NEW IN TOWN - Visual Hollywood

- 10 -and she didn‟t complain once about anything. She was so fantastic to work with. And forabout a week and a half she was very sick with a high fever, again without complaint.”Not every scene, of course, was filmed outside. One of the most memorablemoments during the shoot was the “Tapioca Fight” scene, in which six characters becomeembroiled in a passionate food fight involving gobs of sticky tapioca pudding. Sincecleaning up splattered tapioca would prove too time-consuming, Elmer chose to runmultiple cameras and shoot the scene only once. The cast seized the opportunity toimprovise and a blizzard of tapioca followed. “Everyone had so much fun doing thatscene because it was almost like an exorcism of all the cold,” explains Brooks.“Everything you see in that scene is spontaneous laughter and real fun. I also hope that intoday‟s rather troubled times the enduring optimism of this community shows the otherside of the cultural coin.”The filmmakers hope that audiences share in that same spirit of unbridled joywhen NEW IN TOWN opens in theaters. “I think everybody can relate to the basic needsand hopes of these characters, hopefully in a very funny and entertaining way,” saysElmer.“This is a story about people setting aside their differences and learning to loveeach other exactly for their differences,” adds Brooks. “I hope people will enjoy justseeing the sense of community that does exist in these lovely places in America, wherepeople all pull together and really do want the best for everybody and for the world.”Zellweger simply smiles. “I hope at the end of it,” she says, “you're gonna be gladyou saw it. I hope you laugh.”###