Great pitch got Ed Harris into 'Touching Home'

Ed Harris still laughs about how the identical Miller twins double-teamed him in an alley outside the Castro Theatre a few years ago, persuading him to play their homeless, alcoholic father in their autobiographical film, "Touching Home." They'd never made a movie before.

"They were talking nonstop, finishing each other's sentences," recalls Harris... Read more: The San Francisco Chronicle

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[Jack Keane]

You guys are a complete inspiration!
Yes, that sounds teeth-grindingly corny, I know, but I honestly mean it.
For people who aspire to be a film-maker (whether in future, or in the present), your backstory and your complete determination to make the film a reality is a literal inspiration to those who want to do something similar.
The fact that you got the film made, with all the brilliant cast and crew that you managed to get to work on it, shows that anyone can do something (I almost hesitate to use the word "extraordinary", but it's the only word that seems appropraite, so) extraordinary if they put their mind (or minds) to it, and never give up.
OK, I'm done. I think if I continue to ramble on, I''ll sink deeper and deeper into sickly-sweet sentimentality.
POINT BEING: Great job, well done!
(Damn, I did it again...=P)

=))