{"id":208963556,"date":"2024-02-28T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanbenito.com\/?p=209013595"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:28:19","slug":"hollywood-comes-to-san-juan-bautista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilroydispatch.com\/hollywood-comes-to-san-juan-bautista\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood comes to San Juan Bautista"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crew members and security staff are being tight-lipped about a major Hollywood production\u2014featuring stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn\u2014that is being filmed on location in downtown San Juan Bautista. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shooting for the movie, currently known only as \u201cBC Project,\u201d began Feb. 25 and was expected to resume for several days this week in the historic downtown. Although the cast\u2019s biggest stars are presumably on location for the filming, their appearance was elusive as onlookers gathered and security crews kept a tight perimeter around the filming and production areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production crews have been in town a few weeks prior to filming, according to local residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throngs of fans and local residents on Feb. 26 gathered outside the roped-off production areas\u2014including a night scene in front of the San Juan Bautista Plaza Hotel\u2014in hopes of meeting or catching a glimpse of the film\u2019s stars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area resident Kenny Holthouse showed up in downtown San Juan Bautista Monday evening where the filming was unfolding. He said he grew up on a cattle ranch there and still lives on one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember back around 1954-55 when Hollywood came here to film \u2018Vertigo\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cI met Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak \u2014 the stars of the film. And I met Alfred Hitchcock. It was a pretty big deal. I was also hired to build some of the bricks and do work on the renovation of the Mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details about \u201cBC Project\u201d and its plot or release date are scarce. Trucks associated with the film parked in downtown San Juan Bautista bore the Warner Brothers logo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to IMDb.com, \u201cBC Project\u201d is directed and written by Paul Thomas Anderson, and stars DiCaprio, Penn, Teyana Taylor and Wood Harris. Anderson is known for directing \u201cBoogie Nights,\u201d \u201cThere Will Be Blood\u201d and other successful Hollywood films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IMDb page adds, \u201cPlot under wraps.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Juan Bautista City Manager Don Reynolds told the media earlier this week that hotels in and around the historic town have been booked for several weeks, likely in relation to the filming of \u201cBC Project.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crew workers carry racks of costumes to the on-location set of a major studio production in downtown San Juan Bautista Feb. 26.\nPhoto: Tarmo Hannula\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crowds of locals and visitors flocked to historic San Juan Bautista Feb. 26 t\no try to catch a glimpse of famous actors who will star in \u201cBC Project.\u201d Photo: Tarmo Hannula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kenny Holthouse, who grew up on a cattle ranch in San Juan Bautista, said that as a child he recalls meeting Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock when the Hollywood movie, \u201cVertigo,\u201d was filmed in San Juan Bautista.\nPhoto: Tarmo Hannula\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crew members and security staff are being tight-lipped about a major Hollywood production\u2014featuring stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn\u2014that is being filmed on location in downtown San Juan Bautista.  Shooting for the movie, currently known only as \u201cBC Project,\u201d began Feb. 25 and was expected to resume for several days this week in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":208963557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[13,222,2,13218,214],"tags":[21088,5671,21089,10373],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n