Lone Ranger Rides Again

Last weekend I went to Farmington NM and on the way I stopped by for the filming of "The Lone Ranger" at Shiprock.  This is a 225 million dollar production that has been filmed around here for the past year.  The security was tight to get on the set and since I did look like one the extras (Native American on horseback) I knew it would be hard to enter the set. I used my Sklar chutzpah and put on my doctor clothes with my official Public Health Service ID.

When the security people looked at me I said, "I'm Dr. Sklar from the Public Health Service and I need to inspect the set." It was not a lie but I was stretching things a bit.  It got me in and a front row seat to see Johny Depp riding around with a bunch of others.   What impressed me was all the "stuff" they had there.  The had on full size truck trailer that was an air conditioned kitchen.   They had another trailer that was a large dining hall with all kinds of food and drink. This was not cheep food but New York restaurant quality food.
They had cranes to carry camera men for those high aerial shots and cameras on tank like vehicles. There were makeup and costume people running every which way while most people were sipping water to keep from getting sunstroke. I had a great time watching the filming and left after a few hours of "A public health inspection".

Unfortunately there was no need for extras to play short Jewish doctors so once again I was out of luck to get into the movie.  Someday somebody has to make a movie featuring aging doctors and my luck will change and I will be ready.

Shiprock

 Maybe if I went to Israel I would have better luck getting into films.  I heard about a great film that took place there called "Torah, Torah, Torah".......... or was that about World War II?