comedy-
Brownsville sheriff directing traffic for little man Jonathan Gracia to go first. In, "You have a small version of a man".
It is a microbudget video shoot, not a movie LOL.
smalltime.
wake me up when Hollywood gets here.
Quit hating!!! Above making judgement on one scene. We need to start motivating and supporting. There is tremendous amount of local talent in our communities. Before typing your negative comments, stop and say something positive. It would make the world a better place and maybe allow the crabs to get out of the bucket.
10:29am. Dumbass.
You have the Eddie Lucio father and son who did nothing for the valley. All local politicians mayor, City manager, sheriff, Eddie Trevino, And others. Are in it for their own profits.
You think a movie shoot in a alley is going to put Brownsville on the map. WOW!!!
MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THESE POLITICIANS CORRUPTION LISTED ABOVE, YES. WE WILL SUPPORT YOU.
VOTE ERIN ELIZABETH GAMEZ.
January 14, 2022 at 10:29 AM
IDIOTA stop the stealing by the elected officials why don't you complain about that? You must have a primo or prima in an elected office RIGHT?
RATAS.
FBI wants to sent more elected officials to prison, figures, its easy to do down here INFESTATION OF COCKROACHES AND RATAS
Is the ice cream parlor still open?
Accident snarls traffic on FM 802 and U.S. Expressway 77/83
REALLY? Nothing new here but the local daily is unaware of major incidents here in "MYRGV"
@9:19 AM
Headline says "movie".
Microbudget means they have little money.
Local talent LoL!
Reading comments and looking at pictures makes me think most of these people are between21 and 50. In the 70's and 80's Brownsville WAS the jewel of the RGV, when today's adults and city leaders were babies or not born yet, a couple of HOLLYWOOD movie makers came to Brownsville, major Mexican stars made movies in Brownsville. I have Mel Gibson's autograph, Pedrito Fernandez and Maria Rebecca (La Nina de la Mochila Azul), Resortes, Silvia Pasquel (she married and divorced a local person). Then, GREED took over and our city leaders (lack of true leadership) and local apathy made McAllen the diamond and Brownsville the cubic zirconia, but unless you lived through those times, you cannot recall or talk about them.
The crabs got out of bucket the and ran off to McAllen where the grass is greener and not like Brownsville. The COB spent millions of taxpayers monies to make downtown a brand new ghetto to make homeless people feel unfit to show their faces in this home-grown film. Millions of people will pay good money not to see this Garbage movie.
January 14, 2022 at 5:31 PM
Wrong hemp user people here are between newly born and 2 years old moron...
Elizabeth Avellana is Robert Rodriguez's ("El Mariachi) ex-wife.
Without seeing the movie it's hard to know if it represents Brownsville badly. Only advantage is that if it goes well for the film company, they will do more and maybe the next one will show Brownsville in a better light
Bento E.Spinoza
Where's the pink chango?
What movie, they'll all be in jail by the end of the week. The director of this movie is not available at the moment maybe in 20 years from now.
I just heard their grand opening, of this epic movie, will be shown at the majestic, special seatings for enanos will be available free of charge. Proceeds will be donated to all elected officials that have committed no crimes.
January 14, 2022 at 8:26 PM
Los originales mamones cocos las jaivas, el pinche gringo told el original coco that his compadre was taking a crap y el tonto coco took it as el compadre was saying a chisme/crap. PENDEJETES true story.
9:54pm.
SPECIAL SEATING FOR JONATHAN GRACIA, LO TIENE CHIQUITO.
January 17, 2022 at 9:37 AM
special seating on the way un pico oscilante con estillas de mesquite... ouch!
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