T Takes

T Takes is a 2008 Internet-exclusive 12-part series of two- to three-minutes episodic film series, each episode starring a different actor improvising for the camera. Shot during the 2008 Sundance International Film Festival by the emerging New York writer and director Brody Baker and produced by KnowMore Productions exclusively for The New York Times T Style Magazine web site, these 12 short films were conceived to be viewed sequentially and feature performances by Hollywood’s bright young things, including Josh Hartnett, Josh Lucas, Michael Pitt and Lukas Haas. T Takes is followed by... T Takes: Brooklyn ‘09. T Takes director Brody Baker's inspiration for this series of short films came from his personal experience at the motel where the series was shot, the Viking Lodge in Heber City. Baker and his crew traveled to Utah two days before the 2008 Sundance International Film Festival started on behalf of The New York Times T Style Magazine with the goal of enlisting mainstream and indie film actors to take a break from the screenings and the slopes in Park City, Utah, to improvise a series of linked, episodic short films. They scouted the Viking Lodge their first day in Utah.
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