From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
           I watched the movie twice. The first time just to watch it, and then   
   with the audio   
   commentary along with the movie with Renee, Helena Beaven (costar) and Dawn   
   Higginbotham (wrote the   
   story).  The only problem was when all three started talking and laughing it   
   was hard to understand   
   what they were saying.   
       Also in it, briefly, was Ted Raimi, who plays the mean landlord who gives   
   them 5 days to come   
   up with the rent (two months past due).  He and Renee were also credited with   
   directing the second   
   crew (the scenes without Renee or Helena)   
       (Continuing)  Bria (Helena) is a Kiwi who has to show proof of US   
   citizenship in a week or be   
   deported. So they leave for Las Vegas. Ashley (Reneé) wants to audition for a   
   musical called   
   'Kittens' as a dancer. And Bria is looking for a husband.   
       I only recognized three people (actually, four)  - Reneé, Ted, and a   
   character actor named Ray   
   O'Connor (no relation to ROC). He's played gangster parts a lot in movies and   
   on TV.   
       When I watched the music video of the making of DaG (behind the scenes), I   
   recognized Donald   
   Duncan, the cinematographer who did a lot of the Xena filming (he can be seen   
   in some of the   
   interview clips on the XWP DVDs).   
           My first impression of the movie would be "cute" -- a lightweight   
   comedy. Entertaining and   
   worth the time to watch it if you don't expect "Gone with the Wind" (or a   
   comedy equivalent).   
           Ashley got food poisoning early on and in the commentary Renée   
   mentioned the DaG Drinking   
   Game - you take a drink every time Ashley vomits into the trash can. And there   
   is the (off   
   camera-heard but not seen) culmination of a running joke about a bidet.   
           Renee looked very good, even when she was supposed to be sick with   
   food poisoning. Her hair   
   was red. We get to see the famous and still great Gab Abs right at the end   
   with the feathered   
   outfit Ashley was auditioning in.   
       She said they only had one (digital video) camera, so it took a lot of   
   time to set up the   
   shots. Donald had to learn to use it since he only used film cameras on Xena   
   and Herc. And in the   
   Riviera Casino (where the story takes place), they could only shoot between   
   midnight and 8 am.   
           I won't try to synopsysize the entire movie, but will only say that   
   all's well that ends   
   well.   
           At the end of the credits, Reneé thanks the Xenaverse for all their   
   support.   
           If you like Reneé (and who doesn't) and don't mind spending $20 for a   
   decent movie and to   
   maybe win one of Reneé's paintings, I would recommend ordering the movie.   
      
      
   --   
   David   
   http://geocities.com/daviderl31/GabPics.htm   
      
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