Shot in the Capilano River Regional Park, the scene called for Chevy and Jonathan to use their precision tomahawk throwing to break a branch with a large beehive in it. “Conceptually, I wanted to see water wherever we could,” adds Pauli.Ĭhevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas were also called upon to share several of their scenes with 100,000 honey bees, provided by Dr. The perfect location was found in the historic Gastown area overlooking the city and the Burrard Inlet. “It was designed as a wonderful, funky, functional roof-top space for outdoor living where Farrah’s character could rest and play with her son and do her art.” But I didn’t want it to look like a roof-top garden that belongs in House & Garden.” says Pauli.
“The roof-top needed to be large enough to accommodate the contingent of actors, crew and equipment. The biggest challenge for practical locations was finding the right roof-top garden location. “I have a passion for art,” says Fawcett, “so it’s nice to play a character who is eclectic and tilted in her approach to art.” This piece was created by artists Georges Gamache and Micheline La Rose in addition to the pieces they created for Sandy’s art show which was shot at the Diane Farris Gallery.
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“We are using a pastel drawing in the lawyer’s office that Farrah did specially for us,” says Pauli.Ĭentral to the movie is an eight-by-eight-foot wall assemblage called “Hero Piece” which Sandy and her son Ben have been working on for years in the loft. In real life Farrah is an artist and she can work in pastel and charcoal as well as sculpting. “So we reinforced that characteristic throughout the loft with all the different styles of cupboards and open storage areas where she keeps all the pieces she finds for her art.” She utilizes used materials and objects and turns them into pieces of art,” says Pauli. “Farrah’s character is an assemblage artist. So the approach was not to do a designer loft but a living space that would serve as a place where Sandy could also do her art.” “Originally it was written as a two story house, but as James and I chatted about it, it seemed to naturally evolve into a working loft. “The most interesting design aspect of this film was Sandy Archer’s living space,” remarks production designer Lawrence G. “I made the choice to shoot in Vancouver, because the movie was so naturally suited to the Pacific Northwest,” says director James Orr.Ī majority of the film was shot on actual sites with the exception of the loft interior where Sandy and Ben live, the evening campfire scenes, the courtroom and Bronski’s recreation room which were built at the Bridge Studios in Burnaby. Shot in and around the picturesque Canadian city of Vancouver, filming “Man of the House” took cast and crew to a number of the area’s more beautiful spots including Capilano River Regional Park, Seymour Demonstration Forest, and the historic Gastown Area. “Its been a lot of work and long hours, but every aspect of working on this film has been interesting to me,” says Jonathan Taylor Thomas. “We continued the rehearsals virtually every Saturday and several times a week in the evening.” “One of the challenges we faced when we started this movie was how we were going to get the large cast, four fathers and four sons proficient in dancing, canoeing, archery and tomahawk throwing with a limited amount of time,” says producer Marty Katz. Two weeks before principal photography began, preparation for participation in the Indian Guides program required the actors to go through intensive training to learn archery, tomahawk throwing, canoeing and rain dancing.