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Jesse

Hello

About Me

Check out the LITTLE IRON MEN trailer here:

My Interests

My beautiful wife, filmmaking, writing, reading, the RAIDERS, football, basketball, cooking, anything historical, poker (any game)...

Music:

Anything scored by the Livesays and Thomas Newman, Stone Temple Pilots (the first three albums especially), Keane (thanks to Christine), Jimmy Eat World, Postal Service (thanks to Blake), Ben Folds (thanks to Melody), Vertical Horizon, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper, Unknown Boy, and Jarret LeMaster (preferebly solo).

Movies:

Band of Brothers (it's so good it counts for both TV and Movies), Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Meet Joe Black, Rocketeer, Backdraft, Top Gun (sorry Monica), Love Actually, Willow, Love Actually, Spanglish, Lord of the Rings (all of them), Cinderella Man and...LITTLE IRON MEN (shameless).

Television:

Band of Brothers (yes, it's THAT good), West Wing, ESPN, whatever station the RAIDERS are playing on, Food Network, and Comedy Central.

Books:

Ender's Game, Kite Runner, Lord of the Rings (come on...), anything Tom Clancy, The Art of Dramatic Writing, Mere Christianity, Blue Like Jazz...

Heroes:

Jesus, my Dad, and anyone who fought in World War II.

My Blog

I'm the proud father of a 12 week old..

kitten.  She's a ragdoll and the runt of the litter.  We named her Emma.  My wife has sacrificed body and soul to make this a reality for me (she's VERY allergic to cats and has been se...
Posted by Jesse on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:05:00 PST

Saints and Soldiers

I just watched an incredible film called "Saints and Soldiers".  It's an indie with a budget of less than $800k that looks incredible.  Just goes to show what a good story and solid filmmake...
Posted by Jesse on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:37:00 PST

Okay, okay....

I just chose blogging as a category...more on that later.  I thought I'd include a wee bit about me that DIDN'T have to do with THAT movie.  Here goes...   1 0 F A V O R I T E STV show:...
Posted by Jesse on Wed, 03 May 2006 10:59:00 PST

A Great Loss...

I am sorry to report that Mr. Tak Senzaki passed away this morning of a heart-attack. He was 85 years old. Though I didn't have enough time with him, I was still lucky enough to spend some wonderful ...
Posted by Jesse on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:50:00 PST

Hawaii....

Medal of Honor recipient Barney Hajiro and me...   Aloha, As the rewriting process continues, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in Hawaii with several of the true-life heroes including...
Posted by Jesse on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:18:00 PST

Little Iron Men Trailer NOW ONLINE on MYSPACE

Sorry.  I hate videos on front pages as much as the next guy, but you can't self-promote without being shameless.  So, there's my apology.  If you don't want to watch the trailer, ...
Posted by Jesse on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:32:00 PST

Little Iron Men (the 100th/442nd rescue of the Lost Battalion)

** LITTLE IRON MEN WEBSITE GOES LIVE ** After two years of script development and five months of production, the LITTLEIRONMEN.COM website is officially live. LITTLE IRON MEN is the true account of a ...
Posted by Jesse on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:00:00 PST