Here are some pictures I took from the Living Legends of Aviation event in Beverly Hills.
Pictures from the Living Legends of Aviation event
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamNice article in Puget Sound Business Journal
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamNice Article in Puget Sound Business Journal about Inventive Productions
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/01/25/tidbits1.html
Cliff Robertson – Academy Award winning Aviator
February 3, 2010 by moviedream
Academy Award winning actor and Legend of Aviation Cliff Robertson with RJ.
I really enjoyed meeting Cliff and he did a super job in the interview.
We talked for about two hours about his life and times. About his time as a Merchant marine and time in the Service during WWII and Korea. He talked about his early days as a journalist, a private detective, as an aviator, and then his career in Hollywood as a leading man. Cliff told about how President John Kennedy personally chose Cliff to play the Kennedy hero in the film “PT-109.” Cliff talked about his winning the Oscar for a film he personally produced, “Charly.” I really enjoyed my time with Cliff Robertson. It was a remarkable experience for me.
Living Legends of Aviation 2010
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamWe are proud to be the official Producer of the “Living Legends of Aviation” video project for the second year in a row. This is a very cool project because within a short thirty days we are charged to create seven to ten video biographies of some true American heroes. This year we travelled all over to capture the interviews. It was a true honor to make these videos.
Since we are going to be offering the Living Legends videos as a DVD set or possible new television series, we are not going to be showing the videos on Youtube or other internet video sites for now.
Since you are a special friend or family of Inventive Productions, we have put together special private links to these videos.
Introduction
Kurt Russell
Buzz Aldrin
Elon Musk
Joe Clark
Flown West
Kermit Weeks
Top Gun 25th Anniversary
Tom Hanks & Kurt Russell interview
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamTom Hanks stopped in during my interview with Kurt Russell
Here is Kurt Russell during our interview
Kurt Russell with RJ
I was there in Southern CA to interview Kurt Russell for the upcoming Living Legends of Aviation video project.
Kurt was being recognized for his role as mentor who inspired many people to get into aviation and flying.
We started the interview with Kurt at his hangar and he did a wonderful interview. Suddenly we had a visitor.
It was Tom Hanks. It was a lot of fun that day. Then Kurt offered to take us for a ride in his plane. We flew
all over the beaches of Malibu and above the Pacific Palisades. The sun was shining. It was a terrific day.
Here is a link to the video I made about Kurt Russell and his love of flying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=7fOKnQWZR3g&sharing_token=Z7xrjYozCuRi9w21eDgozQ
Jack Huyler – Thacher School
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamInterview with Jack Huyler
RJ with Jack Huyler at Thacher School
We drove to Ojai, California to interview Jack Huyler at the Thacher School where
John Myers went to school as a child. John Myers and Howard Hughes graduated
in the same class at Thacher. Jack was a life long friend of John Myers. We interviewed
Jack for my new documentary “Flying Man: Life and Times of John Myers.”
To learn more about this documentary, go to www.flyingmandocumentary.com
Kent Kresa – Chairman of GM, Northrop
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamInterview with Kent Kresa
Kent Kresa is the former Chairman of General Motors and Northrop Grumman.
I interviewed Kent about his memories of Johnny Myers for my documentary
“The Flying Man: Life and Times of John Myers.” Kent is a great guy and he
is a real visionary about the future of aviation and space travel.
To learn more about this documentary, go towww.flyingmandocumentary.com
Bob Hoover – acrobatic pilot, Living Legend of Aviation
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamInterview with Bob Hoover
Bob Hoover is considered one of the greatest living aviators.
He did a super interview, talking about his good friend Johnny Myers and
several of the other Legends of Aviation. He talked about Sam Williams,
Hank Beaird, and Dee Howard.
Buzz Aldrin – Astronaut
February 3, 2010 by moviedreamInterview with Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin with RJ McHatton
It was fantastic interviewing Buzz Aldrin about his life and times. He is a man
with determination and focus on the future. Buzz gave a terrific two hour interview
about his childhood, his school years, his time in the service as a fighter pilot,
his time in the service as a fighter pilot, his shooting down two MIGs in the Korean War,
his time as an astronaut, and a great deal of great stories about his life since Apollo.
Buzz totally focuses on inspiring us to not give up on Space Exploration.
He feels we should skip the moon and head straight to Mars. He is a great, enthusiastic inspiration.
Here is a link to the video I made about Buzz Aldrin for the Living Legends of Aviation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=4l1xQSIEF6Y&sharing_token=99ynL0WHTNtRUmPzIv_4Ag
Let me know what you think of my video.
Video Shoot at WA State Criminal Justice Training Academy
October 26, 2009 by moviedream
Director RJ McHatton with Law Enforcement expert Gordon Graham
We drove down to Burien to shoot four short films for the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Academy. The four films are focused on the SAFE CALL NOW program. Safe Call Now is a non-profit that tries to help prevent suicide or substance abuse among public safety employees. You can learn more about Safe Call Now at www.safecallnow.org We shot a great introduction by nationally recognized expert Gordon Graham, then used real life police officers, fire fighters, and EMTS in the scripted video production. I was particularly impressed with this Gordon Graham. I call him “this” Gordon Graham because I have known the “other” Gordon Graham for over 20 years. You can learn more about this Gordon Graham at www.gordongraham.com
Here are some pictures of the volunteers who helped with our video production.
Thank you so much to the great volunteers who helped out with the production of these four videos. They came in during their day off. We are very grateful for their excellent commitment to helping others.
Fire 20/20 Director Larry Sagen with Gordon Graham
We also shot an interview with Gordon Graham for the non-profit Fire 20/20 about diversity in the Firefighting industry. You can learn more about Fire 20/20 at www.fire2020.org
